Canberra Contemporary Art Space - Annual Report 2022

Canberra Contemporary Art Space Board and Staff respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Canberra and the ACT region, the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples on whose unceded lands our galleries are located; their Ancestors, Elders past and present; and recognise their ongoing connections to Culture and Country. We also respectfully acknowledge all traditional custodians throughout Australia whose art we have exhibited over the past 40+ years, and upon whose unceded lands the Board and Staff travel.

Cover NICCI HAYNES

Random Radio, 2022, as exhibited in Cageworks

Mixed media, dimensions variable

Previous Canberra Contemporary Art Space, May 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Photo by Alexander Boynes

WE ARE KAMBERRI/CANBERRA’S LEADING INDEPENDENT CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS ORGANISATION. WE BRING FRESH IDEAS AND BOLD DIRECTIONS IN ART TO A BROAD AND ENGAGED AUDIENCE.

Image Work by JON CAMPBELL (L), LOUISA WATERS (C) THE RIVER YARNERS (R) Carbon Neutral exhibition installation, 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS) is committed to the growth and development of contemporary art in Kamberri/Canberra. Exhibiting ambitious work that challenges perceptions, our diverse programs engage with communities, allies, and leading artists across local, national and international sectors. We cultivate enthusiastic and informed audiences who value contemporary culture and support our work.

CCAS is recognised by artsACT as a Key Arts Organisation. CCAS is a founding member of the Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA), a national network of 15 esteemed small and medium organisations that are seen as laboratories for testing new ideas and directions for the contemporary visual arts.

CCAS exhibitions and related public programs were located at CCAS Lakeside and CCAS Manuka in 2022. CCAS is a not-for-profit association supported by a Board and professional staff that have relevant skills in the arts, governance, finance, business, marketing and academia.

Image TYLER JACKSON Tyler Jackson installing AURORA, 2022

Photo by Dan Toua

Chair’s Report

The beginning of 2022 was still shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic (mask wearing, social distancing), but since the second half of the year there has been a gradual return to (near) normal activities and a full program of exhibitions at both CCAS Lakeside and CCAS Manuka. 23 exhibitions at CCAS Manuka showcasing 29 artists, and 8 exhibitions (featuring 68 artists) at our main gallery, including the return of our much-loved Members’ Show (supported by Canberra City Framing, The Jetty and Eckersley’s Art & Craft), and a DESIGN Canberra Festival curated program collaboration with Craft ACT: Craft & Design Centre. We also hosted the 2022 Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation Art Auction and Gala, and MARION (formerly ACT Writers) 2022 ACT Notable Awards event. As 2022 was the first year of a full, uninterrupted program at CCAS Lakeside our visitor numbers were significantly higher than previous years (10,358).

CCAS successfully managed its first leadership transition in well over a decade with the retirement in March 2022 of former Director, David Broker, after 16 years at the helm. David’s significant contributions to CCAS and the ACT arts sector include:

• Establishing BLAZE, an annual exhibition showcasing Canberra based artists at the outset of their careers;

• Initiating the much-loved Social Pages;

• Curating 19 CCAS exhibitions;

• Developing an international program: (in 2016 partnering with Italy’s RESÒ Network on an international art exchange, which sent Canberra artist Kirsten Farrell to Turin, and Italian artist Enrico Partengo to Canberra. In 2018-19 the Government of Brazil and the Brazilian Embassy in Canberra supported two artists from Brasília to participate in six-week residencies at CCAS: Christus Nobrega in 2018 and Gê Orthof in 2019, these residencies demonstrated CCAS’s engagement with global practice and strengthened ties between planned capital cities Brasília and Canberra);

• Mounting a special program in 2013 that responded to themes proposed by the Centenary of Canberra team: women, heritage, politics, Indigenous issues, science, youth and the future. Eight curators and 85 artists–either currently living in, or once based in the ACT–participated in exhibitions that demonstrated imaginative approaches to each theme. The Centenary of Canberra program brought together founding artists such as Vivienne Binns, Alison Alder, eX de Medici and Mandy Martin with exciting new practitioners, Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Benjamin Forster and Gregory Hodge, generating a sense of pride in the past and optimism for the future; and,

• Managing our major gallery relocation in 2020 from Gorman Arts Centre to Commonwealth Place.

Image KENSUKE TODO

Becoming an Angel, 2022, as exhibited in Cageworks Brass, steel, 16 x 42 x 16.5cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

After a public recruitment, Janice Falsone joined the CCAS team, as Director, in March 2022, bringing to the role extensive arts management, curatorial and income diversification experience. In 2022 the CCAS Board and Director developed a new strategic plan for the 2023-2026 period, which outlines our bold vision and plans to build on our strengths, increase our capacity and support artists. 2022 also saw the launch of the new ACT Arts Policy, and long-awaited funding reform in the ACT. In October 2022 CCAS successfully secured additional core funding for 2023-2026 from the ACT Government (a 17% increase on 2022) through Arts Organisation Investment Funding. This welcome commitment provides CCAS with essential support for the coming four years.

In addition, CCAS continued to engage productively with the ACT government and peer organisations to plan for the future Kingston Arts Precinct (KAP). KAP is an exciting commitment to CCAS’s future which offers dedicated studios, collaborative opportunities and exhibition and office spaces from 2026.

I would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank my fellow board members: Ian Whyte (Treasurer), Adam Peppinck (Secretary), Tina Baum, Kate Murphy, Paul Magee; plus former board members Karina Harris (served from 2008) and Daniel Vukovljak (served one year) who both stepped down from the CCAS Board at our April AGM. A heartfelt thanks also to our CCAS staff: Janice Falsone, Alexander Boynes, Dan Toua, Alex Asch and Fay Duffey as well as our team of interns and casuals. I would also like to thank our key supporters: the ACT Government through artsACT, the National Capital Authority and the Australia Council for the Arts. Finally, I would like to thank all our members and our exhibiting artists for their ongoing support of CCAS.

Amanda Biggs Chair

Director’s Report

In 2022, for the first time since our relocation to Commonwealth Place in early 2020, CCAS was able to deliver a complete program at both CCAS Lakeside and CCAS Manuka, reconnecting with audiences and the community after two years of significant disruption. Our main program at CCAS Lakeside showcased leading contemporary artists, and included three curated group exhibitions, three solo shows, one members' showcase, and a range of DESIGN Canberra exhibitions in collaboration with Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre.

In 2022, our Curator | Program Manager, Alexander Boynes, showcased his curatorial expertise by delivering three unique group exhibitions. Carbon Neutral presented works by six contemporary Australian artists responding to the Climate Crisis, along with an installation by the environmental knitting collective, The River Yarners. This exhibition was part of Aquifer, a Territory-wide program of events and exhibitions coinciding with the Australian National University (ANU) Climate Update 2022. Boynes’ second exhibition, Come Back: All is Forgiven featured seven of the ANU School of Art & Design's alumni artists who first exhibited at CCAS as fresh graduates more than a decade ago before pursuing their careers interstate. The exhibition showcased work from the artists’ formative years, alongside new works. Finally, Cageworks, influenced by 20th Century American avant-garde composer John Cage, was a playful exhibition celebrating experimentation and unorthodox approaches to artmaking, including wall paintings by Ham Darroch and an interactive installation by Nicci Haynes. This exhibition was opened by ACT Arts Minister Tara Cheyne MLA.

