Consultancy
RJA regularly partners with Wendy Dunstan and Outside the Square Creative Consulting, Melbourne, specialising in Arts and Cultural facility feasibility studies, operations and re-development and/or rebuilds, and works closely with art galleries and museums across Australia on collection management, programming and cultural infrastructure
Strategic Planning for galleries and museums
The Bridge Art Project, Moama, Peer Consultant with with Brandrick Architects, 2023
Noosa Regional Gallery Feasibility Study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant) and and McCabe Architects, 2022/23
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Strategic Plan, 2022
Wangaratta Council Creative Precinct Business Case, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant), Artefact Consulting Services and McCabe Architects, 2021
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – Peer Advisor, new gallery design and operations, with Brandrick Architects, 2020 & 2023
Noosa Regional Gallery Pre-Feasibility Study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant), 2020/21
Nillumbik Regional Gallery feasibility study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting, (Lead Consultant), 2019
Creative Arts, Victoria, Regional Partnership Audience Engagement and Development Research, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting and Artefact Consulting Services, 2015
Latrobe City: Arts Policy, for Artefact Consulting Services and Outside the Square Creative Consulting, 2015
City of Casey: 'Multi-Purpose Space Programming and Management Report’, Casey Cultural and Civic Precinct, in conjunction with Artefact Consulting Services (Lead Consultant), Melbourne, 2014
City of Casey: Peer Advisor, Art Gallery Development– ‘Analysis of Gallery opportunities’- Casey Cultural and Civic Precinct, in conjunction with Artefact Consulting Services, Melbourne, January 2014
Noosa Regional Gallery Feasibility Study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant) and and McCabe Architects, 2022/23
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Strategic Plan, 2022
Wangaratta Council Creative Precinct Business Case, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant), Artefact Consulting Services and McCabe Architects, 2021
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – Peer Advisor, new gallery design and operations, with Brandrick Architects, 2020 & 2023
Noosa Regional Gallery Pre-Feasibility Study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting (Lead Consultant), 2020/21
Nillumbik Regional Gallery feasibility study, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting, (Lead Consultant), 2019
Creative Arts, Victoria, Regional Partnership Audience Engagement and Development Research, with Outside the Square Creative Consulting and Artefact Consulting Services, 2015
Latrobe City: Arts Policy, for Artefact Consulting Services and Outside the Square Creative Consulting, 2015
City of Casey: 'Multi-Purpose Space Programming and Management Report’, Casey Cultural and Civic Precinct, in conjunction with Artefact Consulting Services (Lead Consultant), Melbourne, 2014
City of Casey: Peer Advisor, Art Gallery Development– ‘Analysis of Gallery opportunities’- Casey Cultural and Civic Precinct, in conjunction with Artefact Consulting Services, Melbourne, January 2014
Collection Management
Baw Baw Shire Council, Public Art Policy, Valuation and Audit, 2024
Maroondah Council, Art Collection and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2024
Manningham Council, Art Collection, Civic Collection and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuations and Significance Assessment , 2024
Wellington Shire Council, Gippsland, Public Art Collection Valuation, Condition Reports and Maintenance Schedule, 2023
Knox City Council, Art, Civic and Public Arts Collections Valuation, 2023
Bayside Council, Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2023
Montalto Sculpture Park, Shoreham Vic, Insurance Valuation, Montalto Sculpture Collection, 2023
Nillumbik, Shire Council, Insurance Valuation and Collection Significance Assessment, 2022
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Collection Significance Assessment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, 2022
City of Yarra, Art, Civic and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2022
Fraser Coast Regional Council, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Collection Management Policy and Preventative Conservation Plan, 2021
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Collection insurance valuation , 2022
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Napier Waller Collection Audit, insurance valuation and collection management report, 2019
Maroondah City Council, Art Collection Significance Study, 2018
Bass Coast Shire Council: Collection Management, relocation and Gallery Feasibility Report, 2016
McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Langwarrin, Collection Management Strategy Report, audit and insurance valuation of 2200 artworks, 2016
Ian Gardiner Estate: Collection Management – catalogue raisonné of works from the Estate, 2014-19
David Larwill Estate: David Larwill catalogue raisonné of works, 2015-ongoing
Beleura: The House and garden – Report and nomination of Beleura Collection for the State Heritage Register, 2014
Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland, Collection Management Policy, 2000
Maroondah Council, Art Collection and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2024
Manningham Council, Art Collection, Civic Collection and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuations and Significance Assessment , 2024
Wellington Shire Council, Gippsland, Public Art Collection Valuation, Condition Reports and Maintenance Schedule, 2023
Knox City Council, Art, Civic and Public Arts Collections Valuation, 2023
Bayside Council, Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2023
Montalto Sculpture Park, Shoreham Vic, Insurance Valuation, Montalto Sculpture Collection, 2023
Nillumbik, Shire Council, Insurance Valuation and Collection Significance Assessment, 2022
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Collection Significance Assessment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, 2022
City of Yarra, Art, Civic and Public Art Collection Insurance Valuation, 2022
Fraser Coast Regional Council, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Collection Management Policy and Preventative Conservation Plan, 2021
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Collection insurance valuation , 2022
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Napier Waller Collection Audit, insurance valuation and collection management report, 2019
Maroondah City Council, Art Collection Significance Study, 2018
Bass Coast Shire Council: Collection Management, relocation and Gallery Feasibility Report, 2016
McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Langwarrin, Collection Management Strategy Report, audit and insurance valuation of 2200 artworks, 2016
Ian Gardiner Estate: Collection Management – catalogue raisonné of works from the Estate, 2014-19
David Larwill Estate: David Larwill catalogue raisonné of works, 2015-ongoing
Beleura: The House and garden – Report and nomination of Beleura Collection for the State Heritage Register, 2014
Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland, Collection Management Policy, 2000
Exhibition Concept and Development
Fernmania // Lush: Ferns in Australian art, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Winter 2026
John Baird Survey Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Spring, 2025
Continental Shift: Contemporary art and South Asia, Bunjil Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne
22 June – 22 September 2019
Home of the Boyds: Harkaway and the Grange, Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne 12 May – 29 July 2018
Let’s Play: The Art of our Time, Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne, 14 December 2017 – 25 February 2018
A life in print – Ian Gardiner, Artspace, City of Whitehorse, Melbourne, 9 November – 22 December 2018.
