NAVA In Action 2022
What we achieved this year...
Contributors to the new Code of Practice: (L-R) Laura Curtis and Terri Janke (Terri Janke and Company), Vanessa Low, Sue Jo Wright, Debra Keenahan, Claudia Chinyere Akole, Connie Anthes, Monique Choy, Lachlan Herd and Penelope Benton. Photographed at Join the Dots, Marrickville NSW by Jacquie Manning 2022.
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December 2022
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, 1 December
- Penelope Benton facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 2 December
- Penelope Benton met with Anne Robertson, Executive Officer, Public Galleries Association Victoria (PGAV), 2 December
- Holly Morrison attended Work Life: A Conversation with Patricia Kaziro and Jasmine Malki hosted by the Coterie, 6 December
- Penelope Benton, Leya Reid and Imogen Beynon met with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 7 December
- NAVA responded to Treasury’s Employment White Paper consultation, 9 December
- NAVA responded to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s tourism and international education sectors, 12 December
- NAVA announced Dominique Chen, Libby Harward and Caitlin Franzmann as the recipients of the 2022 Carstairs Grant for socially-engaged arts projects, 12 December
- NAVA quoted in the Productivity Commission’s final report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts and crafts, 13 December
- NAVA quoted by Tom McIlroy in How some dealers exploit Indigenous artists for big money, Australian Financial review, 13 December
- NAVA responded to the independent review into the Australian Research Council Act 2001, 14 December
- Alise Hardy and Georgie Cyrillo presented Educator Briefing: Industry Practice in the Visual Arts Classroom, 14 December
- Penelope Benton attended Artbank end of year celebration, 14 December
- Emma Pham, Donnalyn Xu and Penelope Benton attended the opening of Arcadia, Powerhouse Museum, 15 December
- NAVA's Code of Practice mentioned by Gina Fairley in The Big List: the visual arts in 2022, Arts Hub, 16 December
- NAVA responded to the Department of Education’s Australian Universities Accord consultation, 19 December
- Penelope Benton chaired the quarterly Consortium of Peak Arts Organisations meeting, 19 December
- NAVA mentioned by Richard Watts in The headlines that made 2022, Arts Hub, 20 December
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in National Library’s treasure Trove under threat from budget cuts, SMH, 21 December
- NAVA closed 23 December 2022 - 6 January 2023.
November 2022
- Alise Hardy met with Dr Abbey MacDonald, President Art Education Australia (AEA), 1 November
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Louise Joel, Arts Program Manager, The Ian Potter Foundation, 3 November
- Penelope Benton published Artists with Home Studios Denied Insurance in Artist Profile, Issue 61, 3 November
- NAVA referenced in An Award For Artists: Send A Message To Your Arts Ministers, Arts Mid-North Coast, 3 November
- Penelope Benton and Steph Parkin presented NAVA’s new Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design, at Purrumpa - First Nations Arts & Culture National Gathering, Adelaide, 4 November
- Alise Hardy facilitated Know Your Worth workshop as part of PIVOT (Propel Youth Arts WA), 5 November
- Holly Morrison attended What are accounting standards and why should I care? hosted by the Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA), 8 November
- NAVA launched its Recognise Artists as Workers campaign, 9 November
- Penelope Benton met with Executive Directors from the NSW Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs), 9 November
- Alise Hardy facilitated Educator Briefing: Industry Practice in the Visual Arts Classroom at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (BRAG), 10 November
- Penelope Benton presented at Barranca - good practice design gathering at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, 11 November
- Alise Hardy was nominated as Committee Member (Education Resource Development) at Art Education Australia (AEA) Annual General Meeting, 14 November
- Penelope Benton interviewed by Dr Vincent O'Donnell about NAVA’s new Code of Practice on Arts Alive (CRN), 14 November
- Penelope Benton facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 14 November
- Penelope Benton presented to the Learning and Participation team at the Art Gallery of NSW on NAVA’s new Code, 15 November
- Penelope Benton met with Sophie Byrne, adviser to Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, 17 November
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director Theatre Network Australia and Merindah Donnelly, Executive Producer BlakDance, 17 November
- NAVA and RMIT School of Art hosted a free webinar on NAVA's new Code of Practice focused on new First Nations and Access Rights sections, 17 November
- NAVA quoted by Kim Goodwin in Junior staff are finding better contracts, senior staff are burning out: the arts are losing the war for talent, The Conversation, 17 November
- Georgie Cyrillo participated in a National Gallery Peak Arts Sector Focus Group, 21 November
