Shelley Pisani
Arts Manager | Creative Producer | Curator | Visual Artist
The Ideas Distillery Services
enacting ideas through arts-led innovation
The Ideas Distillery is the home base of my arts management consultancy services. The Ideas Distillery works with you to make your ideas a reality through arts-led innovation. I offer creative industry development, curating, producing and project management services particularly for government, arts organisations and artists.
My background in visual arts, museum studies, strategic government projects. festival management, not-for-profit, community engagement and local government cultural planning and policy gives me a broad foundation to assist you in distilling your ideas into tangible projects and outcomes.
See the Past Projects, Past Clients and the my full CV contained in the About page of this website for the types of work I am experienced in.
CURATING
My studies and experience include gallery and museum practice. I managed a regional gallery for 8 years and have continued to produce exhibitions and visual arts projects as part of Creative Regions and now The Ideas Distillery. Public art is another area that I have a depth of experience in from planning through to implementation.
Image: The completed installation of Design CQ in 2022, a travelling exhibition of 30 artists that participated in the CQ Shopfront project. The exhibition was shown at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (pictured), Jubilee Community Centre (Mackay) and the Machinery Street Shopfront space of QCA Galleries/ Griffith University (Brisbane)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
I have been designing, planning for and producing projects for over 25 years. Listening to needs, gathering partners and resources and delivering great outcomes are what drives my practice.
Image: Makers' Shopfront Forum 2021 held at CQ University Bundaberg Campus, the conclusion of the CQ Shopfront Project (2019-2021)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Whether it be capacity building or co-designing projects that the community wants to drive, Shelley has a range of methodologies that facilitates open discussion, listening and working together to develop arts-led solutions.
Image: Public art community consultation for Bundaberg Regional Council 2021
CREATIVE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Shelley can design a skill development program appropriate for your community. This can be delivered online or in person. Some regularly sort after workshop programs include:
Applying for RADF
Developing Community-Engaged Projects
Arts Business Development
Arts Marketing
Image: Delivering a 2-day bootcamp for Redlands City Council in 2022