Applications for funding under the The Regional Arts Fund for 2010 will be assessed by a panel of eight people, including representatives from diverse target groups and regions, with experience in a range of artforms. They are in alphabetical order:
(* New Panel members)
Indigenous representative
Tess has a Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong and a Masters in Curatorship and Modern Art from the University of Sydney. She has worked in the field of Aboriginal arts since the early 1990s including working as the Aboriginal Arts Development Officer for the Illawarra, Regional Arts Cultural Officer for NSW, Assistant curator at the Art Gallery of NSW and as a tutor in Art History and Theory for the University of Sydney’s Power Institute.
Tess has also curated a number of exhibitions around Wollongong and Sydney including ‘Looking into Aftertime’ at theProject Centre For Contemporary Art, ‘Djalarinji: Something that Belongs to Us’ at Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, ‘In The Interest Of Bennelong’ (co-curated with Aaron Ross), at Government House, Sydney and ‘Access All Areas’ at Customs House, Circular Quay.
In mid 2006 Tess secured employment with the University of NSW working as a researcher for the ‘Storylines’ project which researches Aboriginal artists from across the nation. In this role she interviews and writes biographies of these artists for inclusion onto the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online. More than 500 biographies of Aboriginal artists have been included in this project.
Tess is also known as one half of the comedy duo ‘The Ladies of Bigotbri Concerned Women’s Association’ and as such has performed at The Dreaming Festival, The Deadly’s, Campbelltown Arts Centre and various conferences and gatherings around the country.
NSW Writers representative
Jill is currently principal consultant of ‘edvents consulting’ having established a client base which includes the government, corporate and not for profit sectors. She has worked in the creative industries for over 30 years with tertiary qualifications in both art and education and post graduate qualifications in educational studies. She has taught Visual Arts to secondary school students as well as Events Management and Arts Industry Studies at Southern Cross University.
From 1999 until 2007 Jill earned international and national respect as the Director of the Byron Bay Writers Festival and the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre. In this role she played an important part in the development of the Creative Industries both regionally and nationally co-directing two national conferences on the cultural, economic and social impact of arts activities in Australia.
In 2007 Jill was appointed Acting CEO for Arts Northern Rivers, where she championed the arts across the region and contributed to the development of the Northern Rivers Creative Industries Strategy. In 2008 she was appointed Executive Manager of Events and Exhibitions and kuril dhagun (Indigenous Knowledge Centre) as part of the newly formed Public Programs directorate at the State Library of Queensland. Her experience in production, programming and business management is respected widely.
Jill has delivered papers and workshops and facilitated forums on many aspects of the creative industries and in particular on market research and audience development and regional cultural activity. She has mentored and provided strategic advice to events and arts organisations, both nationally and internationally including the Ubud Readers and Writers Festival. This year she will sit on the National Research Advisory Group for the Cultural Asset Mapping or Planning and Development in Regional Australia.
Arts NSW nominee
Michael R Goss OAM is the Program Manager, Museums, Capital Infrastructure and Regional CCD at Arts NSW and has thirty-two years experience with arts funding, arts development and arts organisations in NSW.
Michael studied architecture, fine arts and print making in Melbourne, London and Paris in the 1960's, worked for the Commonwealth Arts Advisory Board and the Australia Council in 1970's and was executive officer of the NSW Regional Galleries Association from 1979 to 1990. During that time he contributed to the establishment and development of the State's network of 35 professionally managed art museums and galleries, including the Australian Centre for Photography, the founding of Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Woollomoollo, and was a member of the planning committee to establish and open the Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay. In 1990 he managed the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Since 1991 Michael has worked for Arts NSW on special projects, policies and programs with a focus on the development and funding of cultural facilities, cultural planning, local government and regional arts development.
CHAIR and RANSW Board of Directors’ nominee
Bernadette 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.
Bernadette 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 the Deputy Chair for the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres.
Australian Theatre for Young People nominee
Suzanne is the recently appointed Creative Producer of Outback Theatre for Young People working in their head office in Deniliquin. Originally from Adelaide, Suzanne has worked and studied in Townsville, the USA and Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Theatre from James Cook University, a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from Texas Woman’s University and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre (Acting) from the University of Iowa.
