Hey! My name is Tahney. I am an editor, arts writer & content specialist based between France & Australia.
You have so much to do without also needing to tick off website updates, an artist statement, and social media campaigns. Words that land with audiences (collectors, media, donors, et el.) require time and attention.
As an arts writer, I collaborate with you to...
Who do I work with? I support creative organisations and individuals including artists, writers, musicians, museums, galleries, studios, agencies and media/publishing groups. With a decade in the arts and heritage industries, I am adaptive to understanding, capturing and promoting the nuances of your niche project.
PS, If you don’t think we’d be a good match, let me know, and I can recommend another arts writer from my contacts in Australia, UK and France.
My fee is based on your project's scope, complexity and frequency with a fair adjustment for the creative industry (I don't charge corporate rates!). First off, we can chat to define your project and needs before finalising a brief and fee.
If it’s your first time engaging an arts writer or freelancer, let me know, so I can walk you through the process.
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selection of articles, interviews, blogs et al.
Liv Collins has an infectious energy rare in an industry of pretension. I’m really excited to feature her in this sticky teeth micro-interview for her truths about writing education at art school and some hot insider arts reading suggestions.
I really fancy a winter getaway to warm up the body and stimulate the eyeballs etc.
Very rudely, I’ve discounted Germany since bordering the country for the last year and a half. But whyyy? It’s super cosy and fun. I drove from Paris to Bavaria for a cheap little cabin in the woods, and spent a cold Feb weekend at palaces and beer halls. Ate a lot, a lot. But all super wholesome meals. And ran into the Carnival by absolute accident (so, all my memories of Germans are them dressed in crappy $2 costumes).
Anna Kate Blair speaks on the intersection of art, writing, and time. She explains her major concerns for lack of enough resources for the writing process itself, and also touches on history, capitalism and imagining alternative futures for creativity.
I moved to France mid-2022, but finally gave into living in Paris to properly connect with communities for both work and pleasure. In these first weeks, so much happened everyday. Life can be so poetic, then bam. A number. A bad government website. Something you didn’t know you needed to look up. But also, these shapeless days between Christmas and New Year’s can be so quaint and expectant of nothing. I’m feeling good now, in my new home, looking forward to rhythms, new relationships, and Spring around the corner.
Brussels-based journalist Sarah Schug discusses the challenges of language in the art world, the need for accessibility, the diminishing value of art writing and her proud accomplishment—a self-published book on Iceland’s contemporary art scene.
Collingwood Yards hails itself as a response to Australia’s crisis of affordable arts space. But is it as simple as taking some idle buildings, polishing them up and calling it an arts district – or is there a muddier question of sincerity?
Over summer, I stayed in the south of France between living in Lille and Paris. In my final month – October – I lived in Sanary-sur-Mer, a small town near Toulon on the French Riviera.
Writer and editor Erin McFayden reflects on framing artistic activities as labour and advocating exploring the good it creates rather than its economic value – as well as her reccs for some artistic endeavours.