Wendy Teakel, a Canberra-region established artist and long-time CCAS member, transformed the front half of the CCAS Lakeside gallery with the exhibition Remnants, investigating the nature and fragility of ecotones between bush, farm, and garden. Simultaneously, Noelene Lucas, an interstate artist, exhibited Entanglement, a video installation focusing on the impact of climate change on land, birds, and water quality. In November, Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara based early-career artist Tyler Jackson presented AURORA, an immersive exhibition that questioned our perception of light and space in our technological age, specifically created for CCAS and presented as part of the DESIGN Canberra Festival. The AURORA exhibition catalogue featured an essay commissioned by independent Canberra-based writer Anja Loughhead.

At CCAS Manuka, 23 diverse and engaging exhibitions showcased predominantly early-career artists and experimental art practice. Some highlights included: WATCH OUT! B there wif me ??? by Isaac Kairouz, which transformed the gallery into a vibrant fantasy wasteland where viewers roamed with imagined monsters; Both Ways Beyond the Sky by Jacqueline Meng and Emma Rani Hodges-Vanitlertpibon, exploring the nuances of being of Asian descent and

growing up in Australia; and Collapsible Visions, a sold-out exhibition which responded to the hyperbolic geometry and patterning in Islamic architecture by Hannah Beasley who recently spent three years living in Iran.

In 2022, our exhibitions were accompanied by a range of public programs that aimed to promote understanding of contemporary culture, engage diverse audiences, and facilitate the exchange of ideas. We delivered a total of 52 public programs, which included 29 exhibition openings, nine floor talks and in-conversation events, five performance events, three workshops, two members' events, and four other arts-related events. Some of the highlights of these programs included a Craftivism session with The River Yarners as part of the Carbon Neutral exhibition, a Radio Random performance by exhibiting artist Nicci Haynes with Nathan Hughes and Saskia Haalebos at the opening of Cageworks, plus a re-enactment of John Cage’s Lecture on Nothing by poet Paul Magee. Additionally, there was a performance by a pianist and opera singer, as well as a reading by artist Sarah Rice, at Rice's TEXT/URE exhibition at CCAS Manuka. There were workshops offered during A Floral Liaison, including a collage workshop with artist Michele England and Monotypes and Hapazome workshop with artist Adele Rae Cameron, at CCAS Manuka. In 2022, we also produced exhibition catalogue e-publications, with informative essays and professional exhibition documentation for key exhibitions in our Lakeside program.

As part of our commitment to providing professional development programs and opportunities for artists, we recommitted in 2022 to supporting the ANU School of Art & Design’s Emerging Artist Support Scheme (EASS). We selected Honours Graduate Bridget Baskerville as the recipient of the CCAS Mentoring and Exhibition EASS Award. Baskerville will participate in a year-long mentoring program at CCAS in 2023, receiving career advice, critical feedback, and professional development. The program will culminate in a free two-week exhibition at CCAS Mauka.

After commencing in the Director role in March 2022, I engaged in more than 45 stakeholder meetings, with artists, Territory and federal Government representatives, media, CCAS members, staff, Board, and arts sector peers. These consultations aimed to gain a broad understanding of CCAS's actual and perceived position within the local and national arts landscape. The insights gained, along with the strategic planning undertaken by the CCAS Board, informed the development of CCAS's new strategic plan. Our 2023-2026 plan celebrates the decades-long history of CCAS supporting and enriching the arts in the ACT while also outlining our initiatives for future growth and renewal.

Over the next four years, CCAS aims to deepen engagement with audiences and increase support for artists in pursuit of five strategic goals. These include:

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Image NOËL SKRZYPCZAK Moonflower #1, 2018

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 188 x 146cm Exhibited in Come Back, All is Forgiven, 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Image NOËL SKRZYPCZAK Moonflower #4, 2018

polymer paint on canvas, 188 x 146cm Exhibited in Come Back, All is Forgiven, 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

1) presenting the best in contemporary art practice through a rich program of well-crafted exhibitions;

2) growing the audience for contemporary art in Canberra, with a loyal core following and a regular flow of new visitors;

3) developing the careers of artists and arts workers by providing opportunities, support, and guidance;

4) increasing long-term financial resilience through grants, collaborations, and a new focus on private giving; and

5) ensuring that CCAS promotes and supports responsible governance.

In 2023, with the increased support received through our successful ACT Government Arts Organisation Investment application which was submitted in September 2022, CCAS will pay National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) recommended fees to artists in our main program.

Besides securing operational funding from artsACT, CCAS's applications to participate in Australia Council for the Arts programs, the Digital Strategist-In-Residence program and the Foundations of Directorship governance training for Organisations with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, were both successful in 2022, and they will be undertaken in 2023.

I would like to express my gratitude to the CCAS Board, staff, and community for warmly welcoming me to the Director role. I would also like to thank my predecessor David Broker for his generous handover and his steadfast support of contemporary art. I would like to extend a big thank you to the inspiring CCAS team, and our valuable volunteers, who have contributed immensely to the achievements of CCAS. I am grateful to our members, donors, exhibitors, funding partners, collaborators, and audience for their support and contributions to CCAS in 2022.

CCAS provides a lively and innovative platform for artists to explore new ideas through provocation, dialogue, and rigorous curatorial engagement. I am excited to work with the Board, members, and staff to realise the goals and projects outlined for 2023 and beyond, which include exhibitions, public programs, residencies, publications, and events. These initiatives will provide opportunities for artists, curators, arts writers, and arts workers to develop new work and foster sustainable practices and careers. It is an absolute privilege to work with the CCAS community to support the production and presentation of new work.

Janice Falsone Director / Public Officer

Treasurer’s Report

In 2022, CCAS recorded an overall operating deficit of -$18,204, which is a significant decrease from the $927 surplus in 2021 and the $33,067 surplus in 2020. The organisation generated $339,409 in income and incurred expenses of $357,613. Despite the deficit, the Board expressed gratitude to all members for their contributions and acknowledged the ongoing financial support provided by the ACT Government and the Australia Council for the Arts. Grants totalling $206,962 from the ACT Arts Fund, $50,103 from the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy (VACS), and $41,312 from the Australia Council (VACS) helped to sustain the financial viability of CCAS.

In 2022, CCAS returned to full programming after two years of pandemic disruption, providing opportunities for income generation through functions, venue hire and collaboration projects, as well as donations, and CCAS Manuka, which earned $13,978, $3,899, and $16,300, respectively. These figures are an improvement from 2021, which generated $1,002, $1,802, and $4,018, respectively.

The surpluses in 2020 and 2021 were achieved through Jobkeeper and rent subsidies. CCAS received $36,000 from Jobkeeper in 2021 and $70,342 in 2020 and was not required to pay rent during the Covid shutdowns in 2020 and 2021.

