Community & Participant Benefits

No matter what your creative or artistic background, there are myriad benefits to becoming a Wunder Gym member.

Alongside your supportive member community, participation in group shows at established galleries enables you to gain real-world experience in exhibiting, pricing and selling your work through monthly group shows.

The opportunity to interact with the established mentoring artist via the In Conversation event is a hero feature of Wunder Gym’s program. This is your chance to gather incisive feedback on your work in a friendly and supportive environment, and ask questions about the Mentor’s process and career in the arts world.

All the while, the networking and community-building opportunities amongst fellow Members, mentor artists, gallerists and the like cannot be understated.

The benefits the local government communities experience from being offered the opportunity to participate are also demonstrated in their first-hand accounts.

Wunder Gym Members come from a diverse range of artistic backgrounds. Some are emerging or mid-career artists who feel 'stuck', pining for a mentors and like minds to encourage growth and expansion in their practice. 

Some Members are established artists who are looking for ‘stretch projects’ and exposure to different forms and methods to their own practice. Some members are creative industry professionals who wish to explore an arts practice for themselves, beyond their job title or client list. And some - regarded as an ‘artist’ or not - simply want to strengthen their creative muscle!

“Wunder Gym has facilitated a psychological journey towards giving myself permission to be creative, validating my creativity is of value at its current level, opening my mind up to creative conversation, providing perspective on the value and worth of the limitless possibilities of creativity by seeing and hearing others interpretations. Motivating me to push forwards and invest time in being creative now within the limitations of my current life commitments.”

“Having my art exhibited has meant that I feel more positive about my art and helped me to identify myself as an artist.”

“It gives a sense of pride and achievement seeing my (art)work exhibited.”

“It adds credibility to my art career.”

“It gives me the opportunity to step out side of my comfort zone and express my ideas and art to oth-er artists in the group. I have gained more confidence through these projects and learning to not to undersell my ideas and art work.”

“This has motivated me to develop my arts practice. The deadline and exhibition outcome keep the momentum.”

Previous participants responded to the question about seeing their artworks exhibited:

“Wunder Gym has facilitated a psychological journey towards giving myself permission to be creative, validating my creativity is of value at its current level, opening my mind up to creative conversation, providing perspective on the value and worth of the limitless possibilities of creativity by seeing and hearing others interpretations. Motivating me to push forwards and invest time in being creative now within the limitations of my current life commitments.”

“Having my art exhibited has meant that I feel more positive about my art and helped me to identify myself as an artist.”

“It gives a sense of pride and achievement seeing my (art)work exhibited.”

“It adds credibility to my art career.”

“It gives me the opportunity to step out side of my comfort zone and express my ideas and art to oth-er artists in the group. I have gained more confidence through these projects and learning to not to undersell my ideas and art work.”

“This has motivated me to develop my arts practice. The deadline and exhibition outcome keep the momentum.”