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Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 

Creative Australia has supported the Australian Institute of Architects presentation at the Venice Architecture Biennale since 2006. 

Home 

A home is a site of belonging, memory and relationships – a place that recalls and connects all who have belonged there. A set of behaviours can also be attributed to the notion of home – demonstrating respect to a place, creating communities, facilitating connection, familiarity and safety. Our home is Country – encompassing landscapes, waterscapes, skyscapes, communities of human and non-human kin, as well as lores, languages, memory and ancestral beliefs. Country is a living being that we care for with responsibility and obligation. 

Home positions Indigenous knowledges as a critical design methodology, where the process of connecting with Country, through conversation and two-way knowledge sharing, is of equal importance to the tangible outcome. Home aspires to encourage future generations of architects to embrace a culturally and environmentally sustainable approach to the built environment. The Creative Sphere has collaborated with ten universities across Australia, engaging over one hundred architecture and design students to reflect on what home means to them and to contribute a ‘Living Belonging’ to the exhibition. Home invites audiences to become active collaborators, as opposed to passive onlookers. To move through the pavilion with gentle and curious hands, holding and considering each Living Belonging, participating in conversation, leaving a footprint in sand, or a trace in ochre and clay. Home will become a living archive of all visitors.  

Creative Australia’s role 

Creative Australia takes on this new producing role at the Venice Architecture Biennale to expand its advocacy and development role in supporting Australian creativity. We will deliver the production of each biennale of Architecture alongside our important commissioning and producing role of the Venice Biennale. 

Since 1988 Creative Australia (formerly the Australia Council for the Arts) has owned, managed and maintained the Australia Pavilion in Venice for the purpose of exhibiting works by Australian artists at the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, usually held every two years.   

2025 Venice Architecture Biennale’s main exhibition 

The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale’s main exhibition, Intelligens Natural. Artificial. Collective., will be curated by architect and engineer, Carlo Ratti. He is the director of the Senseable City Lab and a founding partner of the architecture and innovation office CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati (Torino, New York City, and London).  

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The success of Australia at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 is made possible by the generosity of individuals and organisations. 

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Apply to the Venice Architecture Biennale 

Applications are currently closed. Please check back here for updates or sign up to our newsletter to stay informed about key dates and opportunities.  

The Australian Institute of Architects has more information on Australia’s participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale. 

Development opportunities

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Development opportunities 

Since 1990 our development opportunities have supported over 300 participants, helping them to foster international connections. 

Creative Australia is committed to supporting Australian creative and cultural practitioners through programs designed to enhance skills, share knowledge and build global networks. 

Connected to Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale, these opportunities help creative and cultural practitioners develop their careers and engage with the world’s leading international biennales. 

We are pleased to offer two key development opportunities in connection to Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale: 

 

  1. Exhibition Mediation Program
  2. Biennale Delegates Program 

How to apply

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Venice Art Biennale

Creative Australia oversees Australia’s participation at the Venice Biennale. Every two years, we invite artistic proposals for exhibitions in the Australia Pavilion under the category of National Participation.  

Applications are currently closed.  

Venice Architecture Biennale

The Australian Institute of Architects has more information on Australia’s participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale. 

Applications are currently closed.  

Development opportunities

These opportunities are designed for early to mid-career visual arts professionals and front of house staff at Australian state and territory galleries. 

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Donate and support

Your donations and support are crucial to Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale, which has been philanthropically supported since the early 1980s. 

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Australia at the Venice Biennale Project   

On display every two years, from April to November, the Australia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale presents the very best contemporary art from Australia on the world stage.  

Australia has participated in this prestigious event since 1954, continuing a long and impactful legacy of commitment to international engagement. Sustaining these opportunities ensures that Australian art and culture remains a vibrant voice in the global art world for future generations.  

Participation in the Venice Biennale is a career defining opportunity for visual artists and curators, offering high profile international exposure to new audiences, markets and contexts.  

Creative Australia oversees the commissioning of artistic teams, usually comprising an artist and curator, for Australia at the Venice Biennale. Creative Australia also owns the Australia Pavilion and produces the exhibition and suite of development opportunities that make up the Australia at the Venice Biennale project. 

