Mentoring with Laura Brinin

Mentoring with Laura Brinin

Laura Brinin is back on the podcast, and today we're talking about mentoring. Laura is a curator and arts administrator, and one half of Side Gallery in Brisbane, and she also works at a university art gallery and does professional development with artists. We talk about whether Laura had a mentor herself, and the piece of advice she got early on that she now thinks was the best bad advice she's ever received. We chat about how to know when you're actually ready for mentoring versus when you think you need it, and why finding the right mentor matters. We get into the difference between mentoring and just getting feedback on your work, and whether mentoring should come through your gallery or sit outside of it. Laura talks through a couple of mentoring myths, what her own process actually looks like, and a mistake she sees a lot in early-career artists around niching down too soon. We also talk about finding your community, how she likes to run a group critique, what to do if your work starts looking too similar to someone else's, and how mentoring is usually structured in terms of frequency and length. * Laura Brinin @laura__who [https://www.instagram.com/laura__who/] * Side Gallery, Brisbane sidegallery.com.au [http://sidegallery.com.au] * Dunedin Public Art Gallery [https://dunedin.art.museum/] You can find the podcast her [https://www.instagram.com/thecreativekindpodcast/]e on Instagram & here [https://thecreativekind.substack.com/] on Substack If you're interested in a video of this episode- you can find it on the Substack or on Youtube Thanks so much for listening! Feel free to rate, review & share if you enjoyed it, this helps other people find the show ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What Does it Mean to Represent an Artist - With Nick Smith

This week I chat with Nick Smith, founder and director of N. Smith Gallery in Sydney to talk about what gallery representation looks like; What does a gallery really do? How do they decide who to work with? And what makes a gallery relationship successful over the long term? Since opening in 2021, Nick has built a gallery that represents 26 artists across Australia while exhibiting internationally through museums, art fairs and major projects.We talked about what representation means beyond simply hanging work on a wall. Nick shares how his team supports artists through pricing, museum relationships, public art commissions, publications, marketing and career planning. We also discuss what artists often misunderstand about representation, some of the ways artists can approach a gallery, what to include in an email and how artists living outside major cities can still get noticed. We also dive into international art fairs, the realities of running a commercial gallery, what happens when an artist's career plateaus, and why timing, trust and honest conversations are so important. One of the things I appreciated most about this conversation was Nick's willingness to talk about the relationship between artist and gallery as exactly that: a relationship. It's built over years, evolves over time, and works best when both sides communicate openly about their ambitions, expectations and challenges. You can find N.Smith Gallery at nsmithgallery.com [http://nsmithgallery.com] and on Instagram at @n.smithgallery [https://www.instagram.com/n.smithgallery/] and @nw.smith [https://www.instagram.com/nw.smith/] Find the Art Wan [https://open.spotify.com/show/6yfxTroTkbtqzjln0ljDc5?si=80d4c3b147194789]k Episode with Nick here [https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OB6Bfut3QAVyAQWZLucMk?si=XRBrDOTRSXqPgpsEWE-sew] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Copy That: Rachael Parsons on copying in Art, copyright & AI

In this episode I sit down with Rachael Parsons, Director of the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), to talk about copying and copyright in visual art. We trace copying's long history as a teaching tool and talk about the point where it tips over into forgery or passing someone else's work off as your own. Rachael breaks down what copyright law actually protects (a specific artwork) versus what it doesn't (style, colour palette, subject matter).  We discuss how a reputation for derivative work can affect an artist's exhibition and grant opportunities & what artists can actually do if they think they've been copied. Rachael talks about some of the bigger historical cases of mass forgery & we also touch on the impact of AI in this matter- how training data complicates copyright, why some art prizes now have no-AI policies, and whether AI-generated art will end up as its own category altogether.  Links mentioned: Find Rachael Parsons here [https://www.instagram.com/rachaelnp/] on Instagram, and here [https://www.instagram.com/p/Da-CRmMgvQ6/] at NERAM * NERAM: https://www.neram.com.au [https://www.neram.com.au] * Tamworth Regional Gallery here [https://www.instagram.com/tamworthregionalgallery/] on instagram and here https://tamworthregionalgallery.com.au [https://tamworthregionalgallery.com.au]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The 100 Day Project with Amanda Billing