After the loss of these subsidies a deficit of $30,000 was forecast for the 2022 year and the CCAS Board decided to carry the then-forecast deficit, as they believed that multi-year funding renewal from the ACT Government in 2023 was likely. They also approved fiscal measures to reduce the deficit, such as decreasing the number of main space exhibitions from eight to seven and renegotiating terms with key collaborators. CCAS was transparent with artsACT about the underlying deficit, highlighting the need for increased funding. The Board concluded that it was reasonable to utilise some of the reserves to cover a short-term loss in 2022. The fact that losses incurred were below expected levels is testimony to the sound financial management practices put in place by the directors.

CCAS has successfully secured renewed multi-year operational funding from the ACT Government, with a commitment of $300,000 per year from 2023 to 2026. This represents a $42,935 (17%) increase in annual Territory funding and prioritises core operational costs and fair payment for artists and arts workers. This welcomed increase in funding is, however, insufficient to build much needed capacity, and as such CCAS has made the decision to close on Sundays from 2023 to save on staffing expenses. To achieve modest surpluses with growth CCAS will need to rely on private sector fundraising efforts and project grants in future.

Since moving to our lake-front location in early 2020, we have not held any fundraising events. However, we are optimistic about utilising this location to support the ongoing financial viability of CCAS in the foreseeable future. During 2022 our long-term executive Director David Broker retired and was replaced in March 2022 by Janice Falsone. Both of these directors have been extremely easy to work with from a financial viewpoint and we have been fortunate to have people with good financial acumen managing the affairs of CCAS.

At 31 December 2022 CCAS had $81,066 in retained earnings, and cash reserves of $163,100 which combined with the increase in core funding should ensure CCAS’s financial future.

Ian Whyte Treasurer

Image MICHELE ENGLAND and ADELE RAE CAMERON A Floral Liason exhibition installation at CCAS Manuka, 2022

Photo by Dan Toua

2022 At A Glance

Total Visitation ⬆ 95% *†

Membership ⬆ 15%*

Social media followers ⬆ 17%*

Website views ⬆ 115%*

91 artists exhibited 35 volunteers, contributing 900+ hours**

*Compared to 2021 numbers

† Total visitation ⬆ 62% from pre-pandemic 2019 numbers

**Includes CCAS Manuka invigilation

Image At the opening of Come Back, All is Forgiven, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2022

Photo by Janice Falsone

Image At Carbon Neutral After Dark, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2022

Photo by Alexander Boynes

Testimonials

CCAS provides a matchless opportunity in Canberra for artists to be speculative as it does not require artworks to be saleable. This experimental environment sanctions adventurous outcomes by artists and encourages an edgier form of philosophical discussion about issues of current interest.

I was invited to exhibit at CCAS in 2022 as an established Canberra-based artist. The resulting exhibition Remnants, investigated the nature and fragility of ecotones between bush, farm and garden landscapes. The exhibition was deemed successful by visitor response and critical review. The success of Remnants was made possible through the foresight, responsiveness, and professionalism of CCAS staff.

CCAS was established in the late 1980s as a place for Canberra artists to explore and communicate cutting edge creative ideas. Today CCAS has peer institutions and creative connections across Australia and internationally while still providing a distinctive and essential experience for Canberra artists and audiences and a place for progressive intellectual and cultural debate to take place within the local community. I value Canberra Contemporary Art Space as an important and highly relevant creative entity.

WENDY TEAKEL

Teakel’s solo exhibition Remnants was presented at CCAS in 2022

I am an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand and AURORA was my first international exhibition. The CCAS team was the most professional, organised and engaged gallery that I have had the privilege of working with. CCAS supported the exhibition financially, curatorially, and logistically throughout the 18 months that we worked together. Their generous and highly professional support was critical in facilitating my largest and most ambitious exhibition to date.

During my 10 days visiting Canberra I was able to meet and engage with the local art community. I experienced first-hand how important CCAS is to its local artists, curators, and writers as a community platform for local, national, and international contemporary art.

Based on my experience in establishing and running an art space in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, as well as working in a commercial art gallery, I believe that CCAS’s commitment to its artists and community is outstanding. It was such a refreshing experience working with them and their hospitality was amazing. The team were devoted to helping me install the work, driving me to Bunnings on multiple occasions, going to openings together and all worked after hours the day before the exhibition to get it all completed.

I look forward to Canberra Contemporary Art Space’s future as the gallery is in an excellent position to expand and support young artists and their communities for future generations.

TYLER JACKSON

Jackson’s solo exhibition AURORA was presented at CCAS in 2022

Throughout my 14-year career as an artist, CCAS has always been there when I needed it. From supporting my experimental performance practice when I was a fresh-faced graduate, to being the space that I first exhibited drawings (and made my first artwork sale) many years later, and then allowing me to play and risk when I wanted to try collaborating with my partner and fellow artist James Lieutenant by making our first wall painting. As an institution, CCAS has provided me the space to experiment and progress my artistic practice when I needed it the most, as well as providing me opportunities that have supported my professional development. An art career can be seen as a set of building blocks, these blocks that CCAS provided helped build to the opportunities that I’ve been lucky enough to pursue since.

In 2022 I held a solo exhibition at CCAS Manuka and was curated into group exhibition Cageworks at CCAS Lakeside. Participating in both these exhibitions has helped me feel more connected to the Canberra community. I had felt somewhat distant from any community, since moving to Sydney in 2011 and returning to Canberra in 2018. Since exhibiting with CCAS in 2022, I have been curated into multiple shows at other local art spaces, solidifying this sense of community, connection, and support. Feeling reconnected and supported by a greater community is a key motivator in continuing to practice as an artist, persevering through hardship and rejection.

KATE VASSALLO

Vassallo's solo exhibition Tangents and Signals was presented at CCAS Manuka in 2022, and her work was also included in Cageworks at CCAS Lakeside in 2022

CCAS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH NEW ART BECOMES ART HISTORY. AT CCAS LAKESIDE, WE CREATE MEANINGFUL, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND APPRECIATED EXHIBITIONS SHOWCASING THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE.

Image Alexander Boynes installing DECIBEL NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE’s John Cage Variations II (1961) 2022, Score instantiations from the ‘Decibel John Cage Variations’ App in a visual score, vinyl numbering on wall, 90 x 750 cm, as part of Cageworks

Photo by Janice Falsone

Image JON CAMPBELL

Jon Campbell performs in front of his work No Planet B, 2021

Artist Book Produced by Bronwyn Johnson, designed and printed by Aaron Beehre Risograph prints on paper, 41cm x 30cm each

Photo by Alexander Boynes

Artistic Program, CCAS Lakeside

CARBON NEUTRAL

G.W. BOT, JON CAMPBELL, THE RIVER YARNERS, ANDREW STYAN, LOUISA WATERS, MARZENA

WASIKOWSKA, ANNE ZAHALKA, CURATED BY ALEXANDER BOYNES

3 March – 2 May 2021

Audience: 2705

Carbon Neutral showcased contemporary Australian art addressing the Climate Crisis. The exhibition was part of Aquifer, a Territory-wide program of events and exhibitions coinciding with the Australian National University’s Climate Update 2022. Through their art, the artists in Carbon Neutral aimed to inspire hope and optimism to face the challenge of Climate Change. Initially, the exhibition ambitiously required artists to offset the carbon emissions produced in their studio practices to create artworks that were carbon neutral. However, due to COVID-19, this became difficult for artists. The exhibition aimed to provoke meaningful dialogue around the existential threats of fire, drought, and ecocide due to human-induced Climate Change.

