Week 2

Everyone looks busy this week. We totally have 4 weeks of doing construction work. Everything has been done by our team. Loot at the picture below you will know what we did. Although it seems really hard and tired, but I feel happy that the exhibition would be organized and it grows up gradually. Except the construction work, I have been assigned by our leader to do the marketing research. I would be asked to gather information of variety art events that is happening at the moment in Australia. That really a long list, total is about 255 art events and our majority work to focus on NSW and plus any major events in other states. This is for the general knowledge to see how big the market is for emerging and experienced artists in Australia. We need to find the information of event type, state, specific prize, contact detail, website and eligibility. For example, ‘Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award’ of biennial, the prize pool of $6000 comprises the Open Acquisitive Prize of $5000 and the Highly Commended Prize of $1000. A further $600 in art materials is on offer to Baryulgil Public School for work in their Studio Gallery exhibition.  The artwork winning the Open Acquisitive Prize is acquired into the Grafton Regional Gallery Collection. It opens to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists who reside in the traditional areas of the Yaegl, Bundjalung and Gumbaingirr nations. At the same time, my supervisor started contacting Chinese/Chinese-Australia artists based on my previous research and their privious work. After two weeks internship in the gallery, although I only spent 3 days of each week, I would be trust by our colleagues. I am looking forward next week internship.