NAVA In Action 2024
What we achieved this year...
Image: Screenshot of Mutual obligation requirements for Visual and Creative Artists webinar co-hosted by NAVA and DEWR, 5 December 2024.
[ID: Webinar screenshot featuring a slide with a dark blue background displaying the title: “Workforce Australia: Mutual obligation requirements for Visual and Creative Artists” 5 December 2024. Below the title, the names and roles of two presenters are listed:
• Andrew Wright – Acting Assistant Secretary, Access and Participation Branch, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
• Andrea Wallace-Green – Director, Means Test and Rent Assistance Policy, Department of Social Services.
At the bottom of the slide, there is an illustrated graphic of a group of people.
On the right side of the image, two small video call windows show participants in the webinar:
1. An interpreter named Bella, who appears in a well-lit room.
2. Penelope Benton (NAVA, she/her), who is in an office setting with framed artwork and a plant in the background.]
December 2024
- Penelope Benton submitted feedback on the Arts Workforce Scoping Study Report to Creative Australia via SaSCA, 2 December
- Penelope Benton quoted by Liz Hobday in Indigenous artist left in the lurch as gallery ditches 2025 shows, National Indigenous Times, 4 December
- Penelope Benton quoted by Liz Hobday in Promises museum won't shut, despite ditching 2025 slate, Moree Champion, 4 December
- NAVA and DEWR hosted an online webinar on how artists and arts workers can meet mutual obligation requirements through professional arts activities, 5 December
- Penelope Benton and Janel Yau met with Joshua Lowe, Co-CEO, Theatre Network Australia (TNA), 5 December
- Janel Yau participated in Creative Workplaces Consultation Session – Visual Arts, 9 December
- NAVA mentioned by Linda Morris in NSW wants all ‘reasonable ideas’ on ditching taxes for artists, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), 12 December
- Penelope Benton cited in Arts and music education and training in New South Wales Report 1 from the Joint Select Committee on Arts and Music Education and Training in New South Wales, 12 December
- NAVA Board meeting 13 December
- Media Release: NAVA welcomes Western Australia’s 10-Year Vision for Culture, Arts, and Creative Industries, 16 December
- Janel Yau and Donnalyn Xu met with with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 17 December
- NAVA mentioned by Gina Fairley in The Big List: 50 things that shaped the visual arts in 2024, Arts Hub, 20 December
- NAVA mentioned by Orlando Sagar in Neglect of arts in school ‘weakens’ comms skills, [CN], 20 December
- NAVA office closed 23 December 2024 to 6 January 2025.
November 2024
- Penelope Benton participated in a SaSCA Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) Meeting, 4 November
- Penelope Benton quoted in ‘Thumping blow’: Arts advocates plead for SCU to reverse cuts, Daily Telegraph, 5 November
- NAVA Development Subcommittee meeting, 7 November
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Vipoo Srivilasa: Deities of Daily Needs, N. Smith Gallery 7 November
- Georgia Mokak and Janel Yau met with Callum Featherstone and Joanne Naverrete, Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) Program, 11 November
- Janel Yau and Donnalyn Xu met with with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 13 November
- NAVA welcomed Arts Workforce Scoping Study interim findings, 14 November
- Emma Pham and Donnalyn Xu hosted Respecting ICIP in Collecting Institutions, First Nations arts workers Tammi Gissell and Madeline Poll presented an online webinar on how collecting institutions can respect Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), 14 November
- Penelope Benton quoted in Arts Workforce Scoping Study interim findings indicate crisis across sectors by Gina Fairley in Arts Hub, 14 November
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Save our BAD, Southern Cross University students, 18 November
- Janel Yau met with City of Sydney, Creative Work Spaces, 19 November
- Penelope Benton facilitated a National Visual Arts Roundtable meeting, 18 November
- Penelope Benton and Janel Yau met with Libby Baulch and Rosie Daniele, Copyright Agency, 21 November
- Penelope Benton met with Jane Fuller, CEO or Arts Northern Rivers 26 November
- Penelope Benton met with Brett Adlington, CEO Museums & Galleries NSW 26 November
- The NAVA team met with the Visual Arts Work research team at RMIT and Katie Russell, CEO AMaGA, 27 November
- NAVA called on QUT to reverse decision to cut Art Museum programming, 27 November
- NAVA welcomes Senate Report on AI, urges action to protect artists’ rights, 28 November
- Penelope Benton presented to Ballina Shire Council, 28 November
- The NAVA team attended Fixed term employment contracts in the arts and culture sector hosted by Creative Workplaces, 28 November
- Georgia Mokak met with Jerome Comisari, from Bundanon Museum, 28 November
- NAVA quoted in Beacon of hope as Senate releases final report to stop AI theft and remunerate creatives, by Celina Lei, Arts Hub, 28 November.