Australian artists in Bali: 1930s to Now, 20 September – 29 November 2015, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, Victoria
Sea of Dreams: The lure of Port Philip Bay Part Two 1915-2013, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 14 December 2013 – 2 March 2014
David Larwill: Ten years on, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2013
Jeffrey Smart: The question of portraiture, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 4 March – 13 April 2009
Out of the square: Beach architecture on the Mornington Peninsula, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, November 2008 – February 2009
Janet Cumbrae Stewart: The perfect touch, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 27 May – 13 July 2003
Nick Cave The good son, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 6 August – 15 September 2002
Fred Williams: Coastal Strip, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 3 June – 15 July 2001
Touring to Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale; Geelong Art Gallery; Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum; Hamilton Art Gallery
The Artists Retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the present, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 28 March – 30 May 1999
Bluey and Curley: Portraits of an era 1939 – 55, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland, 8 April – 18 June 2000
Touring to Australian War Memorial, 31 July -20 September 2000; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 7 April – 18 June 2000
Gainsborough to Gilbert and George: British Art from the Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (Co-curator with Anne Kirker and Sarah Tiffin), 1997
Melbourne Tonalism, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10 October 1996 – January 1997
The primitive within: English Art to 1930, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1995
The River, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, 7 July – 18 August 1995
Touring to Mildura Arts Centre, 2 – 30 June 1995; Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier 25 August – 24 September 1995; Shepparton Art Gallery, 2 – 29 October 1995; Benalla Art Gallery, 10 November – 10 December 1995; Albury Regional Art Centre, 15 December – 15 January 1996; Gippsland Art Gallery, 6 February – 10 March 1996
Nuclear (R)Age, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 14 July – 21 August 1993
John Baird Survey Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Spring, 2025
Continental Shift: Contemporary art and South Asia, Bunjil Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne
22 June – 22 September 2019
Home of the Boyds: Harkaway and the Grange, Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne 12 May – 29 July 2018
Let’s Play: The Art of our Time, Place Gallery, City of Casey, Melbourne, 14 December 2017 – 25 February 2018
A life in print – Ian Gardiner, Artspace, City of Whitehorse, Melbourne, 9 November – 22 December 2018.
Australian artists in Bali: 1930s to Now, 20 September – 29 November 2015, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, Victoria
Sea of Dreams: The lure of Port Philip Bay Part Two 1915-2013, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 14 December 2013 – 2 March 2014
David Larwill: Ten years on, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2013
Jeffrey Smart: The question of portraiture, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 4 March – 13 April 2009
Out of the square: Beach architecture on the Mornington Peninsula, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, November 2008 – February 2009
Janet Cumbrae Stewart: The perfect touch, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 27 May – 13 July 2003
Nick Cave The good son, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 6 August – 15 September 2002
Fred Williams: Coastal Strip, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 3 June – 15 July 2001
Touring to Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale; Geelong Art Gallery; Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum; Hamilton Art Gallery
The Artists Retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the present, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 28 March – 30 May 1999
Bluey and Curley: Portraits of an era 1939 – 55, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland, 8 April – 18 June 2000
Touring to Australian War Memorial, 31 July -20 September 2000; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 7 April – 18 June 2000
Gainsborough to Gilbert and George: British Art from the Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (Co-curator with Anne Kirker and Sarah Tiffin), 1997
Melbourne Tonalism, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10 October 1996 – January 1997
The primitive within: English Art to 1930, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1995
The River, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, 7 July – 18 August 1995
Touring to Mildura Arts Centre, 2 – 30 June 1995; Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier 25 August – 24 September 1995; Shepparton Art Gallery, 2 – 29 October 1995; Benalla Art Gallery, 10 November – 10 December 1995; Albury Regional Art Centre, 15 December – 15 January 1996; Gippsland Art Gallery, 6 February – 10 March 1996
Nuclear (R)Age, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 14 July – 21 August 1993
