Word for Word

31 Dec 2022

Angela Bailey

Arts, History, LGBTI Community, News & Politics, Society & Culture

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Joining Lisa Daniel is guest Angela Bailey. Angela is a curator and photographic artist whose practice is informed from the perspective of the community and the cultural. Angela has a rich history of activism – from participating in the fight for gay law reform in Queensland in the late 1980s to her work as Director of the Visual Arts for the Midsumma Festival in the late 1990s.

She has consistently participated in promoting and interpreting our rich and diverse histories by creating exhibitions, installations, discourse and public programs of engagement.

In 2014 Angela curated two exhibitions as part of the International AIDS 2014 Cultural Program in Melbourne and in 2018 curated  WE ARE HERE  at the State Library of Victoria, which presented contemporary artists exploring their queer cultural heritage and engaging with the collections of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and State Library Victoria. In 2019 she curated  Dapper as part of the Melbourne Midsumma Festival.

Angela has lectured and tutored in Photography and has work in numerous significant public collections. She has a Postgraduate degree in Fine Arts, a Masters of Art Curatorship and is Vice President of the Australian Queer Archives.

Word for Word is hosted by Lisa Daniel on JOY 94.9, produced by Ellen Spalding, podcasted by Jacqueline Shields & Thomas Olejniczak. This show originally aired on December 31st 2022.

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