• A meeting place for creativity, community and culture
Candidates’ Pack: Chair,
Contemporary Arts Precincts • About us
Contemporary Arts Precincts Ltd (CAP) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established to deliver vibrant, cross-disciplinary creative precincts that provide spaces and support for small- to-medium creative organisations and individuals. CAP empowers the collaborative development of a sustainable, ambitious, challenging and inspiring arts ecology. CAP aims to catalyse a creative context that builds the capacity for artists, creative practitioners and cultural organisations to grow and develop by offering spaces and resources that allow artists to engage with each other and with the wider community.
Collingwood Yards, an initiative of CAP, is a new, permanent and affordable home for scores of artists and independent arts organisations working across music, visual arts, performance, creative industries and beyond. Situated across the former Collingwood Technical School campus, the site consists of three buildings and a leafy central courtyard. Located in one of Australia’s most diverse, rapidly transforming and dense inner-city neighbourhoods, Collingwood Yards is a growing hub of artists and small-to-medium-sized arts organisations. The precinct is a vital part of a greater ecosystem that connects to artists and creative and community organisations across Collingwood and the inner north of Melbourne.
CAP acknowledges the traditional owners and sovereign custodians of the land on which Collingwood Yards is situated, the peoples of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung language groups. We extend our respect to their Ancestors and all First Peoples and Elders past, present, and future.
IMAGES: Photography by Stefan Postles
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• Contemporary Arts Precincts’ organisational values
CAP empowers the collaborative development of a sustainable, ambitious, challenging and inspiring arts ecology. We catalyse a creative context that builds the capacity for artists, creative practitioners and cultural organisations to grow and develop by offering spaces and resources that allow artists to engage with each other and with the wider community.
● We are focused on contemporary arts as a vehicle for both community and individual development. We believe that creativity defines a city, and that a strong and independent culture of creativity defines a great city. ● We are committed to caring for art, artists and arts organisations. We look out for everyone in our extended circle, and seek opportunities, partnerships and influence that will enrich our entire community. We recognise and respond to opportunity without losing sight of our long-term plans. ● We are resourceful and resilient, recognising that space is an expensive and insecure resource in high commercial demand, and that artists and arts organisations can be vulnerable. We are uniquely equipped to act as a buffer and must be able to adapt to ensure our future. ● We are open. We are curious listeners and active contributors. It means we respect and understand the importance of diversity and inclusivity. We believe in embedded accessibility, expressed through financial, physical, technological and communication design principles and practice.
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• About the role
Following the development and opening of Collingwood Yards in 2021, CAP completed the appointment of Sophie Travers as its Director in May 2021. The Board of CAP is now undertaking a process of Board renewal commencing with the appointment of a new Chair of the Board.
The Chair will have primary accountability for the strategic direction of CAP through leadership of the Board of Directors and, in conjunction with the Director of Collingwood Yards, will be accountable for Collingwood Yards’ relationships with its tenant community, CAP’s broader stakeholders and to the public at large.
Together with the Director of Collingwood Yards, the Chair will be accountable for ensuring an environment of collaboration and experimentation among Collingwood Yards’ tenant community, as well as nurturing positive and constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including artists, creative organisations, funders and partners, and local and state governments, ensuring Collingwood Yards remains a vibrant and sustainable site.
Working with a collaborative and dynamic team, the Chair of CAP will oversee the development and implementation of the organisation’s second five-year strategic plan. The Chair of CAP is accountable for maintaining an organisational culture of excellence that champions diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, respect and inclusivity.
