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Adrienne Cameron
Project executive summary Name: Adrienne Cameron, s3996963 Title: So, you want to be a collector? Outcome: Pamphlet Collector pamphlet Abstract: This project explores the parameters of creating a valuable contemporary fine art collection over a lifetime. Extensive academic research has
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Alice Qian
This thesis explores the potential of The Muse Mandarin (TMM), a Melbourne-based cultural tour business designed for Mandarin-speaking audiences. By leveraging the founder’s expertise in event management and arts management, TMM aims to offer immersive and educational experiences at Melbourne’s
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Amelia Faye Perri
Bio Statement: Amelia Faye Perri is a ballet-trained artist and emerging arts manager currently completing a Master of Arts Management at RMIT University. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Bachelor of Arts in Modern Ballet, her practice and
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Asha Naomi Sym
Bio Statement: Working with textiles and garment construction techniques, Asha Syms’ approach to fashion is rooted in storytelling through design and finish. While completing her Master of Arts (Arts Management), her practice has increasingly focused on sustainability and education around
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Astari Mudana
Bio Statement: My cultural background plays a key role in shaping my interest and motivation for curating this specific event. I grew up bicultural, with my mum being Australian and my Dad being Balinese. As someone who has been involved
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Bec Gynes
Bio Statement: Bec Gynes is an interdisciplinary creative and arts worker. With an undergrad in Fine Arts from the VCA, her love and care for the arts comes from the underpinnings first learnt as an artist. With main interests in
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Boyu Zhang
Analyze the practice of immersive theater in small cities of China ——Case study “Youjian Pingyao” The Chinese performing arts market has been developing at an unprecedented rate in recent years, providing more choices for people’s spiritual life. Many performance groups
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Bridget Hayhoe
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Caitlin Kozman
PEER PRINCIPLES IN ARTS MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE Artists are change agents, agitators, activators – of spaces, places and people. As change agents, today’s artists often work within other frameworks and systems, questioning power dynamics and often leading from
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Chanoknan Khongkadae
ART AND MUSEUM MANAGEMENT DURING THE COVID-19 DIGITAL ADAPTATION Most of my research projects are written with reference to the situation of Covid-19. I have been living in Melbourne during my study. I have seen so many ways that art
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Charlotte McKinnon
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Chun Kai Chan
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Claudia Cuthbert
SEX: EVERYONE AND YOU Sex education plays an incredibly important role in the development of early sexual experiences and sexual behaviours into adulthood. The absence of adequate sexual health education leads to the prevalence of several health and human development
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Coco Jones
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David Xu
Bio Statement: David Xu is a graduate of Master of Arts Management student. He is passionate about LGBTQIA+ rights as a member of the Asian LGBTQIA+ community. His curatorial practice often focuses on the lived experiences of Asian LGBTQIA+ individuals
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Effye Chen
Bio Statement: Effye Chen is a Creative Producer, Event Planner, Marketing Strategist, and Designer who combines a decade of multinational marketing experience with artistic vision to empower artists and designers in engaging with diverse audiences. Born, educated, and professionally active
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Fiorella Fabian
THE CHANGING ROOM PROJECT is a research-based investigation on the quest for ideal structural and related processes for a socially engaged arts organisation in 2023. The call for structural change within arts organisations and their funders is made loud
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Freda Drakopoulos
Care | Support | Understanding | Curate | Ethics. I, Freda Drakopoulos, live and work on the unceded sovereign land of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, I acknowledge and pay my respects to Elders, past
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Gab Lewis
Naarm /Melbourne-based arts worker, Gab Lewis applies her background in fine arts and experience in the creative industry to her emerging curatorial practice. With a focus on improving accessibility and approachability in arts and culture informing her rationale. Drawing on
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Gail Harradine
FIRST PEOPLES ART CURATION METHODOLOGY AND KEY ANALYSIS OF AUDIENCE INTERPRETATION IN VICTORIA, FOCUSING ON THE KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST, INC. AND MELBOURNE MUSEUM. Wotjobaluk/Djubagalk/Jadawadjali Arts practitioner, Curator and Teacher In 2022, the push for insights into First Peoples lives and
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Haotian Huang
Bio Statement: Haotian Huang is a master’s in arts management with a background in painting and environmental design and an avid fan of electronic music and visual art. He has watched over 100 artists perform over the past nine years,
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Hatice Fikircier
AI in Museums. I have written a research essay on the current impacts and future potentials of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the museum space. As AI has been quite widespread in museums in the last couple of years. It has
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Hongyu Chen
RESEARCH PAPER: The Value of Inheriting Chinese Traditional Landscape Painting in Shaping an Individual’s Identity. Abstract This paper’s discussion is built upon the significance of identity conveyed by traditional Chinese landscape painting. By applying Stuart Hall’s thesis on cultural recognition,
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Huafei Du
Bio Statement: Huafei Du is a fashion designer with a strong interest in curatorial practice and contemporary arts. Her work explores the intersection of fashion, exhibition-making, and culture narratives through interdisciplinary approaches. She is particularly passionate about innovative materials and
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Jaeeun Jang
Bio Statement: Jaeeun (Jay) is a South Korean producer and coordinator with practical experience across theatre, events, and arts management. Her roles have spanned producing, marketing coordination, and venue management, where she honed skills in overseeing budgets, teams, and performances.
