NAVA In Action 2021
What we achieved this year...
Behind the scenes, NAVA's Sit For An Artist campaign. Photo: Lauren O Photography. Location: National Art School.
December 2021
- Donnalyn Xu and Naomi Segal attended a RAP Program information session, 1 December
- Penelope Benton met with Jacqui Gropp, Assistant Director, Visual Arts and Design/Creative Industries, Office for the Arts, 2 December
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Peter White and Bibi Barba, Aboriginal Strategy and Engagement, Create NSW, 2 December
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Changing Politics: A Conversation with Polly Cameron, 8 December
- Penelope Benton attended multi-art form workshops to discuss advocacy for the industry and the federal election, 9 December
- Convene the National Visual Arts Roundtable, every three weeks
- Penelope Benton met with Kade McDonald, CEO, Agency Projects, 13 December
- Made a submission to the Productivity Commission study into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts, 13 December
- Completed the Collaborative Mentorship Initiative, this program was supported by funds from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund
- Received $100K from the Australia Council to extend consultations for the Code of Practice and launch an education program for secondary and tertiary schools
- Variations approved to roll over funds from Australia Council and Create NSW for Code work incomplete in 2021
- Advertising for a First Nations Engagement Manager.
- Mentioned by Celina Lei in Art overstepping legal boundaries, Arts Hub, 15 December
- Met with Maree Di Pasquale, Melbourne Art Foundation, 15 December,
- Media release: NAVA raises alarm over changes to Australian Research Council, 16 December
- NAAE statement: A more creative approach needed if Australian research is to assist our national COVID recovery, 22 December.
November 2021
- Quoted by Hugh Robertson in Federal Parliamentary Report suggests roadmap for the Arts as COVID devastation becomes clearer, Limelight, 1 November
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Roadmapping: Reopening the Arts, hosted by SAMAG, 1 November
- NAVA welcomed Rhianna Pezzaniti as Project Manager to complete the Code revision, 3 November
- Penelope Benton met with Marika Perrow, Arts Development Manager, Accessible Arts, 3 November
- Penelope Benton met with Kelly Doley, Create NSW, 3 November
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Don Harwin, NSW Minister for the Arts, 4 November
- Mimi Crowe and Georgie Cyrillo attended the Arts and Wellbeing Forum hosted by the Australia Council for the Arts, 5 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with David Latham, PR Director, Lobbyist, Crisis Media Consultant, First Tier Media, 8 November
- Clothilde Bullen, Rohin Kickett, Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with the Productivity Commission team undertaking a study into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts, 9 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Robyn Carmody, Curriculum Specialist, The Arts, ACARA, 9 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 9 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Sam Wild, Create NSW, 10 November
- Mimi Crowe met with Dr Kelly McDougall, University of South Australia, 10 November
- Mimi Crowe and Rhianna Pezzaniti attended Reset: A New Public Agenda for the Arts, 9 and 10 November
- Penelope Benton quoted by Celina Lei in Competitive terrain for arts graduates, Arts Hub, 15 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Kade McDonald, CEO, Agency, 15 November
- NAVA referenced in Six actions to get Sydney’s events sector back on track, Committee for Sydney, 16 November
- Mimi Crowe attended Panel Discussion | After Shocks: Art, Disruption and Provocation, 16 November
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO, Indigenous Art Code, 16 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, 17 November
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Insurance safety net for events set to boost confidence of promoters, SMH, 17 November
- NAVA Board meeting, 18 November
- Mentioned by Celina Lei in Program nurtures mental health alongside art, Arts Hub, 22 November
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Brian Yecies, University of Wollongong, 22 November
- NAVA hosted a consultation meeting of independent arts workers for NAVA's major revision of the Code of Practice, facilitated by Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts, 22 November
- Mimi Crowe attended Creating Out Loud - Industry Reference Group meeting, 22 November
- Mimi Crowe interviewed in Visual Arts Needs Insurance Boost for Covid Recovery, The Wire, 23 November
- Mimi Crowe met with Rachel Healy, Adelaide Festival, 23 November
- Mimi Crowe quoted by Jo Pickup in ArtKeeper program puts artists on payroll, Arts Hub, 24 November
- Mimi Crowe attended Guildhouse's announcement of entrepreneurial funding to foster new initiatives employing South Australian artists, 24 November
- Announced Saluhan collective as the recipients of the 2021 Carstairs Prize administered by NAVA
- Mimi Crowe met with Cara Kirkwood, Head of Indigenous Engagement & Strategy · National Gallery of Australia, 25 November
- Mimi Crowe attended a multi-art form workshop to discuss advocacy for the industry, 25 November
- Mimi Crowe met with Marie Falcinella, Director and Principal Consultant, Bridge Studio, 30 November.