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• Role outline
Reporting to The Board, Contemporary Arts Precincts Working with The Board of CAP and the Director of the Collingwood Yards team, key stakeholders and partners across industry, government and philanthropy Position type Ongoing Salary details All Contemporary Arts Precincts board roles are voluntary, in keeping with industry practice and our community values Term From late 2021 Expressions of 12:00pm (noon) AEDT on Tuesday 7 September 2021 interest due To apply Please follow the Expressions of Interest Process below. First Peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of gender and sexual diversity, are strongly encouraged to apply.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Leading the Board of Directors, including: facilitating proper information flow to the board, facilitating the effective functioning of the board, and communicating the views of the board, in conjunction with the CEO, to the organisation’s stakeholders and to the public ● Overseeing the development of Collingwood Yards’ second five-year strategic plan, delivered via annual business plans with clear and measurable goals ● Facilitating an environment of collaboration and experimentation, exploring new models of partnering, cross-disciplinary approaches and audience development and engagement ● Working with the Director, nurture positive and constructive relationships and develop strategic alliances with federal, state and local governments, as well as with a broad range of artistic organisations locally, nationally, and potentially, internationally ● Maintaining the established organisational culture and championing diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, respect and inclusivity ● Ensuring that Collingwood Yards maintains excellent public engagement ● Leading the organisation’s fundraising and partnership-building to attract committed partners ● Ensuring the existence of a fit for purpose risk management framework, inclusive of occupational health and safety and compliance with all applicable local, state and federal legislation and regulations
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• Selection criteria
Personal attributes ● Collaborative leader – the ability to inspire the individual contribution and participation of each Board member and senior executive through fostering a stimulating and challenging Boardroom environment to fully utilise their collective expertise to set the aims, strategies and policies of the Board ● Ambitious and entrepreneurial – as a new organisation, CAP seeks to ensure its new Chair can realise the outstanding potential of Collingwood Yards as a world-class hub for artists and small-to-medium arts organisations ● Effective communicator – highly articulate communication skills with a strong capacity to communicate vision and objectives, and engage a wide variety of stakeholders inside and outside the organisation in achieving that vision ● Emotional intelligence – as well as self-awareness and self-management, the Chair needs to be able to motivate and empathetically manage challenging situations ● Commercial astuteness – demonstrates good business instinct and acumen ● Engaged commitment – a willing participant with genuine interest and passion for the arts, the organisation and its business, and the time available to commit to chairing the Board effectively.
Skills and experience
● Excellent relationship, partnership and stakeholder management skills, with the proven ability to build, foster and support communities of diverse stakeholders and partners, inclusive of Collingwood Yards’ tenants, First Peoples, local neighbourhood, arts communities, and local and state governments ● Previous Board experience in the not-for-profit sector and knowledge of corporate governance ● Demonstrated ability to form effective working relationships with other leaders ● Proven experience in overseeing an organisation’s business and financial model to deliver sustainable financial outcomes ● Demonstrated understanding of community engagement models and ability to build relationships in our immediate communities, working closely with the Director of Collingwood Yards ● Demonstrated experience in building and leading organisational culture, particularly at Board level ● Experience and involvement with the Victorian arts community, including knowledge of the local and national arts sector, key state and national organisations, current issues and trends ● Organisational leadership skills, including the ability to lead strategic thinking.
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• How to express your interest
1. If after reading through this document and visiting our website, you have further questions about the role, please call Stephen Carpenter, Chair, Contemporary Arts Precincts Chair Selection Committee, on 0410 541 670 between 9:00am and 5:00pm AEDT, Monday to Friday.
2. Your expression of interest should respond to our criteria with a letter, a brief CV, and the names and contact details of three professional referees – as a single PDF of no more than 5 pages. Please include your full name as the document’s name.
3. Expressions of interest should be sent to [email protected] by 12:00pm AEDT on Tuesday 7 September 2021.
4. After the close of expressions of interest at noon on Tuesday 7 September 2021, shortlisting will take place, and to be fair to all persons, no late expressions of interest can be accepted.
5. While all expressions of interest will be acknowledged by email, only shortlisted persons will be contacted, and we appreciate your patience during this time.
6. Interviews will take place from mid-September on a date to be confirmed, either face-to- face or via virtual meeting platform.
