Artists Salons

This is an open invitation for any artists and their friends on the Gold Coast to attend a monthly meeting where you’ll make new networks, collaborators and friends. The purpose is really to maintain an ongoing critical conversation about being a working artist. And the City of Gold Coast is committed to supporting the next generation of artists on the Gold Coast.

Artists Salons is a program of curated conversations designed to cover a range of topics relevant to making a sustainable career in the arts and cultural sectors. Each salon will be slightly different not only in focus but in format. Sometimes planned alongside an exhibition or performance or social networking event. Bring your colleagues, your collaborators, your friends or family. This salon series is for artists wanting to engage in a conversation about the artistic practices and also the arts management side of earning a living.

As technology and media consumption changes, screen culture is in the hands—literally—of more and more people, leaving media makers with more opportunities and challenges than ever before.
This salon welcomes artists who are interested in screen-based practices to learn from media makers, each with a different and unique set of experiences. Financing and recruiting teams, identifying presenting partners, and keeping up with changing trends—this is a chance to tackle some of the important considerations regarding a career in the industry.