October 2021
- Mimi Crowe quoted by Celina Lei in #SitForAnArtist champions sector recovery, ArtsHub, 1 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Philip Watkins, CEO, Desart, 1 October
- Mimi Crowe attended weekly Visitor Economy meeting with Destination NSW, 1 October
- Mimi Crowe participated in ABC TOP 5 Arts: Leadership in the Arts panel, 4 October
- Penelope Benton presented to RMIT students on professional practice, 5 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Sam Wild and Kelly Doley, Create NSW, 6 October
- Holly Morrison met with artist Debra Keenahan, 7 October
- Penelope Benton met with James Winter and Emmaly Langridge, Brand X, 7 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, M&GQLD, 7 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Penny Griggs, Adelaide Central School of Art, 8 October
- Mimi Crowe attended weekly Visitor Economy meeting with Destination NSW, 8 October
- Mimi Crowe met with John Wardle, Live Music Office and Nicole Beyer, Theatre Network Australia, 8 October
- Mimi Crowe interviewed for 4 in 5 visual artists lost income from the pandemic, ABC News, 11 October
- Mimi Crowe interview Visual arts sector hit hard during lockdown shared on MSN DailyMotion and The Korea Herald, 12 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Matthew Hall and Sarah Houbolt, Arts Access Australia, 12 October
- Mimi Crowe attended the SA Leaders: Celebrating Women in Business Luncheon, 12 October
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Brian Yecies, Grant Ellmers and Teo Treloar, University of Wollongong, 13 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Natasha Bullock, Assistant Director Artistic Programs, National Gallery of Australia, 13 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with the CAOA network, 13 October
- NAVA announced Dr Judith Nangala Crispin as the recipient of 24th annual Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists, 14 October
- Mimi Crowe attended the launch of Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Emma Fey, CEO Guildhouse, 15 October
- Mimi Crowe quoted by Anna Freeland in Vaccine plea from Australian artists, as research shows COVID-related income losses have left many below the poverty line, ABC News, 15 October
- NAVA referenced by Gina Fairley in Crafts sector seek national policy, ArtsHub, 15 October
- Mimi Crowe attended Create Connects: Patternmakers and audience ‘pulse check’ for reopening, 18 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Laurine Kelson, Director Visual Arts and Design Section, Office for the Arts, 18 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 18 October
- Penelope Benton, Mimi Crowe, Georgia Cyrillo and Leya Reid attended Enduring Foundations, Bold Ambition, A New Approach, 19 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Gabrielle Sullivan, Indigenous Art Code, 19 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Kade McDonald, CEO, Agency Projects, 19 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Andy Butler and Thea Jones, West Space, 20 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Cliver Miller, Support Act, 20 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Lexi Sekuless, Arts Adviser to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, 20 October
- Mimi Crowe met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 21 October
- NAVA convened the National Visual Arts Roundtable, 21 October
- NAVA hosted Easing Restrictions and Increasing Responsibility Webinar in partnership with the Art Gallery of NSW and Create NSW, 21 October
- NAVA released as set of reopening resources for galleries and museums, 21 October
- NAVA referenced by Jasmine Pirovic in Visual artists across the country want their fellow Australian’s to get vaxxed ASAP – here’s why, RUSSH, 21 October
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton quoted by Gina Fairley in Inside the new plan for First Nations visual arts, ArtsHub 22 October
- Penelope Benton met with Harri Bancroft and Matt Levinson, Committee for Sydney, 25 October
- NAVA referenced by Gina Fairley in The arts need to reboot for salary equity, ArtsHub, 25 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Susan Wacher, Olivia Welch and Ashleigh Reardon, M&GNSW, 26 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Marnie Badham, Grace McQuilten and Chloe Powell, RMIT CAST, 26 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Frances Robinson, Manager, Capacity Building Australia Council, 26 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Ben Eltham, writer, journalist and researcher and Alison Pennington, Senior Economist The Australia Institute, 26 October
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Cultural Gardeners - Australian Cultural Alliance for Climate Action hosted by Arts Front, 26 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe attended Healthy Minds at Work webinar, Uprise, 27 October
- NAVA’s submission to the Inquiry into Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions is cited in Sculpting a national cultural plan: Igniting a post-COVID economy for the arts, tabled in the House of Representatives, 27 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Nicole Beyer, Theatre Network Australia, 28 October
- Penelope Benton presented to SCA students on professional practice, 28 October
- Media release: Parliamentary Inquiry Report lays the groundwork for an optimistic future for the arts, 28 October
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe quoted by Gina Fairley in What the Parliamentary Inquiry recommends for arts recovery, ArtsHub, 28 October.
