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Roving Curators 2023

The Roving Curator program gives museums, galleries and collections access to Arts Tasmania’s museum professionals for up to 25 days in the year.

The Roving Curators are a team of skilled and knowledgeable museum and cultural heritage professionals based in Launceston.

A delegate of the Minister for the Arts has approved that 98 days of Roving Curator time be shared across 10 organisations in this round, to support projects and activities in 2023.

Funding recommendations were made by expert peers drawn from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register.

Roving Curator time

RECIPIENTDAYSACTIVITY
Central Coast Council 6 days developing a collection relocation plan for the Ulverstone Museum
Circular Head Heritage Centre 6 days an exhibition project
Design Tasmania Ltd. 6 days an outreach project for the Tasmanian Wood Collection
Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. 19 days development of a formal significance assessment
Huon Valley Council 14 days a significance assessment
Kentish Council 9 days connecting the Weindorfer legacy to the community
Launceston Tramway Museum Society Inc. 10 days continuing a significance assessment
Sound Preservation Association of Tasmania 10 days working on appropriate storage and display options for the collection
Tasmanian Australian Rules History and Heritage Museum Inc. 10 days developing the Tasmanian Football Museum
Van Diemen Light Railway Society Inc. (Don River Railway) 8 days a collection management and interpretation project

Feedback from the expert peers

The peers provided the following feedback for current and future applicants:

  • Applicants were encouraged to directly address the assessment criteria through simple paragraphs and dot points.
  • Stronger applications included:
    • a short, simple, and clear description of the proposed activity
    • clearly labelled support material and relevant images of the collection/exhibitions/plans
    • letters of support (addressed to Arts Tasmania, clearly signed and dated)
    • evidence of planning such as a timeline that clearly outlined when and how activities would be delivered, and the resources required
    • evidence of future planning and spoke to how the proposed activity would contribute to the organisation’s longer-term objectives.
  • Applicants were also encouraged to:
    • avoid duplication of applications if applying across multiple grant programs
    • inclusion of volunteer contribution and hours, even if only in-kind.
  • The peers encouraged both successful and unsuccessful applicants to seek peer feedback on previous applications before submitting to future rounds.

Peer assessors

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s October 2022 round (including Artsbridge October 2022, COLLECT Art Purchase Scheme – arts businesses, Cultural Heritage Organisations 2023-24, Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year] 2023-24, Low-interest loans 2022-23 and Roving Curators 2023:

  • Ann Teesdale
  • Anna Hume
  • Ben Winspear
  • Caine Chennatt
  • Harry Edwards
  • Megan Dick
  • Michelle Maynard
  • Nathan Tucker
  • Raymond Arnold
  • Sinsa Mansell
  • Warren Mason

Arts Tasmania carefully manages actual and perceived conflicts of interest for both staff members and peers involved in the assessment process.

More information on the management of conflicts of interest.