SAMAG’s December Seminar & SmartArts Drinks
Date: Friday 2 December 2016
Time: 6pm
Where: Catapult Dance Studio, 880 Hunter Street, Newcastle West
Admission: Free RSVP here
Time: 6pm
Where: Catapult Dance Studio, 880 Hunter Street, Newcastle West
Admission: Free RSVP here
Speakers:
- Gina Fairley (Chair) National Editor, Visual Arts at ArtsHub
- Jess Duncan, Program Manager, Beyond Empathy Moree
- Gemma Parsons, Program Manager Beyond Empathy Illawarra
- Cadi McCarthy, Director, Catapult Dance, Newcastle
- Amy Hardingham, Co-Artistic Director, Tantrum Youth Arts, Newcastle.
SAMAG, in partnership with Octapod and The Business Centre will present a conversation about building the capacity of our creative community and working together in an increasingly turbulent and uncertain environment for artists and arts organisations.Speakers will discuss:
· career advancement – and the ceiling that is placed on opportunity when organisations face constant turmoil from threats to funding
· how to manage morale – and lack thereof
· how to build resilience
· finding optimism
· resourcefulness and how to look outside the mainstream funding square
· how arts leaders could benefit from stepping outside silos and gaining strength through collaborating and group mentoring
· the value of an experienced mentor who has trodden the traps before you
· conventional and unconventional training opportunities to build leadership and career advancement opportunities
· activism – how best to protest about funding cuts. Does kicking and screaming pay off in the end?
· career advancement – and the ceiling that is placed on opportunity when organisations face constant turmoil from threats to funding
· how to manage morale – and lack thereof
· how to build resilience
· finding optimism
· resourcefulness and how to look outside the mainstream funding square
· how arts leaders could benefit from stepping outside silos and gaining strength through collaborating and group mentoring
· the value of an experienced mentor who has trodden the traps before you
· conventional and unconventional training opportunities to build leadership and career advancement opportunities
· activism – how best to protest about funding cuts. Does kicking and screaming pay off in the end?
SAMAG (Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group) is committed to providing access for all to attend our seminars. Please contact SAMAG and they will endeavour to assist in meeting your access needs.
Drinks and Networking – This event will be followed with a chance to let your hair down and make some of those connections you’ve been meaning to make all year so join us for drinks!
REGISTER HERE
This event is presented by Octapod and The Business Centre in partnership with SAMAG (Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group) as part of the Smart Arts program in Newcastle. Smart Arts is an initiative of Octapod and The Business Centre, supported by the Australian Small Business Advisory Service (ASBAS) programme, an Australian Government initiative, that supports the creative industries in Newcastle and the Hunter region. The program provides business and professional skills development as well as networking and collaboration opportunities for the Hunter region’s emerging and established artists, creative practitioners, arts and cultural professionals, managers and leaders.
