Public Program
talking tidal
Devonport Regional Gallery
tidal.24 festival
This panel talk brings together artists from Tasmania/Lutruwita who connect with the theme of tidal in their own ways. The panel includes Artist in Residence Cheryl Rose, Sisters Akousmatica Julia Drouhin and Phillipa Stafford and Dr Simon Spain, and is chaired by Dr Tim Butcher.
18 January 2025 3.30-4.30pm in the Main Gallery
Free event, however RSVP appreciated due to limited places.
The chair: Dr Tim Butcher
Following a 20-year academic career across leading universities in Australia and the UK, collaborating with communities and organisations ranging from the people of Papunya to Counterpoint Arts, Tim founded ConnectCurateCreate, a Tasmanian for-purpose media company, to produce solutions to the problems he identifies in his most recent book, ‘Creative Work Beyond Precarity: Learning to Work Together,’ published by Routledge in 2023.
He is currently writing his next book, while pursuing his mission to share the unique stories of Tasmanian emerging artists through ConnectCurateCreate, to inspire fresh ideas, and build a community driven by creative exploration.
Connect with Tim at https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbutcher
The panel
Cheryl Rose makes multi-media work deeply connected to her culture and country. Cheryl recently took part in MY COUNTRY: The Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions, mentored by Denise Robinson, and is our tidal.24 festival Artist In Residence.
Find out more about our Artist In Residence
Sisters Akousmatica are Phillipa Stafford and Julia Drouhin. Together they promote expanded radio projects that explore the radical possibilities of transmission since 2016. Their shared and individual practices encompass sound, culture
Find out more about them and Waves on Waves
Dr Simon Spain is a visual and socially engaged artist, bringing over 30 years of experience in arts programming for children and young people internationally. Currently, he co-directs all that we are, is Chair of Regional Arts Australia, and serves on Tasmania’s B4 Early Years Coalition.
Find out more about him and Self Assembly
Birgitta Magnusson-Reid, Devonport Regional Gallery Visual Art Coordinator, has extensive experience in museums and galleries, broad knowledge in exhibition administration and design. She has worked and trained in Sweden and Australia. Birgitta has been involved with the tidal exhibition since 2018.
Find out more about The tidal.24: City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award Exhibition