7. If shortlisted, we will contact you by phone to let you know the time and location of your interview, outline anything that you may need to prepare, and request your accessibility requirements and preferred pronouns.
8. All persons will be advised of the outcome of the process.
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• Strategic Plan summary
Our first and flagship project is the transformation and redevelopment of the former Collingwood Technical school into Collingwood Yards — a sustainable, affordable long-term home for arts and creativity in inner Melbourne.
Our aim is to ensure that the core operations of our spaces can be financially self-sustaining at below market rents. Both the Collingwood Yards site and the organisation built to run it have been designed from the ground up to minimise the cost and complexity of operations. The efficiencies generated will be invested back in the community through more affordable rents and investment in future facilities, initiatives and programs.
CAP’s objectives include:
● To establish and maintain an affordable creative precinct that is fully tenanted with a diverse tenant mix ● To bring together a collaborative precinct, led by a team and a board that share our values ● To ensure that both the precinct and our tenants grow and prosper and continue to build their profiles within the local community and national and international arts community ● To be financially sustainable from rental income and financially secure ● To ensure effective relationships with all our internal and external stakeholders ● To ensure operational excellence through practical, efficient and affordable systems that are fit for purpose, and ● To ensure that all members of our community are welcome and embraced in our places.
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• Director and Board member bios
Stephen Carpenter Acting Chair, Treasurer Stephen Carpenter is a partner of KPMG Australia with 25 years consulting experience in Australian and international corporate tax and is the national leader of its Deals Tax practice. Stephen is a past deputy chair, chair of the audit committee and director of the Melbourne Recital Centre, a past foundation director of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka and past chair of the School Council at Port Phillip Specialist School. Stephen is a graduate of the University of Melbourne in commerce and law (with honours), a Chartered Tax Adviser, Chartered Accountant and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Stephen is also an occasional lecturer, and a longstanding mentor to students in the International Law Masters, in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne. In 2018, the Taxation Institute of Australia named Stephen its Chartered Tax Adviser of the Year.
Esther Anatolitis Deputy Chair Esther Anatolitis is one of Australia’s most influential advocates for the arts. Esther’s consultancy Test Pattern focuses on major creative precinct developments as well as arts policy, strategy and public value. Working across the media, architecture and the arts over two decades, Esther’s leadership roles have spanned all artforms and include Express Media, the Emerging Writers Festival, SBS, Craft Victoria, SYN Media, Melbourne Fringe, Regional Arts Victoria and NAVA. Esther has served numerous board, policy, advisory and juror roles, including with ACMI, Elbow Room, the Melbourne Writers Festival, Musica Viva and State of Design, as well as with government at all levels. She was a member of the Victorian Government Creative Industries Strategy Expert Reference Group, is a former chair of the Arts Industry Council of Victoria, and has developed or advised on cultural policy for governments across Australia. Esther is Honorary Associate Professor at the RMIT School of Art, and has a long association with RMIT Architecture + Urban Design as a critic, examiner and lecturer. As writer, critic and curator, Esther has worked on cross-disciplinary projects around the world, and is a former curator of Architecture+Philosophy and Digital Publics. Her work is collected at estheranatolitis.net
Daniel Besen Director, Founding Chair Across a 30+ year professional career, Daniel has worked as a lawyer, retail executive, fashion entrepreneur and active investment partner in creative businesses. In 2000 Daniel founded BESEN, to support creative entrepreneurs and manage a property development portfolio with projects in Australia and the US; in particular pursuing key interests in urban renewal and the adaptive re-use of heritage sites. Daniel is also a philanthropist and fervent advocate for the arts; with a lifelong passion for contemporary Australian art and design. Daniel is currently a Trustee of The Daniel Besen Foundation, the Besen Family Foundation and a Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art. He has also held the positions of Director of the Jewish Museum of Australia, the Melbourne International Arts Festival and Heide Art Gallery, and for six years was the Chair of Chunky Move, Victoria’s innovative contemporary dance company.
