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Roving Curators 2024

The Roving Curator program gives museums, galleries and collections access to Arts Tasmania’s museum professionals for up to 25 days in the year.

The Roving Curators are a team of skilled and knowledgeable museum and cultural heritage professionals based in Launceston.

A delegate of the Minister for the Arts has approved that 78 days of Roving Curator time be shared across seven organisations in this round, to support projects and activities in 2024.

Funding recommendations were made by expert peers drawn from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register.

Roving Curator time

RECIPIENT

DAYS

ACTIVITY

Channel Historical & Folk Museum Association Inc.

14 days

developing an Interpretation Plan for the Channel Museum

Devonport City Council10 daysdeveloping a Significance Assessment for the Devonport Regional Gallery’s permanent collection
Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.14 daysreviewing and updating the Furneaux Museum’s existing Interpretation Plan, and developing a new Interpretation Plan for the Land Settlement Office
George Town Council8 daysworking on a Collection Management and Education Project for the Bass and Flinders Museum
Launceston Tramway Museum Society Inc.5 daysdeveloping an Interpretation Guide for the collection
Sound Preservation Association of Tasmania7 daysdeveloping an Interpretation Plan for the Sound Museum
Westbury Preservation Association20 daysreviewing and updating the existing Interpretation Plan, developing an updated Significance Assessment and Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pearns Steam World

Feedback from the expert peers

The peers provided the following feedback for current and future applicants:

  • Applicants engaging with key community groups should provide evidence of support or plans for working with that community.
  • Stronger applications to this program included:
    • project plans or timelines to show the depth and breadth of planning and activities proposed
    • letters of support
    • CVs of key professionals and personnel
  • Peers recommended that applicants read the program guidelines carefully and include the relevant support material required.

Peer assessors

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s October 2023 round (including Artsbridge 2023-24, Cultural Heritage Organisations 2023-24, Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year] 2023-24, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Arts Mentoring Scheme 2023-24 and Roving Curators 2024:

  • Andy Page
  • Asher Warren
  • Ashleigh Whatling
  • Bec Dundas
  • Belinda Cotton
  • Bonnie Starick
  • Brooke Robinson
  • Camille Reyes
  • Raymond Arnold
  • Takani Clark
  • Young Dawkins

Arts Tasmania carefully manages actual and perceived conflicts of interest for both staff members and peers involved in the assessment process.

For more information on the management of conflicts of interest, please visit how decisions are made.