Home Event Calendar About SAMAG Support Us Resources Contact LEARN | NETWORK | SHARE Beyond Pale, Male & Stale: Embedding diversity in the arts Date: Monday 27 April 2015 Time: 6pm Where: The Australia Council for the Arts 372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills Admission: Free (SAMAG members). Non-members: $12 via prepaid ticket, $6 student via Eventbrite Arts organisations have long struggled to reflect the diverse experiences of the communities they serve. The 'establishment' has been accused of being 'elitist' while emerging and community arts are criticised for being too 'niche'. Solutions to this problem have covered the gamut from quotas to positive discrimination, policy directives to fierce debate. Recently a watershed seems to have been reached and with significant shifts in programming across arts forms that seem to embed diversity on stages, pages and platforms. Join Penny Miles, Manager Cultural Engagement, Arts Strategy of the Australia Council in conversation with arts leaders who are embedding diversity in the arts and getting beyond "Pale, Male and Stale". Speakers: Lisa Havilah, Director, Carraigeworks Lee Lewis, Artistic Director, Griffin Theatre Company Jenny Bisset, Director, Blacktown Arts Centre, Manager, Arts and Cultural Development at Blacktown City Council Chair: Penny Miles, Manager Cultural Engagement, Arts Strategy, the Australia Council for the Arts SAMAG MEMBER RSVP PURCHASE TICKET JOIN SAMAG Date: Monday 1 June 2015 Time: 6pm Where: The Australia Council for the Arts 372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills Admission: Free (SAMAG members). Non-members: $12 via prepaid ticket, $6 student via Eventbrite The arts in Australia is headed by Artistic Directors of varied credentials: those who have carved strong careers as practitioners, those who hit the Director circuit, jumping from festival to festival, and those who join us temporarily from afar. Who should be leading our arts organisations? What does it take to be an Artistic Director? Hear about challenge, innovation and hands-on leadership from three of Sydney’s most inspiring Artistic Directors. Speakers: Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director, Urban Theatre Projects Johanna Featherstone, Artistic Director, The Red Room Company Stephen Page, Artistic Director, Bangarra Dance Theatre Ralph Myers, Artistic Director, Belvoir SAMAG MEMBER RSVP PURCHASE TICKET JOIN SAMAG Subscribe to our mailing list Tweets by @SAMAG_2013 SAMAG is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW and by the City of Sydney. The SAMAG seminar series is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, through provision of a venue.