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Ross Paterson Director and Company Secretary Ross Paterson is a partner of commercial law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler. He practices in commercial and corporate law, with a particular focus on providing strategic advice to high net worth individuals and family groups on a range of legal and commercial matters including succession structuring and planning, acquisition and divestment of businesses, establishment of family agreements and resolution of family disputes. Ross has been recognised in various legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific for Private Wealth Law, Best Lawyers International, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Trust and Estates Practitioners.
Eugenia Flynn Director Eugenia Flynn is a writer, arts worker and community organiser. She identifies as Aboriginal, Chinese and Muslim, working within her multiple communities to create change through literature, art, politics and community engagement. With extensive experience in community engaged arts practice, Eugenia has worked with Kurruru Youth Performing Arts, the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development and The Social Studio. Most recently, Eugenia has worked with Blak Dot Gallery, Eleven Collective, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Peril Magazine and Ebony Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Institute. Eugenia’s thoughts on the politics of race, gender and culture have been published widely. Her essays, articles and short stories have been published in Peril magazine, The Lifted Brow, fine print magazine, The Design Files, Art+Australia, The Saturday Paper, IndigenousX, NITV, and the recent anthology #MeToo: Stories From the Australian Movement. In 2021, Eugenia was awarded an ABC TOP 5 media residency, for successful early- career scholars and practitioners to undertake a two-week online residency with ABC Radio National to learn the craft of communicating with a wide audience, and how to develop content across radio and digital platforms.
Charlotte Day Director Charlotte Day is the director of Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA, and has led the artistic program and strategic development of the museum since 2013. Previously Charlotte worked as an independent curator and was associate curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) working on major installations by international and local artists. Charlotte has worked across a range of public and private contexts, from advising on acquisitions of works for public and private collections, including the Michael Buxton Collection of Contemporary Australian Art, to curating Australia’s Pavilions for the 2005 and 2007 Venice Biennales, the Tarrawarra Biennial in 2009, and co-curating the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art in 2010. Charlotte has over twenty-five years of experience in curating and in arts management, having held positions of Director and Acting Director respectively at two of Melbourne’s leading contemporary art spaces, the Centre for Contemporary Photography and Gertrude Contemporary.
Izzy Roberts-Orr Director Izzy Roberts-Orr is a poet, writer, broadcaster and arts worker raised on Arrernte Country (Alice Springs) and Wurundjeri Country (Footscray) currently completing a book of elegiac poetry, Raw Salt. Izzy works in Maribyrnong with local artists, is a Co-Director of Broadwave podcasting network, and advocates for artists on the Collingwood Yards Board and Moreland Arts Advisory Committee. Izzy is a 2020- 2021 recipient of the Australia Council Marten Bequest Scholarship for Poetry.
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James Tutton Director James Tutton works across a portfolio of complementary executive and non-executive positions in the property, mental health, arts, finance and business spheres. He is a Director of Neometro - Melbourne’s preeminent design and socially focused development group. Neometro has a pipeline of projects throughout inner Melbourne including the multi-stage “New Urban Village” at Jewell Station Brunswick.
In 2012, James and fellow entrepreneur Jane Martino founded not-for-profit Smiling Mind, now Australia’s largest digital wellbeing and mental health program. James is Executive Deputy Chair at Household Capital, a fin-tech venture that provides responsible long-term access to home equity to meet the needs of an ageing population. He has an entrepreneurial background, having established Moonlight Cinema in Melbourne in 1996. James has a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and co-wrote the highly successful Smiling Mind mindfulness book in 2016 for Hardie Grant Publishers.
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• Collingwood Yards First Peoples Reference Group
The First Peoples Reference Group seeks to ensure that Collingwood Yards is open to, utilised by and welcoming to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and audiences.
The FPRG’s Terms of Reference include the development of innovative ways to promote Aboriginal creativity at the Yards and to help Aboriginal artists to succeed. The Group is leading work to establish protocols for Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country, a Reconciliation Action Plan and guide creative engagement with local Indigenous communities. CAP is honoured to have such esteemed members of Victoria’s First Nations creative community sitting on our FPRG and is excited to continue the work they have begun in their inaugural year.