- Penelope Benton and Janel Yau attend the opening of Cao Fei: My City is Yours 曹斐: 欢迎登陆, AGNSW, 29 November.
October 2024
- Emma Pham met with Huy Nguyen, visual designer, 1 October
- Penelope Benton, Leya Reid and Janel Yau met with Jesse Fatnowna, Assistant Secretary – Creative Industries, Office for the Arts (OFTA) as well as Cherisse Lyons, A/g Director and
- Callum Featherstone, Senior Policy Officer, Visual Arts and Design – Creative Industries, 3 October
- Georgia Mokak met with Stephanie Parkin, co-founder Parallax Legal, 3 October
- NAVA responded to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) Introducing Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings Proposals Paper, 3 October
- Penelope Benton attended the Creative Regions National Summit 2024, 8 October
- Penelope Benton met with Kate Schaffner, Director, Creative Workplaces, 8 October
- Penelope Benton attended Joan Ross ‘Those trees came back to me in my dreams’, National Portrait Gallery Canberra, 8 October
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO Indigenous Art Code, 10 October
- Donnalyn Xu presented to RMIT Art Enterprise Workshop students, 11 October
- NAVA cited by Jo Clay in ACT election: let’s put art at the heart of the capital, Arts Hub, 14 October
- Georgia Mokak attended Bl:ak Camp and presented a masterclass on the Code of Practice, hosted by Munimba-ja on Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country, 14-18 October
- Support Act released new Report into the wellbeing of music and creative arts workers with input from NAVA Members, 15 October
- Penelope Benton, Janel Yau and Donnalyn Xu met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Moraig McKenna, Assistant Director and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 15 October
- Penelope Benton met with Kate Schaffner, Director, Creative Workplaces, 16 October
- NAVA responded to the Fair Work Commission’s Arts sector - Amusement, Events and Recreation Award 2020 (AM2024/37), 16 October
- NAVA responded to the Attorney-General’s Department’s Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Reference Group (CAIRG) Transparency paper, 18 October
- Penelope Benton attended Angelica Mesiti, ‘The Rites of When’, Art Gallery of NSW, 18 October
- Penelope Benton met with Joanna Vaughan, Senior Adviser to the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP, 21 October
- Penelope Benton attended an Arts Scoping Study briefing with Creative Australia hosted by Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaSCA) for the Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG), 22 October
- Donnalyn Xu and Emma Pham met with Imogen Yang, independent collaborative arts practitioner, 23 October
- Penelope Benton presented at Barangga: First Nations Design Gathering, UNSW Galleries and UNSW Art & Design, 26 October
- NAVA welcomed Jamie Lewis and Liz Nowell as the newest Directors to the NAVA Board, 28 October
- Penelope Benton and Janel Yau met with James Winter, Director, Brand X, 29 October
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Alison Pennington, adviser to Minister Watt, Andrew Wright, a/g Assistant Secretary Access and Participation Branch, and Ken Bell, a/g Assistant Secretary Employment Stakeholder Engagement, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 30 October
- Penelope Benton participated in the Fair Work Commission case hearing for visual arts sector workers classification structure in the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award 2020, 30 October
- Penelope Benton participated in the consortium of arts peak organisations quarterly meeting, 31 October
- NAVA published its opposition to Creative Arts Program cuts at Southern Cross University, 31 October.