In this episode, I'm joined once again by Amanda Billing, who has completed several 100 Day Projects over the years. This time, she reflects on what happened when she spent 100 consecutive days working with clay, why she invited a community of artists to join her, and what she learned from watching dozens of people move through the same experience. We talk about why the 100 Day Project can be used to learn an entirely new medium, deepen an existing practice, or simply create space for something that's been sitting quietly in the background for years. Amanda shares why she believes the most successful projects aren't driven by external outcomes, but by deeply personal motivations that keep you coming back, even on the days when the excitement has worn off. Our conversation explores the reality of showing up every day: the boredom, the resistance, the unexpected breakthroughs, and the moments where you discover that the project isn't really about the work you're making at all. It's about the habits, stories and assumptions you uncover about yourself along the way. We also discuss what Amanda observed while guiding a group of artists through the process together. From experienced professionals to complete beginners they talked and shared their experience together - the uncertainty, self-doubt, periods where it felt like nothing was happening, and eventually, a growing confidence that extended well beyond the creative work itself. Amanda Billing is an actor, portrait photographer, and artist based in Auckland.  Find her at amandabilling.co.nz [http://amandabilling.co.nz] and on Instagram @amandabillingnz [https://www.instagram.com/_amandabilling_/] Find her 100 day project page here @_householdgods_ [https://www.instagram.com/_householdgods_/] Mentioned in this episode: * The 100 Day Project is run by Lindsay Jean Thompson. Find the Instagram at @dothe100dayproject [https://www.instagram.com/dothe100dayproject/]and the Substack at https://the100dayproject.substack.com/the100dayproject.substack.com [http://the100dayproject.substack.com]. * Wendy Mac find her substack here [https://club.drawtogether.studio/archive] and her instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/wendymac/?hl=en] * The podcast Make Art Not Content : find the episode here [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cTBmOpKO9gjGEGev2WTq9?si=rY-IPcpXRZu1aemmp02D0g] and the Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/makeartnotcontent/?hl=en] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Art Friendships with Sam Michelle & Debbie Mackenzie

Sam Michelle and Deb McKenzie met more then a decade ago when they were both given studios in a shared space through their framer. What started as five or six days a week working alongside each other quietly became one of the most important relationships in both their practices. In this conversation we talk about what it means to have someone who genuinely gets it, not just the excitement of a new show, but the pre-show spiral, the post-show crash, the gallery relationship you're not sure is right, the decision that feels too big to make alone. We talk about vulnerability and whether you actually move through self-doubt faster when you've got someone to be honest with. We talk about the art world feeling opaque and why having one person you can call and say "is this normal?" matters.  We also get into what it means to have someone who can give you an honest perspective without any competing interest, someone who knows what's normal in this industry and what isn't, and who will tell you either way. Find Sam here on her website here and her instagram here: sammichelle.com.au [https://www.sammichellepaintings.com/]and on Instagram @sammichelleartist [https://www.instagram.com/samichelleartist/]. Find my previous chats with sam here [https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/sam-michelle-the-importance-of-consistency/id1738378716?i=1000669596642]  Find Debbie McKenzie on her website here and her instagram here debbiemackenzieartist.co [https://www.debbiemackenzieartist.com/]m and Instagram @debbiemackenzieartist [https://www.instagram.com/debbiemackenzieartist/] Find my previous chat with Deb here [https://shows.acast.com/the-creative-kind/episodes/building-a-body-of-work-with-debbie-mackenzie] You can find the podcast her [https://www.instagram.com/thecreativekindpodcast/]e on Instagram & here [https://thecreativekind.substack.com/] on substack Thanks so much for listening! Feel free to rate, review & share if you enjoyed it, this helps other people find the show ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.