Navigating Life in Art

…Together Alive at the Same Point in Time.

“my attempt at working through some of the big things I’m processing around my working life at the moment – the things I’ve done and the things I’d like to do, how to get from here to there, and how to work around or through everything else along the way.” - Yolande Norris

About the Author

Yolande Norris is a writer, arts producer and administrator working between Canberra and the regional town of Braidwood, Australia.

A graduate of the ANU School of Art and Design she has worked with arts organisations both large and small, including the National Gallery of Australia, Gorman and Ainslie Arts Centres and Canberra Contemporary Art Space, and has curated a number of exhibitions and events for artist-run initiatives and public galleries. Her work extends into arts festivals, including roles as co-director of Critical Animals, a creative research symposium taking place annually in Newcastle as a part of This Is Not Art, and as a founder of You Are Here, an annual experimental and cross-arts festival in Canberra, which she produced from 2010 to 2013 and again in 2018.

Yolande’s writing extends from commentary and essays on the arts, culture and social history to fiction, memoir and poetry.