Archives are hot! Artists in the Archives is a two day program of workshops, talks and activations. This event is a collaboration between Next wave and Saluhan.

This ticket includes:

10am – 12pm: Fieldnotes on Being, Together Workshop with An.Other Collective

Come whenever you like, stay as long as you like, and create your own ‘field notes’ to add to our growing archive of collective gathering, caring, struggling, making, and eating.

12.30-5.30pm: Honk! If you archive…

An art bus tour for artists, archivists, and their allies, co-curated by Saluhan and The Great Book Return. Transport provided for $10, or you can meet us there.

Next Wave

Next Wave is a leading not-for-profit arts organisation dedicated to supporting early-career artists working across multiple art forms. Next Wave plays a defining role in the Australian arts landscape by empowering and advocating for early-career and experimental artistic practice in Australia.

This event is part of Next Wave's ALL School programming. ALL School is an artist-led learning program designed to facilitate knowledge sharing and idea swapping.

An.Other Collective

An.Other Collective is a community of female Muslim makers, artists, and designers spanning from Sydney and Melbourne. The collective is an open platform that gathers and weaves the diverse perspectives of individuals and communities to dissolve colonial barriers and reductive misconceptions on matters associated with faith, politics, identity, art and culture.

Saluhan

Saluhan Collective is the creative collaboration of artists Aida Azin, Catherine Ortega-Sandow, and MJ Flamiano. Their practice is deeply rooted in Filipinx concepts of kinship and reciprocity, with a focus on creating spaces that interweave artistry and community engagement.

The Great Book Return

The Great Book Return is a living and growing archive of Palestinian, First Nations, Lebanese, and Syrian books, artworks, and artifacts based on unceded Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country.

Accessibility

The RMIT Garden Building is located at Level 5, Building 10, RMIT University 376-392 Swanston Street, Melbourne. This is a wheelchair accessible building with an elevator located behind Streat Cafe on Bowen Street (between Swanston and Russell streets).

Some on-street parking is available on LaTrobe Street. Trams operate along Swantson Street – get off at RMIT University stop and go to Bowen Street via La Trobe Street.

Artists in the Archive is supported by City of Melbourne

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