art forum COMMUNITY

Join Noted festival for a discussion about the nature and importance of fostering a culture of critical writing in small arts communities, specifically, in the visual arts community of Canberra. 

This panel features Sally Pryor, Arts Editor for Canberra Times, Jess Oliver, emerging arts writer and Peter Haynes, curator and arts writer.  

What We Talk about When We Talk about Art is a professional development panel, happening as part of Noted. Noted is Canberra's emerging, experimental and inclusive festival of words, running from 16 - 20 March 2016. All events are free. Go to notedfestival.com for more info. 

Jess Oliver

Jess Oliver is a writer and art critic with a degree in anthropology and art history, and a Masters in communications. She has been published in The Canberra Times, Sydney Morning Herald and Ceramics: Art and Perception (September, 2016). In 2015, Jess was the ANCA Critic-In-Residence. When she’s not writing about art, she’s talking about it - on the 2XX FM show she co-presents, Culture Space.

Peter Haynes

Peter Haynes has over 35 years’ experience in curating, writing and arts administration and is one of Australia's highly-acclaimed curators and commentators of Australian ceramics. Peter is a former director of the Canberra Museum and Gallery.