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Giving for an artistic vision   

Giving to Australia at Venice directly supports the realisation of the appointed artistic team and their creative vision. Your help builds on the foundational support of Creative Australia and ensures that the artist’s project – the biggest opportunity of their career – is impactfully delivered to international audiences.  

The sustained generosity of individuals and organisations has reinforced the creative ambition and exposure of Australian artists in these international settings, ensuring the artistic capacity we celebrate can resonate and make a mark globally.  

By investing in Australia at the Venice Biennale you are empowering not only the artist but also early career Australian arts workers to gain networks and critical experiences through unique creative development programs. Since 2005 these programs have enabled over 300 individuals to gain practical skills and global connections. 

Donations are 100% tax deductible. 

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Co-investment opportunities 

There are many ways to support Australian artists and arts workers for Australia at Venice. Donations can be directed to supporting the artistic vision, audience engagement, professional development and presentation costs.  

Please contact us to discuss these opportunities further, via email coinvestment@creative.gov.au or phone +61 2 9215 9067

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Venice Biennale

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A legacy of artistic excellence 

Since 1954, Australia has been a proud participant in the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious and celebrated international platforms for contemporary visual art and architecture. Australia’s involvement in this event is a testament to its commitment to innovation, creativity, and the promotion of its contemporary art scene on the global stage. 

Showcasing diverse artistic practices

Each Australia Pavilion presentation at the Venice Biennale reflects the dynamic and diverse nature of the country’s artistic practices, offering a platform for both established and early career artists. Australia’s continued participation in the Biennale underscores the country’s position within the global contemporary art world, where diverse voices come together to explore the boundaries of creativity. 

Creative Australia’s role

Creative Australia, as the commissioner and producer of the Australia Pavilion, plays a crucial role in presenting Australian talent and ideas to the world. By supporting Australian artists to exhibit at this landmark event, Creative Australia not only upholds the nation’s vibrant artistic legacy but also fosters a spirit of dialogue, discovery and creativity. 

Venice programs 

Our investment in Australia’s creative future through participation in the Venice Biennale is strengthened through a suite of programs: 

Australia Pavilion

The 2015 opening of the award-winning Australia Pavilion designed by Denton Corker Marshall celebrated the first 21st century pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale. The Australia Pavilion provides an elegant home to showcase the best of Australian art and architecture. It is one of only 29 national pavilions within the Biennale gardens, all built at different periods by various countries. 

The development of the Australia Pavilion was made possible through a public-private partnership led by the Australia Council (now Creative Australia) with the then Commissioner Simon Mordant AM. Creative Australia owns the Australia Pavilion. 

The original Australia Pavilion, designed by Philip Cox, opened in 1988 and hosted 22 artists during its lifetime. 

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Creative Workplaces

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Creative Workplaces was established for artists, art workers and arts organisations to promote and enable fair, safe and respectful workplaces in the arts and culture sector. Creative Workplaces recognises artists as both creatives  and workers. 

The sector is diverse and applying workplace laws to creative workplaces can be difficult. Our goal is to make it easier for everyone in the sector. 

Our work will support the sector to understand their rights and meet their workplace obligations by providing information, resources and referral information about pay, safety and wellbeing. 

To learn more: 

Creative Workplaces online platform 

We are developing an online platform which will be freely available to everyone in the sector. The platform will be a central hub of information and resources relating to pay, safety and wellbeing for the arts and culture sector.

The Creative Workplaces online platform will launch in the first half of 2025.

Fair, Safe & Respectful Framework 

We are developing a practical framework to support workers and organisations of all shapes and sizes to achieve fair, safe and respectful workplaces.

Covering core areas such as harassment, discrimination and bullying, child safeguarding, safety and fair pay, the framework will assist the sector to consistently ensure workplace obligations are met.

In the meantime, we have information about accessing help and support.

Getting it right  

We are an initiative for creatives.

It is vital for us to connect and collaborate with creative communities to make sure our work fits the unique needs and challenges of creative industries.

Find out more and get involved in our consultation.

Creative Workplaces: Fixed term employment contracts in the arts and culture sector

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Past leadership programs and alumni

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Past leadership programs and alumni

Participants of our leadership programs form an alumni network following the formal conclusion of their programs. 