September 2021
- Mimi Crowe attended Artlands, 1-3 September
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Alison Todd and Steven Wray, Office of the Arts, 1 September
- Penelope Benton met with Nick Garner, Art/Vid, 1 September
- Mimi Crowe quoted by Gina Fairley in Are arts workers at risk in compulsory vax policies? ArtsHub, 2 September
- Penelope Benton met with Lara Thoms, Amy Spiers, Alistair Webster, ArtsPay, 2 September
- Penelope Benton and Georgia Mokak met with Bibi Barba, Aboriginal Strategy and Engagement, Create NSW, 2 September
- Mimi Crowe met with David Barker and Nick Garner, Art/Vid, 3 September
- Mimi Crowe attended weekly Visitor Economy meeting with Destination NSW, 3 September
- NAVA announces the Carstairs Prize has been given a boost from $3,000 to $10,000 to support socially-engaged arts practice, 6 September
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison attended a consultation meeting hosted by NAVA and Accessible Arts for NAVA’s Code of Practice, facilitated by Daniel Savage, 6 September
- Mimi Crowe met with Sarah Andrews, Professionals Australia, 7 September
- Penelope Benton attending filming for NAVA’s ‘Sit For An Artist’ campaign at the National Art School, 7 September
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Sam Wild and Kelly Doley, Create NSW 8 September
- NAVA convened the National Visual Arts Roundtable, 9 September
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Morey Media
- Penelope Benton met with Lorrayne Fishenden, Arts North West, 9 September
- Mimi Crowe attended weekly Visitor Economy meeting with Destination NSW, 10 September
- NAVA strongly encourages visual arts applicants for RISE Funding, 13 September
- Mimi Crowe met with Nicole Beyer, Theatre Network Australia, 14 September
- Mimi Crowe spoke to students at UniSA on Contemporary Art Career Development with Frances Barrett, 15 September
- The NAVA team farewelled Georgia Mokak, First Nations Research and Engagement Coordinator, 16 September
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Kate Joannou, 16 September
- Holly Morrison met with Debra Keenahan, 16 September
- Penelope Benton spoke to students at National Art School as part of professional development session on arts advocacy with Tristan Chant, Copyright Agency, facilitated by Andrew Frost, 17 September
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, Indigenous Art Code, 21 September
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe wrote to the Hon Josh Freyenberg, Federal Treasurer and the Hon Paul Fletcher, Minister for the Arts, each State Arts Minister and key members of Parliament. 22 September 2022
- NAVA launched its Sit For An Artist vaccination campaign, featuring Thea Perkins, Ramesh Nithiyendran, Dean Cross and Wendy Sharpe, 22 September
- “A crisis like no other”: Artists lead calls for vaccination, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 September 2021
- Artists' jab plea to help ailing sector, Canberra Times, 22 September 2021
- Sit For An Artist vaccination campaign, AdNews, 22 September 2021
- NAVA launches ‘Sit For An Artist’ campaign to give visual arts a shot at recovery, 22 September
- New National Association for the Visual Arts campaign gives visual artists a shot at recovery, B&T Magazine, 22 September
- Mimi Crowe on Triple R 102.7FM, 23 September 2021
- NAVA’s campaign listed on Best Ads on TV, 23 September
- Justine Youssef presented a How to Price Your Artwork workshop for Arts North West, 24 September
- Mimi Crowe attended the opening night of Tarnanthi exhibition Water Rites at ACE Open with NAVA Board Director and ACE Artistic Director Patrice Starkey.
