Curator Walk and Talk: Self-made

Monica Syrette is an independent curator and researcher. Monica attended the Canberra Institute of the Arts in the late 1980s when the city was a major centre for artists’ books in Australia. In the 1990s she worked at Sydney independent music retailer Waterfront Records, ordering zines from local and international makers and distributors. Monica was Archivist at the supported studio Arts Project Australia and Assistant Curator at the Grainger Museum, founded by composer and pianist Percy Grainger. Most recently she curated the exhibition Wharfies Support! Social Justice Activism from the Melbourne Docks at Library at the Dock.