In the fourth and final session of Area Coded, Jason Wing will join us for the Established Artist session, speaking on nourishing an arts practice long-term through the highs and lows of an established career, and what can be learnt from NAVA's Code of Practice in this process, 1-2:30 pm AEST, Friday 23 May 2025.
Graphic: Huy Nguyen, 2024
ID: Graphic featuring a vertical blue gradient on a white background, large black text that reads ‘Area Coded’, and smaller black text that reads ‘23rd May, 1-2:30pm AEST, Established: Jason Wing’. ‘Area Coded’ is spelled out in small grey dots and sits enlarged behind the title text.
If you had the ear of an established artist born and raised in Western Sydney with decades of experience and international acclaim, what would you ask? In the fourth and final session of Area Coded, Jason Wing will join us to explore surviving the mid-career graveyard, sustaining your practice even when you’ve “made it” and lessons from the journey to this stage in his career. Recommended for artists of all career stages.
NAVA’s Code of Practice, a critical framework of good practice for artists and arts workers, will be a point of departure for these conversations.
1-2:30 pm AEST online via Zoom webinar
Friday 23rd May 2025
These sessions will be Auslan interpreted and live captioned. If you require any additional access requirements, please contact emma@visualarts.net.au
Photo by Tanja Bruckner.
Jason Wing (19/07/1977) questions our understanding of history and of our current socio-political realityWing an Aboriginal/Chinese artist from the western Sydney suburb of Blacktown, which has a relatively high Aboriginal population. Wing’s father is Chinese (Cantonese) and his mother is adescendant ofthe Biripi people in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Sydney’s College of Fine Arts in 1998, Wing has steadily emerged in the Sydney and national art scene as a versatile artist who explores issues of bi-cultural and Indigenous political identity, environmental awareness and spirituality with a street-wise flair and strong commitment to community engagement.
NAVA and Utp present ‘Area Coded’, an online knowledge sharing program led by Western Sydney artists for Western Sydney artists. The series spotlights four artists whose experiences are rooted across different stages of a creative’s journey. Together, they highlight the unique and ever evolving ways an artist’s professional life may manifest, and how this is sustained.
Across February – May 2025, we welcome you to join four online sessions spanning lessons and learnings from Pre-Emerging, Emerging, Mid-Career and Established Western Sydney artists.
Drawing from their personal paths, artist facilitators will share specific obstacles faced as artists from Western Sydney as well as the tools required to nourish an arts practice in the current context. This includes the pursuit of equitable pay, ethical working conditions and relationships, and the importance of being fortified by a supportive arts ecosystem.
NAVA’s Code of Practice, a critical framework of good practice for artists and arts workers, will be a point of departure for these conversations.
Participation is free. Register for each session to join the knowledge share.
Emma Pham
NSW Professional Development Coordinator
emma@visualarts.net.au
This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
NAVA acknowledges and pays respects to the rightful custodians of the many First Nations Lands upon which this online event will be streamed and received. We recognise all Custodians of Country throughout all lands, waters and territories, and pay respect to First Nations communities' Ancestors and Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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