- NAVA responded to Treasury’s Strengthening the ABN System consultation, 21 November
- Holly Morrison attended Leaving the GST System hosted by the Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA), 22 November
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Richard Orjis and Judith Darragh, Arts Makers Aotearoa, 22 November
- NAVA launched Code of Practice Teacher Toolkit for Visual Arts Educators, 23 November
- Leya Reid published Petition to Recognise Artists As Workers signed by 5,700 and counting… in Limelight, 23 November
- NAVA's Code of Practice, tips on best practices for selling your work interview with Penelope Benton published in The Journal of Australian Ceramics, 23 November
- Penelope Benton quoted by Richard Watts in National Cultural Policy: Peak bodies urge PM to support ‘full investment’, 23 November
- Penelope Benton presented to members of Regional Public Galleries NSW (RPGNSW) on NAVA’s new Code of Practice and advocacy work, 24 November
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Creative Regions National Summit hosted by Regional Arts Australia at Parliament House, Canberra, 24 November
- Leya Reid published Recognise Artists as Workers petition gains over 5800 signatures, Arts Hub, 25 November
- Leya Reird published It's time to pay artists a living wage, Independent Australia, 26 November
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Sydney Modern, 30 November.
October 2022
- NAVA announced Juanita McLauchlan as recipient of the 2022 Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists, 4 October
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, 6 October
- Alise Hardy met with Sarah Eve, Visual Arts Teacher Perth Modern School, 6 October
- Holly Morrison attended Meeting Place 6-8 October
- Penelope Benton met with Jane Fuller, Executive Director Arts Northern Rivers, 10 October
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Myles Sicuro, founder Uniarts, 11 October
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director Theatre Network Australia, 11 October
- Penelope Benton met with Sarah Rowbottom, Makeshift Publics 12 October
- Donnalyn Xu and Naomi Segal submitted NAVA’s first RAP to Reconciliation Australia, 12 October
- Alise Hardy met with Lilly Blue, Head of Learning and Creativity Research Art Gallery of Western Australia, 13 October
- Penelope Benton published media release You Can’t Sit With Us! Visual arts omitted from support initiatives, 14 October
- Penelope Benton met with Susan Templeman MP, Federal Member for Macquarie, Special Envoy for the Arts and her advisor Guy Betts, 17 October
- Penelope Benton presented on at Cultural Data Imaginaries: GLAM, Research and Policy, Powerhouse Museum, 19 October
- Penelope Benton attended Positive Solutions webinar Getting the most from your board - a CEOs guide, 19 October
- NAVA Governance Committee meeting, 20 October
- Alise Hardy met with Louise Dunn, Executive Director Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, 21 Oct
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of TextaQueen: Bollywouldn’t at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A), 22 October
- Penelope Benton facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 24 October
- Penelope Benton met with Stephanie Parkin, Co-Founder and Principal Parralex Legal, 25 October
- Penelope Benton quoted by Jo Pickup in Why is there no minimum wage for a visual artist? Arts Hub, 26 October
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton published Federal Budget 2022-2023: Much more to be done for the arts, 26 October
- Penelope Benton quoted by Steve Dow in Budget 2022-23: disappointing for the arts, Limelight, 26 October
- Penelope Benton met with Sophie Byrne, adviser to Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, 26 October
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, 26 October
- Penelope Benton participated in Visual Arts Work Project Reference Committee meeting, 27 October
- Penelope Benton participated in Consortium of Peak Arts Organisations meeting, 27 October
- Andrée Ruggeri presented NAVA’s Revised Code of Practice: Towards a Sustainable Sector at the 2022 ACUADS Conference Public Pedagogy: Forms of togetherness, 28 October
- Penelope Benton quoted by Hannah Storey in Budget 2022: How the arts fared — and how the sector is looking ahead to the National Cultural Policy, 30 October
- NAVA Board meeting, 30 October
- Penelope Benton attended Purrumpa – a national gathering and celebration of First Nations arts and culture held over five days on Kaurna Yerta at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 31 October
September 2022
- Penelope Benton quoted by Joan B. Giddings in Putting The Arts On The Agenda At The Jobs And Skills Summit, Dunn and Brown 2 September
- Penelope Benton quoted by Jenna Price in An insider’s guide to buying your very first work of art, SMH, 3 September
- Penelope Benton met with Zoe Theodore Precarious Movements Project Coordinator and Associate Professor Erin Brannigan, School of the Arts and Media (SAM) UNSW, 5 September
- Penelope Benton met with Dr Marnie Badham, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 8 September
- Penelope Benton presented to National Art School Professional Studies students, 9 September