- Georgie Cyrillo and Holly Morrison attended Innovating Art Through Disability, 27 September
- Artsday / Campaign to help struggling artists, Canberra CityNews, 28 September 2021
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Marnie Badham and Chloe Powell, CAST RMIT, 28 September
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Laurine Kelson, Director Visual Arts and Design Section, Office for the Arts and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 28 September
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Katie Russell, Director, AMaGA 29 September
- NAVA convened the National Visual Arts Roundtable, 30 September
August 2021
- Penelope Benton met with Brett Adlington, CEO MGNSW, 2 August
- Holly Morrison attended the third Disability Focus Group meeting for the Code of Practice revision, 2 August
- Penelope Benton, Mimi Crowe and Leya Reid met with Monique Choy, independent writer, 2 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Theatre Network Australia and Clive Miller, Support Act, 2 August
- Mimi Crowe spoke on ABC TV News Channel, 3 August
- NAVA published media release Visual arts sector urgently requires crisis funding, 3 August
- NAVA mentioned in The cruel blow that has left a generation of artists reeling, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 August
- Penelope Benton met with Brianna Munting, Kelly Doley and Sam Wild, Create NSW 3 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 3 August
- Penelope Benton met with Mariam Arcilla, 3 August
- Georgia Mokak attended the DAAF Cultural Keepers Program, 4 August
- Georgia Mokak and Rei Cheetham met with Tahjee Moar, Colin Kinchela, Melodie Gibson and Thelma Close, Create NSW, 5 August
- Georgia Mokak attended the 15th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair VIP Opening Ceremony & Industry Preview, 5 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with the CAOA network, 5 August
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law and Stephanie Parkins, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator at the Copyright Agency, 5 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Julianne Pierce, Executive Officer, Arts Industry Council of South Australia, 6 August
- Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton attended Arts Activated, 9 and 23 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with John Wardle, Live Music Office, 9 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Lexi Sekuless, Arts Adviser to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, 9 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 10 August
- NAVA published statement NAVA again calls for urgent crisis support for the visual arts sector, 10 August
- Penelope Benton met with Liz Ann Macgregor, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 August
- Penelope Benton met with Bala Starr, Director, La Trobe Art Institute (LAI) 10 August
- Penelope Benton met with artist, Helena Read, 10 August
- Penelope Benton met with Jacqueline Millner and Kylie Banyard, 10 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Laurine Kelson, Director Visual Arts and Design Section, Office for the Arts and Caroline Fulton, Assistant Secretary, Creative Industries Branch, Office for the Arts, 11 August
- Mimi Crowe & Penelope Benton met with Andrew Riley, Sustainable Value, 11 August
- Mimi Crowe attended Disruptions: A symposium on the state of writing and research on Indigenous art by Power Publications, 13 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with David Barker & Nick Garner from Artvid, 16 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Claire Wildish, Community Artist, SA, 16 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Sarah Houbolt, National Program Manager and Matthew Hall, CEO from Arts Access Australia, 17 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Max Delany, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 17 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Tom Readett, Independent Artist, SA, 17 August
- Mimi Crowe and Georgia Mokak met with Kade McDonald, CEO Agency Projects, 18 August
- Mimi Crowe and Georgia Mokak met with Skye O’Meara and Nyunmiti Burton from the APY Art Centre Collective, 18 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Hester Lyon, Gallery & Museum Program Officer, Broken Hill Gallery, 19 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Laurine Kelson, Director Visual Arts and Design Section, Office for the Arts and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 19 August
- Penelope Benton met with Judy Grady, Manager Visual Arts, Copyright Agency, 19 August
- Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton met with Amy Prcevich, Countess, 19 August
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with John Wardle, Live Music Office, 19 August
- NAVA mentioned in Visual arts sector overlooked in COVID relief support, ArtsHub, 20 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Amy Dale, President, AMaGA SA branch, 20 August
- Leya Reid met with the Australian Art for Afghanistan group, 23 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 23 August
- Penelope Benton an events sector support roundtable convened by Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Scully, City of Sydney, 23 August
- Penelope Benton attended an Arts Access Australia Code of Conduct Roundtable, 24 August
- Penelope Benton met with Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts, artist and arts worker, 25 August
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Dr Catherine Davis, Research Associate, Advocacy and Development Australia Council for the Arts, 25 August
- NAVA mentioned in Again, artists step in when politicians fail: Helping Afghanistan, ArtsHub, 26 August
- Georgia Mokak and Penelope Benton attended a roundtable on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts convened by the Productivity Commission, 26 August
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with the Australian Art for Afghanistan group, 26 August
- Mimi Crowe met with Emma Fey, CEO Guildhouse 27 August
- Mimi Crowe attended a Visitor Economy meeting with Destination NSW, 27 August