This network is made up of over 250 national and international leaders from across the Indo-Pacific. Find all former participants listed below. 

Opportunities for leadership programs alumni to continue their learning and expand their network are shared via our alumni newsletter. 

Please get in touch via leadershipprogram@creative.gov.au if you wish to be subscribed to this list or have any questions. 

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Arts Leaders Program

This was a personal and professional development opportunity for mid-career to established arts leaders with over ten years’ experience in the sector. 

The program was delivered over 12-months and involved three interconnected residentials that took place in-person and digitally, with online learning components in between. Participants in the program joined a cohort of mid-career and established arts leaders working within organisations, independently or in their communities. 

Through facilitated discussion, knowledge exchanges, workshops and on Country learning with First Nations Elders, participants collectively explored the current challenges and opportunities presented within the creative industry. 

Future Leaders Program

The Future Leaders Program was a personal and professional development opportunity for emerging arts leaders within the first ten years of their career. 

The program was delivered over 12-months, offering participants ways to connect with and learn from peers who were working within organisations or independently, through in-person and online workshops. Through facilitated discussion, knowledge exchanges, workshops and on Country learning with First Nations Elders, Future Leaders looked at new models of leadership and current themes in the creative industries. 

2020 participants 

Ayebatonye Abrakasa (NSW) Irregular Fit 

Nikki Brogan (NSW) FBi Radio 

Luke Campbell (TAS) Second Echo Ensemble 

Penny Camens (SA) Patch Theatre 

Joel Carnegie (VIC) The Space Company 

Bastian Fox Phelan (NSW) Independent Writer 

Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts (NT) Independent Artist 

Emma Hicks (NSW) Museum of Contemporary Arts & University of Sydney 

Tasnim Hossain (NSW) Independent Theatremaker 

Rebecca Kais (WA) Art Gallery of Western Australia 

William Le (NSW) International Casting & Creative Management (ICACM) 

Sigrid Macdonald (NSW) Second Nature Strategies 

Daisy Montalvo (NSW) FUNPARK 

Lana Nguyen (VIC) Independent Creative Producer 

Katina Olsen (QLD) Independent Choreographer and Performer 

Raina Peterson (VIC) Karma Dance 

Adelaide Rief (ACT) Independent Creative Producer 

Jenna Robertson (QLD) Independent Artist and Creative Producer 

Lani Auvita Scott (QLD) Arts Society Papua New Guinea 

Amelia Wallin (VIC) West Space 

SEC Newgate Mentoring Program

The SEC Newgate Mentoring and Stakeholder Engagement program for leadership program alumni is an opportunity that supports participants to gain skills in representing and building support for their work, organisation, community of practice and policy ambitions.

It is suited to senior and executive leaders, particularly those in CEO or senior leadership roles of medium organisation.

Past participants

2023

  • Jessica Alice
  • Tarragh Cunningham
  • Joshua Lowe
  • Kylie McRae
  • Shay Vigona-Goudge
  • Joshua Hoare

2022

  • Emily Collins
  • Fiona Maxwell
  • Ros Abercrombie
  • Joanne Kee
  • Edwina Johnson
  • Rosie Shepherdson-Cullen
  • Jamie Lewis
  • Kate Eltham

Creative Climate Leadership Program

Creative Climate Leadership (CCL) was hosted in 2023 to empower artists and cultural professionals to take action on the climate and ecological crisis with impact, creativity, and resilience. It was designed to mobilise and connect a creative climate movement and was delivered and facilitated by Julie’s Bicycle (UK) with co- facilitation from Ruth Langford.  

This program was supported by the British Council. 

CCL offered: 

  • An inspiring 5 day program of learning and peer-to-peer exchange for 24 talented and motivated participants living and working in Australia.
  • A powerful opportunity to collaborate and develop creative ideas in a serene environment.
  • A space to develop and/or scale up cultural leadership on climate action and justice.
  • A supportive network of national and international CCL alumni. 