- Penelope Benton facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 12 September
- Alise Hardy presented Know Your Worth: Artist Fees & Wages as part of Accessible Arts NSW Advance Your Career Professional Development Series, 14 September
- Alise Hardy met with Molly Werner, Education Officer at BRAG, 15 September
- Alise Hardy met with artist Thomas Readett, 16 September
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Neon Oracle, Hannah Brontë at UTS Gallery, 20 September
- New NAVA Treasurer Anjli Punia met with previous Treasurer Kathir Ponnusamy, 21 September
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Olivia Lanchester CEO and Jodie Spiteri-James - Professional Development Manager, Australian Society of Authors (ASA), 23 September
- Penelope Benton met with Michelle Newton, Deputy Director of Artspace and Max Delany , Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer at ACCA, 26 September
- Penelope Benton spoke as part of Exploring NAVA's Code of Practice panel discussion hosted by the Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group (SAMAG) at 107 Projects, Redfern NSW, 26 September
- NAVA launched the sixth edition of the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design, 27 September
- Penelope Benton quoted by Gina Fairley in New Code of Practice finally tabled, Arts Hub, 27 September
- NAVA launches New Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design, Australian Arts Review, 28 September.
August 2022
- Penelope Benton facilitated a National Visual Arts Roundtable, 1 August
- Alise Hardy met with Tristan Chant, Visual Arts Stakeholder and Community Manager, Copyright Agency and Robyn Carmody, Curriculum Specialist, The Arts, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 1 August
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, 2 August
- Clothilde Bullen facilitated NAVA workshop for National Cultural Policy: First Nations priorities in the visual arts, 2 August
- Lisa Radford and Imogen Beynon facilitated NAVA workshop for National Cultural Policy: the centrality of the artist, 2 August
- Penelope Benton facilitated NAVA workshop for National Cultural Policy: A place for every story, 3 August
- Amrit Gill facilitated NAVA workshop for National Cultural Policy: strong institutions, 3 August
- Georgia Cribb facilitated NAVA workshop for National Cultural Policy: reaching the audience, 4 August
- Alise Hardy attended ARTISTS ORGANISE! - Presented by Reset Arts and Culture, 5 August
- Penelope Benton published Govt report confirms Fake Indigenous Art Harms Culture but fails to ban it, 8 August
- Georgie Cyrillo attended the National Cultural Policy consultation Canberra based town hall event, 8 August
- Penelope Benton attended the National Advocates for Art Education (NAAE) Term Three meeting, 8 August
- Penelope Benton published NAVA's new Code of Practice... almost there, 9 August
- Penelope Benton published Why and how to add your voice to National Cultural Policy, 9 August
- Penelope Benton quoted by Gina Fairley in It’s agreed by government: Fake Art Harms First Nations Culture, Arts Hub, 9 August
- Penelope Benton and Nicole Beyer published How to make a National Cultural Policy submission (and why you should), Arts Hub, 10 August
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Alise Hardy attended the National Cultural Policy consultation Adelaide based town hall event, 10 August
- Alise Hardy met with Jamie McGleave, General Manager at Propel Youth Arts WA, 10 August
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO Indigenous Art Code, 10 August
- Alise Hardy met with Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA), 10 August
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 11 August
- Penelope Benton met with Natasha Bullock, Assistant Director, Artistic Programs, National Gallery, 11 August
- Penelope Benton met with gallerists Nicholas Thompson, Sophie Gannon and Vivien Anderson, 11 August
- Penelope Benton met with artist Andy Butler, 11 August
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Stephanie Parkin, Co-Founder and Principal Parallax Legal, 11 August
- Alise Hardy and Rhianna Pezzaniti attended National Cultural Policy submissions webinar presented by Arts Industry Council SA, 11 August
- Penelope Benton quoted by Andrew Stephens in The Big Building Boom: Why are millions being spent on arts buildings?, Art Guide, 12 August
- Penelope Benton met with Channon Goodwin, artist and Convener of All Conference and Sally Golding, General Manager, Firstdraft, 12 August
- Alise Hardy published opened EOIs for Visual Arts Educators to join Community of Practice, 12 August
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Brett Adlington CEO Museums & Galleries NSW and Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, Museums & Galleries Queensland, 15 August
- NAVA Board meeting, 15 August
- Penelope Benton met with Steve Miller, Aboriginal Culture, Heritage & Arts Association (ACHAA) NSW, 15 August
- NAVA made a submission to the Federal Government’s National Cultural Policy consultation, 22 August
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Job insecurity, poor pay: Australian artists demand a fair go, SMH, 22 August