- NAVA mentioned in ‘Generosity has been astounding’: Ben Quilty raises $4 million for Afghan people, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan and Hannah Kothe, Indigenous Art Code, 30 August
- Penelope Benton, Mimi Crowe and Leya Reid met with Morey Media, 30 August
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison met with Liz Martin and Daniel Savage, Accessible Arts, 30 August
July 2021
- Penelope Benton, Mimi Crowe, Georgie Cyrillo and Holly Morrison met with Tania Hall, Executive Director, Policy and Programs and Julie Koplick, Director, Development, Arts Queensland, 1 July
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law and Stephanie Parkins, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator at the Copyright Agency, 1 July
- Mimi Crowe attended a GLAM Breakfast with AMaGA (SA Branch), 2 July
- Mimi Crowe met with Kate Larsen, arts consultant and writer, 2 July
- Mimi Crowe attended the Reset Meeting in Adelaide hosted by Justin O’Connor
- Penelope Benton attended a meeting of the National Advocates for Art Education (NAAE) 6 July
- Mimi Crowe was the keynote speaker at the Adelaide Central School of Art Graduation Ceremony, 6 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton were interviewed by Samira Farah on 3RRRFM The Score, 7 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Kate Fielding, CEO and Alexandra Nichols, Communications, A New Approach, 7 July
- Penelope Benton met with artist Alex Seton, 8 July
- NAVA quoted by Dr Abbey MacDonald & Associate Professor Jane Hunter in The Australian Curriculum Review: The Arts and HASS are far from basic, Education HQ, 8 July
- NAVA submitted a response to the proposed draft of the revised Australian Curriculum: The Arts K-10, 8 July
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Arts Going Digital, Australia Council, 12 July
- Mimi Crowe met with Kade McDonald, CEO, Agency, 15 July
- The NAVA team farewelled Tanushri Saha, Membership and Communications, 15 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 16 July
- Mimi Crowe met with Emma Fey, CEO, Guildhouse, 16 July
- NAVA welcomed Donnalyn Xu to the Membership team, 19 July
- NAVA Board meeting, 19 July
- Rei Cheetham attended Create Connects: Creative Koori Projects funding information session, 20 July
- Penelope Benton met with Judy Grady, Manager Visual Arts, Copyright Agency, 20 July
- Mimi Crowe was quoted by Tony Magnusson in Report details COVID struggle for artists, The West Australian, 21 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Maud Page, Deputy Director & Director of Collections Art Gallery NSW, 21 July
- NAVA hosted a national sector roundtable to discuss the recent release of Imagining 2030: Preparing for a National Arts, Culture & Creativity Plan and the opportunities for the visual arts and craft and design sector, 22 July
- NAVA submitted a response to the Productivity Commission’s Right to Repair Draft Report which proposes changes to the Copyright Act to introduce a ‘fair use’ exception, 22 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Jane Crawley, Director Arts Investment, Creative Victoria, 23 July
- Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton met with Liz Martin, Arts Development & Training Manager and Daniel Savage, Project Officer, Accessible Arts, 26 July
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with John Wardle, Live Music Office and Nicole Beyer, Theatre Network Australia, 26 July
- Penelope Benton met with Emily Collins, Managing Director, Music NSW, 26 July
- NAVA was quoted by Gina Fairley in Gutted by Government: new report shows fading optimism at a grand scale, ArtsHub, 26 July
- NAVA was quoted by Mark Barrett in In order to save the arts, creatives need to colour outside the industry lines, Mumbrella, 26 July
- Penelope Benton met with Cr Jess Scully, Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Sydney, 27 July
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with Andrew Reilly, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Value, 27 July
- Penelope Benton and Mimi Crowe met with Maree Di Pasquale, Fair Director and CEO, Melbourne Art Foundation, 28 July
- Mimi Crowe met with Anthony Peluso, Lauren Mustillo and Merilyn de Nys, Country Arts SA, 29 July.
June 2021
- Leya Reid and April Phillips facilitated a curriculum consultation with AGSA Neo Ambassadors, 2 June
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law, 3 June
- Georgia Mokak attended the UMI Arts, Big Talk One Fire symposium in Cairns as a panelist, 8-11 June
- Georgia Mokak met with Aven Noah Jr., NorthSite Gallery Officer and Trainee Curator, 9 June
- Georgia Mokak met with Janina Harding, CIAF Artistic Director, 9 June
- Holly Morrison and Georgie Cyrillo facilitated a grant writing workshop through the Northern Beaches Council, 10 June
- NAVA was quoted in Proposed new arts curriculum leaves Australian artists hanging, 11 June
- Leya Reid hosted a RISE Funding info webinar with the Office for the Arts, 11 June
- Penelope Benton returned from parental leave, 17 June
- Penelope Benton hosted the NAVA Curriculum Consultation, an open consultation via zoom on the changes in the Australian Curriculum, 17 June
- NAVA’s new Advocacy Director, Mimi Crowe, and new Professional Development Coordinator, Rei Cheetham, joined the NAVA team, 21 June
- Collaborative Mentorship Initiative participant Helen Kwok met with mentor Rusaila Bazlamit, 21 June
- Georgia Mokak met with artist, Katy Plummer, 21 June
- Georgia Mokak met with CEO Ku Arts, Gwen Gaff, 21 June
- Georgia Mokak attended the Ku Arts Strong Arts Program as a panelist, 22-25 June
- NAVA consulted with the Melbourne Art Foundation as part of the Code of Practice revision, 23 June
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton attended a briefing session with national peak bodies and Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach, on ANA's latest paper: Imagining 2030: Preparing for a National Arts, Culture and Creativity Plan, 23 June
- Georgia Mokak met with Collaborative Mentorship Initiative mentor Rusaila Bazlamit, 28 June
- Mimi Crowe and Penelope Benton met with new NAVA Chair, Clothilde Bullen, 28 June
- Mimi Crowe, Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo attended the Preparing for a National Arts, Culture and Creativity Plan webinar, 29 June
- Georgia Mokak guest lectured at UNSW, 30 June.
