Day 2 - Wednesday 27th, 9:30am - 10:45am AEDT
Jeremy Smith (Participating chair), Director of Community, Emerging and Experimental Arts, Australia Council for the Arts
Professor James Arvanitakis, Chair, Diversity Arts and Pro Vice-Chancellor, WSU
Michael Williams, Director, the Wheeler Centre
Jane Crawley, Director, Arts Investment, Creative Victoria
Jodie Sizer, Co-CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Indigenous Consulting and Board Member of Collingwood FC
Katrina Sedgwick, CEO, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Paola Balla, artist, curator, educator and Indigenous Advisory Group, FCAC
Let’s talk leadership. What’s happening at the top? What will it take to diversify leadership in creative industries and why does that matter so much? This session looks at the current leadership composition of creative industries and cultural institutions, and tangible pathways for change.
Panel (45 min) followed by Q&A (30 min) facilitated by chair.
Media Contributions
Key Points
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discMichael Williams: I am really over hearing leadership saying that it is hard to have better practices in the inclusion and diversity space.
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discJane Crawley: Creative Victoria's work on the Fair Play Program is to acknowledge and bring forward the multiplicity of identities.
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discKoraly Dimitriadis: There is a lot of fear about being honest. There's a fear of being honest with organisations that hold power because they may close doors.
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discKatrina Sedgwick: The ACMI, like most institutions, has a mainly white audience. And we need to do more to address our own workforce. Inclusion requires a holistic approach.
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discJodie Sizer: Commitment to inclusion must be active. We have to 'do' to make change happen. We need space to fail safe.
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discJodie Sizer: 'Fear of getting it wrong' can lead to action paralysis.
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discJames Arvanitakis: It is about balancing the need to hold to account and allow people to make mistakes.
We would like to acknowledge that we are meeting today on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, to pay our respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging, and to honour their long lineage of creative practice.