- Alise Hardy met with Tasmanian Art Teacher Association (TATA), 25 August
- Penelope Benton attended Arts Employment Roundtable, hosted by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts, the Hon Tony Burke MP, 29 August
- Penelope Benton attended Indigenous Arts: Career pathways and capacity strengthening roundtable, hosted by the Productivity Commission, 29 August
- NAVA submitted a response to the Productivity Commission’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts Draft Report, 29 August
- Penelope Benton met with Claire Sourgnes, CEO, artisan, 29 August
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Brett Adlington CEO Museums & Galleries NSW and Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, Museums & Galleries Queensland, 29 August
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid published Mandating payment standards necessary to sustain visual artists as workers, 29 August
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Anne Robertson, Executive Officer, Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV), Theo Costantino, Director Art on the Move, Michael Edwards, Director Contemporary Art Tasmania and Chair of National Exhibition Touring Support Australia (NETS Australia), Claire Watson, Director NETS Victoria, Brett Adlington CEO Museums & Galleries NSW and Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, Museums & Galleries Queensland, and Shay Vigona-Goudge, CEO Artback NT, 31 August.
July 2022
- Penelope Benton featured in Artists fear new job assistance program, ABC Radio National, 4 July
- Emma Pham and Rhianna Pezzaniti attended the Guildhouse Revision Speaker Series: Level - Level, 4 July
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Australian Progress Webinar: Government Relations in the New Parliament, 5 July
- Andree Ruggeri met with Bianca Winataputri, Public Programs Coordinator at ACCA, 6 July
- Penelope Benton met with Max Delany, Artistic Director and CEO at ACCA, 7 July
- Penelope Benton facilitated a National Visual Arts Roundtable, 11 July
- Penelope Benton met with Dr Kate Power, University of Queensland and Nicole Beyer, Executive Director of Theatre Network Australia, 12 July
- Holly Morrison and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Daniel Savage, 12 July
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with the team at Arts Tasmania, 12 July
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Alexia Derbas, Research and Policy Manager, Diversity Arts Australia, 13 July
- Penelope Benton quoted by Jo Pickup in Why new National Cultural Policy needs input from all Australians, ArtsHub, 13 July
- NAVA hosted an online industry briefing of Creating Out Loud with lead researcher, Dr Kate Power and Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 14 July
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 15 July
- Alise Hardy and Andree Ruggeri attended Advance Your Career - Artist's Rights Session hosted by Arts Law, 19 July
- Penelope Benton attended a Productivity Commission study - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts, Draft Report Briefing, 19 July
- NAVA quoted in the Productivity Commission’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts Draft Report, 20 July
- NAVA opened applications for the $10,000 Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists, 20 July
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid attended the National Cultural Policy consultation Sydney based town hall event, 21 July
- Leya Reid and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with artist Claudia Chinyere Akole, 21 July
- Penelope Benton attended the openings of Vivienne Binns: On and through the Surface and Ultra Unreal curated by Anna Davis, MCA, 21 July
- Penelope Benton met with Ange Bailey, President of the Australian Queer Archives (AQuA), 22 July
- Copyright Agency announced NAVA as Cultural Fund recipients for 2023 project ‘Art is a real job’, 22 July
- NAVA calls for change to home and contents insurance policies to protect artists, 25 July
- Penelope Benton met with Amrit Gill, Artistic Director/CEO at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 26 July
- Penelope Benton participated in a Sydney Visual Arts Cultural Policy Roundtable hosted by Zoë Rodriguez, Director of Artbank and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts at the Australia Council of the Arts, 27 July
- Georgie Cyrillo participated in a Creative City (City of Melbourne) meeting with the national and Victorian based peak bodies, 27 July
- Penelope Benton met with Zoe Theodore and Erin Brannigan, key researchers, Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum, School of the Arts and Media, UNSW, 28 July
- Donnalyn Xu and Naomi Segal submitted NAVA’s first RAP to Reconciliation Australia, 28 July
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 29 July
- Penelope Benton attended and presented, Alise Hardy attended the Artistic Courage: reimagining work, ambition, and equity in the arts symposium hosted by RMIT, 29 July
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Gordon Hookey: A Murriality, UNSW Galleries, 29 July.