May 2021
- Leya Reid published Coalition's arts recovery package lacks heart, Independent Australia, 2 May
- Leya Reid published Forecasted cuts to the arts pose risk to Australia's cultural life, Independent Australia, 3 May
- Georgia Mokak met with artist, James Tylor, 3 May
- Holly Morrison attended Drafting a Great Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) webinar hosted by Not-for-profit Law, 3 May
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 4 May
- Georgia Mokak attended Front Room Launch | Burramatta Badu, Shay Tobin hosted by I.C.E., 5 May
- Penelope Benton hosted Code of Practice revision - Artist Self Organisation consultation, 5 May
- Penelope Benton met with Collaborative Mentorship Initiative participant and artist Nancy Yu, 6 May
- Penelope Benton facilitated Code of Practice revision - National Visual Arts Roundtable, 6 May
- Penelope Benton attended the first collaborative meeting for ARC grant Ambitious and Fair: Strategies for a sustainable visual arts sector, 6 May
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law, 6 May
- Georgia Mokak met with Emily Johnson, Program Coordinator at Carriageworks, 6 May
- Penelope Benton met with Lexi Sekuless, Arts Adviser to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, 7 May
- Georgia Mokak met with artist, James Tylor, 7 May
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Helen Champion and Robyn Carmody, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 10 May
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Michelle Read, Planning for Communities Director, 10 May
- Georgia Mokak met with artists James Tylor and Aiden Hartshorn, 10 May
- Georgia Mokak met with Kelli Cole, Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia, 10 May
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 11 May
- Georgia Mokak met with Terri Janke, Solicitor Director, Terri Janke and Company, 12 May
- Penelope Benton met with Collaborative Mentorship Initiative mentor and artist Ramesh Nithiyendran, 12 May
- Penelope Benton met with Katie Russell, AMaGA National Director, 13 May
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with visual arts educator April Phillips, 13 May
- Penelope Benton met with Maree Di Pasquale, Melbourne Art Foundation, to discuss collaboration and consultation with Australian commercial galleries on the Code of Practice revision, 14 May
- Leya Reid published Arts sector benefits from 2021 Federal Budget, Independent Australia, 14 May
- Penelope Benton published Major review of the Australian Curriculum, 17 May
- Georgia Mokak met with Collaborative Mentorship Initiative participant and artist Helen Kwok, 19 May
- Penelope Benton and Georgia Mokak met with Dr Grace McQuilten, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 4 May
- Leya Reid attended webinar How to reignite policy reform in Australia hosted by the Grattan Institute, 20 May
- NAVA Annual General Meeting 24 May
- Georgia Mokak and Holly Morrison met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 24 May
- NAVA published four new Code of Practice Revision Discussion Papers, 24 May
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Audience Outlook Monitor Webinar: 2021 Digital engagement, 25 May
- Georgia Mokak met with Bev Munro, Researcher PHD Student at RMIT University, 26 May
- Georgia Mokak and Holly Morrison met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 31 May
April 2021
- The NAVA team undertook Cultural Safety training with Terri Janke and Juanita Kelly-Mundine, 1 April
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law and Stephanie Parkins, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator at the Copyright Agency, 1 April
- Penelope Benton met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 7 April
- Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton met with Amy Prcevich, Countess 7 April
- Penelope Benton facilitated Code of Practice revision - National Visual Arts Roundtable, 8 April
- The NAVA team farewelled Justine Youssef, NSW Professional Practice Coordinator, 8 April
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts at the Australia Council, 8 April
- Holly Morrison met with Daniel Savage, Accessible Arts Project Officer (ACT), 8 April
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law, 9 April
- Quoted in New Leadership Model for NAVA, Arts Hub, 10 April
- Penelope Benton attended Multi-Year Investment Organisations - historical Power BI Data Dashboard webinar, 12 April
- Holly Morrison attended the first Disability Focus Group meeting for the Code of Practice revision, with eight artists and arts workers with disability across Australia, facilitated by Daniel Savage, 12 April
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 13 April
- Penelope Benton met with Laura Curtis, Solicitor, Terri Janke and Company 14 April
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Create Connects: Service Needs Strategic Fund information session hosted by Create NSW 22 April
- Penelope Benton attended Advancing Gender Equity in the Arts sector workshop hosted by the National Gallery of Australia, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 22 April
