Art writing
Youth engagement
Public programming
Arts partnerships
Research
“ Jo Higgins’ impressive creativity, interpersonal, organisational and writing skills are eclipsed only by her tremendous passion and talent for engaging young people.”
— John Kaldor, Director, Kaldor Public Art Projects
2024
2023
Jul 26, 2023
Sydney Morning Herald: Hustle Harder
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
Publication day! Museum Teen Program How-To Kit
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
Sydney Morning Herald: "A lesson in listening"
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
Art Party at The Condensery
Jul 4, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
Sydney Morning Herald: "These artists shared their work via post, now the paint is almost dry on the result."
Jun 13, 2023
May 18, 2023
Panel talk: Australian Museums & Galleries Association National Conference
May 18, 2023
2022
Dec 1, 2022
Published outcomes - National Gallery of Australia: Digital Young Writers Mentorship
Dec 1, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
ABC Arts: 'Air' at QAGOMA
Nov 29, 2022
Aug 28, 2022
The Condensery - Somerset Regional Art Gallery: new youth engagement project - 'Things I Want To Say'
Aug 28, 2022
Aug 13, 2022
ABC Arts: Megan Cope is building a living, breathing artwork on Minjerribah
Aug 13, 2022
Jul 21, 2022
Exhibition essay: Topographies of painting - Gregory Hodge, Sullivan + Strumpf
Jul 21, 2022
Jul 2, 2022
ABC Arts: Richard Bell at documenta fifteen
Jul 2, 2022
Feb 28, 2022
National Gallery of Australia: Digital Young Writers Mentorship
Feb 28, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
Journal of Museum Education article: "Pockets of Resilience - the Digital Responses of Youth Collectives in Contemporary Art Museums During Lockdown."
Jan 5, 2022
2021
Nov 13, 2021
ABC Arts: Tarnanthi
Nov 13, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
A New Approach: Enduring Foundations, Bold Ambitions
Oct 27, 2021
Oct 16, 2021
Churchill Chat - Equity, Inclusion & the Impact of COVID-19 on the Arts
Oct 16, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
Art Collector: Pull Focus interview with Abdul Abdullah & Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 8, 2021
ABC Arts: Dean Cross and a spotlight on the work of Australia's regional galleries
Aug 8, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
ABC Arts: Hilma af Klint - The Secret Paintings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Jun 30, 2021
2020
Oct 24, 2020
Raise your voice: young people in the arts
Oct 24, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
Art Collector: Pull Focus interviews for Sydney Contemporary
Oct 1, 2020
Sep 4, 2020
Recommended reading - Teen Vogue
Sep 4, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
SAMAG Talk - Bringing it home: Innovation & Ideas from the Churchill Fellowship
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
MCA GENEXT Goes Online
Jun 1, 2020
May 23, 2020
Vale Frank Watters - Artlink magazine
May 23, 2020
2019
2018
Nov 23, 2018
Artist texts: Clare Thackway
Nov 23, 2018
Oct 29, 2018
Announcement of Churchill Fellowship 2018
Oct 29, 2018
Sep 30, 2018
Frida Kahlo at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Sep 30, 2018
Sep 7, 2018
Elizabeth Willing profile for Art Collector magazine
Sep 7, 2018
Aug 2, 2018
Beyond Community Engagement: Transforming Dialogues in Art, Education and the Cultural Sphere
Aug 2, 2018
Jun 21, 2018
Spotlight on MCA Young Guides
Jun 21, 2018
Feb 1, 2018
Art Collector Issue 84: Undiscovered
Feb 1, 2018
2017
2016
Dec 1, 2016
Craft Council UK – Make:Shift conference, Manchester, 10-11 Nov, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
Oct 30, 2016
Alison Croggon on the arts funding crisis and the importance of criticism
Oct 30, 2016
Apr 27, 2016
Lottie Consalvo: mid-fall, Alaska Projects
Apr 27, 2016
Mar 18, 2016
20th Biennale of Sydney: The future is here it's just not evenly distributed
Mar 18, 2016
2015
Nov 22, 2015
Celeste Boursier-Mougenot at the NGV
Nov 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015
Educating People Like Us
Sep 22, 2015
Aug 2, 2015
What It Means to be Me, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, 26 July 2015
Aug 2, 2015
Jul 12, 2015
More Marina Magic
Jul 12, 2015
Jul 12, 2015
Art Collector cover story
Jul 12, 2015
Jun 25, 2015
Lessons learnt: Kaldor regional progress report
Jun 25, 2015
May 5, 2015
Kaldor pilots regional engagement project
May 5, 2015
2014
Aug 21, 2014
Melbourne Art Fair 2014
Aug 21, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
Fresh Faces Symposium: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Jun 24, 2014
May 24, 2014
REVIEW: Sleepers Awake, MCA C3West Project, Bungaribee
May 24, 2014
Feb 20, 2014
Kevin Chin profile for Art Collector magazine
Feb 20, 2014
Feb 9, 2014
Artlink review: 21st Century Portraits
Feb 9, 2014
Jan 12, 2014
REVIEW: Christian Boltanski, Chance, Carriageworks
Jan 12, 2014
2013
Sep 20, 2013
The problem with 'Australia'
Sep 20, 2013
Sep 4, 2013
Margate: An away day and a visit to Turner Contemporary
Sep 4, 2013
Jul 28, 2013
A round-up: Miles Aldridge, Somerset House; Katharina Fritsch, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square; Michael Landy, ‘Saints Alive’, National Gallery
Jul 28, 2013
Jul 21, 2013
Peckham weekends
Jul 21, 2013
Jul 11, 2013
Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik
Jul 11, 2013
Jun 4, 2013
St Paul-de-Vence
Jun 4, 2013
May 30, 2013
A visit to Paul Cezanne's studio
May 30, 2013
2012
Oct 30, 2012
REVIEW: DOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, Germany
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 28, 2012
Tino Sehgal, These Associations, Tate Modern, London
Oct 28, 2012
Aug 4, 2012
Jeremy Deller, Sacrilege, Burgess Park, London
Aug 4, 2012
Apr 14, 2012
REVIEW: Martin Creed, Sketch Nightclub, London
Apr 14, 2012
2010
Jul 19, 2010
Christian Boltanski, Les archives du coeur, Serpentine Gallery, London
Jul 19, 2010
Jul 9, 2010
REVIEW: 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Jul 9, 2010
Jul 5, 2010
REVIEW: EXPOSED: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera, Tate Modern, London
Jul 5, 2010
Jun 21, 2010
REVIEW: Sean Scully New Work, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Jun 21, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Yinka Shonibare MBE, “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square
Jun 14, 2010
May 20, 2010
REVIEW: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Barbican Centre, London
May 20, 2010
May 16, 2010
REVIEW: Decode: Digital Design Sensation, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
May 16, 2010
May 9, 2010
REVIEW: Olafur Eliasson: Take Your Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
May 9, 2010
2009
2008