June 2022
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 2 June
- Penelope Benton attended the launch of the new City of Sydney Creative Studios where NAVA's Sydney based headquarters has moved into, 4 June
- Penelope Benton met with artist Thomas Readett, 7 June
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts at Australia Council for the Arts, 8 June
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO Indigenous Art Code, 9 June
- Penelope Benton met with artist, Blak Douglas, 10 June
- Congratulations were sent to the new Prime Minister, Arts Minister, Special Envoy to the Arts and newly or re-elected MPs and senators among the Greens and Independents with an interest in the arts, 9 - 20 June
- Penelope Benton, Leya Reid and Georgie Cyrillo attended arts roundtable hosted by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, 9 June
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Dr Marnie Badham and Dr Grace McQuilten, RMIT University – School of Art, CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group, 9 June
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island, Art Gallery of NSW, 9 June
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 14 June
- NAVA Governance Committee meeting, 14 June
- NAVA team undertook Mad, Bad, Sad, Tears, Abuse and Threats training, 15 June
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Freja Carmichael, 16 June
- Penelope Benton met with Georgia Betros, adviser to the Hon Tony Burke MP, 20 June
- Penelope Benton attended Creating Out Loud - final Industry Reference Group meeting, 20 June
- Penelope Benton facilitated national visual arts roundtable, 20 June
- Leya Reid published New points-based system for jobseekers compromises artists’ work, 20 June
- Holly Morrison attended Disability Focus Group meeting, 20 June
- Penelope Benton attended an industry roundtable - Preparing for 2030: Cultural and creative industries in Australia, hosted by ANA, 21 June
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo met with Andrew Reilly, Sustainable Value, 21 June
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director Theatre Network Australia, 21 June
- Penelope Benton and Alise Hardy met with Tristan Chant, Manager Visual Arts, Copyright Agency, 22 June
- Penelope Benton attended lecture by Prof Tim Soutphommasane on Leadership and Moral Progress hosted by Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership, 22 June
- Leya Reid republished article, Government must support artists to enrich Australian cultural life, Independent Australia 23 June
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Monique Choy, 23 June
- Penelope Benton attended CoSCS tenant and Brand X staff welcome, 23 June
- Georgie Cyrillo attended webinar: Winning Reform in the New Political Context, hosted by Australian Progress, 24 June
- Penelope Benton quoted by Gina Fairley in Making the headlines across this week’s arts news, Arts Hub, 24 June
- Alise Hardy met with Jackie Reichstein, President Visual Arts Educators South Australia (VAESA), 24 June
- Leya Reid republished article, Points-based jobseeker system will compromise artists’ work, Arts Hub, 26 June
- Alise Hardy and Andree Ruggeri met with Penny Griggs, CEO and Monte Masi, Academic Director Adelaide Central School of Art, 29 June
- NAVA Board meeting, 30 June.