- Georgia Mokak co-presented a free webinar with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law, hosted by Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, 22 April
- Leya Reid met with April Phillips, Australian Curriculum, 26 April
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Audience Outlook Monitor Webinar: 2021 Fundraising & Support 27 April
- Georgia Mokak and Penelope Benton met with Lena Nahlous Executive Director, Diversity Arts Australia, 27 April
- Penelope Benton met with the CAOA network, 27 April
- Georgia Mokak met with Jenna Rain Warwick, First Nations Engagement Coordinator, NETS Victoria 27 April
- Penelope Benton met with Bec Dean, Manager of Arts Funding & Development, Create NSW, 28 April
- NAVA Board meeting 28 April
- Georgia Mokak met with Claire Summers, Executive Director Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 28 April
- Leya Reid published Decline in operational funding poses risk to contemporary artistic practice, Arts Hub, 29 April
- Leya Reid published Fletcher’s “significant re-imagining of the Commonwealth’s approach to the arts” falls short, Limelight, 29 April
March 2021
- Georgia Mokak and Penelope Benton met with John Waight, Artists in the Black and Suzanne Derry, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 1 March
- NAVA called on the government to #SupportArt through COVID-19, 2 March
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law and Stephanie Parkins, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator at the Copyright Agency, 4 March
- NAVA published Western Australia Election 2021 Report Card, 5 March
- Penelope Benton and Naomi Segal published Choose to Challenge, 8 March
- Penelope Benton facilitated Code of Practice revision - National Visual Arts Roundtable, 11 March
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 11 March
- Leya Reid met with Michelle Read, Planning for Communities, 11 March
- NAVA made a submission to Treasury on the changes to governance standards for registered charities to expand the scope of impermissible activities that registered charities must not engage in or promote others to engage in, 12 March
- Penelope Benton was interviewed by Angela Stretch on Arts Friday, Eastside Radio 12 March
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Once a poisoned chalice, the top job at MCA is looking better than ever, SMH, 13 March
- Penelope Benton met with Natasha Bullock, Assistant Director Artistic Programs, National Gallery of Australia, 15 March
- Georgia Mokak met with Ian Colless, First Nations Project Officer, Capacity Building with the Australian Council for the Arts, 15 March
- Penelope Benton met with Tristan Chant, Visual Arts Manager Copyright Agency, 17 March
- Penelope Benton met with Amy Prcevich, Countess, 18 March
- NAVA made a submission to Treasury on the proposed harmonisation of financial reporting thresholds for ACNC registered charities, 18 March
- Georgia Mokak and Penelope Benton attended First Nations Roundtable: Autumn Session 1, 19 March
- NAVA conducted Ongoing impacts of COVID-19 survey, 19-24 March
- Georgia Mokak, Leya Reid and Penelope Benton met with Terri Janke and Juanita Kelly-Mundine, Terri Janke and Company, 22 March
- Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton met with Merran Morrison, Public Art Consultant, 22 March
- NAVA joined criticism of Dark Mofo plan to soak British flag in Indigenous blood for art project, 22 March
- NAVA quoted by Kelly Burke in 'We made a mistake': Dark Mofo pulls the plug on 'deeply harmful' Indigenous blood work, The Guardian, 23 March
- NAVA quoted by Gina Fairley in Dark Mofo cancels project after widespread response, Arts Hub, 23 March
- NAVA quoted by Hannah Cross in Outrage over grotesque colonial art project sees backflip from Dark Mofo, National Indigenous Times, 23 March
- NAVA quoted by Sarah Cascone in An Australian Arts Festival Has Canceled Artist Santiago Sierra’s Plans to Douse the British Flag in the Blood of Indigenous People, Artnet, 23 March
- Penelope Benton was interviewed by Patricia Karvelas on ABC RN Drive, 23 March
- Penelope Benton met with Judy Grady, Manager Visual Arts Copyright Agency, 23 March
- Georgie Cyrillo, Holly Morrison and Penelope Benton met with Ashlee Davis, Kate Mackie and David Sudmalis, Arts Tasmania, 24 March
- Penelope Benton facilitated Code of Practice revision - National Visual Arts Roundtable, 25 March
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of The National, Carriageworks NSW, 26 March
- NAVA announced it is re-structuring to a Co-Director model of leadership and invites applications for a new Advocacy Director, 29 March
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Terri Janke, 29 March
- Penelope Benton met with Sara Kelly, Consultant, 29 March
- Georgie Cyrillo undertook Auslan training, 30 March
- NAVA made a submission to the Senate Inquiry on the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy, wages, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions, 31 March.