2023 participants 

Aimee Smith 
Anna Weekes 
Antonia Seymour 
Ari Fuller 
Astrid Edwards 
Beatrice Jeavons 
Bryony Anderson 
Catherine Polcz 
Charlie Mgee 
Eliki Reade 
Fiona Lee 
Grace Nye-Butler 
Guy Ritani 
Jen Rae 
Juundaal Strang-Yettica 
Kate Scardifield 
Keg de Souza 
Na'ima Fine 
Noemie Huttner-Koros 
Pippa Bailey 
Sēini Taumoepeau 
Tanja Beer 
Vika Mana 

The Custodianship Program

Unearthing First Nations leadership by developing different ways of knowing, being and doing.  

The Custodianship program (2020) was designed by First Nations leaders for First Nations leaders to transform sustainability in culture, practice, community and the arts. 

Cultural practitioners, artists and arts workers from across art forms and career levels explored what custodianship and leadership meant in diverse contexts. They learned from self, from others and with peers 

Future Form Program

Future Form was an opportunity for small to medium arts organisations to transform and innovate their core business model. 

It provided time and space for participants to reimagine and respond to the future. Participants used a range of design techniques to interrogate the value proposition of their organisation; and identify practical solutions and next steps through online learning sessions, a group workshop, individual coaching sessions and peer support. 

Riverina Arts Leadership Program

2021 Participants

  • Alyson Evans, (NSW, Albury Area) Independent producer
  • Scott Howie (NSW, Wagga Wagga) Independent producer
  • Christopher Orchard, (NSW, Coolarmon Shire, Bland Shire, Junee Shire) Charles Sturt University
  • Ashlee Laing, (NSW/VIC, Albury/Wodonga) Independent producer
  • Roxanne Smith, (NSW, Wagga Wagga, Junee) Wagga Wagga Civic Centre
  • Sarah Parsons, (NSW, Deniliquin) Outback Theatre
  • Sivonne Binks, (NSW, south-west) Independent producer
  • Claire Harris, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Create Hub Riverina and Eastern Riverina Arts
  • Lauren Reynolds, (NSW Coolamon, Wagga Wagga) Wagga Wagga City Council
  • Susan Reid, (NSW, Albury) Murray Arts
  • Brittany Hefren, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Independent producer
  • Erin Davis-Hartwig, (NSW Beechworth/Albury) Independent photographer & Old Stone Hall Co-Work and Art Space
  • Phoebe Pinnock, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Regional Music, MusicNSW
  • Greg Pritchard, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Independent producer
  • Kerryn Beatty, (NSW Albury) Idependent producer
  • James Farley, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Independent producer
  • Elizabeth Robinson, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Independent designer
  • Drew Halyday, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
  • Samantha Taylor, (NSW Snowy Valleys) Taylor Made Artist Services and Tumut’s Falling Leaf Festival
  • Genevieve Mott, (NSW Wagga Wagga and Albury) Museum of the Riverina
  • Jhi Rayner, (NSW Wagga Wagga) Independent and Freeroam Theatre inc. 

Emerging Leaders Development Program

2015 Participants

  • Aaron Beach – Contemporary Dance Company of Western Australia
  • Adi Diner – White Night Melbourne
  • Alexandra Cameron-Fraser – Australian Chamber Orchestra
  • Annette Vieusseux – Lucy Guerin Inc
  • Antonia Seymore – Urban Theatre Projects
  • Beverly Growden – Canberra Glassworks
  • Carolyn Murphy – Art Gallery of NSW
  • Katrina Douglas – PACT Centre for Emerging Artists
  • Emma Calverley – Creative Partnerships Australia
  • Philp Watkins – Desart Inc
  • Georgie Davill – Carclew Youth Arts
  • Jack Lloyd – Belconnen Arts Centre
  • Jane Tonkin – Corrugated Iron Youth Arts
  • John Kachoyan – MKA: Theatre of New Writing
  • Kate Feilding – Independent
  • Louisa Bezzina – Bleach Festival
  • Jayne Lovelock – Melbourne Fringe
  • Martina Murray – Melbourne Theatre Company
  • Narelle Lewis – Performing Lines
  • Penny Miles – Independent
  • Simone Schinkel – KAGE
  • Tim Stitz – Chamber Made Opera
  • Zoe Graham – QAGOMA
  • Felicity Bolt – Ausdance Tasmania

