Guest lecture on Community and Audience Engagement by Zoe Black

“This presentation shows the projects that we have undertaken over the past few years and some of the structural changes we are working through to better understand how our gallery can support underrepresented practitioners and their communities.”

Notes and web pages to have a look at:

There have been some extremely positive outcomes to our projects but it definitely is a work-in-progress and we are consistently learning and adapting how we do things to reflect when and where we misstep.  Kim wrote a great article about this here: https://www.norwegiancrafts.no/articles/i-exist-in-relationship-to-you

The community development project is a step that is part of a larger journey we are on as an organisation to strengthen the ways in which we honour indigenous making practices and support underrepresented voices in the craft field.  I don’t speak to the other things we are working through but would be happy to elaborate if anyone is interested in this conversation.

Check out Kereama’s exhibition here: http://www.objectspace.org.nz/exhibitions/transmission/ 

And more about Marc Conaco here: https://www.instagram.com/marcconaco/?hl=en