Comments on: A facebook Experiment

By: Sue Hill

Sue Hill — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:01:05 +0000

Thanks Marcus! again!, for setting up something we all winge about about don’t work at changing. i’ll be sending your link out there-

By: Beau Healy

Beau Healy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:37:07 +0000

This is all Great and im finding it impossible to get contact and a reply to my message but i need somone to get back to me i need help i am forming what i call a cultural hub that is what i am trying to create i have a business plan and just want some feed back thankyou Beau Healy

By: Matt Moore

Matt Moore — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:42:16 +0000

So state funding is one model – and one that can be accessed in different ways. For example a friend of mine got a job with a federal govt dept. The job was very frustrating because no one wanted to do anything. So my friend viewed his salary as an arts grant and wrote poetry for a year. He heard that a more famous writer had scored a whopping $15k grant for a year – and was mildly amused because his salary was several times that.

I think we need other models that allow people to work creatively while also allowing them to eat. We need to apply the same creativity to business models that we apply to our other areas of creativity.

How might a venture capital model work? What can we learn from Silicon Valley?

How might a microfinance / Grameen Foundation model work? What can we learn from Bangladesh?

I also happen to think that barter has a future but that’s for another time…

By: Zippy the Pinhead

Zippy the Pinhead — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:57:47 +0000

This is a very important initiative – hopefully the beginning of much needed changes in the old boys network of ozco & in arts in oz.

One little niggle – participating in facebook requires full disclosure of ones identity – as someone who has witnessed what has happened to an associate who quietly questioned one policy of an established arts org then have that org go nuclear on them it is vital that some anonymity is catered for. ..

Particularly in the wonks discussion – whistleblowers WILL be needed in this project and unfortunately in this country and many sections of the arts community speaking truth to power is a big no-no.

By: Juliet Fowler Smith

Juliet Fowler Smith — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:35:44 +0000

Hi Marcus
I totally agree with you! I am an artist curently running a project in the upper hunter. I have 10 great artists coming up to my families farm in theWilliams River valley near Dungog- site of the Tillegra dam.
They are developing work and engaging with the locals over a 6 month period. I missed out on a RAF grant (I don’t think we fitted their catagories) and my next stop is the Aus Co (category problems also!). I am spending many hours dealing with all the admin and the merry-go -round of regional galleries.

Do you have any suggestions about how (and/or where) I could bring this show to Newcastle?

By: Australian Rozie

Australian Rozie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:24:06 +0000

This looks interesting, I’ll join the group, but can you fix the link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54831931445

By: Amanda Muscat

Amanda Muscat — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:19:58 +0000

Great work Marcus in starting the fb group. Let’s get the dialogue going…

In response to:

- Does government provide or build the right kind of spaces/infrastruture for what you do?

The Australia Council has launched a new residency program called CONNECTIONS. This funding opportunity supports artist residencies with funding of up to $30,000.

Artists who have existing relationships with business and industry partners, yet lack resources to carry out effective
residency projects are encouraged to apply.

Renew Newcastle seems to be a perfect example of the potential for such creative initiatives.

For more info go to: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/connections/