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The Art of Collecting Art Discussion Panel
THE ART OF COLLECTING ART
DISCUSSION PANEL
1:30pm, Saturday 8 october 2011
Free.
Ever wanted to collect art but did not know where to start?
Join Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Senior Curator Artbank, Janne Ryan, part of the collecting group Hawkesbury One, Janet Clayton, Director of Wilson Street Gallery at Danks and arts writer Carrie Miller in a discussion about collecting contemporary art on any budget.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Janet Clayton
Janet Clayton is the Owner/Director of Wilson Street Gallery at Danks. The Gallery is located in the vibrant contemporary art complex at 2 Danks Street. In its fifth year, the gallery continues to exhibit quality contemporary art including established and emerging artists. Janet plays a key management and marketing role within the gallery and is also a passionate believer in the importance of creativity and culture in our daily lives. http://www.wilsonstreetgallery.com.au
Janet Clayton
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Daniel Mudie Cunningham is a curator, artist, writer and academic. Daniel is currently the Senior Curator at Artbank, Australia's largest buyer of contemporary Australian art providing over 10,000 contemporary works for rent. His prior work includes being the curator at Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery and lecturer at UWS and CoFA. In a recent article by Australian Art Collector he was named an "agenda setter" and profiled as part of the '50 Things Collectors Need to Know'.
http://www.danielmcunningham.com
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Carrie Miller
Carrie has been an arts writer and social commentator for 15 years, writing for a range of arts publications and as an online opinion columnist for The Punch and New Matilda. She is currently a senior contributor to Australian Art Collector, writes a regular column for The Art Life website, and is a weekly columnist for The Spectator.
Janne Ryan
Janne Ryan is part of Hawkesbury One, a collecting group made up of fourteen friends from Sydney and Newcastle who joined together to collect contemporary Australian art from the first decade of this century. Over the last ten years, the group has collected and shared a significant collection that provides a snapshot of Australian art since 2000. Hawkesbury One's collection Citizen Collectors is currently on show at Newcastle Regional Art Gallery and has been featured on ABC TV's Art Nation program.
http://hawkesburyone.com
Janne Ryan
Download the flier for the event.
The Art of Collecting Art.pdf