Words For Art Dr Damian Smith

Consultancy services

Collection & museum management

Collection strategy, programming, and moving private collections into public institutions.

In practice
Contemporary Chinese art
Collection and museum management project
be. (your collection) remembered, Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
be. (your collection) remembered, Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
be. (your collection) remembered, Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
be. (your collection) remembered, Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales

Words For Art provides consultative services for Collection and Museum strategies, programming and management and for the transitioning of private collections into public entities.

Projects include:

  • The Geoff Raby gift – 174 artworks presented to La Trobe University, Melbourne; the largest cultural gift in the University’s history.
  • The Australian Pavilion, 13th Bienal de la Habana, 2019 – delivery.
  • Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Lake Macquarie – the rehang.
  • Colombian Foreign Ministry in Australia – curatorial consultancy.
  • Changzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China – exhibition programming and delivery.
  • Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, 2014 – programming and delivery.
  • Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico – community-focused projects.
  • Heartlands Refugee National Art Prize, Multicultural Arts Victoria – realisation.
  • Whittlesea City Council Art Collection – documentation.
  • Mirvac Group – public art development.
  • East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia – international artist residency.

be. (your collection) remembered, Lake Macquarie Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, New South Wales

be. (your collection) remembered, Lake Macquarie Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, New South Wales