Area Coded

The series spotlights four artists whose experiences are rooted across different stages of a creative’s journey. Together, they highlight the unique and ever evolving ways an artist’s professional life may manifest, and how this is sustained.

Across February – May 2025, we welcome you to join four online sessions spanning lessons and learnings from Pre-Emerging, Emerging, Mid-Career and Established Western Sydney artists. 

Drawing from their personal paths, artist facilitators will share specific obstacles faced as artists from Western Sydney as well as the tools required to nourish an arts practice in the current context. This includes the pursuit of equitable pay, ethical working conditions and relationships, and the importance of being fortified by a supportive arts ecosystem. 

NAVA’s Code of Practice, a critical framework of good practice for artists and arts workers, will be a point of departure for these conversations. 

Participation is free. Register for each session to join the knowledge share.

Area Coded Session Times:

21 February, 1 - 2:30pm AEDT – Pre-Emerging: Grace Almansour

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21 March, 1- 2:30pm AEDT – Emerging: Gillian Kayrooz

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25 April, 1 - 2:30pm AEST – Mid-Career: Marikit Santiago

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23 May, 1 - 2:30pm AEST– Established: Jason Wing

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PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.