Apply now! Download the position description
Applications due midnight, Monday 12th March 2018 to wts@wts.org.au
Apply now! Download the position description
Applications due midnight, Monday 12th March 2018 to wts@wts.org.au
It's that time of year again when everyone in town is madly scribbling, scrunching, folding and photocopying to get their self-published beauties out into the bustling space that is the WTS Annual Zine Fair.
Contact us at the gallery wts@wts.org.au to arrange to make use of the Watch This Space photocopier, "Big Ric", and other facilities when compiling your work.
More info here
NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON FRIDAY 17TH OF NOVEMBER
Know someone who you think deserves to win the 7th Lofty Award? Make a nomination today and send it through to us!
To be eligible for the award, the nominee must:
Download The Lofty Award Nomination Form 2017 or email us for a copy atwts@wts.org.au
Shortlisted applicants will be notified before the annual Lofty Awards night, held at Watch This Space on Saturday the 25th of November.
For all details go to: http://wts.org.au/events/2018-exhibition-proposals
APPLICATIONS DUE BY MIDNIGHT 1ST NOVEMBER
From 15th November WTS will have one studio space available for local artists
6 month lease
Size roughly 3 x 4 m
$155/month
APPLICATION
Artists will need to submit an application via email to wts@wts.org.au
Artists must submit:
SELECTION PROCESS
The WTS Curatorial Committee will assess applications based on the relevance of the artist’s practice to Watch This Space’s aims as a contemporary experimental art space:
Decision will be finalised and applicants notified of outcome before 1st September.
Note: All programming decisions are made by the WTS Curatorial Committee. The committee is made up of three Alice Springs based artists and arts workers.
APPLICATIONS DUE BY SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER, MIDNIGHT
Watch This Space welcomes proposals from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individual artists, groups of artists, curators and community organisations. We offer 3-week exhibition slots with subsidised hire fees in a unique environment: the Centre of Australia, Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
We are currently coordinating our program for March-August of 2018. Please see our Exhibition Proposal Guidelines for more details about the program and how to apply.
Download our Proposal Guidelines here:
2018-WTS-Exhibition-Proposal-Guidelines.pdf
If unable to download, please email us at wts@wts.org.au for a copy
In 2018, one of WTS’s seven exhibition spots is designated to a contemporary experimental artist of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage. This is part of our commitment to nurture an inclusive arts community in Central Australia in a sustainable manner. This initiative is a great opportunity to exhibit in a unique space, and seeks to value, respect and promote the practices of Indigenous Australians. We are excited and hope it will encourage artists of Indigenous backgrounds to be part of our program and organisation.
Watch This Space is looking for a Casual Gallery Assistant to help out our vibrant Artist Run Initiative in Central Australia.
To apply for the position please email your Cover Letter and CV towts@wts.org.au by midnight Sunday 17th September.
Earlier applications are of course preferred.
Approximately 10 hours/ week
$26 / hour
APPLICATIONS DUE BY MIDNIGHT 20TH AUGUST
From 1st September WTS will have one studio space available for local artists
Lease period between 1-6 months
Size roughly 3 x 4 m
$155/month
APPLICATION
Artists will need to submit an application via email to wts@wts.org.au
Artists must submit:
SELECTION PROCESS
The WTS Curatorial Committee will assess applications based on the relevance of the artist’s practice to Watch This Space’s aims as a contemporary experimental art space:
Decision will be finalised and applicants notified of outcome before 1st September.
*All programming decisions are made by the WTS Curatorial Committee. The committee is made up of four Alice Springs based artists and arts workers.
Any questions, don’t hesitate to contact our coordinator, Zoya, on 8952 1949 or wts@wts.org.au
APPLICATIONS DUE BY MIDNIGHT 20TH AUGUST
These past months we have been part of the making of and conversation around an important exhibition curated by Annabelle Lacroix. The exhibition features works by ARIs all over Australia and we are very proud to be exhibiting along side them, together and strong. Artist Run Initiatives have an important place in the art world, creating spaces for innovation and passion that are not always afforded in commercial galleries. This show talks about the influence of place on ARIs, one we feel has a very strong impact on our Mparntwe/Alice Springs space. For the exhibition we are exhibiting a photograph by one of our beloved founders, Pam Lofts, whom our end of year Lofty award is named after. In front of the photograph sits the yellow mwekarte (hat) you may have seen around town, created for Apmere Angkentye-kenhe / A Place For Language.
Beth Sometimes has written a powerful essay that sits along side the work.Read it here
Frankie Snowdon & Madeleine Krenek are currently undergoing their residency at WTS in preparation for the performance at Araluen
Presented in partnership with Araluen, the work will see seven Northern Territory and three interstate artists come together to create the first experimental professional dance work to be created and presented in Central Australia.
About the Work: A single grain of salt sits atop a dormant mass. A tentative shuffle begins a migration, gravity-beckoned and persistent. Micro-movements and moments occur over expanses of time, interrupted and intersected by bodies. The trickle becomes a torrent, becomes a cloud, becomes a pattern; capturing breath and heartbeat before sweeping away.
