Moreland Theatre Company has discovered the answers to these questions, and has proven once again that in addressing issues of mistaken identity, gender confusion, music, drunkenness and trickery, the Bard is just as relevant in today’s technological age as ever before. The language may be old-school but the messages are anything but!

Bec has worked in the arts and community sectors in Australia and overseas for over 13 years. For the last six years she worked as Marketing Manager and General Manager for the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a flagship contemporary arts venue in Glasgow.

Previously Bec lived in Melbourne and worked with contemporary opera company, Chamber Made Opera, and youth literary organisation, Express Media. She has also sat on the board of the Arts Industry Council Victoria.

Arts Access Victoria looks forward to future collaboration regarding arts and disability with Bec at the helm.

Bec has worked in the arts and community sectors in Australia and overseas for over 13 years. For the last six years she worked as Marketing Manager and General Manager for the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a flagship contemporary arts venue in Glasgow.

Previously Bec lived in Melbourne and worked with contemporary opera company, Chamber Made Opera, and youth literary organisation, Express Media. She has also sat on the board of the Arts Industry Council Victoria.

Arts Access Victoria looks forward to future collaboration regarding arts and disability with Bec at the helm.

Unlimited UK will subsidise a group of Australians to travel to London in September to attend the ‘Festival of the World’, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

This international arts and disability gathering will showcase Unlimited, the largest program of work by artists with disability ever commissioned. Whilst in London, participants will also be able to attend a range of panel discussions, meetings and workshops.

Participants will then share their experiences at the Arts Activated Conference in Sydney on the 30th and 31st October 2012.

Unlimited UK is open to Australian artists and artsworkers with disability who are involved in any area of the arts.

Applications close on the 1st of June 2012.

To download the info pack and application form, click here…( http://www.artsaccessaustralia.org/uploads/Unlimited%20UK%20-%20info%20and%20entry%20form.doc)

By Friday the 1st of June you must send a completed Application Form (including contact details of two referees) to:

Email: emma@artsaccessaustralia.org (preferred) or Mail: Arts Access Australia, 222 Bank Street, South Melbourne, VIC 3205

For more information or help with your application, contact Emma Brown on:  Email: emma@artsaccessaustralia.org Phone: 0478 803 920 Skype: artsaccessaustralia3

The project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, the British Council, Arts SA and the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.

This shocking hate crime led to the creation of one of the most performed stories across the world over the last decade. In 2008, the creators of this work returned to Laramie to see how the town had changed since Shepard’s death. What they found defied expectation.

The Laramie Project – 10 Years Later is a play about how we tell our own history, how we construct our own identity – and importantly, our omissions, exclusions and the power of rumour.

“Esther Anatolitis brings a wealth of leadership experience across all artforms, as well as extensive networks, and a committed and passionate advocate’s voice,” said
Dennis Goldner, Chair, Regional Arts Victoria Board. “Regional Arts Victoria is delighted to welcome Esther to the organisation.”
Premier of Victoria and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu welcomed the news of Esther’s appointment and said he looked forward to working with her in further developing Victoria’s regional arts.
“Esther’s engagement with so many facets of arts and culture, locally and further afield, stands her in good stead to bring creative ideas and different perspectives to RAV, along with her great enthusiasm,” Mr Baillieu said.

Media Release:  Regional Arts Victoria New Director .pdf

Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) is the peak Victorian agency resourcing and supporting
contemporary and innovative regional cultural practice. In the 40 years since its establishment,
RAV has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the concept that art practice is critical to
building capacity and self-determination in communities. It is proud of its reputation as a
contemporary, inventive and responsive organisation working with vision, passion and a strong
understanding of the challenges and aspirations of the communities that form its regional
constituency.

We congratulate Government on its commitment to making the NDIS real in 2013, but we still need your support!

Are you an artist or supporter of the arts? Show your commitment to the inclusion of artists with a disability by getting behind this once in a generation reform to the disability system. Your support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could make the difference that enables artists with a disability to take part on an equal basis in Australia’s cultural life.

Melbourne dancer and Cultivate recipient Melinda Smith tells us what the NDIS would mean to her…

Click here to see Melinda’s video

Support your artistic and art making peers by adding your voice to the NDIS campaign by:

1. Sharing this video with your networks and contacts. Let’s get the whole arts sector behind the NDIS!
2. Adding your name to the campaign at http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au. Tell your colleagues and partners to sign up too. Everyone needs the NDIS!
3. Telling Australia why you’re counting on the NDIS. Write your story or upload a video at http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/make_it_real/

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After five years as CEO, Esther Anatolitis will leave Melbourne Fringe at the end of July to take up a new position as Director of Regional Arts Victoria.

Media release: Melbourne Fringe Farewell CEO Esther Anatolitis .pdf

Melbourne Fringe is the leading organisation for the independent arts in Victoria. Through its annual open-access festival and year-round workshops and forums, it facilitates the presentation of independent, contemporary work across all artforms, and offers artists and producers unique opportunities to gain diverse professional skills and present new work.

 
In 2011 Melbourne Fringe worked with over 5,000 artists in more than 150 spaces across Victoria, with 250,000 people attending a Melbourne Fringe event or show. Melbourne Fringe is pivotal to the success and the sustainability of the independent arts community who make Victoria the state of the arts.

Working closely with Arts Access Victoria, Melbourne Fringe is committed to improving access for all artists, art makers and audience members with disability, evident in its leadership, programing and services.

Arts Access Victoria congratulates Esther Anatolitis on her new role as Director Regional Arts Victoria and looks forward to continuing its partnership with Melbourne Fringe into the future.

The 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival opens on Wednesday, 26 September and runs until Sunday, 14 October

Melbourne Fringe will commence the CEO recruitment process shortly. Full details will appear on the Melbourne Fringe website www.melbournefringe.com.au

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Katrina Hall 0421 153 046