A brief snapshot…
Reflecting on my role as Curator and Arts Manager with the Tasmanian Portraiture Prize.
CRADLE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS GALLERY
This film gives some insight into the huge project to redesign the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery in 2017. It was a huge task, but I loved creating a series of engaging spaces and inviting so many local artists to be part of the gallery.
May 2018
Kylie brought her extensive experience both in the arts sector and as a self employed freelance creative to this project which are invaluable to anyone who is trying to forge a successful career as a self employed artist. She has walked the path herself so she understands exactly the challenges and hurdles that can crop up. Plus she is a positive and encouraging facilitator who kept everything moving in the right direction and asked probing questions to help us define our brand, products, and services.
I would absolutely recommend her services to anyone at any stage of their art career. Whether you need help working out where to start putting yourself out there, or need a provocateur to push you through to a new stage of your practice, or just need someone to bounce ideas off if you’re not sure whether they will even work, Kylie can help you. We will definitely continue to work with her after development and launch of our business for all these reasons and more! Love your work!!” Sara Ferrington May 2018
FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENCY:
‘Cradle Mountain is a special place and when the opportunity came up to spend some time as a resident artist here, I jumped at the chance. My first response was to focus on the wildlife through paintings on canvas and pyrography on specialty timbers and I’m working on a book of sketches focusing on people interacting with the World Heritage Area.
The variable weather gave me the opportunity to split my time walking and working in the studio. One day I swam in Crater Lake in the sunshine and the next I walked into Dove Lake in the snow. Kylie and Cradle Mountain Hotel have done a great job revitalising the gallery area and setting up a great opportunity for artists to experience this beautiful place.’ Jon Kudelka, Cartoonist and Artist
“Nothing is more important to an artist than peace and quiet, time for reflection, inspiring surroundings and a supportive environment. My two week residency at Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery brought me all these things and more. I have rarely experienced a more potent and satisfying artistic sabbatical. Curator Kylie Eastley's perceptive and generous support throughout was invaluable. I was able to quietly develop and explore creative avenues in the magical wilderness surrounding the Gallery and in the studio space within. I'd do it again at the drop of a hat! “ Phillip, 2018
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JANE LONGHURST, written in support of an application to the Churchill Fellowship.
“I have known Kylie for approximately five years. Our paths have intersected numerous times due to dovetailing interests and our mutual commitment towards Tasmania’s creative industries. I have engaged Kylie for preliminary consultancy around my personal career path and options within Tasmania and was immediately impressed by her preparation, consideration and wise counsel.
The creative industries within Tasmania desperately need people of the calibre of Kylie Eastley. She is connected to a broad network of community, industry and government contacts, is incredibly industrious, smart and has the capacity to be both a canny strategic, ‘big picture’ thinker combined with a keen eye for detail. Kylie also never forgets the frailty of human insecurity. Her warm and generous nature are also personal qualities Kylie has in abundance.
This is an incredibly potent force for an agent operating within the arts and not for profit sector. Typically Kylie has identified a need, surveyed her network far and wide and gained intelligence on her chosen topic. I am confident any business venture Kylie embarks upon in future will be underpinned by similar rigor, integrity and entrepreneurial zeal.”