Many people have taken steps such as living off-grid, recycling, growing their own veggies, and switching to green alternatives to fight global heating. This is part of "Slow Hope," as termed by Prof. Christof Mauch, which involves taking small steps to turn the tide and save the planet. Carbon Neutral artists contributed to this effort by dedicating their practices to the most urgent issue of our times, inspiring reflection, and optimism for the future.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Exhibition opening event (18 February 2022); Book launch of Jon Campbell: No Planet B, with musical performance by artist Jon Campbell (12 March 2022); Craftivism session with The River Yarners (12 March 2022); Extended hours during Enlighten Festival – Carbon Neutral After Dark (4-14 March 2022).

Image Work by ANDREW STYAN (L), THE RIVER YARNERS (R) Carbon Neutral exhibition installation, 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Image WENDY TEAKEL

To Begin With, 2022 Greenline pipe, joiners, shovels, tube stock trees, 70 x 400 x 40cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

REMNANTS

WENDY TEAKEL

14 May - 11 July 2022

Audience: 1854

Remnants was an exhibition that recognised Wendy Teakel’s ongoing engagement with Arte Povera and Environmental Art, as well as our spatial and temporal relationships with the land. The exhibition consisted of a series of installation pieces that investigated the nature and fragility of ecotones between bush, farm, and garden landscapes. To create the individual works, detritus such as fencing wire, guttering, corrugated iron, broken tools, and furniture were collected, manipulated, and fashioned to form the main structures. These hand-made elements were combined with soft materials such as fabrics and living plants to evoke vulnerable relationships and tensions that occur between human and natural systems. The installations employed the technique of Kusomono or miniature gardening, which provided a sense of resilience and a physical shift in scale for the viewer while implying a fragile tenacity and endurance that can exist in ecotones.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Remnants exhibition e-catalogue available on the CCAS website; Exhibition opening event (29 April 2022); In conversation event with CCAS Director Janice Falsone and artists Wendy Teakel and Noelene Lucas (2 July 2022).

“Canberra Contemporary Art Space has one of the most scenic locations of any gallery in Canberra, looking out onto Lake Burley Griffin and positioned between the National Gallery and the National Library. It is a most appropriate location for an exhibition that deals with our threatened and constantly changing natural environment… Wendy Teakel, a local artist who for about a decade was the head of the sculpture workshop at the ANU School of Art, presents a complex installation consisting of eight individual pieces that in various ways comment on a particular environment… The intriguing quality of Teakel’s art is its apparent simplicity of means that conceals a free-flowing complexity of possible associative meanings.”

Excerpt from Sasha Grishin’s exhibition review, published in The Canberra Times May 2022.

Image WENDY TEAKEL

Remnant, 2021

Corrugated iron, native grasses, weeds, 106 x 52 x 330cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Image NOELENE LUCAS Entanglement (installation photograph), 2022

Multi-screen video installation with sound, dimensions variable

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

ENTANGLEMENT

NOELENE LUCAS

14 May - 11 July 2022

Audience: 1854

Noelene Lucas' practice focuses on investigating the land from both environmental and historical perspectives, with particular attention to the impact of Climate Change on land, birds, and water quality. Entanglement aimed to raise awareness of these issues and emphasise our involvement in the ongoing crisis. The exhibition also points to where hope resides; in contact with life beyond the human, in seeing and valuing and not being indifferent to the plight of life on this damaged planet. At the base of all Lucas’ video work is the exploration of time, ephemerality, and absence.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Entanglement exhibition e-catalogue available on the CCAS website; Exhibition opening event (29 April 2022); In conversation event with CCAS Director Janice Falsone and artists Noelene Lucas and Wendy Teakel (2 July 2022).

Image TREVELYAN CLAY Bleeding Painted Grave, 2006 Acrylic on canvas boards,142 x 112cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Image TREVELYAN CLAY Pushy, 2021 Oil on linen, 183 x 153cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

COME BACK, ALL IS FORGIVEN

JUSTIN ANDREWS, STUART BAILEY, LEAH BULLEN, TREVELYAN CLAY, HELEN SHELLEY, NOËL SKRZYPCZAK, BRYAN SPIER, CURATED BY ALEXANDER BOYNES

16 July – 28 August 2022

Audience: 1913

In the last decade, Canberra has gone from not only being an excellent place to study and cut your teeth in the visual arts, but as somewhere to put down roots and develop a career. Come Back, All is Forgiven brings back some of the strong and talented artists who graduated from the ANU School of Art & Design (then Canberra School of Art) in the late 90’s and early 00’s. These artists first exhibited at CCAS as fresh-faced graduates, before leaving the Capital in order to ‘make it’. The exhibition features original works from their formative years in Canberra, alongside new and recent works produced after two decades of working as practising artists.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Exhibition opening event (15 July 2022); Curator floor talk by Alexander Boynes for The Lime Flamingo Collective (24 July 2022), and Canberra Institute of Technology Visual Art Professional Practice students (27 July 2022).

Image JUSTIN ANDREWS (L), HELEN SHELLEY (R)

Come Back, All is Forgiven exhibition installation, 2022

Photo Brenton McGeachie

Image HAM DARROCH

Ham Darroch painting Chambers (1-5), 2022, as part of Cageworks Wall painting, acrylic and pencil on wall, dimensions variable

Photo by Alexander Boynes

CAGEWORKS

HAM DARROCH, NICCI HAYNES, KENSUKE TODO, KATE VASSALLO, DECIBEL NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, CURATED BY ALEXANDER BOYNES

10 September - 23 October 2022

Audience: 2164

American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-1992) was one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, and continues to inspire creatives the world over in far broader genres than purely music. The Cageworks exhibition explored some of these outputs in the form of visual art by Canberra and interstate artists.

The exhibition featured various artworks, including a large-scale wall painting by Ham Darroch, an interactive technologybased work by Nicci Haynes, ‘silent sculptures’ by Kensuke Todo, and chance-based drawing installations by Kate Vassallo. In addition, it included visual scores, recordings, and a bespoke John Cage Variations App by Decibel New Music Ensemble.

