We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Caity Reynolds as Firstdraft's new General Manager.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce the 2023–24 Firstdraft Board of Directors: Kym Elphinstone, James Little, Geirthana Nandakumaran, Monica Rani Rudhar, Michelle Wang, and Olivia Welch.
Read More“These spaces of imaginative and creative wildness are rare in a world that wants to compartmentalise and control all forms of cultural production.”
Read More“We all have our own experiences of moving toward or away from connection, and for me, part of navigating these experiences necessarily involves a questioning of where I begin and end, what or who I consist of, and how the impacts of mutuality and difference influence how I move through the world.”
Read More“I’m working mostly within the scope of documentary and experimental eco-cinema practices, utilising the principles of slow cinema and cinéma vérité.”
Read More“The sun's pervasive presence allows it to be the subject, whether direct or not, for a lot of artistic practices and creative investigations.”
Read More“Lectus explores architectures that promise protection, and how this sense of safety often depends on one’s ability to forfeit their privacy and be surveilled.”
Read More“How can sound map the marginalised or subaltern body, archive, or practice?”
Read MoreFirstdraft is delighted to announce a new 2-year partnership with Metro Arts, Brisbane, supporting 2 regional NSW-based artists to present new work across both organisations.
Read MoreAs well as being a popular fundraising initiative for our organisation, the Firstdraft Auction has become an important platform for distributing wealth back to artists.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the appointment of Sally Golding as Firstdraft's new General Manager.
Read MoreFirstdraft is conducting a survey to help our team better understand our community.
Read MoreEmmaly joined Firstdraft at a major juncture for the organisation, guiding a brand new team across a threshold of global upheaval.
Read More“Nonno used to make these objects to scare away the birds from his veggie patch.”
Read More“I use a virtual clay – a computer simulation of clay which reacts using tools in real time.”
Read More“We always want to know what the ‘translation’ is – instead of sitting with the sound of the word, or how we pronounce it in our head, and thinking about what it means.”
Read More“As a woman born into the Untouchable caste, my body has been historically denied access to temples; but as an artist I contend that I create my own sanctified space.”
Read More“Bread as a subject is as flexible as its materiality. It’s a touchstone to so many other things and allows people to focus on how they relate to themselves, others and the earth.”
Read More“On arriving at Firstdraft I couldn’t believe the sound of the bells coming from St Mary’s Cathedral.”
Read More“I was looking to position the works in a way that relied on the existing architecture.”
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