February 2021
- Penelope Benton presented at the public hearing for the Inquiry into integrity, efficacy and value for money of NSW Government grant programs, 1 February
- Penelope quoted by Linda Morris in Arts industry loses faith in Berejiklian government’s grants process, SMH, 1 February
- Georgia Mokak attended an Indigenous Voice proposals meeting with Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO and Professor Tom Calma AO, 1 February
- Georgia Mokak met with Katina Davidson · Curator, Indigenous Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, 2 February
- NAVA defends anti-police sentiments in artwork by TextaQueen, currently on display as part of Full Face: Artists Helmets at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, 3 February
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Arts, cultural job cuts on the horizon to net million-dollar savings, SMH, 3 February
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law and Stephanie Parkins, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator at the Copyright Agency, 4 February
- NAVA submitted a response to the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020, 5 February
- Naomi Segal spoke at Creative Associations. Should you join? hosted by the City of Ballarat, 5 February
- Georgia Mokak met with Tamara Saulwick, Artistic Director, Chamber Made, 8 February
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Arts services to receive more funding, SMH, 9 February
- Penelope Benton met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 10 February
- Penelope Benton met with Jennifer Barry, Keep Breathing, 10 February
- Penelope Benton met with Trudie Sarks, Principal Solicitor, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 10 February
- Georgia Mokak met with John Waight, Artists in the Black Coordinator at Arts Law, 11 February
- Penelope Benton met with Jade Lillie, Head of Sector Development, and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts at the Australia Council, 15 February
- Justine Youssef hosted a welcome session for NAVA’s Collaborative Mentorship Initiative with arts practitioners Rusaila Bazlamit, Megan Cope, Franchesca Cubillo, Helen Kwok, Ryan Lee, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Sarra Tzijan, and Nancy Yu, 16 February
- Penelope Benton met with Chris Keely, Executive Director and Sam Wild, Senior Manager, Arts Funding and Development at Create NSW, 18 February
- Penelope Benton quoted by Gina Fairley in Arts sector speaks out over Facebook changes, ArtsHub, 18 February
- NAVA called for urgent changes to rebuild the sector in letters to Members of Parliament, 18 February
- NAVA Board meeting, 22 February
- Holly Morrison met with Daniel Savage, Accessible Arts Project Officer (ACT), 22 February
- NAVA hosted a one-hour consultation for the NAVA’s major revision of the Code of Practice on the topic of Festivals, 23 February
- NAVA hosted a one-hour consultation for the NAVA’s major revision of the Code of Practice on the topic of Hiring Space, 23 February
- NAVA hosted a one-hour consultation for the NAVA’s major revision of the Code of Practice on the topic of Commercial Galleries and Selling, 24 February
- NAVA published Unemployment payment changes still well below poverty line, 24 February
- Penelope Benton facilitated Code of Practice revision - National Visual Arts Roundtable, 25 February
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 26 February
January 2021
- NAVA mentioned by Ted Snell in Out of the Myer, Artist Profile, 6 January
- Office re-opened 11 January
- Georgia Mokak met with Kelli Cole, Assistant Curator in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Department NGA 19 January
- Georgia Mokak met with Sally Brand, Program Producer and Heather Whitely Robertson Assistant Director, Learning and Digital National Gallery of Australia, 19 January
- Leya Reid undertook Pre-budget submission COVID-19 arts impacts survey 25 - 28 January
- Penelope Benton met with Sam Wild, Manager Sector Investment, Create NSW 28 January
- Penelope Benton met with artist Alex Seton, 28 January
- Penelope Benton, Holly Morrison, Georgie Cyrillo and Sarah Rose met with Lena Nahlous, Executive Director Diversity Arts Australia; Adam Porter Head of Curatorial, Campbelltown Arts Centre; Delwyn Everard, Lawyer and Lester Prize; Michelle Newton, Deputy Director Artspace Sydney; Max Delany, Artistic Director & CEO ACCA; Claire Sourgnes, CEO Artisan; Cassandra Lehman, Curator Artisan; Paul Brinkman, Director Blue Mountains Cultural Centre and President RPGNSW 28 January
- NAVA opened an EOI call-out for writers to contribute to the new Code of Practice, 28 January
- NAVA made a Pre-Budget Submission to the Federal Government 29 January.