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Jahan Xanlü
PUNK FAKE-LORE A multi-media project examining the relationship between Central Asian invented traditions and folklore. This project takes messages and themes from Central Asian folklore and recontextualises them to fit into a modern Central Asian narrative as a means of
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Jemima Longworth
Jemima is a graduate of Master of Arts (Arts Management) and has hopes of running an art space called Worth Projects for emerging artists and community. Their personal practice is inspired by women and non binary folk’s experiences with how
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Jiani Nie
Bio Statement: Nihkee N. has a cultural background in Southern China, with an academic background in Visual Arts from the University of Sydney and current postgraduate studies in Arts Management at RMIT. Nihkee’s creative practice is centered around creative design,
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Jianing Wang
We already live in a world surrounded by information technology, which provides a powerful driving force for the digital economy. There is no industry that is not affected by digital technology, and this certainly includes the art industry. Information and
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Jihee Kim
Dean’s Award for Excellence, Master of Arts (Arts Management). ARTS EDUCATION PLATFORM: BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Korea, a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) agreement has been forged.
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Johnny Chen
Bio Statement: As an international student from China, I decided to study in Australia, starting my journey as an overseas student in high school. After completing my Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Business, I pursued a Master’s degree in Arts Management.
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Junke Zhang
Bio Statement: Junke Zhang, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is currently pursuing a Master of Art Management. This emerging academic field not only broadens her career prospects but also enables her to integrate art creation with business operations,
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Kit Scott
Recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence, Master of Arts (Arts Management). _________________________________ THROUGH PRACTICE (A RESEARCH PROJECT) This research project examines practice-based research as a topic within a contemporary arts context. In it, practice-based research is recognised as a
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Le Tram Anh Nguyen
Bio Statement: Le Tram Anh Nguyen is a Vietnamese international student pursuing Master of Arts Management at RMIT University. With over five years of experience in the Vietnamese music and events industry, she has worked on artist management, bookings, live
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Liz Su
Addressing the challenge of audience homogeneity in Australian arts organisations The homogeneity of arts audience in anglophone countries has been an issue for arts organisations for many decades. This current research brings an organisational behavior approach and examines the organisational
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Lucy Elbrish
Bio Statement: Lucy Elbrish is an Australian artist graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and currently completing her, Master of Arts Management from RMIT University. Her plans are to get a big studio in a suitable place to create
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Maryanne Leavey
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Ngoc Trinh Thien
trinhthienngoc2@gmail.com Instagram: @thiennnngoc
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Opening Night & Awards Ceremony 5pm – 8pm Tue 3 Dec
Register for the Opening Celebration HERE.
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Promise Mudzingwa
Bio Statement: Promise Mudzingwa is stage manager, designer, director and killer storyteller. Graduating from a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts degree (Majoring in Theatre Practice) at Excelsia College, she received training in stage management by Mary Benn, a nationally known stage
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Qin Liu
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECT OF THE ARTS MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND THE CAREER PLANNING OF PRACTITIONERS. With the development of society and the improvement of our living standards, more and more people have had the ability and time
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Quynh Hoa
Bio Statement: Quynh Hoa’s curatorial practice centres on the question ‘What does it mean to be a Vietnamese in the contemporary world?’. In the journey of answering this question, she wants to investigate narratives that have been neglected in the
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Rachael Marie D’cruz
Bio Statement: Rachael Marie D’cruz is a Master of Arts Management students at RMIT University with a background in art history and curating. Originally from Singapore, her academic and professional focus centres on inclusive and community-responsive curatorial practice, particularly amplifying
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Raven Dawn
Sometimes, the classroom environment needs JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SPICE! and for creatives that divulge in more audacious aesthetics, navigating between common morale, responsibility, and free expression can be challenging. The ambiguity of censorship laws often looms behind many in the collective art
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Reimena Yee
The Creator’s Guide to Comics Devices (also known as the Comics Devices Library is an online archive of visual-narrative devices that are specific to the medium of comics, furnished with definitions and examples by contributors. It is a practical, accessible
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Stella Wadeson
Bio Statement: Stella Wadeson (she/her) is a multidisciplinary arts worker engaging working with people from all walks of life. She is an artistically driven, enthusiastic collaborator who is actively working in the arts and culture. Through using the simple fluidity
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Suzanne Mockridge
Why don’t more people visit cultural institutions? Why is this concerning and what can be done about it? This project seeks to establish the main reasons, or barriers that discourage people from accessing cultural institutions. It is based on the
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Ulises Resendiz
Bio Statement Ulises Resendiz is a Mexican-born, St Kilda–based symbolist-surreal artist whose work explores the tension between beauty and contradiction. As an LGBTQIA+ creator, Ulises uses vibrant colours and bold imagery to express layered emotional and cultural experiences. His art
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Uvini Ashcharya Yahampath
Bio Statement: Uvini Ashcharya Yahampath is a Master of Arts (Arts Management) student at RMIT University, with a background in fashion and textile design from Sri Lanka. Her practice explores the intersection of fashion, abstract expression, and mental health, using
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Vanessa Tang
Bio Statement: Vanessa Tang is a Naarm/Melbourne-based arts manager and artist. Formerly an educator, she is passionate about connecting art with the public and creating inclusive cultural experiences. Since moving to Melbourne, Vanessa has become involved in the street dance
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Xinyi Wang
ARTS EDUCATION IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL CHILDREN A business plan for a non-profit arts education platform. Inequality in educational resources is a problem in every country. In comparison, big cities will have more educational resources than small cities. Due
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Xizi Zhang
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Yu Tian
Bio Statement: Yu Tian is a postgraduate student in Arts Management, with an undergraduate background in Music Education. With expertise in both music and arts management, her research focuses on how art can serve as an emotional support tool within
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Zakkiya Hamza
CURATORIAL PROPOSAL AND RESEARCH ON THE ‘INVISIBLE LABOUR’ OF ARTISTS. Invisible labour is a defining characteristic of the identity, process and practice of artists. Invisible labour attaches itself to current artistic work with the distorted perception of autonomy, flexibility and