Art Forum with Travis Tiddy

Travis Tiddy will reflect on his curatorial career at the intersection of contemporary and experimental arts practice and place-based cultural programming. As the former Artistic Director of The Unconformity, one of Australia’s most innovative arts festivals and organisations, Travis will share insights into his regional roots, his formative experiences at the University of Tasmania School of Art and the complexities of developing site-responsive cultural frameworks in remote areas of Lutruwita/Tasmania, including future directions for his artistic practice.

Born and raised in the post-mining town of Queenstown, on the West Coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania, Travis has been deeply invested in an arts-led revival of his community. The founding director of the biennial Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival (2010-2014) and The Unconformity (2018-2024), Travis is an award-winning designer, artistic director and community arts and cultural development practitioner. Travis holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication (First Class Hons) through University of Tasmania (2005), a Churchill Fellowship to research geo-tourism concepts for post-industrial communities (2011), the Tasmanian Premier’s Young Achiever in Tourism Award (2014) and the Claudio Alcorso International Residency (2019). Travis has held governance roles in numerous arts organisations including Tasmanian Regional Arts, Ten Days on the Island and the Contemporary Art Tasmania Programming Committee.

This event will be live at the Dechaineux LT, Hunter Street Campus and streamed to Rory Spence LT on the Inveresk Campus. If you are unable to attend in person please join us via zoom https://utas.zoom.us/j/82562296683 Meeting ID: 825 6229 6683

Image credit: The Haulage Unconformity – Travis Tiddy, 2016