September 2024
- Penelope Benton facilitated a National Visual Arts Roundtable meeting, 2 September
- Penelope Benton met with Bronwyn Coulston, Stakeholder Liaison Manager, and Dishan Jayasekera, Research & Analysis Manager, Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA), 3 September
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Equalessable curated by Countess.Report, Artbank, 3 September
- Penelope Benton attended Industry Roundtable: Engaging with the Federal Budget, hosted by A New Approach (ANA), 4 September
- Holly Morrison attended Creative Australia Multi Year Investment Reporting Webinar, 4 September
- Penelope Benton attended the third meeting of the Attorney-General Department’s Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Reference Group (CAIRG), 4 September 2024
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan CEO Indigenous Art Code, 5 September
- NAVA made a submission to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) Consultation Round 4, 9 September
- Penelope Benton met with Marc Goldenfein, Co-founder, ArtsPay, 10 September
- Penelope Benton met with researcher Ben Eltham, 11 September
- Penelope Benton attended Copyright Orphan Works Scheme consultation with the Attorney-General’s Department, 11 September
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison met with Rockethouse, 11 September
- Donnalyn Xu and Emma Pham hosted a NAVA information stall at UNSW Art & Design T3 Community Day, 11 September
- NAVA mentioned by Kerrie O’Brien in When art and politics collide: The battles tearing our cultural bodies apart, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, Paul Thompson Operations Flying Arts, 16 September
- Penelope Benton met with Kate Schaffner, Director, Louise Pine, Manager, Patrick McCarthy, Manager Strategic Initiatives and Engagement and Yeonjae Choi, Project Officer, Creative Workplaces, 16 September
- Penelope Benton participated in a multi-artform roundtable discussion about addressing workforce challenges in the Australian creative industry, 17 September
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, Paul Thompson Operations Flying Arts, 17 September
- NAVA Board meeting 17 September
- NAVA’s Code referenced by Gina Fairley in New $125,000 art prize reminds us to ask questions, Arts Hub, 17 September
- Penelope Benton met with Libby Baulch, Director Policy, Government and Member Relations and Josephine Johnston, CEO, Copyright Agency, 18 September
- Penelope Benton met with José Da Silva, Director UNSW Galleries, Chair University Art Museums Australia, 18 September
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 18 September
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle de Vietri, Greens MP for Richmond Victoria, 19 September
- NAVA made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department’s Orphan Works Scheme Design Options Paper, 19 September
- The NAVA team welcomed new General Manager, Janel Yau, 23 September
- NAVA welcomed SaSCA’s Workforce Planning Report for the Arts, 23 September
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison attended Creative Workplaces: Respect at work in the arts and culture sector, 24 September
- Penelope Benton met with Guy Betts, Arts Advisor, Office of Susan Templeman MP, Federal Member for Macquarie, Special Envoy for the Arts, 24 September
- NAVA published statement in support of artist Leslie Eastman, 25 September
- Donnalyn Xu and Emma Pham met with Tammi Gissell, Collections Coordinator, First Nations and Madeline Poll Assistant Curator, First Nations, Powerhouse, 25 September
- NAVA published Important changes ahead for award coverage, 27 September
- The NAVA team welcomed Georgia Mokak, First Nations Outreach Coordinator, 30 September.