2014 Participants

  • Amanda Foote – N/A
  • Carli Leimbach – Independent
  • Chris Kohn – N/A
  • Cheryl Pickering – Various People Inc; Chamber Music Adelaide
  • Caroline Downer – New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM)
  • Hillary Coyne – Chunky Move
  • Jaclyn Booton – The Wheelchair Centre
  • Jade Lillie – Footscray Community Arts Centre
  • Joe Toohey – Regional Arts Victoria
  • Kerry O’Sullivan – The Blue Room Theatre
  • Casey Lee – Arena Theatre Company
  • Libby Hill – Victorian Opera
  • Michelle O’Brien – Independent Arts & Festival Manager
  • Narelle Jarry – Beyond Empathy
  • Pip Wittenoom – The Australia Council for the Arts
  • Bec Allen – N/A
  • Rhys Holden – La Boite Theatre Company
  • Rod Ainsworth – Creative Regions
  • Tamara Harrison – Polyglot Theatre
  • Timothy Jones – Seymour Centre
  • Viv Rosman – Polyglot Theatre

2013 Participants

  • Antonietta Morgillo – N/A
  • Bronwyn Lobb – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • Damien Boyle – Monash University Academy of Performing Arts
  • Danielle Harvey – Sydney Opera House
  • Brad Spolding – The Substation
  • Edwina Lunn – Darwin Festival Association Inc
  • Georgia Rivers – Opera Australia
  • Hillary Coyne – Chunky Move
  • Kate Eltham – State Library of QLD
  • Kathryn Hunyor – Object: Australian Design Centre
  • Kane Forbes – Regional Arts Victoria
  • Katherine Hoepper – Queensland Theatre Company
  • Michael Dagostino – Campbelltown Arts Centre
  • Michelle Broun – Indigenous Community Stories – FTI
  • Nathalie Vallejo – Bangarra Dance Theatre
  • Pippa Bainbridge – La Mama
  • Sarah Neal – Malthouse Theatre
  • Simeon Moran – Ilbijerri
  • Sarah Greentree – The Wheeler Centre
  • Jason Barry-Smith – N/A
  • Tim Long Willoughby City Council
  • Jon Cope – City of Armidale
  • Joseph Mitchell – OzAsia
  • Jen Mizuik – Banff Centre for the Arts

2012 Participants

  • Naomi Lane – N/A
  • Adrian Burnett – The Australia Council for the Arts
  • Anthony Peluso – Country Arts South Australia
  • Bernie Hearld – Gondwana Choirs
  • Brendan Ross – N/A
  • Ben Fox – Independent
  • Daniel Randall – N/A
  • Kate Larsen – Writers Victoria
  • Paul Kooperman – N/A
  • Esther Anatolitis – Regional Arts Victoria
  • Fiona Menzies – Creative Partnerships Australia
  • Olivia Ansell – Hayes Theatre
  • Paul Osuch – Anywhere Festival
  • Phip Murray – N/A
  • Sandra Willis – Opera Australia
  • Sean Radcliffe – Sydney Dance Company
  • Simon Abrahams – Melbourne Fringe Festival
  • Tamara Jungwirth – Gasworks

2011 Participants

  • Alison Beare – Ngeringa Arts Centre
  • Callum Moncrieff – N/A
  • David Ryding – Melbourne City of Literature
  • Anna Cerneaz – Artology / WotOpera
  • David Williams – David Williams Projects
  • Lisa Dempster – Melbourne Writers Festival
  • Dion Hastie – Kurruru Youth Performing Arts
  • Kath Melbourne – Legs on the Wall
  • Fiona Carter – Corrugated Iron Youth Arts
  • Emily Sexton – Wheeler Centre (ex next Wave)
  • Kevin du Preez – The Australia Council for the Arts
  • Kim McConville – Beyond Empathy Ltd

2010 Participants

  • Kristy Rebbeck – Rebbak
  • Lenine Bourke – Independent
  • Magdalena Moreno – IFACCA
  • Louise Oppenheim – Circus Oz
  • Melanie Knight – N/A
  • Michael Williams – The Wheeler Centre
  • Josh Write – Malthouse Theatre
  • Nicholas Skibinski – N/A
  • Tehmi Sukhla – The Australia Museum
  • Ann McLean – N/A
  • Venessa Rowsthorn – Melbourne Theatre Company
  • Guy Ross – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Creative Community Fellows

Creative Australia, formerly the Arts Council, supported two participants to take part in the Creative Community Fellows Program with National Arts Strategies in the United States. The program invited practitioners working in socially-engaged practice to come together, collaborate and develop project ideas in October 2019 and February 2020. 

