Week 56: Wednesday 29th January [13:00-15:00]
= Art Reporting 
Independent Study
Tasks:
- Conduct an online search for arts funding initiatives in your national context / or investigate an example of socially engaged art practice with an eye towards how it was funded. Take notes to share.
Read + Watch + Listen + Prepare:
- Take a look at the questions detailed below and begin to think about how they relate to your practice + project and how you would answer them.
Live Sessions
To understand how we can report on public art practices, this session will open with a discussion on funding in the arts and how this shapes a culture of quantification and report writing.
Followed by a critical examination of Lahua: The Lola at Sea – an online performance produced by Angeline Meitzler and curated by Off Site Project for the SummerWorks Festival 2022 – using the six-question framework below. We will consider how the piece connects with different audiences and what challenges it faces in communicating its values.
- Describe your creative practice [30-70 words]
- List the locations where it connects with a public [inc. whether online/offline]
- Pick one of the above locations, and describe the type of communication and interaction that takes place [30-50 words]
- Describe the type of values that are important to your project and key to creating a meaningful relationship with its audience [50-100 words]
- How do you expect to register the success of the project? [30-70 words]
- What concerns or challenges do you expect to encounter? [50-100 words]
Everyone will then have the chance to preemptively answer the six-question framework to understand how their project will reach its audience and whether it aligns with the values your central values. Please use the prepared worksheet document [here].
Finally, we will look at a suggested structure for reporting on your projects and you will be asked to write down a list of elements you could include in your submission.