WhoWeAre

Who we are

ABOUT SOUTH

Chilean born Melbourne creative producer, Magdalena Moreno has managed the South Project since 2004. She has presented at several local and international symposia on themes relating to networks, arts projects & partnerships, and public art in Latin America and the south, including the World Cultural Summit, Brazil (November 2006). After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1997, Magdalena undertook an ethics research fellowship in Paris, based at the International Council of Museums (UNESCO) as the 1999 recipient of the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Fellowship. Magdalena is currently CEO of Kultour, an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts to support and promote arts reflecting Multicultural Australia. She sits on the Public Art Advisory Panel for the City of Melbourne, is a Board member of the Arts Industry Council (Victoria). Magdalena is a 2008 Fellow of Asialink’s Leaders Program, University of Melbourne.

Magdalena Moreno

Georgie Sedgwick

About South’s Active Board

South’s Active Board

Craft Victoria - Founding Partner

Kevin is a contract accountant and a member of CPA Australia. He has extensive experience in the arts and charitable sectors, both in an accounting capacity and as a member of boards. His earlier background was with companies associated with the building industry, in financial management, and as a company secretary.

Now based in Melbourne, Georgie has over a decade of experience working in Indonesia and Australia on various arts projects and programs. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Indonesian Studies from Monash University and a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management from the University of Melbourne. From 1999-2004 Georgie lived in Yogakarta, Indonesia researching and studying while working as a freelance writer, curator and translator. Currently Communications Coordinator at both The South Project and Regional Arts Victoria, Georgie was formerly Manager of the Visual Arts Residency program and the Indonesia-Australia Arts Management Program at Asialink, the University of Melbourne. She has co-curated numerous independent arts projects including RuangPerRuang (Yogyakarta), Under My Skin (Manila, Singapore and Hanoi) and is currently developing a survey show of Indonesian artists to be exhibited in Melbourne in 2008. Georgia has contributed articles and reviews to publications including Artlink, Art & Australia, Groundwork and the International Institute of Asian Studies Journal.

Past Contributors

Board & Friends of South

Zara Stanhope

Zara Stanhope is an established curator, writer and editor who has worked with artists from all areas of the Asia Pacific, and is currently researching curatorial models for cross-cultural collaboration in the visual arts as part of a PhD at Australian National University. Recent independent projects have included: TRANS VERSA Artists from Australia and New Zealand, as part of The South Project, in Santiago, Chile (2006). She was Deputy Director and Senior Curator at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2002−08); inaugural Director of the Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1999-2002) and Assistant Director, Monash university Gallery (now Monash University Museum of Art), Melbourne (1993-1999). Selected recently curated exhibitions include: The world in painting (Heide MoMA and touring Asia and Australia, 2007-09) and Perfect for every occasion: photography today (2007). Recent publications include Les Kossatz, The Art of Existence (2008) and The Cbus Collection (2009), and she is a regular contributor to exhibition catalogues and art journals such as Eyeline, un Magazine, Artlink and Art and Australia, and is Chair of unProjects (2005-9) and Platform Artists Inc.
**Zara’s image by: Jim Lee