Panel Discussion
Date: Friday 18th September
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Location: Atrium, John Curtin Gallery
Curatorship is about creating a container for connections and conversations: between artists, audiences and ideas. Join Prof Susanna Castleden, Sarah Roots and Anna Richardson to discuss their roles in Radical Futures and the changing exhibition form across the Regional Arts Triennial project.
Meet the Facilitator
Fiona Sinclair, Artistic Director & General Manager, Southern Forest Arts
Fiona Sinclair is a passionate champion of WA’s regional arts sector with three decades spent building networks, collaboration and vibrancy across diverse communities. Co-founder of the Regional Arts Triennial, she is Artistic Director/General Manager of Southern Forest Arts and Chair of the Chamber of Arts & Culture WA.
Meet the Panellists
Anna Louise Richardson, Special Projects Curator, John Curtin Gallery
Anna Louise Richardson is an artist and curator, currently Special Projects Curator at JCG. She has worked for Artsource, the John Stringer Prize, co-curated the inaugural WA Regional Art Triennial in 2021 and participated in the Australia Council Emerging Arts Professionals Program for the 2019 Venice Biennale.
Sarah Roots, Lead Curator
Sarah Roots is a regional curator and artist. Her curatorial philosophy centres decentring, generative listening and reciprocity, creating conditions where regional voices, lived experience and place-based knowledge can shape more grounded, imaginative and collective futures.
Professor Susanna Castleden, Director, John Curtin Gallery
She is an accomplished artist, writer, curator and HDR supervisor whose award‑winning artwork is held in major public collections. Her practice demonstrates sustained engagement across the creative industries and tertiary education sectors