August 2024
- Penelope Benton facilitated a National Visual Arts Roundtable meeting, 5 August
- Penelope Benton participated in the SaSCA Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) Meeting, 6 August
- Penelope Benton met with William Parton, Birchgrove Legal, 7 August
- Penelope Benton met with Hannah Mathews, CEP Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), 7 August
- Penelope Benton met with Bronwyn Coulston, SaCSA's Stakeholder Liaison Manager, 8 August
- Penelope Benton attended Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) induction and opening, 8 August
- NAVA information stall at DAAF 9 - 11 August
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA), 9 August
- Penelope Benton met with Cox Inall Ridgeway (CIR) as part of the Independent Review of the Indigenous Arts Code, 11 August
- Penelope Benton met with Danielle Robson, Gilbert Guaring, and Natasha Smith, UAP Company, 13 August
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan, CEO Indigenous Art Code, 13 August
- Penelope Benton met with Associate Professor Diana Young, University of Queensland, 13 August
- Georgie Cyrillo and Penelope Benton met with Rockethouse, 14 August
- Donnalyn Xu presented to National Art School students, 14 August
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Creative Australia, 15 August
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of ZAHALKAWORLD – an artist’s archive at National Art School Gallery, 15 August
- Georgie Cyrillo attended Copyright and AI webinar hosted by the Copyright Agency, 16 August
- The NAVA team farewelled Georgie Cyrillo, 16 August
- Penelope Benton, Donnalyn Xu and Leya Reid met with Craft Victoria, Craft & Design Canberra, Guildhouse and Flying Arts, 20 August
- Penelope Benton met with Bronwyn Coulston, Stakeholder Liaison Manager and Dishan Jayasekera, Research & Analysis Manager, Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaSCA), 21 August
- Penelope Benton met with Anne Roberton, Executive Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV), 22 August
- Penelope Benton met with Josh Lowe, Co-CEO Theatre Network Australia, 28 August
- Penelope Benton quoted by Neha Kale in Women love the art world, but does the art world love women? in Art Guide Australia, September/October 2024 p78-85
- Penelope Benton presented to Arts Management students in the Museum Studies masters program, University of Queensland, 29 August.
July 2024
- NAVA applied the first annual increase to the Payment Standards in the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design (the Code), 1 July
- NAVA received funding from the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) Program to increase access, awareness and application of the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design to First Nations audiences, 1 July
- NAVA attended the DAAF Information Session for Art Centres, Industry Specialists and Fashion Trade stalls, 2 July
- Georgie Cyrillo and Emma Pham attended Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries webinar, hosted by UNSW, 4 July
- NAVA’s Chair, Clothilde Bullen, listed in First Nations power list: 41 recent appointments making a difference, by Gina Fairley in Arts Hub, 8 July
- Robyn Fernandez met with Jamie Davidson, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance, 10 July.
- Penelope Benton met with Stella Rosa McDonald, Curator and Manager, and Connie Anthes, Assistant Curator, UTS Gallery & Art Collection, 17 July
- Media Release: NAVA welcomes review of Amusement Award for better visual arts coverage, 18 July
- Emma Pham met with Jane Wade, Creative Producer, Utp, 18 July
- NAVA quoted in Wages are no laughing matter, ArtsHub, 19 July
- Emma Pham met with Paula Abood, 19 July
- Holly Morrison met with Debra Keenahan, 22 July
- Penelope Benton met with Scotia Monkivitch, Executive Officer, Creative Recovery Network, and Pippa Bailey, Creative Producer, From Creative Practice to Climate Justice Action, 23 July
- Penelope Benton and Leya Reid met with Kate Schaffner, Director, Louise Pine, Manager, Patrick McCarthy, Manager Strategic Initiatives and Engagement and Monique Williams Communications & Engagement Manager, Creative Workplaces, 24 July