Cageworks demonstrated how Cage's inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas continue to inspire artists. The exhibition showcased some of the playful and insightful ways Australian artists, particularly Canberra artists, are building on Cage’s legacy.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Exhibition opening event - opened by Minister for the Arts Tara Cheyne MLA, followed by Radio Random performance by artist Nicci Haynes with Nathan Hughes and Saskia Haalebos (9 September 2022); Curator floor talk by Alexander Boynes for ANU School of Art & Design Professional Practice students (20 September 2022); Curator Alexander Boynes in conversation event with artists Ham Darroch and Nicci Haynes, followed by a performance of John Cage’s Lecture on Nothing by poet Paul Magee (1 October 2022);

Above KATE VASSALLO

Field of arrows pointing at nothing, (detail) 2020-21 Coloured pencil on paper, 32 sheets of A3 paper

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Lakeside

Right Artists Kate Vassallo, Kensuke Todo, Nicci Haynes and Ham Darroch at the opening of Cageworks

Photo by Dan Toua

“...the resultant exhibition [Cageworks] is an engaging one instilled with intellectual interrogations and aesthetic delectation.” Excerpt from Peter Haynes’ exhibition review, Canberra Times October 2022

CCAS Lakeside

AURORA - DESIGN Canberra

TYLER JACKSON

5 - 27 November 2022

Audience: 1324

AURORA, by New Zealand early-career artist Tyler Jackson, showcased new light-inspired sculptures influenced by the Bauhaus design movement. The main work, Launch Towards the Second Sun (2022), emphasised humanity's reliance on solar energy. This programmable autonomous machine responded to its surroundings, shifting with changes in weather, air pressure, wind, humidity, and temperature, communicating through light and an infrared sensor. This work also featured an audio component by sonic artist Jackie Jenkins, inspired by the journey light takes before reaching us. In the exhibition, Jackson also employed a mass-produced, holographic fan to synthesise light and movement to create a kinetic image, and mirror acrylic to create a secondary light source, symbolising the relationship between Earth and the sun. AURORA’s recontextualisation of Bauhaus design within the setting of the DESIGN Canberra Festival questioned our perception of light and space in a technological age.

Public programs and audience engagement:

AURORA was programmed as part of the 2022 DESIGN Canberra Festival; AURORA exhibition e-catalogue available on the CCAS website, featuring a commissioned essay by independent writer Anja Loughhead; Artist floor talk by Tyler Jackson, followed by exhibition opening event (5 November 2022).

Image TYLER JACKSON

Launch Towards the Second Sun 2022

Steel, aluminium, acrylic, paint, LED lights, raspberry pi, sensors, 265 x 235 x 30cm

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

Opening event sponsored by Lake George Winery, Capital Brewing Co. and Prosecco DOC. Tyler Jackson’s stay in Canberra was supported by the Arts Capital’s Visiting Artists program at Gorman Arts Centre.

Image TYLER JACKSON AURORA exhibition installation, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2022

Photo by Brenton McGeachie

52 Artistic Program

CCAS Lakeside

Image LUCY IRVINE The Stills 2021 Bronze, dimensions variable

Photo by Lean Timms

CCAS Lakeside

DESIGN Canberra FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS

5 - 27 November 2022

Audience: 1324

As part of the 2022 DESIGN Canberra Festival, CCAS hosted three Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre exhibitions:

THE STILLS

LUCY IRVINE

Lucy Irvine, DESIGN Canberra Festival’s designer-in-residence, created The Stills as the signature work for the Festival. Irvine chose two small sections of weaving, cast them in bronze, then used repetition and pattern forming to show the iterative process of transformation.

ROGUETOPIA

DAVEY BARBER + LUCY IRVINE

Inspired by Lucy Irvine’s sculptural artwork According to Plan, Irvine and photographer Davey Barber documented the takeover of Canberra’s iconic 1970’s architecture.

HOME:MADE

LEON CURTIS, MARIKA SVIKIS, BLING YIU, MITJILI NAPURRULA, KEYANNIE DENIGAN, LEONIE KAMUTU, SARRA TZIJAN, ELOISE WHITE

A curated selection of new furniture, homewares, and jewellery by some of the most exciting early career designers and makers from across Australia.

Public programs and audience engagement:

Artist floor talks by Lucy Irvine and Davey Barber, followed by exhibition opening event (5 November 2022).

Opening event sponsored by Lake George Winery, Capital Brewing Co. and Prosecco DOC

2022 CCAS MEMBERS' SHOWCASE

UJALA AFTAB, ALLISON BARNES, AMY BEGGS-FRENCH, JULIE BRADLEY, TOM BUCKLAND, BYRD, LIZ COATES, SARIT COHEN, LEE CRISP, MICHAEL DESMOND, MICHELE ENGLAND, KIRSTEN FARRELL, GERALD GEDD JONES, RORY GILLEN, SASKIA HAALEBOS, LIZZIE HALL, NICCI HAYNES, CAROLINE HUF, ROSALIND LEMOH, SIMON MELLOR, DEREK O'CONNOR, HARIJS PIEKALNS, JACOB POTTER, WENDY TEAKEL, SONIA VAN DE HAAR, DANIEL VUKOVLJAK, ISOBEL WATERS

10 - 11 November 2022

Audience: 248

Finishing off 2022 in style, December heralded the return of a much-loved CCAS tradition: the annual Members' Showcase. The opening event doubled as our end-of-year party, and celebrated our legendary community while raising funds to support contemporary arts practice in the Canberra region (with raffle prizes featuring coveted goods and services generously provided by Eckersley's Art & Craft and The Jetty). The 2022 theme was GUILTY PLEASURES (we'll show you ours if you show us yours), and the exhibition featured work by 27 CCAS members.

The Winner’s Prize of $500 (kindly sponsored by Canberra City Framing Gallery) and a Highly Commended were presented by guest judge Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator of Visual Art at Canberra Museum + Gallery. Works were available for purchase during the exhibition, and CCAS’s zero commission policy meant that artists received 100% of the sale price.

Ged with CCAS Members Show winning entry,Wet Dream 2022

Image GERALD ‘GED’ JONES

Acrylic, pens, graphite, permanent markers, 195 x 175 cm

Photo by Leah Walter

CCAS MANUKA IS A SITE OF EXPERIMENTATION AND GROWTH, PRESENTING AMBITIOUS PROJECTS BY PREDOMINANTLY EARLY CAREER ARTISTS AND CURATORS, PRIORITISING CANBERRA-BASED PRACTICE.

Previous Page Overload exhibition opening, CCAS Manuka 2022

Photo by Janice Falsone

Above ISAAC KAIROUZ WATCH OUT! B there wif me ??? (exhibition install detail), 2022 Mixed media, dimensions variable

Photo courtesy of the Artist

Artistic Program, CCAS Manuka

WATCH OUT! B there wif me ???

ISAAC KAIROUZ

28 January - 6 February 2022

WATCH OUT! B there wif me ??? transformed the gallery space into a fantasy wasteland where viewers roamed with imagined monsters. Through televisual sculptural installation, the work examined the performative boundaries between childhood and adulthood, questioning the ways in which fantasy can serve as a pedagogical environment for viewers. Through both physical and non-physical mediums, the artist created an environment which encouraged and enabled the viewer to engage with their internalised childhood.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (27 January 2022).

MOTION IN DIVISION REN GREGORČIČ

10 - 20 February 2022

Motion In Division explored the contemporary concrete-water dynamic using video, installation, and sound. Gregoričič used computational fluid simulation and modelling as a method of engaging with the way that concrete infrastructure takes the properties of water - its movement and fluidity - and makes them appear solid. The works in Motion In Division offered a critical reflection on urban hydrology as an archetypical urban intervention.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (10 February 2022).

YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT BUT THIS IS WHAT PEAK PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE

RORY GILLEN

25 February - 6 March 2022

The provocation for this exhibition was a tweet by a right-wing troll glorifying traditional, toxic masculinity. Despite the mockery the tweet received, the hypermasculine and pseudo-homoerotic sentiment was ironically adopted by emerging Gen Z and already jaded millennials. Gillen’s exhibition aimed to question the sustainability of capitalism and individualism, while critiquing the fundamental lack of interdependence and objectivism in machine learning systems, highlighting the need for a community-centered approach.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (24 February 2022).

Image Louis Grant Marked Me Like a Blood Stain, 2020 Kiln formed and cold worked glass, set of two panels

Photo by Adam McGrath

BREAKABLE HEAVEN

LOUIS GRANT

10 - 20 March 2022

Breakable Heaven explored themes of personal identity through methods of unbecoming, unmaking and undoing through the ‘queer art of failure’ to strip back the performance of self to find an authentic, raw and nuanced voice. The exhibition presented sentiments of love, loss, shame, and celebration through material explorations in glass, delving into the idea of glass being queer.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (10 March 2022).

TEXT/URE

SARAH RICE

25 March - 3 April 2022

Text/ure: The Drawings was the final stage of Sarah Rice's award-winning, multi-disciplinary project. The exhibition showcased the artist’s drawings made in response to six commissioned choral compositions that were, in turn, written in response to Rice’s poem If I Could Have Given You A Note. The exhibition highlighted the interweaving between word, image, and sound, with Rice's drawings representing the line, shape, tone, colour and texture of the music.

Public programs and audience engagement: performance by contributing pianist and opera singer + reading by artist Sarah Rice at exhibition opening event (24 March 2022); Artist Talk (2 April 2022); Text/ure: The Book was launched during the exhibition.

FAMILIAR PICTURES

HARRIET MITCHELL

7 - 17 April 2022

An exhibition of paintings depicting everyday contemporary life based on journal memories, featuring candid portraits of friends and family in mundane narratives. Combining document and fiction, depicting real experiences curated into staged images, with domesticity and introspection being common themes.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (7 April 2022).

Image EMMA RANI HODGES-VANITLERTPIBON She Goes, 2019 Fabric, glitter, cardboard, canvas, pva glue, 210 x 280cm

Photo by Dan Toua

BOTH WAYS BEYOND THE SKY

EMMA RANI HODGES-VANITLERTPIBON & JACQUELINE MENG

25 March - 3 April 2022

Both Ways Beyond the Sky explored the nuances of what it means to be of Asian descent and to have grown up in Australia. The exhibition explored cross-cultural identity, religious trends, globalisation, and consumer culture, acknowledging that within this fast-moving paradigm, cultural identity exists in a state of flux. The exhibition created a space where the artists could project their own art as identity - a somewhat utopia amid living between cultures.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (21 April 2022).

A FLORAL LIAISON

ADELE RAE CAMERON & MICHELE ENGLAND

5 - 15 May 2022

The artists in this exhibition used flowers as a central subject to talk about seasonality and by extension sustainability and the environment. Flowers are fecund: they lure the eye and speak of promise. Blooms can be small, blousy, colourful, or diminutive and tell a story of life’s possibility. They have intrinsic power to provide human connection in times of love, reunion, gratitude, and grief.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (5 May 2022); Collage workshop with artist Michele England (7 May 2022); Monotypes and Hapazome workshop with artist Adele Rae Cameron (14 May 2022); Floor talk and exhibition closing event by Michele England and Adele Rae Cameron (15 May 2022).

THROUGH FABRIC JAMES

19 - 29 May 2022

James Lieutenant's artworks often focus on gritty and abject textures, linking this to trauma in his own personal history and that happening on a global scale around him. However, the work in this exhibition was a departure from Lieutenant's usual style, with less focus on agitation and more on pure minimal colour abstraction. The paintings were made through slow layering, allowing viewers to see through the surface and experience painterly illusions, balancing fluidity and vulnerability in the surfaces.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (19 May 2022).

Image DIANA ELLINGER Garden Variety, 2020 Acrylic on 300gsm Archers Paper, 76 x 57cm.

Photo by Nikole Ramsay

TANGENTS AND SIGNALS

KATE VASSALLO

2 - 12 June 2022

Consisting of abstract drawing, painting and printmaking, this solo exhibition of new works by Kate Vassallo brought together two years of studio experimentation. This body of work focused on systems, light, perception, and material process. Vassallo designs materially driven systems as a methodology to produce abstract artworks, combining rules, repetitious labour, and serendipitous material textures, as a way of testing the artist’s ability and limitations, both mentally and physically.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (2 June 2022).

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

DEBORAH SINGLETON

16 - 26 June 2022

The exhibition consists of drawings and paintings created during the Paris lockdowns in 2020-2021. The works reflected the artist's adaptation to confinement and included still life and charcoal drawings of constructed scenes. The themes of decay and disruption of time were explored, as a result of the suspension of 'normal' routines. The works provided a psychological bridge to the world of museums in a domestic environment.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (16 June 2022).

MOUNTAIN

DIANA ELLINGER

1 - 10 July 2022

Diana Ellinger's painting practice is rooted in abstraction, exploring gestural painting through a modernist lens. Embracing the ideology of Action Painting, Ellinger sees the canvas as a stage for her art-making process. Her focus on minute details is set against a backdrop of larger conflicts and movement, giving her canvases a worked-over appearance, while blocking devices obscure underlying layers.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (30 June 2022).

Image BRYAN FOONG at Tell me your symptoms, all your symptoms, 2022

Photo by Janice Falsone

REFUGE BELT

FELIX CEHAK

14 - 24 July 2022

David Liem discovered the Gastric-Brooding Frog in 1973 surviving in ancient rainforest ecosystems known as "refuge belts". The frog swallowed its young, regurgitating them months later, and drew intense scientific interest before becoming extinct due to a fungal pathogen. Refuge Belt restaged the frog and its habitat with scale models, and used chemical photography - intrinsically related to the memory - to relay the mnemonic; how do we consider something that has vanished, when no truly new memories have calcified in four decades?

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (14 July 2022).

TELL ME YOUR SYMPTOMS, ALL YOUR SYMPTOMS

BRYAN FOONG

28 July - 7 August 2022

Bryan Foong’s exhibition entertained the idea of surpluses, with work contributions from Joanne Leong and Mitchell Cumming who each received a work from the artist in exchange.

[There is an image from the 14 August 2021, a shipment sat for 8 months in a warehouse of Melbourne Airport, unclaimed and unwanted by neither party, containing 5 million doses or 1,1158kg of hydroxychloroquine, a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug or DMARD, used in a variety of conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and malaria, except then, a snake oil against COVID-19, each bottle is stamped with an endorsement by the Palmer Foundation, ‘for the benefit of the Australian People]

Public programs and audience engagement: Reading performance by Bryan Foong, a series of verses using 3 text captions contributed by Mitchell Cumming as starting point: Depreciation/Outsourcing, Perpetual/guest, I make another room/smaller (30 July and 7 August 2022).