In their first work made in Central Australia, choreographers Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek invite you to explore time and space through an offering of live dance performance, sound and sculptural installation. Through provocative sensorial immersion, The Perception Experiment strives to examine our experience of the physical world, blur its edges and offer an alternative view of how we might navigate through it.
Concept, direction and choreography: Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek
Choreographic collaborators/performers: Kelly Beneforti and Tara Samaya
Sound design: Darcy Davis
Lighting design: Jen Hector
This project is supported by The Australia Council, Arts NT, The Regional Arts Fund, and partnering organisations Araluen Arts Centre, Watch This Space and Red Hot Arts.
International artists, Alex Ressel and Kerri Meehan, are running a collaborativefilm making workshop looking at Nuclear waste storage and storytelling called Consequences. The program is based on a series of workshops the two artists have been holding in London about DIY sound production methods.
You can find more information about their London-based workshops here. More info about the Alice Springs workshop to come.
We are holding a “Lawn Sale” to fundraise for some exciting changes. This will be a little market place at our space with Live Music, coffee, food and lots of awesome stalls! Stalls are only $25 to hire
Anyone is welcome! Whether you want to sell your pre-loved clothes, household items, your art, craft, tasty treats, anything at all, you can hire a stall.
Contact us at the gallery wts@wts.org.au to arrange a space. Get in while there’s still spots left!
Lawn Sale: Saturday 13th May 11am-2pm
Time to get bizzy for Strange Careers Zine Fair. The world needs Your Unique Voice; why wait for a publisher to observe your disturbing brilliance and/or endearing mediocrity?
Zines can be self-published stories/comics/single-page drawings, flip-books, posters, postcards….sky’s the limit really.
Contact us at the gallery wts@wts.org.au to arrange to make use of the Watch This Space photocopier and other facilities when compiling your work.
The Zine Fair will take place on Thursday 25th May, 4:30-8pm
Watch This Space (WTS) and Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) are holding a fundraiser exhibition to raise awareness of Climate Change and support the work both organisations contribute to the community.
You are invited to create and exhibit an artwork that responds to the article: Why Climate Change Needs 60,000 Artists . This article suggests that artists are an integral component of communicating the implications of climate change more effectively to the broader community.
We are asking artists of all mediums to contribute to this collaborative exhibition; painters, photographers, sculptors, woodworkers, textile artists, poets, musicians, performance and multi media artists.
Artists can choose to keep a percentage of the sale profits or generously donate all proceeds to ALEC and WTS.
Applications due: Monday 17 April
Download application form
SHINY PARTY FUNDRAISER
While Watch This Space is supported by the NT Government to operate on a day-to-day basis, our projects are self-funded and are often undertaken with little to no funding. More assistance would mean stronger projects with more effective and influential artistic, cultural and social outcomes. It would mean more support for our artists and their work.
Our organisation strives to provide as much assistance as possible to the groups and individuals whose practices enrich our communities, and your support could make a huge difference.
Your support, whether small or large, will be making the greatest difference.
Here's what 2017 has in store...
We are so excited about the year ahead at Watch This Space!
The art, the artists, the community, the projects – they’re all going to be great, they’re all going to be here in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, and we can’t wait to show you! So here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come…
Music by our very own studio artist, Resin Moon
Artists featured in video and part of our 2017 Creative Program:
Theia Connell
Grace Herbert
Susan Gourley
Robert Hope-Johnstone
Rachel Feery
Lisa Stewart
Gabriella and Brent Wilson
Alice McIntosh
Nell Pearson
Mel Matveyeff
Madeline Bishop
Leela Schauble
James Langer
Elisa Carmichael
Joseph Burgess
And a whole bunch more! Stay tuned…
We have a new range of limited edition bags and aprons at the space that are beautiful, practical, locally made, locally designed and help support our space and what we do.
Designed by renowned artist, Beth Sometimes
Printed locally in Alice Springs by WTS with the generous help of local arts hero, Steve Anderson.
By purchasing one of these items you are directly supporting and nurturing contemporary art in Central Australia.
What a great present, right??
Also available in the space are CDs and 12 inch vinyl records of Resin Moon‘s Debut EP Salt. So many great things!
$20 Heavy Duty Bags
Designs:
NOT ANOTHER SUPER MOON?!
and
TERRIFIED OF UNSEEN ART CRITICS
$25 Aprons
with adjustable straps and large pocket
NOT ANOTHER SUPERMOON?!
Watch This Space is thrilled to announce the 2016 Lofty Award Winner
Doris was honoured at the Saturday night event with special speeches presented by Kieran Finnane, Beth Sometimes and Dan Murphy. Kieran Finnane has penned this articlewith more thoughts and information about her significant contributions: a worthwhile read in understanding the ecology of the arts in Mparntwe and the particular political stance Doris brings to her life work.
A huge congratulations and thank you to Doris for all her incredible work