MAAS Regional Program

 

The Regional Program run by the Museum of Applied Art & Sciences engages with regional NSW communities, reaching audiences across digital and physical means through public programming, co-productions, festivals and partnerships.

The Regional Program includes presentations, workshops, video conferencing and initiatives that support regional NSW collecting organisations and communities.

Available programs include:

Designing Regions: In Conversation Video Conference Series
A series of video conference interviews aimed at providing regional creative industry tertiary students with access to contemporary design/art practitioners through an interview and conversation format. The program facilitates engagement in design practice, growing regional design expertise.

How to Manage your Collection Induction
Three-day Inductions are designed for volunteers from regional museums and galleries with limited experience in collection management. Participants gain a basic understanding of the way objects in a large collecting institution are registered, conserved, stored and documented.

Two placements are awarded annually through a competitive selection process. Successful applicants receive a three-day living allowance subsidised by MAAS.

How to Conserve your Collection Workshop
Introductory conservation workshops are designed for regional collecting organisations that maintain a community-owned collection accessible to the public.

Workshops are partially subsidised by MAAS. A fee applies and application is through a competitive process. They are delivered by a MAAS conservator at a regional location.

How to Curate your Collection Workshop
A one-day curator workshop/site visit is designed for regional organisations that maintain a community-owned collection accessible to the public. The workshop/site visit is for organisations that need help with basic skills in developing exhibitions, identifying significant objects and writing statements of significance.

A fee applies for a curator workshop/site visit, which is partially subsidised by MAAS and available through a competitive selection process. They are delivered by a MAAS curator at a regional location.

How to Program for your Collection Workshop
A one-day introductory workshop designed for regional organisations that maintain a community-owned collection accessible to the public and delivered by a MAAS program producer at a regional location. The workshop/site visit is suitable for organisations that need help with basic skills in developing programs to accompany exhibitions.

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