A key early outcome has been the establishment of a free ‘Pay the Rent’ studio space for Indigenous practitioners, currently filled by Uncle Jack Charles.
Uncle Jack Charles Uncle Jack Charles is an actor, musician, potter and gifted performer. A member of the Stolen Generation, Uncle Jack is acknowledged as the grandfather of Aboriginal theatre in Australia having co-founded the first Aboriginal theatre company Nindethana in 1972. Uncle Jack was awarded the prestigious Tudawali Award at the Message Sticks Festival in 2009, honouring his lifetime contribution to Indigenous media. He also received a Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 and a Red Ochre Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australia Council for the Arts in 2019. Jack was named Victorian Senior Australian of the Year for 2016.
Aunty Vivian Marlo Aunty Vivian is a Gooniyandi woman, community leader from the Collingwood Housing Estate and broadcaster at 3CR Community Radio.
Eugenia Flynn Eugenia Flynn is a writer, arts worker and community organiser. Eugenia is a Tiwi, Larrakia, Chinese and Muslim woman, who works within her communities through art, literature and community engaged praxis. Eugenia is on the Board of Collingwood Yards.
Stacie Piper Stacie is of Wurundjeri, Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum Wurrung descent, the current Victorian NAIDOC Chairperson, a Djirri Dancer / Educator and currently holds the position of Yalingwa Curator at TarraWarra Museum of Art, as part of a Creative Victoria initiative. In 2019 Stacie was selected as a Wesfarmers and National Gallery Of Australia Leadership Program participant, and an active participant in the DAAFF Curators Symposium. Her projects include the exhibition Ganbu Yalingbu, Ngulu- Bulok ‘One Day, Many Voices’, which commemorated the 1967 Referendum.
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Jarra Steel Jarra Steel is a multi-disciplinary artist known for her powerful poster art, large scale public installations, Digital/Augmented Reality Art, RAP artwork and commemorative signage. Jarra is of Boon Wurrung, Wemba, English and Scottish descent. She is First Peoples’ Arts Officer at the City of Port Phillip and has recently completed her Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) at RMIT. Jarra is a passionate advocate/consultant for Self-Representation of Victorian First Peoples Art and Culture and making sure it is kept alive and thriving.
Meegan Jia-Good Meegan Jia-Good is a Badulaig, Meriam, Yidinji woman from Far North Queensland. She is the Marketing and Admin Coordinator at Ilbijerri Theatre Company.
Kimberley Moulton Kimberley Moulton is a Yorta-Yorta woman and Senior Curator of South Eastern Aboriginal Collection at Melbourne Museums Victoria and Artistic Associate for RISING Festival Melbourne. Her curatorial and writing practice focuses on contemporary First Peoples art, museology and de-colonial methodologies within Australia and internationally.
Lauren Sheree Lauren Sheree is a proud Wakka person who has been living on Kulin land pursuing a career in the arts since 2016. Moving from the out-skirts of so-called Brisbane, Lauren is a cross- disciplinary artist who uses theatre, music and visual art to tell their story – founding their own art company, Love Like Wine. Lauren is the Associate Producer: Social Impact at ILBIJERRI Theatre Company.
Tony Briggs Tony Briggs is a Yorta Yorta/Wurundjeri (Woiwuurung) First Nations film practitioner (Actor, Writer, Director and Producer) based in Melbourne. The creator and writer of feature film ‘The Sapphires’ which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. He received two AWGIE awards and it also won 11 of 12 categories at AACTA 2013. He previously wrote ‘The Sapphires’ Play, which had sell-out seasons at the MTC and Belvoir, winning two Helpmann Awards. Tony is co-originator, executive producer and writer of the eight-part TV series ‘The Warriors’ (2016). Other writing credits include ‘My Place’ S2 E13 (2010) and The Sapphires Animation Series (2015).