TRANSLATIONS

ALLISON BARNES & LISA WILMOT

11 - 21 August 2022

Translations examined the natural environment and global warming's impact, featuring abstract works exploring sensory moments and climate change. Lisa Wilmot's paintings used bold colours and irregular lines to convey direct observations, while Allison Barnes' mixed media works referenced a science fiction novel to frame thinking about climate catastrophe.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (11 August 2022).

Image JACOB POTTER

Lincoln’s Diablo Gimlet, 2022 Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 110cm

Photo courtesy of the Artist

OVERLOAD

JOEL ARTHUR & DEREK O’CONNOR

2 - 4 September 2022

Overload, a pop-up exhibition by Canberran contemporary painters Joel Arthur and Derek O’Connor, showcased a collection of works that explored the intersection of abstraction and representation through the lense of the urban environment.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (2 September 2022).

UWU KMS

KET DOVES

9 - 18 September 2022

The works in UWU KMS interrogated the pandemic of digital communication plaguing our lives. Communication during the pandemic was difficult, and memes emerged as an established system for sharing experiences and pain. Memes offer bite-sized pieces of information, allowing people to read news, express pain and connect with others without risking vulnerability.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (8 September 2022).

GROTTO

JACOB POTTER

23 September - 2 October 2022

Jacob Potter created a cave-like environment within the gallery, presenting work that explored the boundary between representation and abstraction. The works on display were produced over the past few years during times when the artist was primarily indoors, either avoiding the cold weather in Montreal or staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (22 September 2022).

Image EMMA DOWDEN at Even When I'm Sleeping, 2022

Photo by Janice Falsone

TRANSMISSION

SUSAN BANKS, SUSAN CHANCELLOR, PHIL PAGE

7 - 16 October 2022

Transmission was a conversation between Susan Banks, Susan Chancellor, and Phil Page, where no work was attributed to a single artist. During rigid lockdowns, they sent and responded to each other's marks. The first person's mark influenced the outcome, even over iterations. Much of the work was sent by post due to various lockdowns, and they included some physical evidence of postal transmission in the finished works.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (6 October 2022); Floor talk by Susan Banks, Susan Chancellor, and Phil Page (15 October 2022).

EVEN WHEN I’M SLEEPING

EMMA DOWDEN

21 - 30 October 2022

This exhibition consisted of photographs taken during a five-week lockdown period depicting the artist's immediate environment. The images included observations of the artist's house, neighbourhood, and self-portraits. The photographs were arranged into five groups, each corresponding to one week. An audio track and wall text annotated the images and reflected on the artist's relationship with photography during lockdown.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (20 October 2022); Exhibition essay by Esther Carlin.

MOMENTS IN TIME

ANDREW TOMKINS

4 - 13 November 2022

Moments In Time explored personal impermanence and the fleeting moments of life’s shared history. Drawing skills drove the work, but materials and techniques led it into unexpected directions, influenced by Chinese brush painting style, and in the pursuit of negative space and volume.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (3 November 2022); Floor talk by Andrew Tomkins (12 November 2022).

Image LUCY STACKPOOL In Peril, 2022

Plaster, nylon, paint and soft wax, 14cm x 14cm x 8cm

Photo courtesy of the Artist

COLLAPSIBLE VISIONS HANNAH BEASLEY

17 - 27 November 2022

Hannah Beasley recently spent three years living in Tehran, Iran. The work in this exhibition were made in response to hyperbolic geometry, and patterning in Islamic architecture, in particular Mukarnas Kari, a type of tiled vaulting common in Iranian mosque ceilings. It explored the representation of infinite, impossible, and multivalent spaces on a 2D plane.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (17 November 2022).

CLIMATE CORAL LUCY STACKPOOL

1 - 11 December 2022

Climate Coral was an exhibition featuring paintings and small sculptures that considered pacific marine life in the 21st century. The artworks expressed concern over human activities that threaten coral structures, such as plastic pollution, which is harmful to sea life. The exhibition aimed to raise awareness about the symbiotic relationship between algae and coral and how warming oceans and bleaching events are endangering these ecosystems.

Public programs and audience engagement: Exhibition opening event (1 December 2022).

Image CCAS Members farewell DAVID BROKER during Carbon Neutral exhibition, 2022

Photo by Leah Walter

CCAS Board

AMANDA BIGGS Chair

Amanda brings to the Chairperson role a deep understanding of the visual arts landscape in Canberra, as well is skills in governance, people management, policy analysis and research, program evaluation and report writing. Amanda is a Senior Researcher at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, and a champion of the arts. She holds a double major (Hons.) in Fine Arts & English from Flinders University, a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship from UNSW and a Masters of Arts from Deakin University. Amanda has written papers for the Parliamentary Library, and reviews and articles for the CAS Broadsheet and Words and Visions art magazine. Amanda has served on the CCAS Board since 2017.

ADAM PEPPINCK Secretary

Adam is a solicitor with strong legal, governance, business development and management experience. As a partner in Mills Oakley’s Canberra property team, Adam advises public and private sector clients on leasing, licensing, divestment, acquisition, and development, as well as environmental, planning, heritage and native title. Adam is Chair of the ACT Law Society’s Property Law Committee and member of the Property Council of Australia’s Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (ACT division). Adam has served on the CCAS Board since 2017.

IAN WHYTE Treasurer

Ian brings to the Treasurer role considerable financial and small business management experience. Ian is a Chartered Accountant and Financial Adviser with over 40-years’ experience advising small businesses. He trained with KPMG and Deloitte before establishing his own practice –Whyte & Di Placido. Ian has also been General Manager of multi-media company Spinifex Interactive. In 2007 Ian commenced a financial planning and SMSF advisory business Capital Advisory, which he sold in 2018. Ian has served on the CCAS Board since 2007.

TINA BAUM Board Member

Tina is from the Gulumirrgin (Larrakia), Wardaman and Karajarri peoples of the Northern Territory and Western Australia with over 30 years’ experience in Australian museums and galleries. Tina is Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, and has previously worked at the Queensland Museum, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and the National Museum of Australia. Tina is also a Board member of The Arts Law Centre of Australia. Tina has served on the CCAS Board since 2015, and brings to the role significant industry-specific knowledge, as well as indigenous engagement, governance and government funding experience.

ELLIS HUTCH Board Member

Ellis Hutch (aka Dr Kate M Murphy) has a drawing and photography- based art practice which spans animation, mixed-media installation, performance, and sound. She is also an experienced arts worker, having worked at the National Gallery of Australia, Craft ACT, Art Monthly Australia, Canberra Institute of TAFE and ANU School of Art & Design. She is currently VET lecturer at Charles Darwin University. Ellis Hutch has served on the CCAS Board since 2021, and brings to the role considerable industry -specific knowledge, communications and media expertise, and previous board, committee and fundraising experience.