May 2022
- NAVA attended CUT N POLISH: Artist Car Boot Sale at Carriageworks NSW with an information stall to promote our #VoteForArt federal election campaign and talk to artists, especially those in their early career stages, to learn more about professional development, and support them with any information they may need, 1 May
- NAVA sent letters, summaries of our policies priorities for the visual arts and had meetings with federal election candidates across states and territories, and across parties, including independents, 2-18 May
- Holly Morrison attended a Disability Focus Group meeting for the Code of Practice revision, 2 May
- Alise Hardy met with artists Peter Drew and Tom Readett, 2 May
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Bridie Moran, arts research and manager, 2 May
- Penelope Benton spoke on the panel Public Forum: Arts and Arts Education in Crisis by the CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney and Australian Theatre for Young People 2 May
- Holly Morrison attended Access All Areas - An Uncensored Conversation about Comedy and Disability, 3 May
- Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Sharne Wolff, arts journalist, curator and creative consultant, 3 May
- NAVA endorsed the National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) statement about the 2022 federal election, 4 May
- Penelope Benton was interviewed by MOJO News, Monash University, 5 May
- Rhianna Pezzaniti attended an AMaGA (SA Branch) GLAM Breakfast, 6 May
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 10 May
- Penelope Benton met with writer Andrew Stephens, 10 May
- NAVA hosted a panel discussion with Fund the Arts and The Paint Factory Breaking the pattern of policy neglect for the arts 11 May
- Leya Reid and Georgie Cyrillo published Arts and the election: Why an arts policy is essential, Limelight 12 May
- Penelope Benton attended monthly multi-artform meeting to discuss advocacy for the industry and the federal election, 12 May
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 May
- Penelope Benton and Alise Hardy met with Robyn Carmody, Curriculum Specialist, The Arts, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 16 May
- Penelope Benton met with Laurine Kelson, Director Visual Arts and Design Section, and Jacqui Gropp, Assistant Director, Visual Arts and Design/Creative Industries, Office for the Arts, 16 May
- Leya Reid and Georgie Cyrillo published Government needs a strategic vision for arts and culture, Independent Australia 16 May
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Campaign Musings: What's the vision for Arts and Culture? hosted by SAMAG, 16 May
- Lisa Radford, elected artist on the NAVA Board attended Labor's Arts Policy Launch at the Espy, 16 May
- NAVA published its Federal Election Report Card, 17 May
- NAVA’s Sydney office moved into the new City of Sydney Creative Studios managed by Brand X, 17 May
- Andree Ruggeri met with Professor Kit Wise, Dean, School of Art RMIT University and Chair of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS), 18 May
- Penelope Benton quoted by Meg Watson in Why is a major Sydney arts festival ‘working with Google’ to offer an unpaid internship? Sydney Morning Herald 18 May
- Penelope Benton quoted by Anna Freeland in Labor and Greens arts policies and what the Coalition is offering this federal election, ABC News 19 May
- NAVA welcomes new Albanese Government, Media Release 23 May
- Penelope Benton quoted by Richard Watts in Sector celebrates Labor win, ArtsHub 23 May
- Penelope Benton met with David Barker and Nick Garner from Art/Vid, 23 May
- Penelope Benton quoted by Hugh Robertson in Arts industry welcomes Albanese government, Limelight 24 May
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in More funding, more local stories: Arts sector lobbies Labor for a lifeline, Sydney Morning Herald 24 May
- NAVA referenced by Jennifer Mills in It’s Time… To Demand Fair Pay in the Arts, Meanjin Quarterly 25 May
- Penelope Benton, Rhianna Pezzaniti and Georgie Cyrillo met with Associate Professor Jenny Lye, Reader of Economics, RMIT University, 26 May
- Alise Hardy met with Rhen Soggee, Senior Creative Producer, Next Wave, 26 May
- NAVA welcomed newly elected Board Members Michelle Vine (Qld) and Sue-Lyn Aldrian Moyle (WA), and re-elected Board Members Rohin Kickett (WA), Lisa Radford (Vic) and Patrice Sharkey (SA) at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), 26 May
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Sector Development, Development and Strategic Partnerships, Australia Council, 30 May
- Holly Morrison attended a Disability Focus Group meeting for the Code of Practice revision, 30 May.
