Alison Tickell
Alison established Julie’s Bicycle in 2007 as a non-profit company helping the creative industries reduce their environmental impacts and develop new thinking in tune with global environmental challenges. She is Associate Professor at Buckinghamshire New University, on the Global Reporting Initiative, and a founder of the United Nations Environmental Programme Encore initiative. She is a trustee of Sound Connections, a school governor and a fellow of the RSA. Previous roles include Music Director at Creative and Cultural Skills and Director at Community Music, founding Board of Creative and Cultural Skills and lead consultant for the National Skills Academy.
Alison trained as a professional musician and combined performing and teaching before embarking on a more prosaic career. Alison is a keynote speaker at the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture, to be held in Melbourne on 3-6 October (www.artsummit.org).
Marcus Westbury
Marcus Westbury founded Renew Newcastle with his own funds and energy in late 2008. It’s a low budget, not for profit, DIY urban renewal scheme that has brokered access to more than 30 empty buildings for more than 60 creative enterprises, artists and cultural projects in his home town of Newcastle, NSW.
Prior to founding Renew Newcastle Marcus’s background was as a broadcaster, writer, media maker and festival director who has been responsible for some of Australia’s more innovative, unconventional and successful cultural projects and events. In 2007 and 2008 Marcus was the writer and presenter of Not Quite Art on ABC1. Marcus has also appeared as panellist or regular presenter on ABC TV programs including QandA, Art Nation, Vulture, Critical Mass and Recovery.
As a festival director Marcus was a founder of Newcastle’s This Is Not Art festival. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Artistic Director and co-CEO of Melbourne’s Next Wave Festival and was a director of Festival Melbourne 2006, the Cultural Program of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also co-founded Free Play, Australia’s largest independent computer games developers’ conference.
Marcus has worked with the The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and is a fellow of The Centre for Policy Development. He currently writes regularly for The Age newspaper. In 2010 Arts Hub named Marcus one the top 10 leaders in the Australian art world, while Australian Art Collector named him as one of 10 leading “Agenda setters” in the arts in Australia. Marcus was a member of the Rudd Governments’ Creative Australia Advisory Panel. He has sat on Committees of The Australia Council, Arts Victoria, NSW Ministry for the Arts, The Australian Film Commission and numerous agencies and was a delegate to Australia’s 2020 Summit. Marcus is currently based in Melbourne and working on projects in Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle including the development of Renew Australia.
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Marcus Westbury founded Renew Newcastle with his own funds and energy in late 2008. It’s a low budget, not for profit, DIY urban renewal scheme that has brokered access to more than 30 empty buildings for more than 60 creative enterprises, artists and cultural projects in his home town of Newcastle, NSW.
Prior to founding Renew Newcastle Marcus’s background was as a broadcaster, writer, media maker and festival director who has been responsible for some of Australia’s more innovative, unconventional and successful cultural projects and events. In 2007 and 2008 Marcus was the writer and presenter of Not Quite Art on ABC1. Marcus has also appeared as panellist or regular presenter on ABC TV programs including QandA, Art Nation, Vulture, Critical Mass and Recovery.
As a festival director Marcus was a founder of Newcastle’s This Is Not Art festival. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Artistic Director and co-CEO of Melbourne’s Next Wave Festival and was a director of Festival Melbourne 2006, the Cultural Program of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also co-founded Free Play, Australia’s largest independent computer games developers’ conference.
Marcus has worked with the The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and is a fellow of The Centre for Policy Development. He currently writes regularly for The Age newspaper. In 2010 Arts Hub named Marcus one the top 10 leaders in the Australian art world, while Australian Art Collector named him as one of 10 leading “Agenda setters” in the arts in Australia. Marcus was a member of the Rudd Governments’ Creative Australia Advisory Panel. He has sat on Committees of The Australia Council, Arts Victoria, NSW Ministry for the Arts, The Australian Film Commission and numerous agencies and was a delegate to Australia’s 2020 Summit. Marcus is currently based in Melbourne and working on projects in Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle including the development of Renew Australia.
Annemarie Kohn trained in Contemporary Dance and Interactive Multimedia. She is employed by Carclew Youth Arts as Program Manager of Visual Arts and Digital Media, a program that develops public art opportunities and supports emerging South Australian artists to translate their creative practice for public space. She is also a Curatorium member of the Splendid Arts Program, an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts, Splendour In The Grass and Lismore Regional Gallery. In 2011 she curated a program of public art titled Cream for the annual Splendour In The Grass music, art & culture festival.
Annemarie has served on multifarious panels and boards including Chair of the Arts SA Organisations Assessment Panel Industry Development Program, the South Australian Youth Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts, Adelaide City Council Public Art Round Table, Arts Industry Council of SA, and the Graham F Smith Peace Trust (SA based autonomous arts funding body.)
Craige Andrae has been active in the South Australian art community since he completed a BA (Visual Art) in 1985. He exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions in the 1990’s notably Persepcta Sydney, 1990, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, AGSA Adelaide 1996 and in 1997 Gift, Zone Gallery, Adelaide, Shunt, Platform, Melbourne and touring: Wild Kingdom, IMA, Brisbane, and This Pop Life, AGSA, Adelaide. Taking up his Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship (1997) he undertook an MA (Fine Art) at Goldsmith’s College, University of London in 1999.
