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Congratulations
The Institute is delighted to congratulate Len Amadio AO on his appointment as a Officer of the Order of Australia announced in the recent Queen's Brithday awards. Len was already a Member of the Order and his new distinction is well earned. Since retiring from his long term position with the South Australian arts department, Len has devoted himself to supporting the arts in a range of honorary roles notably with the Australian Youth Orchestra but also as board member and chairman of many other arts bodies including Anzarts. The entire industry owes Len a great debt of gratitude and his AO is an important recognition of that.2009 was an extraordinarily busy year again for the Institute with a broad range of projects and studies across the country. Here are some highlights:
In the Absence of Criticism
Presented by Justin Macdonnell at the Apple University Consortium’s
Create World Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane on December 1, 2009
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This is an interview given by Executive Director, Justin Macdonnell following his address at the Create World conference at Griffith University, Brisbane, December 2009: http://audioboo.fm/boos/79831-from-custodian-to-curator
Short+Sweet
This rapidly emerging organisation runs what is claimed to be the largest short play festival in the world. It is an extraordinarily innovative creative process with strong grassroots/community participation. But it has grown like topsy. Short+Sweet
commissioned the Institute to help it design an international and domestic business and financial model that can retain its present organic flexibility while providing a strong base for future expansion. Because it is an organisation that moprhs before your eyes, this task lasted right through 2009 and is now virtually complete.
Australian Council Music Theatre Review
In December 2008 the Institute was began a study in support of a three year music theatre Initiative which had been announced by the Music and Theatre Boards of the Australia Council. This involved nationwide consultations throughout January and February in the course of which over 100 persons across the sector were interviewed. The final report was presented to the Music Board in late May and a precis released late last year:
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/music/reports_and_publications/music_theatre_consultancy. The Board essentially adopted the report’s findings and is now negotiating the resultant plans with the key organisations identified in it.
Gadigal Information Service
Gadigal Information Services Aboriginal Corporation which is, among other things, the proprietor of Koori Radio and the producer of a range of Indigenous events in Sydney was making a bid to be recognized as a national leader of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural productions and broadcast and “the home of blackfella music”.
In March GIS commissioned the Institute to facilitate its strategic planning review and to reshape it Business Plan for the next six years. The Plan was completed at the end of June and submitted as part of Gadigal’s application to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Arts Board. It is pleasing to report that the Company has been granted Leading Organisation status and funding of $150,000 per annum for six years.
Jan Chapman Films Pty Ltd
As everyone knows, Jan Chapman is one of Australia’s most distinguished and admired film producers. Her company retained the Institute to assist it in building a business case as part of her proposal for a new mentoring and development scheme called Waking Dreams Productions which she was putting to Screen Australia under their Enterprise program. It is pleasing to report that the application was successful and the project has been funded for three years.
Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
In mid 2009 the Institute was commissioned by the new Head of the University of Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music to work with him on the development of a Strategic plan for 2010-2012 and to provide ongoing strategic advice as the institution develops its exciting future programs.
Symphony Australia Ltd
In mid 2009 Symphony Australia Ltd which is the peak body for the six former ABC symphony orchestras across Australia retained the Institute to advise it on a range of strategic matters and most notably to conduct a study into options to broaden its connections with and its role in the rest of the orchestral sector in Australia and its immediate region. The report was delivered in December 2009.
Wilin Centre, University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne retained the services of the Institute to assist it in a consultative process aimed scoping the future options of the Wilin Cente for Indigenous Culture within the Faculty of the VCA and Music. This study has involved extensive consultation with academics and community leaders both indigenous and non-indigenous across Australia and was completed in March 2010.
Arts Tasmania
In late 2009 Arts Tasmania with assistance from the Theatre Board of the Australia Council commissioned the Institute to undertake a review of the professional theatre sector in Tasmania. The brief to investigate and report on current activity, identify gaps and opportunities and propose pathways forward. The study was completied in April 2010.
Kultour
Kultour which is Australia’s multicultural touring agency has retained the Institute to assist it in a two stage review of operations and future directions. Stage 1 which was completed in February 2010 made an initial assessment along these lines and scoped the changing operational environment of the company. Stage 2 which will include the development of a full scale strategic plan is schedule to occur in the latter half of 2010.
Unconditional Love:
Industry that pays and Art that doesn't
The Wal Cherry Lecture by Robyn Archer
September 5 2008
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29 September 2008
Investing in the Future - The Arts and Innovation
A speech by Anzarts Executive Director, Justin Macdonnell
Presented for Currency House at the Sydney Opera House
April 4, 2008
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Café Carnivale The Institute has been retained by Arts NSW to conduct a review of this program managed by Musica Viva Australia since 2003 and by extension to map the world music and culturally diverse music scenes in the State. This study is due for completion in late September 2010.
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