Creative Community Fellows 

Hannah Grant  

Debby Maziarz   

International Future Leaders Program

2020 participants 

Vi Do (VIETNAM) San Art 

Radhika Ganesh (INDIA) Ek Potlee Ret Ki 

Razcel Jan Salvarita (PHILIPPINES) Creative Community Activist 

Nguyen Minh Chau (VIETNAM) Independent Storyteller 

Ika Yuliana (INDONESIA) Jatiwangi Art Factory 

ISPA Fellowships

ISPA Australia Council Fellowships engaged with ideas, thinkers and leaders from the world’s most significant performing arts organisations over a three-year program. 

2020 ISPA Australia Council Fellows 

Merindah Donnelly, BlakDance 

Tristan Meecham, All The Queens Men 

Erin Milne, Independent Executive Producer  

Louisa Norman, Country Arts South Australia 

2020 ISPA Mentors and 2017-19 ISPA Australia Council Fellows 

Simon Abrahams, Melbourne Fringe 

Ben Graetz, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company 

Fiona MacDonald, Imaginary Theatre 

Viv Rosman, Polyglot Theatre 

Deanna Smart, Dancenorth 

Sync Leadership Program

The Sync Leadership Program was delivered in 2014 and 2015 by the Australia Council in partnership with Arts Access Australia, and focused on the interplay between leadership and disability.

2015 Participants

  • Emma Barrance
  • Sofya Gollan
  • Julia Hales
  • Kate Hood
  • Sarah Houbolt
  • Julian Jaensch
  • Kirsty Martinsen
  • Martin Sawtell
  • Eva Sifis
  • Lee Witczak

2014 Participants

  • Morwenna Collett
  • Janelle Colquhoun
  • John Flanagan Willanski
  • Janice Florence
  • Emma J Hawkins
  • Belinda Locke
  • Liz Martin
  • Gaelle Mellis
  • Racheal Missingham
  • Michelle Ryan
  • Sophie Sherriff
  • Gaele Sobott
  • Emma Bennison

Sync Twilight

This opportunity brings together Sync Leadership alumni from Australia and Canada, to participate in an online Action Learning Project (a form of group coaching).

Designed as an exchange between Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse Sync alumni, the program will facilitate workshops and discussions about what leadership means and should look like for participants.

Applications for this opportunity have closed.

Australian Progress

The Australian Progress Fellowship is a five-month intensive leadership course for advocates, campaigners, activists and changemakers in Australia to create lasting systemic change.

The program offers a suite of tools, tactics, strategies, frameworks and case studies in best practice community organising and senior campaigning to take your skills to the next level and amplify your impact. Participants join four virtual retreats and 12 weekly online seminars delivered with expert speakers sharing winning case studies and national best practice.

Applications for this opportunity have closed.

Past participants

2023

  • Carl Scibberas
  • Liz Nowell
  • William Le

2022

  • Anna Weekes
  • Tasnim Hossain
  • Joshua Lowe
  • Sara Strachan
  • Bethany Falzon

ASSITEJ Youth Arts Leadership Delegation

ASSITEJ International unites theatres, organisations, and individuals throughout the world who make Theatre & Performing Arts for Children & Young People. The following delegation attended the 2017 World Congress of ASSITEJ International in Cape Town (South Africa) 

Chief Executive Program

The following Australian CEOs participated in the National Arts Strategies (NAS) Chief Executive Program in the US.  

Caroline Bowditch, Arts Access Victoria  
Alice Nash, Back to Back Theatre  
Philip Watkins, Desart  
Brian Parkes, JamFactory (Brian’s scholarship is in partnership with Arts South Australia). 

Milparanga Scholarship

The Australia Council welcomes the next two First Nations arts leaders participating in the Milparanga Australia Council Scholarship, in partnership with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. 

