PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

TRACTION is a four-part discussion series that will examine ideas of modification and renewal within creative practice, the needs for upholding artist’s rights, the power of mature knowledge, and new modes of education and exchange.

Under the umbrella title of TRACTION, BLINDSIDE will present four artist-focused professional development online presentations: PIVOT, ACCUMULATE, GAIN and PRIME.


PIVOT is a discussion between artists / arts organisations who have had to pivot their art practice to come up with alternative creative solutions in-light of changing opportunities at this time.  

Speakers | Lauren Dunn, Sam Longmore, Amaara Raheem, Joel Stern

Convenor | Josephine Mead


ACCUMULATE is a discussion around free / accessible new models of learning and sharing in the arts.

Speakers | Justin Ashworth, Chantelle Mitchell, Anita Spooner

Convener | Josephine Mead


GAIN, explores what a visual arts union in Australia would look like, the push toward a more equitable visual arts sector, and why collective action is pivotal to this process.

Speakers | Stephen Palmer, Madeline Thornton-Smith

Convenor | Chloe Hazelwood


PRIME is a conversation around notions of matriarchal power and maturity within the arts.

Speakers | Vicki Couzens, Mig Dann, Sara Lindsay

Convenor | Josephine Mead