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole DeLosa, co-President of Visual Arts and Design Educators Association of NSW (VADEA), 24 July
- Robyn Fernandez attended the opening of Ryan Presley, Mongrel, Janet Fieldhouse, Material Culture, Naomi Hobson, Life On The River And Tommy Pau, Ilan Oman at Cairns Art Gallery, 24 July
- Penelope Benton met with Trish Puzzi, A/Senior Grants Manager, Grants Assurance Team, Arts Queensland, 25 July
- Georgie Cyrillo and Penelope Benton attended cross artform AI + Creative Industries meeting, 25 July
- NAVA made a submission to the inquiry into arts and music education and training in New South Wales, 25 July
- Robyn Fernandez attended the CIAF 2024 Opening Night Party, 25 July and CIAF Fashion Performance: Light The Fire, 25 July, Tanks Arts Centre, 26 July
- Libby Harward and Robyn Fernandez hosted NAVA’s stall at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), and spoke with artists, arts workers and teachers about the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design, 26 - 28 July
- Holly Morrison met with Paul Calcott, 29 July
- Penelope Benton met with Genevieve Grieves, co-Founder Garuwa, 30 July
- Penelope Benton presented to the Joint Select Committee on Arts and Music Education and Training in New South Wales, Parliament House, NSW, 30 July
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Claudia Nicholson, If The Mountain Is Burning, Let It Burn, UTS Galleries, 30 July
- NAVA farewelled Robyn Fernandez as Queensland Professional Development Coordinator, 31 July.
June 2024
- NAVA facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 3 June
- NAVA published Archibald Prize finalists to receive artist loan fee for the first time, 3 June
- NAVA mentioned by Victoria Gillespie in University of Queensland to phase out Museum Studies, Honi Soit, 4 June
- Penelope Benton attended Creative Workplaces Webinar with Director Kate Schaffner and Chair Kate Jenkins, 6 June
- Penelope Benton met with Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, Museums & Galleries Queensland, 6 June
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), 7 June
- NAVA participated in the Creative Australia/SaCSA Arts Workforce Survey, 6 June
- NAVA Board meeting 11 June
- Penelope Benton submitted feedback on the Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) Scoping Study Interim Report, 11 June
- Robyn Fernandez met with Rachel Cunningham and Jonathan Brown from Townsville City Council 11 June
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of undo the day, curated by Gina Mobayed, National Art School (NAS) Galleries, 13 June
- NAVA and Utp co-facilitated a workshop with the Utp Rising cohort on an introduction to NAVA and the Code of Practice, Bankstown Arts Centre, 15 June
- Penelope Benton met with William Parton, Birchgrove Legal, 17 June
- Penelope Benton attended HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Symposium 2024, 18 June
- Georgie Cyrillo attended ‘Briefing: imminent electoral reforms and what they mean for charity advocacy’, Australian Democracy Network, 19 June
- Penelope Benton met with William Parton and Hamza Alameddine, Birchgrove Legal, 25 June
- Penelope Benton submitted feedback on “Shaping Tomorrow” Workforce Plan – Arts | 2024, by SaCSA, 25 June 2024
- Robyn Fernandez presented a free workshop on 'Understanding Artists' Fees and Wages' in partnership with CQ RASN and the Pomona and District Community House at Lawson Shed, 26 June
- NAVA and Firstdraft co-hosted an online webinar with multidisciplinary artist Abdul Abdullah on pricing your work for auctions, 26 June
- Robyn Fernandez presented a free workshop on 'Understanding Artists' Fees and Wages' in partnership with CQ RASN and the Pomona and District Community House at Gympie Regional Gallery, 27 June
- Penelope Benton participated in Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) meeting, 27 June
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Grant Ellmers, Professor, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong, 27 June
- Penelope Benton visited MCA Collection: Jonathan Jones, naa (to see or look) and Julie Rrap: Past Continuous at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 228 June.
