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Regional Arts Australia event

Hosted by Deakin University

The Impact of the Arts in Regional Australia

Join Webinar July 17 11:00 am – 11:45

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Pre-Webinar Testing July 10 11:00 am – 11:45

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Event date: Friday, 17 July 2015

Event time: 11:00 - 11:45 am AEST

Event location: Webinar

Event details:

Stats and Stories: The Impact of the Arts in Regional Australia is a research project

undertaken through the Business School at Deakin University, funded by Regional Arts

Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts.

About the research project

Important themes have been identified that highlight the value of regional arts across

Australia. Regional arts activities support the strengthening of community connectedness,

social inclusion, civic pride and community identity as well as providing opportunities for

regional development and economic regeneration.

We will host conversations on the research findings and complimentary issues including:

the role of the arts in regional communities,

the interplay of community and cultural development,

the nature of creative industries.

The webinar will examine ideas and resources to help you explore the CACD landscape

in regional Australia and develop and evaluate your community arts and cultural

development project.

Presenters:

Professor Ruth Rentschler OAM, Chair Academic Board Deakin University

John Oster, Executive Director, Regional Arts Australia

Kerrie Bridson

Jody Evans

Participants can access the Stats & Stories research material on the RAA Website.

Stats & Stories

Access materials here

Who should attend?

CACD practitioners, artists, arts educators, arts administrators, cultural planners,

students, philanthropists, arts board members

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About our Panel

Ruth Rentschler is professor of Arts management, Deakin

University. She undertakes research in governance, management and marketing in arts

and cultural organisations. Many are published in international journals and books such

as Arts Governance: People, Passion, Performance (Routledge UK, 2015). Ruth has

partnered with many organisations in conducting her research and industry projects, e.g.,

Kooemba Jdarra, Arts Queensland, Creative Victoria, Australia Council). She

conceptualised and raised the funds (e.g., Myer Foundation; Dame Elisabeth Murdoch)

for the George Fairfax Fellowship in Arts & Entertainment Management which positioned

arts management at Deakin University at the forefront internationally through its

intellectual master classes. She was awarded the OAM for services to education, to the

arts and to the community and the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for outstanding community

service. Her personal website is: www.artsleaderscareers.com

John Oster is the Executive Director of Regional Arts Australia. He has

maintained a longstanding involvement with regional and remote Australia. He was CEO of Indigenous Art Code Ltd, the national regulatory body supporting ethical dealing with Indigenous artists. John was the Art Coordinator at Warlayirti Artists, Balgo and then at the Mowanjum community near Derby in WA. He subsequently served as the Executive Officer at Desart, the Association of Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres, from 2004 to 2011. John has had in an extensive working life across many arts and cultural sectors including theatre and the media. He has had leadership and advisory roles in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous arts organisations including Artback NT and Copyright Agency Ltd, the national administrative body for the Resale Royalty Scheme. He remains a passionate advocate for the arts and he has been involved in the development of policy and programs focussed on Aboriginal empowerment and community enterprise development through the arts.

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Kerrie Bridson is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Deakin University

and Course Director of Bachelor of Commerce. Kerrie’s work in branding, retailing, student

engagement, culturally inclusive curriculum practices and the arts has been published in a

range of journals including the Journal of International Marketing, European Journal of

Marketing and Journal of Marketing Management and International Marketing Review. Kerrie

has a strong focus on industry engagement and currently provides her research and branding

expertise on the visual arts sector. Through her industry engagement she has partnered most

recently with the Margaret Lawrence Bequest and Creative Victoria as a recipient of grants to

research the branding of art galleries and best practice models in social and economic impact of

the visual arts. Kerrie leads market research, strategic brand reviews and management

development seminars and workshops. Partner organisations include the Koorie Heritage Trust,

Shepparton Art Museum, Bendigo Art Gallery, Museum Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria,

Public Galleries Association of Victoria, The Duldig Studio and TarraWarra Museum of Art.

Jody Evans is Associate Professor in Marketing at Melbourne Business

School, The University of Melbourne. Jody has extensive experience as a consultant and as an

executive educator for organisations in the retail and arts sectors. She leads market research,

strategic reviews and management development seminars and workshops. Jody has worked

with a range of organisations including B&Q, Sainsbury, Tesco, BP Australia, Museum Victoria,

National Gallery of Victoria, Public Galleries Association of Victoria, The Duldig Studio,

Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Shepparton Art Museum, Bendigo Art Gallery, Arts Project

Australia, Ian Potter Museum of Art and the Koorie Heritage Trust. Current projects examine a

range of issues including: best-practice models of economic and social impact in the visual arts;

the role of arts and culture in regenerating city brand image; cultural diplomacy in the context of

international exhibition relationships; a strategic stakeholder review of the Koorie Heritage

Trust; and the shared value of Australia Post’s community partnerships.

With Research support from: Nick Cooke, Claudia Escobar, Emma Winston

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Pre-webinar Test Run July 10 11:00 am – 11:45 am

This is an opportunity to test your computer for Audio and Video one week prior to the Stats and

Stories: The Impact of the Arts in Regional Australia webinar on July 17.

This is not compulsory to attend. However this pre-webinar technical session will allow you to check

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+61 3 52278999 (Melbourne) English (Australia)

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