DEADLINE 16th Janu­ary 2012

pos­ted Decem­ber 21st 2011

We are call­ing out to cul­tur­ally engaged, auda­cious, poetic and pro­gress­ive writers to take part in the We Aus­trali­ans Exhib­i­tion pro­gram in April 2012.

We are now tak­ing pro­pos­als for  writ­ing on con­tem­por­ary expres­sions of Aus­tralian iden­tity and cul­ture, to include in our pub­lic­a­tion that will accom­pany the exhib­i­tion and be dis­trib­uted nation­ally. The pub­lic­a­tion will be a  full col­our, 40 page slightly lar­ger than A5 size, 100 gsm, matt fin­ished art book.

The We Australians.org pub­lic­a­tion will com­ple­ment and fur­ther tease out the themes estab­lished by the artists in the show­cased exhib­i­tions. We are seek­ing out a vari­ety of works, includ­ing poetry, cre­at­ive writ­ing, non fic­tion, inter­views art­work and pho­to­graphs.

We invite sub­mis­sions which respond to new ways of rep­res­ent­ing Aus­tralian iden­tity and cul­ture. We would like to hear the sound of mul­tiple voices to acknow­ledge the many con­tem­por­ary con­tours of Aus­tralian cul­ture and iden­tity. Works may engage with top­ics such as:

‘mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism is dead’, ‘revolu­tion’, ‘empathy’, ‘recon­cili­ation and har­mony’, ‘polit­ics of rep­res­ent­a­tion’, ‘Aus­tralian cul­tural tribes’, ‘national identity’…

Suc­cess­ful sub­mis­sions will be included in a nation­ally dis­trib­uted pub­lic­a­tion, and our online plat­forms, pro­mot­ing new expres­sions of con­tem­por­ary Aus­tralian cul­ture and identity.

sub­mis­sion guidelines

Send us a 250 word abstract of your exist­ing work (<1 year old) or work you pro­pose to sub­mit, along with a 100 word bio to info@weaustralians.org  with pub­lic­a­tion sub­mis­sion in the title by Janu­ary 16th 2012, with fin­ished works to be com­pleted by Feb­ru­ary 6th 2012.

POETRY: A max­imum of 4 poems can be sub­mit­ted, but lim­ited to 2 pages length in total.

ESSAY WRITING: There is no limit to the num­ber of essay sub­mis­sions, but the max­imum length is 1000 words.

ART & Pho­to­graphy: can be up to A5 size and can be in any media. It should be at least 300 dpi.

When sub­mit­ting, please include in the body of the email your:

• Name

• Age

• email address

• Phone Num­ber

• Address

• Bio of 100 words or less

Pos­ted Octo­ber 2011

We Australians.org is call­ing out to enthu­si­astic interns and volun­teers! An excit­ing oppor­tun­ity exists to col­lab­or­ate with the We Aus­trali­ans’ team and gain exper­i­ence in devel­op­ing and deliv­er­ing a high pro­file, large scale exhib­i­tion pro­gram dur­ing the period of Novem­ber 2011– April 2012. The pos­i­tions would suit stu­dents of arts man­age­ment, as well as artists and people inter­ested and exper­i­enced in arts management.

roles and respons­ib­il­it­ies

We will dis­cuss your per­sonal interests to ensure you are work­ing on aspects of the pro­ject you enjoy. Oppor­tun­it­ies exist in areas such as:

 artist co-ordination

• provid­ing artists’ assist­ance and sup­port with install­a­tion require­ments and other logist­ical aspects of present­ing artworks
• ensur­ing artists are up to date with devel­op­ments of the project

event pro­duc­tion

• assist­ing in the devel­op­ment of the Fam­ily Day concept and the per­form­at­ive art pro­gram to be held in the Frac­ture Gallery
• micro­man­age­ment of the deliv­ery of events
• work­ing closely with our pro­du­cer Ilana Rus­sell and cur­ator Sapna Chandu

dona­tions and sponsorship

• be involved in cre­at­ing our dona­tions and spon­sor­ship packages
• liasing with Aus­tralian Busines Arts’ Found­a­tion regard­ing dona­tions via the Aus­tralian Cul­tural Fund
• con­sulta­tion with Artsupport
• liasing with spon­sors and donors

 mar­ket­ing and promotion

• post­ing and net­work­ing to evolve our social media profile
• design­ing cam­paign news­let­ters (using mailchimp) and e-mail outs
• writ­ing press releases, research­ing appro­pri­ate stra­tegic media out­lets to pro­mote our exhibition
• assist­ance with the writers cal­lout, research and con­tact of rel­ev­ant magazines/media out­lets for review and crit­ical writ­ing about the project.
• col­lab­or­at­ing with Fed­er­a­tion Square and the NGV’s mar­ket­ing depart­ments (who will also be mar­ket­ing this pro­gram of events

more info about our program

OUR VENUES AT FEDERATION SQUARE ARE

• NGV Stu­dio (National gal­lery of Victoria)
• NO Vacancy Gallery
• BMW Edge
• The Atrium Frac­ture Gal­lery, Air Gal­lery & Screen
• The Big Screen at Fed­er­a­tion Square’s main stage

OUR PROGRAM OF EVENTS

We have designed a pro­gram of events to encour­age the par­ti­cip­a­tion of the arts com­munity and gen­eral pub­lic in con­ver­sa­tions about what it means to be Aus­tralian today.

• a bold exhib­i­tion across pub­lic and private spaces at Fed­er­a­tion Square
• a com­pel­ling pub­lic forum in part­ner­ship with Kul­tour at BMW Edge
• the pub­lic­a­tion of reviews, art­icles and artist inter­views in online and off­line media, includ­ing a lift-out dis­trib­uted in part­ner­ship with Das Super­pa­per
  
• a Fam­ily Day, mar­keted through inner city and sub­urban schools, with enter­tain­ment and activ­it­ies to attract and engage both chil­dren and parents
• an innov­at­ive live per­form­ance art pro­gram in the Frac­ture Gallery
• a series of artist talks by exhib­it­ing artists
• a series of work­shops with exhib­it­ing artists

start date and time commitment

We are look­ing for volun­teers to assist in the devel­op­ment and present­a­tion of the program

for the period Novem­ber 2011 to the end of April 2012

Start­ing asap for a period of time that suits us both. Interns will get the most out of a 3 month pos­i­tion for 2 days/week. Please apply soon as we have a lim­ited num­ber of positions!

applic­a­tion and selection

Please send your CV (max one A4 page), cover let­ter and details of two ref­er­ees to info@weaustralians.org.

It would be use­ful to include any exper­i­ence you may have using pro­grams, such as Pho­toshop, Auto­CAD, Illus­trator, InDes­ign, Flash, Final Cut or any­thing else you think is relevant.

Feel free to email us for fur­ther info.