Australia Council for the Arts Roundtable
The Australia Council for the Arts is hosting a series of First Nations' Roundtables for arts and creative independents, and organisations, to discuss the current situation and impact of COVID-19.
The Australia Council for the Arts is hosting a series of First Nations' Roundtables for arts and creative independents, and organisations, to discuss the current situation and impact of COVID-19.
Registrations for future sessions and video recordings of previous sessions are available from the Australia Council for the Arts.
Roundtable 1: Current Situation
Date: 20 March 2020
Speakers:
- Wesley Enoch AM: Chair of the First Nations Arts Strategy Panel
- Lydia Miller: Executive Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
Date: 27 March 2020
Guest speakers:
- Ali Murphy-Oates: Managing Director, Moogahlin Performing Arts.
- Travis de Vries: Artist, Writer, Producer and Podcaster, Awesome Black.
- Philip Watkins: Chief Executive Officer, Desart.
- Ben Graetz: Independent Creative Director, Co-Director Party Passport, CEO, BRG Productions.
Roundtable 3: Mental and Spiritual Health
Date: 3 April 2020
Guest speakers:
- Joshua Pether: Performance artist and Pharmacist
- Wayne Barker: Coordinator Festival and Events, KALACC
- Professor Kerry Arabena: Managing Director, Karabena Consulting
- Andrew Donovan: Director Business Systems Transformation, Australia Council for the Arts
Date: 9 April 2020
Guest speakers:
- Elaine Crombie: MEAA - First Nations, First Peoples Organiser
- Stephanie Parkin: Indigenous Engagement Manager, Copyright Agency
- Penny Smallacombe: Head of Indigenous, Screen Australia
Roundtable 5: Advocating the Arts
Date: 17 April 2020
Guest speakers:
- Diat Alferink: TSI arts worker and radio station manager
- Jared Thomas: SA writer, arts worker and FN strategy panel member
Date: 24 April 2020
Guest speakers:
- Jimblah: Hip Hop artist, Industry development, First Nations Music Carclew
- Janina Harding: Artistic Director Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
- Nardi Simpson: Musician, Multidisciplinary artist
Roundtable 7: Advocating Arts 2
Date: 1 May 2020
Guest Speakers:
- Wukun Wanambi: Mulka Project Cultural Director
- Sinsa Mansell: Dancer and Cultural Practitioner
- John Harvey: Creative Director, Brown Cabs (Producer Director & Writer)
Roundtable 8: Industry on Stage
Date: 8 May 2020
Guest Speakers:
- Rachael Maza AM, Artistic Director, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
- Eva Grace Mullaley, Artistic Director, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
- Merindah Donnelly, Executive Producer, BlakDance
Roundtable 9: Now and the Future
Date: 15 May 2020
Guest Speakers:
- Kylie Belling: Senior Manager, First Peoples, Creative Victoria
- Nancy Bamaga: Bamaga Productions
Roundtable 10: Protecting our Cultural Knowledge and Heritage
Date: 22 May 2020
Guest Speakers:
- Dr Terri Janke, Solicitor Director, Terri Janke and Company
- Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Roundtable 11: Red Carpet Roundtable
Date: 29 May 2020
Guest speakers:
- Red Ochre Award recipient – Djon Mundine OAM
- Red Ochre Award recipient – Alison Milyika Carroll
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Fellowship- Maree Clarke
- Dreaming Award – Thea Anamara Perkins
Roundtable 12: Youth and Culture
Date: 5 June 2020
Guest speakers:
- Rhyan Clapham (Dobby) - Rapper, drummer, speaker and workshop facilitator
- Siena Ganambarr-Stubbs - Media Worker, The Mulka Project
- Emily Johnson - Visual artist and arts worker
Roundtable 13: Impacts to festivals
Date: 12 June 2020
- Nici Cumpston: Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia & Artistic Director, Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
- Franchesca Cubillo: Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia & Chair, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation (DAAFF)
- Sarah Bell: First Nations Lead Associate Producer, Ilbijerri/APAM
Roundtable 14: Chosen/Signature Works
Date: 19 June 2020
- Andrea James, Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai: Theatre Maker
- Gina Williams: Musician
- Zane Saunders: Artist
Roundtable 15: Chosen - passing on knowledge between generations
Date: 26 June 2020
- Vicki Couzens
- Ruth Langford
Date: 3 July 2020
Guest speakers include previous audience participants:
- Shareena Clanton
- Daniel Riley
- Jason Passfield
- Aleshia Lonsdale
- Jo-Anne Driessens
- Gabrielle Quakawoot
- Birrunga Wiradyuri
Find out more
For more information, contact Michael Hutchings, Project Manager First Nations at FirstNationsArts@australiacouncil.gov.au.