What is your creative identity? How do you communicate that clearly and professionally? Knowing how to communicate your practice is essential when applying for opportunities as an artist. Marketing and Communication Manager & Curatorial Assistant at the Institute of Modern Art, Sarah Thomson, has a wealth of knowledge to share. Using the digital realm to promote, create and facilitate creative opportunities, Sarah will provide a guide to summarising and communicating your practice, from what goes into a good artist CV, how to talk about who you are and what you make, and how to make social media work for you.

Sarah Thomson is an artsworker and emerging curator based in Meanjin Brisbane. She is currently the Marketing and Communications Manager & Curatorial Assistant at the Institute of Modern Art, where she has worked since 2017. She is the coordinator of the churchie emerging art prize, hosted at the IMA, and is engaged in a number of independent curatorial projects. Sarah has previously worked and interned at Museum of Brisbane, the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, QUT Art Museum, and the IMA.

This project is made possible by a Creative Sparks Grant and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The Creative Sparks Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council to support local arts and culture in Brisbane.