About Bus
Bus Projects is an independent arts organisation with a focus on artists engaged in a spatial art practice. That is, any practice that uses its environment as a context to its staging such as sound art, performance, installation, video and the cross-pollination of these forms.
Bus Projects takes an active role in the professional development of artists and curators through range of workshops and forums that are run throughout the year.
Location
Suite 15,
117 Sturt St,
Southbank,
VIC 3006
Australia
Contact
General Enquiries
e: info[at] busprojects.com.au
Gallery Manager
Drew Pettifer
drewpettifer [at] busprojects.com.au
0414 436 100
Chair
Tim Webster
tim.j.webster [at] busprojects.com.au
0402 909 515
Who are we?
Bus Projects is run by a bunch of very talented, very good looking, and very under-paid people because we love art and the people who make it. Here’s who we are:
Drew Pettifer – Gallery Manager (Staff)
Drew Pettifer is a practicing artist, curator, arts worker and qualified solicitor. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours – First Class) in Cultural Studies from The University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts (Arts Management) from RMIT University and a Graduate Certificate in Visual Art from the VCA. He was a board member of Blindside Artist Run Space between 2008 and 2010 and a panelist on the City of Melbourne Arts Grants Assessment Panel in 2009. Recent curatorial work includes: Debut VI at Blindside Artist Run Space (2010), City of Melbourne Artist Run Initiatives at Art Melbourne (2009) and curtain Call at Blindside Artist Run Space (2009). Drew is currently Gallery Manager of Bus Projects.
Tim Webster – Chair (Board member)
Tim Webster is a practicing artist and Chair of the Bus Projects board. In 2009 Tim also served as Bus Projects Director and spearheaded the organisation’s restructure. His video and installation works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in festivals and galleries throughout Melbourne including Blindside Gallery, Bus Projects, Kings Gallery and Seventh Gallery. As an artist, he has received support from Federation Square, Footscray Community Arts Centre, The City of Melbourne and Arts Victoria. He has worked with a number of arts organisations including the Australian Centre for the Moving Image coordinating public program events, Footscray Community Art Centre and The South Project.
Tim Beveridge – Vice Chair (Board member)
Tim Beveridge has been involved in the Melbourne arts scene for almost a decade playing pivotal roles in various artistic projects, mainly focusing on theatre and music. Bus is his first foray into the ARI sector. Professionally, Tim is a prominent figure in the advertising and marketing industries and adds a valuable business skills set to the Bus Projects community.
Dr Amelia Douglas – Curator (Board member)
Dr Amelia Douglas works as a curator and arts writer in Melbourne. Her research focus is on time-based contemporary art. Amelia is on the editorial committee of Un Magazine, is a founding editor of emaj (electronic Melbourne art journal), and has worked on numerous arts projects and events both independently and within broader cultural organisations (including ACMI, Experimenta, Biennale of Sydney). In 2008, she was awarded her PhD in art history on the contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe from the University of Melbourne, where she also occasionally lectures on contemporary art.
Alana Kushnir – Legals (Board member)
Alana Kushnir is a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in the Mergers & Acquisitions group, where she specialises in marketing and advertising law, restrictive trade practices and general commercial law. She is undertaking her Honours in Art History at the University of Melbourne, for which she is writing a thesis on the development of privately owned museums in Australia. Alana is also a Student Ambassador for the Ian Potter Museum and volunteers at the Lyon Housemuseum and the Arts Law Centre of Australia. In the past she has volunteered at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Art Fair and worked at Sotheby’s and the NGV.
Georgina Russell – Marketing Manager (Board member)
Georgina Russell has worked in a variety of marketing and sponsorship roles in the arts and not-for-profit sector including the Perth International Arts Festival, community radio station RTRFM, Melbourne Fringe and the National Gallery of Victoria, where she is currently employed. She also spent several years living in the UK working in media, public relations and independent television production. Georgina completed a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) in 1994 and has since gained additional qualifications in Arts Management. Her expertise extends from all areas of arts marketing to developing and managing relationships with industry stakeholders such as corporate sponsors, government and artists.
Ryan Johnston – Treasurer (Board member)
Ryan Johnston is the Executive Officer of Western Edge Youth Arts, a Footscray based charity that runs arts and education programs with culturally diverse young people across the western suburbs of Melbourne and the western region of Victoria. He is also an art historian who lectured for several years at the University of Melbourne, where he is currently finalising a PhD on the intersection of art, architecture and mass culture in 1950s Britain. Prior to moving to the arts sector, Ryan worked in financial and risk management for companies including American Express and Reuters.
Georgie Roxby Smith – Exhibitions Coordinator
Georgie Roxby Smith has a long career in event management producing and stage managing large corporate and community events in a diverse range of productions including theatre shows, special events and festivals. In 2009, Georgie worked as a Production Manager for Yalukit Wilam Ngargee : People Place Gathering, a ten day multifaceted Indigenous festival as part of the 2009 St Kilda Festival. Other past projects include Navigators as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Wilin Week Indigenous festival (three year enagagement), Stomping Ground at Moomba Melbourne and annual events such as the Cup Even Ball and AFL Great Grand Final Luncheon. Georgie joined the Bus team as Exhibition Coordinator in 2009 after assisting with Bus Pass, a silent auction fundraiser.
Nyx Matthews – Intern
Nyx is a Melbourne-based artist with a background in student politics, journalism and writing, and small business. Her aim is to create a culture that both allows the volunteer-dependant aspects of the gallery (such as events and openings) to run smoothly, and perforates the established ARI structure to draw new people and their ideas into the organisation, to the benefit of the gallery and the broader art community.
Jen Broadhurst – Intern
Having returned to Australia after some years abroad, Jennifer Broadhurst is keen to begin establishing herself as a practising artist here in Melbourne as well as build her repertoire within the contemporary arts community. In 2010 she was accepted into Monash University Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting).
Sara Austin – Volunteer
Sara has a vast range of experience in arts and music event management in the UK. After leaving school she instigated and ran for nine years a music and arts festival, bringing household names to a small rural town. Emerging herself in music management, she represented acclaimed singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore for 10 years, negotiating two major record deals and three major publishing deals, securing seven albums and top 40 chart success. During this time Gilmore played all the major UK festivals including, V Festivals and Glastonbury, touring the USA and Canada several times, once with legendary musician Joan Baez. As Director of Manchester’s Song Writers and Performers Festival, Sara helped stage several high profile events with top national and international recording artists culminating in a 6,000 capacity open-air city centre concert.