  • Sinsa Mansell, pakana kanaplila
    Iarapuna
  • Zane Saunders, independent artist
    Butchilla people 

2018

  • Marlene Chisholm 
     

Australian Rural Leadership Program

2019 

  • Elverina Johnson, independent artist, Gurugulu and Indinji Gimuy

2017 

  • Kathy Burns
  • Alysha Herrman 

Collaboration Fund

This fund supported alumni from the Arts Leaders, Future Leaders and International Leaders program. Recipients collaborated on projects that contributed to the development of arts leadership in Australia. Activities included artistic, cultural, advocacy or capacity building.

Past participants

2022 alumni
  • Cultural Leadership Research project: Matriarchal Leadership in the Digital Space – Annette Vieusseux, Fiona Maxwell (Arts Leaders 2019 alumni) and Kartika Jahja (Future Leaders 2018 alumni)
  • Increasing access and inclusion across the NSW music industry – Morwenna Collett and Emily Collins (Arts Leaders 2016 alumni)
  • Pace, Place and the Body: Reflecting and Reshaping Leadership – Rani Pramesti (Future Leaders 2017 alumni) and Alana Hunt (Future Leaders 2017 alumni)
2021 alumni
  • COUNTER – NARRATIVE – Sally Richardson (Arts Leaders 2019) and Reena Dewan (Arts Leaders 2019 alumni)
  • The Aesthetics of Aging – Vikram Iyengar and Sally Blackwood (Arts Leaders 2017 alumni)
  • Leadership in Socially-Engaged Practice – Debby Maziarz and Hannah Grant (Creative Community Fellows 2019 alumni)
2019 alumni
  • PLAYLIST: Cultural Exchange between PYT Fairfield and Bersama Project – Karen Therese (Arts Leaders 2019 alumni) and Kartika Jahja (Future Leaders 2018 alumni)
  • Live Art Curatorial Exchange – Julia Mendel and Rhine Bernadino (Future Leaders 2018 alumni)
  • Melbourne and Manila Queer Exchange – Nathan Stoneham and Andrei Nikolia Pamintuan (Future Leaders 2018 alumni)
  • Cultural diversity in contemporary Australia on the international stage podcast – Tandi Williams, Simon Abrahams, Morwenna Collett, Kate Eltham, Jade Lillie and Amy Maiden (Arts Leaders 2016 alumni)
2018 alumni
  • Cultural diversity in contemporary Australia on the international stage in-person presentation – Tandi Williams, Simon Abrahams, Morwenna Collett, Kate Eltham, Jade Lillie and Amy Maiden (Arts Leaders 2016 alumni)
  • Reimagining the arts for young people – Helen Hristofski, Ruchira Das and Mia Maria (Arts Leaders Program 2018 alumni)
  • Older than language – Emma Porteus, Nina Miall and Jiva Parthipan (Arts Leaders Program 2018 alumni)
  • Darwin and Philippines Collaboration – Anna Weekes and Rhine Bernardino (Future Leaders 2018 alumni)
  • Women Leadership Retreat – Anna Reece (Arts Leaders 2016 alumni)
  • Stateless – Louise Bezzina, Sally Blackwood (Arts Leaders 2017 alumni), Vanessa Tomlinson and Lawrence English
  • Exchanging Soft Power across the Asia Region – Effe Soropos, Melissa Robertson, Ruchira Das, Vikram Iyengar, Menaka Rodriguez (Arts Leaders 2017 alumni)
  • Overcoming the geographical obstacles of genuine co-creation and
    co-productions – Helen Hristofski, Joanne Kee (Arts Leaders 2017 alumni) and Jay Emmanuel (Future Leaders 2019 alumni)
  • Survival kit for women arts leaders within the white colonial patriarchy – Alana Hunt, Rani Pramesti, Hannah Kothe, Courtney Tuttle and Natasha Phillips (Future Leaders 2017 alumni)


 

Steering Committee

The Leadership Program Alumni committee (2020 – 2022) provided a platform for representatives from our alumni network to develop and lead targeted, strategic initiatives and activities in support of the cultural and creative industries.    

The Committee played a key role in representing and convening the alumni network to help establish stronger connections across cohort years, and with the wider creative industry nationally and internationally.  

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Creative Australia supports artists and creative organisations through a range of activities and programs, including news and events.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

First Nations Peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have died.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

Art by Jordan Lovegrove