Writing with art
Online Workshop
Saturday 4 May
11am-3pm AEDT; 8am-12pm WIB
What is arts writing? Who is it for? This workshop provides foundational knowledge on and skills for different types of art writing, including essays, articles, exhibition texts, curatorial responses, artist interviews, grant writing and more.
By the end of the class, you will create your own piece of writing, which you will have the opportunity to publish on the Talking Contemporary website.
Limited spots are available, capped at 15 participants.
This is a live online workshop held via Zoom. You will receive an access link following registration.
Course Outline
Introductory lecture: What is arts writing?
Workshop activity: Visual analysis exercise – How do we approach writing about and with an artwork?
Collective writing session – create your own essay, article, exhibition/curatorial text
Feedback from instructor
Online Workshop
Saturday 4 May
11am-3pm AEDT; 8am-12pm WIB
What is arts writing? Who is it for? This workshop provides foundational knowledge on and skills for different types of art writing, including essays, articles, exhibition texts, curatorial responses, artist interviews, grant writing and more.
By the end of the class, you will create your own piece of writing, which you will have the opportunity to publish on the Talking Contemporary website.
Limited spots are available, capped at 15 participants.
This is a live online workshop held via Zoom. You will receive an access link following registration.
Course Outline
Introductory lecture: What is arts writing?
Workshop activity: Visual analysis exercise – How do we approach writing about and with an artwork?
Collective writing session – create your own essay, article, exhibition/curatorial text
Feedback from instructor
What you’ll learn:
Learn how to research and write about and with contemporary SE Asian art
Expand your knowledge of the different types of art writing
Produce your own writing and receive professional feedback
Develop an understanding of contemporary art, artists, and creative practices across SE Asia
Requirements:
No prior knowledge is required to start.
Please have a laptop or computer with a webcam ready to participate in this class.
Instructor:
Bianca Winataputri is a curator, writer, podcast host, and Ph.D. candidate in Art History and Theory at Monash Art, Design, and Architecture (MADA). Her research and teaching focus on contemporary Southeast Asian art and exhibitions from the 1990s to the present.
She was recently Public Programs Coordinator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and previously Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Australia, where she was part of a curatorium for the major exhibition Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and completed her Honours year at the Australian National University where she received the Janet Wilkie Prize for Art History in 2017.
Bianca’s recent projects include Talking Contemporary podcast (2021–ongoing), Sang Gunung Menyerahkan Jejaknya ke Laut (The Mountain Gives Way to the Sea), Cush Cush Gallery, Bali, Indonesia (2023), Crossroads/Titik Temu: Eugenia Lim x Yaya Sung, Bus Projects, Melbourne (2020), and Who am I: Chinese-Indonesian art practice post-1998, Intermission Gallery, Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Melbourne (2019). Bianca’s curatorial projects have been supported by the Australian Council for the Arts (now Creative Australia), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, Goethe Institute, Artlink Australia, and more.