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The Regional Arts NSW Board of Directors meets in March, April, July, September and November.
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Meg Larkin is a consultant in social planning and cultural planning. She was formerly the Cultural and Community Services Manager at Tamworth Regional Council, a position which she held for fifteen years.
Meg continues her interest in regional arts development through her roles as Chair of the New England Regional Art Museum; a Director of Regional Arts Australia; a Committee member of the Visions of Australia Committee; Deputy Chair of Arts North West; a Director of the Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music and Treasurer of Tamworth Arts Council.
Lindy Hume is one of Australia's leading stage and artistic directors, acknowledged internationally for progressive artistic leadership of a number of Australian arts organisations, most recently the 2004-2007 Perth International Arts Festival. Her leadership in Perth was acclaimed for innovation in the areas of community engagement, commissioning new Australian work and developing community collaborations showcasing WA’s rich Indigenous cultures. In 2008, Lindy was appointed Festival Director and Chief Executive for Sydney Festivals 2010-2012.
Lindy has had a distinguished Australian and international career as an opera and theatre director for over 20 years. In Australia she has created more than 50 major productions including Carmen, Don Giovanni, Fledermaus, La Perichole, Les Pecheurs De Perles, Orlando, Trouble in Tahiti and The Barber of Seville. European productions include La bohème, Tolomeo, Radamisto, A Streetcar Named Desire, Norma, Cosi fan tutte and others. The creation of new Australian work, a focus on local Indigenous culture, the development of a distinctive regional identity and celebration of community are fortés of Lindy's career. Lindy is also Deputy Chair of the South East Arts Region (SEAR).
Jennifer Turner was appointed Director of the Tamworth Conservatorium of Music in October, 2010. Prior to this she enjoyed a 12 year career at Victoria University in Melbourne. In addition to her academic role she had responsibility for the strategic leadership and management of the establishment, development and delivery of music programs; commercial growth, budgeting and resource allocation; leadership of staff and service to students and industry clients. She led and managed a teaching department of 34 staff with responsibility for workforce and professional development planning. She conducted extensive external negotiation with industry, community and other stakeholders to source funding, arts and education partnership delivery and promoted and represented the university locally, regionally and internationally. Jennifer maintains her professional arts practice in music performance.
Associate Professor Rebecca Coyle is the Head of School, Arts & Social Sciences at Southern Cross University (SCU) in Lismore. She has taught at SCU since 2003, and also at Macquarie University, University of Technology, Sydney, and for various other institutions in London and Sydney. She has published in books, book chapters and periodicals on various aspects of radio production, holographic art, sound art, country music and documentary film. Most recently, her publications have coalesced around cinema music and sound, and she is editing a book on animation film music and sound. Since 2007, she has been leading a team of researchers on a four-year ARC Discovery Project, Music production and technology in Australian Film: enabling Australian film to embrace innovation. She is on the Editorial Boards for three international journals, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Sage); The Soundtrack (Intellect) and The Journal of Film Music (The International Film Music Society, USA). She has produced radio items and programs for community, ABC and BBC radio, and was a contributing editor for weekly and monthly specialist print publications. She was curator for a series of events around Australian Sound Art centred at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. She is a member of the Board for the Northern Rivers Screenworks support organization.
Bernadette Haldane is a graduate of the Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts (BAPA) production course. Upon graduating, she took on the position of Project/Education Officer at Geelong Performing Arts Centre (1997 – 2001) and Technical Production Manager for the Victorian Department of Education State School Spectacular in 2001. She has worked as Production/Stage Manager for festivals and events and for many Melbourne based companies. She has also provided lighting designs for independent producers and provided technical support for touring companies and regional venues across the state.
Bernie moved to Albury/Wodonga in 2002 to take on the position of Production Manager of HotHouse Theatre. In 2005 she was appointed General Manager. She is currently Chair of Murray Arts and is a board member for Regional Arts NSW. She is also involved with the Touring Consultative Committee for Regional Arts Victoria, and is on the executive committee for the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres.
Lani Houston is the Executive Officer, Regional Development Australia-Riverina and the Chair of South West Arts. She was President, Long Paddock Committee project (2005 – 07), and a former committee member, Griffith Regional Theatre & Art Gallery. She has over 10 years experience in community and economic development roles in the Riverina region. Her current position as EO for Regional Development Australia (RDA) - Riverina is part of an Australian Government initiative that brings together all levels of government to support the growth and development of regional Australia. She has developed the RAD-Riverina Regional Plan 2010-2015 and is working with 13 LGAs and their communities to grow the region.
She acted as a consultant to Hay businesses for a new tourism, community and economic development entity to be funded by business through a council levy, gained Regional Assistance Program funding for an employment generation project in the Hay Shire linking business, industry and education providers. In 2004 Lani was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in investigating ‘Retaining and Attracting Young People in Rural Communities’ which gave her an opportunity to venture to United States, Canada, Ireland and Mexico to explore activities and initiatives that were in place to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in young people.
Naomi Messenger is Senior Associate Swaab Attorneys, Sydney in the Intellectual Property and Commercial Team where she works on a variety of areas. These include intellectual property, commercialisation, business structures, trusts, defamation, moral rights and DGR status, establishing charitable and DGR foundations and advising on operational issues. She also advises on and structuring business ventures, both for profit and non-profit, corporate structuring, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, technology assignments and licensing and investment strategies and advises on corporate governance and board compliance with the Corporations Act and associated regulatory regime.
She was admitted as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of NSW in 2002, graduated as a Bachelor of Laws from Murdoch University, WA in 2001 and obtained a BA, Arts Management, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1996. She has been actively involved with the Arts Law Centre of Australia for many years and has received a number of awards for contribution to legal services including as a finalist of the Law and Justice Pro-bono awards. Naomi is the author of Business Structures and Governance: A Practical Guide for the Arts (Arts Law Centre of Australia, Sydney, 2008)
Janice Summerhayes is the Director of Environmental and Community Services with Wagga Wagga City Council. In this role she manages an extensive portfolio including Community and Cultural Services, Regional Library Services, Environmental Sustainability, Regulatory and Public Health Services, Parks, Sporting and Recreation Services. With twenty-two years in community and cultural planning related experience, and thirteen of those years in Local Government, Janice has been engaged with regional arts for many years. Her Bachelor of Arts from Charles Sturt University is complemented by years spent in regional positions across community-based State and Local government sectors, wherein she developed a passion and interest in community well-being through cultural, social and environmental engagement practices and partnerships. Her involvement in government and the community/arts sector allows for strategic participation on the Regional Arts NSW Board which Janice believes is an essential platform for the development of rural regional arts and overall community outcomes.
Peter White is a consultant specialising in Aboriginal arts and cultural development. A proud Murri from the Gamilaroi nation originally hailing from Tamworth, Peter has forged a career within the creative and cultural heritage sector over the past nineteen years. Past roles have seen Peter develop and manage a wide scope of projects ranging from culturally complex and sensitive programs such as repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred material to art and cultural programs focused on community engagement, economic sustainability and viability and cultural and social impact. His previous role as the Indigenous Cultural Development Officer at Arts NSW saw Peter lead the development of the NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy.
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