Here are some bullet points on research I did on ARI’s, which we will be further exploring by attending a few this semester.
- Artist Run Initiative (what it stands for!)
- Usually a non-profit organisation to support emerging (or established, senior) artists
- Holds exhibitions, occasionally themed
- Can hold studio spaces for said artists
- Mostly contemporary art but can hold exhibitions for other forms such as animation, 3D, video, audio etc.
- ARI’s such as No Vacancy hold workshops and seminars for artists to benefit from or even hobbyists
- Victoria seems to be the heart of ARI’s, having the most in comparison to the rest of Australia
- LOOP seems to be an outlet more open to different genres of art, currently having a 3d exhibition on the current struggles of Nauru, done by an Architecture Graduate from the Melbourne School of Design