May 2024
- NAVA and Fairfield City Museum & Galleries hosted Know Your Worth with artist Khaled Sabsabi speaking to NAVA’s Code of Practice as part of Creatives in the Neighbourhood, Whitlam Library, Cabramatta, 1 May
- NAVA published NAVA Members add your voice, 2 May
- Precarious Movements: Book & Sector Resource Launch, UNSW Galleries, 2 May
- Georgie Cyrillo met with the Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA) network, 3 May
- NAVA backs Support Act’s Mental Health and Wellbeing in Music and the Creative Industries 2024 survey, 7 May
- The NAVA team attended Artists as Workers: An economic study of professional artists in Australia information session hosted by Creative Australia, 7 May
- Media Release: NAVA welcomes Creative Australia's economic study of professional artists, 7 May
- NAVA mentioned in Creative work still doesn't pay the bills: new report by Sarah Nicholson in The Lighthouse, Macquarie University, 7 May
- Georgie Cyrillo and Emma Pham met with Julia Powles, Jani McCutcheon and Jacqueline Alderson, Law Professors and Researchers, University of Western Australia, 7 May
- Emma Pham and Donnalyn Xu met with Firstdraft, 8 May
- Robyn Fernandez met with Emily Wakeling Gallery Director Rockhampton Regional Council, 8 May
- NAVA made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), 10 May
- Penelope Benton published Counting Gender: The Countess Report’s urgent call for action, Arts Hub, 10 May
- NAVA Talks AI and ICIP with Shevaun Wright, artist and solicitor at Terri Janke and Company, 13 May
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Creative Australia, 13 May
- Penelope Benton met with Gregory Ackland, Principal Lecturer – Visual Arts & Digital Media (Game Art & VFX), Business and Arts, TAFE SA, 14 May
- NAVA responded to the Federal Budget 2024-25 announcement, 15 May
- NAVA quoted in Budget 2024-25: what’s in it for the arts? by Richard Watts, Arts Hub, 15 May
- The NAVA team attended Artists as Workers: What the results say about the creative workforce's future hosted by Creative Australia, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Yes, artists are workers. When will we start paying them properly? by Esther Anatolitis, Crikey, 16 May
- Penelope Benton participated in the consortium of cross art form national peak bodies quarterly meeting, 16 May
- Penelope Benton met with students from The University of Queensland, 16 May
- Media Release: NAVA defends Vincent Namatjira's artistic freedom amid demands for removal from NGA, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait by Eryk Bagshaw and Linda Morris, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Vincent Namatjira says ‘people don’t have to like my paintings’ after Gina Rinehart demands portrait be removed by Michael Sun, The Guardian, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Vincent Namatjira says he 'paints the world as he sees it' in response to Gina Rinehart portrait controversy by Georgie Hewson, ABC News, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Artist’s freedom defended against Gina’s demands by Helen Musa, Canberra City News, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in NAVA defends Vincent Namatjira’s artistic freedom amid demands for removal from NGA, Australian Arts Review, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Supporters defend artist behind Gina Rinehart portrait after calls for its removal by Josh Hohne, 9 News, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition by Catherine Nicholls and Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in An Australian Billionaire Tried to Suppress an Aboriginal Artist’s Unflattering Portrait of Her. It’s Only Drawn More Attention by Koh Ewe, Time Magazine, 16 May
- NAVA quoted in Rinehart asks Australia’s national gallery to take down her portrait, Mining.com, 16 May
- NAVA seeking a (volunteer) Company Secretary to join the Board, 17 May
- NAVA published Proposed Closure of UQ's Museum Studies Programs Raises Alarm, 17 May
- NAVA quotes in Billionaire wants unflattering portrait removed from display at National Gallery of Australia, Art Forum, 17 May
- NAVA quoted in Row erupts over portraits of Australia's richest woman by Tiffanie Turnbull in BBC News, 17 May
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of Nell And Tiger Yaltangki, Love AC/DC at STATION, 17 May
- NAVA quoted in Billionaire Mining Magnate Not Happy With Her Portrait Hanging in Museum, Jon Christian in Yahoo News, 18 May
- NAVA shared support for National Reconciliation Week 2024, 20 May
- Georgie Cyrillo met with met with Nicole During Director and Claire Robertson Communications and Engagement Coordinator Craft Victoria, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 20 May
- NAVA quoted in Oil painting or not, does Gina Rinehart have the right to say who owns her image? by Roger Benjamin, In Queensland 20 May
- Penelope Benton met with Dallas Perry, Acting Director Art & Design, Lecturer Visual Art, North Metropolitan TAFE, 21 May
- Emma Pham met with Jane Wade, Creative Producer, Utp, 21 May
- Robyn Fernandez joined the North Queensland Creative Recover Group meeting.
