Who needs artists? 2006

Anne Kay and Josie Cavallaro

Who Needs Artists, 2006

A collaborative project with Josie Cavallaro as part of the exhibition It's a New Day which involved a callout to a complex mix of residents around the gallery in Woolloomooloo, NSW, to ask what members of the community might want artists-in-residence to offer them. At the same time, we surveyed the relationship between the Artspace Visual Art Centre and the surrounding neighbourhood. Requests were received and a number of events were provided for the community during the exhibition. The events included: a Cake as Art workshop in Artspace run by Natalie Woodstock for children from the community centre next door; a tour to the little-known John Passmore Museum in Woolloomooloo; an outdoor screening for local residents of the film Kids Stakes which was shot in Woolloomooloo in 1927; and an Artist-Curator speed dating evening in the gallery.

Anne Kay, Josie Cavallaro, Who needs artists? Contemporary Art, Relational aesthetics Artspace Visual Art Centre Woolloomooloo

Anne Kay, Josie Cavallaro, Who needs artists? Contemporary Art, Relational aesthetics Artspace Visual Art Centre Woolloomooloo Cake as Art Workshop Natalie Woodstock

Anne Kay, Josie Cavallaro, Who needs artists? Contemporary Art, Relational aesthetics Artspace Visual Art Centre Woolloomooloo John Passmore Museum Elinor and Fred Wrobel,

Anne Kay, Josie Cavallaro, Who needs artists? Contemporary Art, Relational aesthetics Artspace Visual Art Centre Woolloomooloo John Passmore

Anne Kay, Josie Cavallaro, Who needs artists? Contemporary Art, Relational aesthetics Artspace Visual Art Centre Woolloomooloo Kids Stakes

See review of Its a new day, by B. L. Magnar

See essay, Josie Cavallaro and Anne Kay

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John Passmore Museum facebook page

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Kids Stakes, 1927 at the National Film and Sound Archive

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