Since this time Andrae has pursued many arts related opportunities including arts based consulting, exhibiting, predominantly in the public art realm and the expansion of his specialised design and construction company, Special Projects Under Development (SPUD). SPUD was awarded the South Australian Governments Inaugural Ruby Award for Arts Enterprise.
Craige collaborated with arts, design and landscape professionals to develop an innovative approach to the integration and commissioning of Public Art through the realisation of the Rundle Street Integrated Public Art Masterplan titled “The Rundle Project”. The Rundle Project received awards from the Planning Institute of Australia including the prestigious, Ministers Award and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award for Planning. In 2010 two commissioned works were installed including the Memorial to the Forgotten Australians, Adelaide Parklands and Spectrum, commissioned by the Ciry of Norwood Payneham and St Peters which received the Major Arts Funding of $100,000 from Arts SA.
In 2011 a collaborative public artwork with Andrew Petrusevics, commissioned by the City of Marion will be installed outside the new Marion Aquatic Centre.
Nathan Paine is the Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia (South Australian Division); the peak body representing the estimated $35 billion invested in property assets in South Australia. After leaving university, He worked for The Hon Paul Holloway MLC before turning to public policy in the private sector. Nathan has extensive experience in public policy and advocacy at both the State and National level having previously worked as the Senior Policy Advocate for Business SA and as the Senior Policy Adviser for the Motor Trades Association of Australia in Canberra.
Nathan currently sits on a number of Boards and advisory committees including the Construction Industry Training Board, the Housing and Urban Development Advisory Committee and the Integrated Design Strategy’s Establishment Group. Nathan has also been integral in driving innovation in planning and development systems in South Australia including maintaining a focus on urban infill planning structures such as activity centres and TOD policies.
Nathan has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from Adelaide University and an Honours Degree in Politics from Flinders University.
Brad Howarth
Brad Howarth is a freelance journalist, author and speaker with 16 years experience covering the technology and marketing industries. Brad has held the positions of information technology editor and marketing editor for BRW and is the author of Innovation and Emerging Markets, a study of the path to commercialisation for Australian technology start-ups.
Lloyd Smith
As a Founding Director of Gerard Daniels, Lloyd Smith has over 25 years' experience in senior level executive search and human resources consulting within key industry sectors throughout Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and the United Kingdom. His extensive experience in the recruitment of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman and Non-Executive Director roles, including expertise in corporate governance assignments involving structure, strategy and Board composition, have established his reputation as one of the Asia Pacific region’s premier human resource professionals. Lloyd has a special interest in the Arts and has assisted with a number of executive level searches for organisations including, theatre and music. Lloyd is an AbaF Councillor and has recently been appointed Chair of the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Guy Abrahams
Guy Abrahams is the co-founder of CLIMARTE and former Director of Christine Abrahams Gallery. Guy holds Law and Arts degrees and a Master of Environment degree at the University of Melbourne. Guy speaks regularly on climate change and environmental sustainability with a particular focus on the arts.
He has held numerous appointments including National President, Australian Commercial Galleries Association, National Gallery of Victoria Art Foundation, Melbourne Art Fair Board, City of Melbourne Public Art & Acquisition Committee, and Peter MacCallum Hospital Art Committee, and he is currently a valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
Guy initiated the development and production of the Green Gallery Guide, a co-production of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association and the Australian Conservation Foundation, which received Industry Best Practice in Partnership recognition at the 2008 AbaF Awards.
Mitchell Griffiths
Mitchell Griffiths, State Executive Western Australia of Marsh Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of United States based Global Risk Management and Insurance Broker Marsh USA, of which Mitchell is a Managing Director.
Marsh USA is one of four Companies that make up New York Stock Exchange Marsh and McLennan Companies Group which include Mercer, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman.
Carillo Gantner AO
Carrillo Gantner is Chairman of The Melbourne Festival and Chairman of The Sidney Myer Fund. He has a BA from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Fine Arts (Drama), Stanford, California, and a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration, Harvard.
Carrillo was the first Drama Officer at the Australia Council for the Arts (1970-1973) and General Manager of the Melbourne Theatre Company (1973-1975). He was a Founding Director of the Playbox Theatre Company, (now Malthouse Theatre); Executive Director (1976-1984) and Artistic Director (1988-1993). He was Counsellor (Cultural) at the Australian Embassy in Beijing (1985-1987), Chairman of the Performing Arts Board and a member of the Australia Council (1990-1993). He was Chairman of Asialink (1992-2006), Chairman of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (1994-2000) and President of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust (2000-2009).
Carrillo was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2001 for services to the performing arts and Australia's cultural exchange with Asia. In recognition of his cultural and philanthropic service, he was the 2007 Victorian of the Year.
Jim Cathcart
Jim Cathcart has been Director of Fremantle Arts Centre for six years. During this time, FAC’s program has grown and diversified and attracts more than 100,000 patrons per year. Jim is responsible for the overall artistic program and policy management, financial and business planning, marketing and building relationships with government, corporate, community and major stakeholders. FAC has a long-standing relationship with Little Creatures Brewing that has evolved and diversified over the years.