Getting your big career break. Photo: Tim Mossholder, Unsplash.
ArtsHub recently spoke to six curators across three states about why they loved their jobs. We wanted to take that conversation further, so we asked them how they landed their first curatorial position.
Unsurprisingly, most of them started off volunteering before stepping into professional roles. The curatorial field is specialised and competitive, but it is also one of those career pathways that is designed to allow fresh talent to bubble up, and emerging curators to then step into mid-career roles.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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