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• Board committees
The Contemporary Arts Precincts Board has the following committees:
SUBCOMMITTEE PURPOSE MEMBERS
Finance, Audit Work closely with the General Manager. Set Chair: Stephen Carpenter and Risk and regularly review CAP’s operating Ross Patterson budget and balance sheet. Monitor and forecast CAP’s finances. Actively identify Ex Officio: Sophie Travers and address risks and OH&S requirements, delegations and governance. Meeting Schedule: Quarterly
Public Fund Fulfil DGR statutory requirements. Chair: Ross Paterson Responsible persons to oversee the receipt Stephen Carpenter and flow of donations. Ensure biannual Daniel Besen reporting to ROCO. Meeting Schedule: Annually
Partners and Secure funds sufficient to meet CAP’s Chair: Daniel Besen Donors budgeted start-up requirements. Maintain James Tutton positive relationships with donors. Actively Sophie Travers and ambitiously identify new donors, Julia Gregg partners and income streams. Meeting Schedule: As required
Chair Selection To advertise for, interview and recommend Chair: Stephen Carpenter to the Board the next Chair of CAP. Daniel Besen Meeting Schedule: As required Ross Paterson Izzy Roberts-Orr Charlotte Day
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• Contemporary Arts Precincts team
Sophie Travers Director Sophie is a strategic leader with diverse experience in international contexts. An effective communicator in several languages, Sophie was rigorously trained in business skills from an early career in brand marketing. Experienced in corporate, government, arts and creative industry settings, Sophie has undertaken challenging positions in London, Brussels, Sydney, Melbourne and Berlin. Prior to her appointment as Director at Collingwood Yards in May 2021, Sophie held the role of General Manager, Creative Programs at City of Melbourne, where she led strategic planning across arts venues Arts House, Artplay and Signal, and a hands-on leadership role of a large team and busy venue at Arts House. As acting Strategy Lead for the Creative City Branch, she also supported work in creative infrastructure planning, public art and grant-making.
Kim O’Connell Operations Manager Since completing a degree in Film and TV in the mid-90s, Kim has amassed a back catalogue of production and operations management in peak cultural organisations, major festivals, international and national touring theatre, film & TV, and visual arts. Returning to his home state in 2015 after several years in Tasmania with Ten Days on the Island and Dark Mofo, Kim has held roles as the Events Operations Manager at the NGV, Operations Director at the Melbourne Art Fair, and lead production manager at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, and Sydney Festival.
Jensen Tjhung Site Co-ordinator Jensen studied Fine Art at the VCA (Painting) and has since exhibited at Melbourne Festival, Next Wave Festival, Mona Foma, Gertrude Contemporary and Margaret Lawrence Gallery among others. He has fulfilled mentorship programs at VCA Secondary School and Newington College, Sydney and is a Gertrude Contemporary studio alumni. Jensen has over 15 years’ experience in the construction industry ranging from large scale commercial installation to custom design and builds.
Julia Gregg Partnerships and Communications Manager Julia is an experienced communications strategist and marketer with more than A decade’s experience across publishing, government agencies, arts organisations, social enterprises in the fashion and arts spaces and creative studios. Julia has a depth of experience in digital and social media alongside editorial and media expertise. She has worked for state-wide arts festivals and arts organisations in NSW and with federal arts agencies in Melbourne and
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Ed Service Tenant and Community Manager Ed is a festival organiser, urbanist and artist who has devoted his career to marrying these passions. He has over a decade of experience as an event planner and musical curator and is the Event Director of Collingwood’s annual Peel Street Festival. With a Master of Urban Planning from RMIT, Ed has brought these skills into community management, placemaking and urban planning with a focus on supporting arts infrastructure and community spaces. Ed has a deep interest in participatory, democratic city making and a strong belief in the community and place making function of music and the arts. Ed also produces and performs as part of a popular and international chart-topping electronic music act.
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