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Featuring behind the scenes footage of Arts Project Australia artists in conversation with some of Australia's leading artists and arts professionals.

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The Cop Shop | Chris O’Brien with Tarra Warra and Together Victoria

The Cop Shop follows the police procedural format of Chris O'Brien's favourite television shows. Driven by nostalgia for a different era of TV, his comedic spin-off mimics the generic plot points of these shows without ever getting stuck in the weeds.

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Bronwyn Hack live performance at Material World

Opening performance at Arts Project Australia’s Material World, featuring body suits created by APA studio artist Bronwyn Hack, on Saturday 10 July 2021...

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Why We Love Annual Gala

🔊 Listen to this In this video, Arts Project Australia artists talk about their favourite parts of Arts Project Australia’s Annual Gala. Each year, Arts Project Australia hosts an Annual Gala presenting artworks from their 150 studio artists. Not only featuring great art, Annual Gala is a community event, with...

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What is it like being an artist at Arts Project Australia?

In this video, Arts Project Australia artists speak on some highlights of studio life. Almost half a century ago, Arts Project Australia became the first full-time art studio in Australia for artists living with an intellectual disability. Since, the studio has flourished a supportive atmosphere, both for artistic practice and...

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Bronwyn Hack: Printmaking at home with Heather Shimmen for FEM-aFFINITY

Printmaking at home with Heather Shimmen for FEM-aFFINITY. Artist Heather Shimmen takes viewers through step-by-step printmaking activities while discussing her work with Bronwyn Hack in the exhibition FEM-aFFINITY. Curated by contemporary artist and academic Catherine Bell, FEM-aFFINITY brings together female artists from Arts Project and wider Victoria whose work share an affinity...

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Wendy Dawson: In the studio with Helga Groves for FEM-aFFINITY

This video features artist Helga Groves discussing her work and collaboration with artist Wendy Dawson in regards to the exhibition FEM-aFFINITY. Curated by contemporary artist and academic Catherine Bell, FEM-aFFINITY brings together female artists from Arts Project and wider Victoria whose work share an affinity of subject and process. By situating female...

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MARK SMITH & DELL STEWART IN CONVERSATION

From March–June 2020, Mark Smith undertook a residency at the ATW where he was joined by 2014 Artist in Residence Dell Stewart. Mark and Dell came together in artistic collaboration to create an artwork especially for the Tamworth Textile Triennial Tension[s] 2020. The resulting Love mobile was created in the spirit...

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Artist Profile: David Hurlston on Alan Constable

This artist profile dives into Alan Constable, whose ceramic cameras have seen international acclaim for their tactile, poetic resonances. The video features David Hurlston, Senior Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, talking through Constable’s highly idiosyncratic practice and why he believes Constable is one of the...