As an emerging playwright Suzanne has had short plays performed at the Victorian Arts Centre, the Seymour Centre, the New Theatre, Newtown Theatre and Star of the Sea Theatre, and her longer one-act play, Fire Safety, was included in the Brand Spanking New Festival at the New Theatre last year. In 2008 Suzanne’s first full-length play, War Poems, set in the aftermath of the First World War and the Gallipoli campaign, was short-listed for Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Playwright’s Award.
Suzanne spent four years on the board of Factory Space Theatre and has produced shows for New Mercury Theatre, Newtown Theatre and theatre-in-education company, Muse Productions. In 2008 she worked as Director of the Children’s Program for Newtown Theatre and Short+Sweet. In 2009 she was appointed Creative Producer at Outback Theatre for Young People. As an actor she has been seen on stages all over Sydney as well as in short film and television.
Community Cultural Development NSW representative
Martha Jabour is a Sydney-based artist and cultural consultant. Having worked extensively in Australia and overseas in the field of cultural development, Martha possesses considerable experience in the process and practice of community cultural planning as demonstrated during her time as the key project instigator and manager for the 'Living Streets' place making project in Liverpool.
As well as being a skilled planner and strategist, Martha has a strong background in the visual and performing arts. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Art Education and a Masters in Fine Art from the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. She is a practising sculptor and was a collaborator for Death Defying Theatre and Urban Theatre Projects for nearly ten years. Her experience with diverse communities is reflected in all areas of her work. Her most recent work included the Auburn arts program at the Auburn Community Development Network (2004-08).
Currently working as Program Development Manager for CCDNSW, Martha’s focus is on developing professional development networks and resources for artists working with communities and in CCD processes.
Ausdance nominee
Cathy is currently the Director of Ausdance NSW, the peak professional body for dance in NSW, and has led the organisation for the past five years. Cathy has worked within the dance industry internationally and within Australia for the past 20 years as both a professional dancer and Arts Manager.
She was Executive Director of the Australian Dance Awards at the Sydney Opera House from 2004 to 2006 and will produce the Australian Youth Dance Festival in 2011. Recent dance development initiatives include the 2009-11 Regional and Indigenous Dance Program for NSW and the Dance Space Residency Program supported by the City of Sydney. Previously she worked within the Marketing and Corporate Communications portfolio at Sydney Opera House for three years, managing the International journalist program and corporate communications campaigns.
Cathy has completed a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) from Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Event Management from the University of Technology Sydney. She is a graduate of the Queensland Dance School of Excellence and the Australian Ballet School’s Advanced Diploma of Teaching for professional dancers.
Museums and Galleries NSW representative
During the last twelve years of a thirty year career, Bruce has worked extensively across many regions of NSW. He is currently the Director of Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, the oldest regional art gallery in NSW with a program of public events, workshops and exhibitions and a permanent collection of over 1,700 artworks.
He has also worked as Manager of the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Director of the Moree Plains Gallery, Assistant Director of Tamworth City Gallery and Administrator at the Nicholson Museum in Sydney each of which has a different focus in terms of art collections and programs. During his time at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Bruce spent a year in London curating a private art collection as well as travelling extensively in Europe visiting cultural sites in Russia, Turkey, Italy and France. Bruce has also worked as the Regional Arts Development Officer at Arts Mid North Coast and Executive Officer for Arts OutWest in the central west region, regional arts programs delivering services across 6 and 15 local government areas respectively. He is a committee member of the Regional and Public Galleries NSW since 2004 and is also a member of the Committee on Taxation Incentives for the Arts, appointed in 2009.
Prior to his regional experience, Bruce worked for arts and disability service Accessible Arts as well as for the Sydney City Council and Sutherland Shire Council as Community Arts Officer. He has also worked as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and musician.
The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative
supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia.
Top of Page | Site Map | Privacy | Site Credits
© 2007 Regional Arts NSW. This page last modified
14 December, 2009
.
Site maintained by Elinor Heard
Regional Arts NSW · Pier 5, 15 Hickson Road, Millers Point NSW 2000 Australia
Tel 02 9270 2500 · Fax 02 9247 7829 · Email info@regionalartsnsw.com.au
A member of Regional Arts Australia