PAUL MAGEE Board Member

Paul brings to the CCAS role communications, strategic planning, management, and governance experience, as well as cross-artform industry-specific knowledge. Paul is Associate Professor in Poetry at the University of Canberra, where he directs one of the university’s five dedicated research centres, the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR). A poet and researcher in poetics, Paul has received Arts Victoria, artsACT and Australia Council funding for his verse, as well as securing Australian Research Council and U.K. Research and Innovation grants for his scholarship. Paul studied in Melbourne, Moscow, San Salvador and Sydney, and has served on the CCAS Board since 2012.

CCAS Staff

JANICE FALSONE Director

Janice joined CCAS in March 2022, and brings to the Director’s role a deep passion for contemporary visual art along with considerable experience managing arts organisations. Janice is a values driven and entrepreneurial leader who has served in a range of curatorial and arts management roles in Canberra and Brisbane, including at PhotoAccess (Director, Manuka Arts Centre Manger), ANCA (Gallery Manager), M16 Artspace, Australia Business Arts Foundation, Australian Institute of Architects and QLD Artworkers Alliance.

ALEXANDER BOYNES Curator | Program Manager

Alexander is a curator, arts worker and artist, who joined the CCAS team in 2010. He oversees the delivery of the CCAS program and has curated numerous exhibitions over the past decade, including The Triangle – Political Art in Canberra (2013), 2° Art and Climate Change (2016), Ex Machina (2017), Unfinished Business (2019), Cageworks (2022), Come Back, All is Forgiven (2022), and Carbon Neutral (2022) presented as part of Aquifer a Territory-wide program responding to the current climate crisis.

Dan is an arts worker and curator. Dan manages the customer facing and administrative functions of CCAS, as well as contributing to the artistic program as Associate Curator. Dan holds a Bachelor in International Relations, a Master of Art Curatorship and a Graduate Diploma in Art History. Dan joined the CCAS team in 2018 and has since co-curated BLAZE 14 (2020) and curated austrALIEN (2021), and Texture (2023).

DAN TOUA Gallery Manger | Associate Curator

ALEX ASCH Installation

FAY DUFFEY Bookkeeper

EDELINE OHK Gallery Attendant

SUNNY TOUA Gallery Attendant

LEAH WALTER Gallery Attendant

POPPY THOMSON Intern

GOVERNANCE STATEMENT Declaration of conflicts of interest

CCAS has strict policies in respect to conflicts of interest that require Board members to declare potential conflicts at the beginning of each Board meeting. The Board’s decisions with regard to conflicts of interest are recorded in the minutes of the relevant meeting. Board members are unable to benefit in any way, pecuniary or otherwise, from CCAS programs until one year following their resignation. People employed by CCAS cannot participate in the artistic program, except in exceptional circumstances, which must be approved by the Board.

Thank You

CCAS BOARD

Amanda Biggs (Chair), Ian Whyte (Treasurer), Adam Peppinck (Secretary), Tina Baum, Paul Magee, Kate Murphy, Karina Harris (stepped down April 2022), Daniel Vukovljak (stepped down April 2022)

CCAS STAFF

David Broker (Director until March 2022), Janice Falsone (Director from March 2022), Alexander Boynes (Curator | Program Manager), Dan Toua (Gallery Manager | Associate Curator), Alex Asch (Casual Gallery Installer), Fay Duffy (Contract Bookkeeper), Edeline Ohk, Sunny Toua and Leah Walter (Casual Gallery Attendants), Poppy Thomson (Intern)

ARTISTS (CCAS Lakeside)

Ujala Aftab, Justin Andrews, Stuart Bailey, Davey Barber, Allison Barnes, Amy Beggs-French, G.W. Bot, Julie Bradley, Tom Buckland, Leah Bullen, Byrd, Jon Campbell, Liz Coates, Sarit Cohen, Lee Crisp, Leon Curtis, Trevelyan Clay, Ham Darroch, Decibel New Music Ensemble, Kayannie Denigan, Michael Desmond, Michele England, Kirsten Farrell, Gerald Gedd Jones, Rory Gillen, Saskia Haalebos, Lizzie Hall, Nicci Haynes, Caroline Huf, Lucy Irvine, Tyler Jackson, Leonie Kamutu, Rosalind Lemoh, Noelene Lucas, Simon Mellor, Mitjili Napurrula, Derek O'Connor, Harijs Piekalns, Jacob Potter, Helen Shelley, Noël Skryzpczak, Bryan Spier, Andrew Styan, Marika Svikis, Wendy Teakel, Kensuke Todo, Sarra Tzijan, The River Yarners, Sonia Van De Haar, Kate Vassallo, Daniel Vukovljak, Louisa Waters, Marzena Wasikowska, Isobel Waters, Eloise White, Bling Yiu, Anne Zahalka

ARTISTS (CCAS Manuka)

Joel Arthur, Susan Banks, Allison Barnes, Hannah Beasley, Felix Cehak, Susan Chancellor, Ket Doves, Emma Dowden, Diana Ellinger, Michele England, Bryan Foong, Rory Gillen, Louis Grant, Ren Gregoričič, Isaac Kairouz, James Lieutenant, Jacqueline Meng, Harriet Mitchell, Derek O’Connor, Phil Page, Jacob Potter, Adele Rae Cameron, Emma Rani Hodges, Sarah Rice, Deborah Singleton, Lucy Stackpool, Andrew Tomkins, Kate Vassallo, Lisa Wilmot

ARTSACT, THE ACT GOVERNMENT

Minister for the Arts Tara Cheyne MLA, Caroline Fulton, Robert Piani, Laurine Kelson, Georgia Hobbs, Don Christopher, Libby Gordon, Toni Bailey, Mia Ching

THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Adrian Collette AM, Alice Nash, Andrew Donovan, Mikala Tai, Tegan Richardson

DONORS

Amanda Biggs, Vivienne Binns, Peta Bryant, Paul Magee, Karina Harris, Meredith Hinchliffe, Elizabeth Howell, Raquel Ormella, Chaitanya Sambrani, Lisa Wilmot

SUPPORTERS

Canberra City Framing (Michael Cammack), The Jetty, Eckersley's Art & Craft

Thank You

NATIONAL CAPITAL AUTHORITY

Justine Nagel

KINGSTON ARTS PRECINCT

artsACT, Suburban Land Agency, KAP Steering Committee

CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANISATIONS AUSTRALIA

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (NSW)

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental – ACE (SA)

Artspace (NSW)

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art – ACCA (VIC)

Blak Dot Gallery (VIC)

Centre for Contemporary Photography (VIC)

Contemporary Art Tasmania (TAS)

Firstdraft (NSW)

Gertrude Contemporary (VIC)

Institute of Modern Art (QLD)

Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NT)

Performance Space (NSW)

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (WA)

West Space (VIC)

Image MARION ACT Notable Awards at CCAS, July 2022

Photo by Alexander Boynes

CANBERRA CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE

44 QUEEN ELIZABETH TERRACE, PARKES, CANBERRA ACT 2600

TUESDAY - SATURDAY, 11am - 5pm

19 FURNEUAX STREET, MANUKA, CANBERRA ACT 2603

FRIDAY - SUNDAY, 11am - 5pm

ABN: 87 390 438 711

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