April 2022
- Penelope Benton attended the National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) Pre-Election Agenda Meeting, 4 April
- Georgie Cyrillo attended the NFP Insurance Premiums Explained - A Hardening Market Webinar, 5 April
- NAVA launched its #VoteForArt campaign, 7 April
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton met with NPGA members and supporters to discuss NAVA’s Federal Election Campaign, 7 April
- Penelope Benton presented to students at the Art Academy Gippsland and Ballarat, School of Arts, Federation University Australia, 7 April
- Penelope Benton met with Patrice Sharkey, Artistic Director, ACE Open, 7 April
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in ‘You can’t take a billion with you to the grave’: Inside the world of Sydney’s power patrons’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April
- NAVA’s #VoteForArt campaign profiled in NAVA launches Vote For Art campaign in lead up to Federal Election, Australian Arts Review, 11 April
- Alise Hardy, Education Coordinator, Schools, begins at NAVA, 11 April
- Penelope Benton attended Arts on the Agenda webinar, 11 April
- Rhianna Pezzaniti attended Australian Cultural Policy Now: from quick fixes to long-term progress webinar, 12 April
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton met with David Latham, Fund the Arts, 13 April
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton attended the Arts peak bodies discussion, 14 April
- NAVA facilitated a closed consultation with peak bodies representing Art Centres for a section on Working with Art Centres in the new Code of Practice, 14 April
- NAVA’s #VoteForArt campaign profiled in NAVA call for vote for arts, Art South West, 20 April 2022
- Andrée Ruggeri, Education Coordinator, Tertiary, begins at NAVA, 20 April
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Stephanie Parkin, Parallax Legal, 20 April
- Penelope Benton met with Josephine Johnston, CEO Copyright Agency, 20 April
- NAVA Board meeting was held, 21 April
- Donnalyn Xu and Naomi Segal gave RAP presentation to NAVA Board, 21 April
- Penelope Benton attended Arts Peak Bodies Advocacy Discussion, 21 April
- NAVA’s #VoteForArt campaign mentioned in Election resources for the arts, ArtsHub, 26 April 2022
- Donnalyn Xu and Georgie Cyrillo facilitated Artists’ Benevolent Fund assessment panel, 27 April
- Penelope Benton was interviewed by Maisy Stapleton, Presenter for Arts Thursdays, Eastside Radio, 27 April
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Christine Evans, Chair, Indigenous Advisory Group, 27 April
- Penelope Benton attended Australian Cultural Response Roundtable, 27 April
- Penelope Benton interviewed on Eastside Radio Arts Thursday, 89.7 Eastside FM, April 28
- NAVA’s #VoteForArt campaign mentioned in The arts news you may have missed, ArtsHub 29 April.
March 2022
- Penelope Benton met with Susan Wacher, Dale Maxwell-Smith and Olivia Welch, M&GNSW, 1 March
- NAVA facilitated a closed consultation with artists for a section on Freedom of Expression in the new Code of Practice, 1 March
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Mark Crees, Director, Create Infrastructure 2 March
- Penelope Benton presented to artists at Moreland City Council’s Community of Practice meeting, 2 March
- Penelope Benton attended the National Advocates for Art Education (NAAE) AGM and Term One meeting, 2 March
- Penelope Benton met with Jade Lillie, Head of Sector Development and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 3 March
- Penelope Benton met with the CAOA network, 3 March
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 8 March
- Penelope Benton met with Hannah Mathews, Senior Curator, MUMA | Monash University Museum of Art and Zoe Theodore, Precarious Movements Project Coordinator, 8 March
- Penelope Benton met with James Winter, Director, Brand X, 11 March
- Penelope Benton met with Nick Garner, Producer Art/Vid, 14 March
- NAVA released SA Election Report Card, 14 March
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Suzanne Derry and Robyn Ayres, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 15 March
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with David Latham, Fund the Art, 15 March
- NAVA hosted a closed consultation on Equal Opportunity, facilitated by Sophia Cai, 15 March
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Andy Butler, writer and artist, 16 March
- Penelope Benton met with Grace McQuilten and Marnie Badham, RMIT, and Jenny Lye and Kate MacNeill, University of Melbourne, 17 March
- NAVA Governance Committee meeting, 17 March
- Penelope Benton met with Laurine Kelson, Director, and Jacqui Gropp, Assistant Director, Visual Arts and Design, Office for the Arts, 21 March
- Penelope Benton met with Nicola Evans, Head of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, 22 March
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton met with David Latham, Fund the Arts, 22 March
- Penelope Benton met with April Phillips, illustrator and visual arts educator, 22 March
- NAVA hosted an open consultation on Environmental Sustainability, with guest presenters artist Judy Watson and conservator MaryJo Lelyveld, 23 March
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO Indigenous Art Code, 23 March
- Penelope Benton met with Philip Watkins, CEO Desart, 23 March
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Lachlan Herd, writer and artist, 23 March
- Holly Morrison and Georgie Cyrillo attended Arts, Creativity and Mental Wellbeing Policy Development Program hosted by Australia Council, 25 March
- Penelope Benton interviewed by Richelle Harrison Plesse as part of Arts industry calls for stronger support to assist economic recovery, SBS Radio and SBS World News, 27 March
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Janine Collins, consultant, 28 March
- Penelope Benton met with Joann Russo, Manager, Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, and President, Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), 29 March
- Penelope Benton met with Chad Creighton, CEO, Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia (AACHWA), 29 March
- Penelope Benton met with Liz Martin, CEO, Accessible Arts, 29 March
- Leya Reid and Penelope Benton met with David Latham, Fund the Arts, 29 March
- NAVA published a response to the Federal Budget, 30 March
- Penelope Benton quoted by Steve Dow in Budget 2022: Arts left reeling as funding slashed, Limelight, 30 March
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Terri Janke, Laura Curtis and Ji Robinson Stone, Terri Janke and Company, 30 March
- Penelope Benton attended Precarity and Practices of Care for Dance and the Museum at the Art Gallery of NSW, 30-31 March
- Penelope Benton quoted by Emily Bourke in Arts sector reeling from cuts to budget and pandemic assistance, ABC, 31 March.
February 2022
- Georgie Cyrillo and Penelope Benton met with Eileen Camilleri, CEO Australian Copyright Council, 3 February
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 8 February
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts Australia Council for the Arts, 9 February
- Penelope Benton met with Tristan Chant, Visual Arts Stakeholder and Community Manager, Copyright Agency, 9 February
- Rhianna Pezzaniti and Penelope Benton met with Janine Collins, founder of J9 Consulting, 10 February
- Naomi Segal and Donnalyn Xu met new art and design students at O Week, UNSW 10 February
- Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Martumili Artists 14 February
- Penelope Benton met with Ben Eltham, 16 February
- Penelope Benton was consulted by Social Ventures for the Arts Law Centre of Australia 16 February
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Why this class of 2021 has nothing to lose and you should buy their work, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 February
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Making Space for Culture at 107 Projects, Redfern NSW 16 February
- The NAVA team attended How To Be A Good Ally workshop, Accessible Arts NSW, 17 February
- Penelope Benton attended multi-art form meeting to discuss advocacy for the industry and the federal election, 17 February
- Penelope Benton met with Terry Fitzsimmons, Senior Lecturer in Leadership with the University of Queensland Business School and Managing Director of the Australian Gender Equality Council, 17 February
- Penelope Benton and Georgie Cyrillo attended Keynote address by Rupert Myer AO, Growing Australia’s Cultural Inheritance, National Museum of Australia, 22 February
- Penelope Benton met with Grace McQuilten, Jenny Lye and Chloe Powell, RMIT CAST, 24 February
- Penelope Benton met with Oliver Watts, 24 February
- NAVA’s submission to the Inquiry into the Integrity, efficacy and value for money of NSW Government grant programs is cited in Final report, tabled in the Legislative Council on 24 February
- NAVA made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Research Council Amendment (Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018, 25 February
- NAVA responded to the exposure draft of the Copyright Amendment (Access Reforms) Bill 2021 and on the technological protection measure exceptions in the Copyright Regulations 2017, 25 February
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts and Pip Wittenoom, Director of Peer Services Grants & Engagement, Australia Council for the Arts 28 February
- Holly Morrison attended a Disability Focus Group meeting for the Code of Practice revision, 28 February
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Tony Burke MP and adviser Joanna Heath, 28 February.
January 2022
- NAVA re-opened 10 January
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Terri Janke and Laura Curtis, 13 January
- Penelope Benton met with Tamara Winikoff, 13 January
- Naomi Segal met with Marika Perrow, Arts Development Manager, Accessible Arts, NSW 13 January
- 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, 17 January
- Penelope Benton met with Andrew Riley, Sustainable Value, 17 January
- NAVA mentioned by Jasmine Hines in Meet the Wallers documentary examines struggles of making income as an artist, ABC Capricornia, 18 January
- Penelope Benton attended multi-art form workshops to discuss advocacy for the industry and the federal election, 20 January
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti facilitated consultation meeting to go through the discussion paper on Festivals for the new Code, 20 January
- Penelope Benton met with artist Oliver Watts, 20 January
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole Beyer, Executive Director, Theatre Network Australia, 24 January
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Adrian Collette, CEO and Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council, 25 January
- Penelope Benton presented to Theatre Network Australia’s Champions of Arts and Culture - Members Meet-up, 25 January
- In solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their rights to sovereignty and self-determination, NAVA staff joined and supported events, protests and fundraisers for Invasion Day, 26 January
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Sophia Cai, 27 January
- NAVA Board meeting, 27 January
- NAVA made a Pre-Budget Submission to the Federal Government, 28 January
- Penelope Benton and Rhianna Pezzaniti met with Sarah Rowbottam, 31 January.