- Organisations encouraged to maximise unspent budget by supporting NAVA, 22 May
- NAVA Talks AI and Copyright with Katherine Giles from Arts Law, 22 May
- NAVA announced as a recipient of Annual Funding for Organisations 2023/24 as part of Major arts and culture investment delivers more experiences for audiences and strengthens NSW creative industries, 23 May
- Penelope Benton met with Hobie Porter, Teacher of Fine Art, Creative Industries, TAFE NSW Murwillumbah, 23 May
- NAVA AGM 23 May
- Media Release: NAVA welcomes new Directors to the Board, 23 May
- Penelope Benton met with Bronwyn Coulston, Katrina Higham and Sarah Latimer, Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA), 27 May
- Penelope Benton participated in a Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) meeting, 27 May
- Penelope Benton submitted feedback on the draft ‘Shaping Tomorrow’ Workforce Plan – Arts | 2024 by Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA), 27 May
- Penelope Benton attended Uncle Badger Bates in conversation with Wesley Enoch AM for Reconciliation Week hosted by Creative Australia, 28 May
- Penelope Benton submitted feedback to Creative Australia’s Arts Workforce Scoping Study survey, 28 May
- Penelope Benton met with Luke Elliott and Ting Li, Communications, Arts and Market Analysis, Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research, 28 May
- NAVA Talks AI in Arts Practice with artist Kailum Graves, 29 May
- Penelope Benton attended Creative Australia's work with SaCSA on the Arts Scoping Study - Sector briefing, 29 May
- Penelope Benton quoted in UQ’s decision to cut Museum Studies spells disaster by David Burton in Arts Hub, 29 May
- Donnalyn Xu and Emma Pham met with artist Abdul Abdullah, 29 May
- NAVA mentioned by Helen Pitt in Why being an Archibald finalist can mean a lot more than fame, SMH, 30 May.
April 2024
- NAVA called for nominations for elected positions on its Board of Directors, 2 April
- Robyn Fernandez attended the North Queensland Creative Recovery Group meeting, 2 April
- NAVA launched the Code of Practice Training Course, 3 April
- Penelope Benton met with Judy Grady, Head of Visual Arts and Tristan Chant, Visual Arts Stakeholder and Community Manager, Copyright Agency, 3 April
- Penelope Benton attended the launch of Juanita McLauchlan, Standing at the Heart of Seven Generations at NSW Parliament, 3 April
- Penelope Benton met with Tamara Winikoff, 4 April
- NAVA and ATypical filmed a new set of NAVA Artist Files, 8 April
- NAVA Board meeting, 9 April
- Penelope Benton presented to the Copyright Agency Board, 9 April
- Penelope Benton and Robyn Fernandez met with Tania Hall, Executive Director, Partnerships and Investment, Arts Queensland, 10 April
- Donnalyn Xu met with artist Carla Gottgens, 10 April
- Emma Pham attended DFS24 - Indigenous Sovereignty and AI, 10 April
- Penelope Benton met with Susan Templeman MP, Federal Member for Macquarie and Special Envoy for the Arts, 11 April
- Donnalyn Xu met with Dr Amanda Stuart, artist and art educator, and Natalie Bateman, artist, 11 April
- Penelope Benton visited Nicholas Mangan, A World Undone, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 12 April
- Penelope Benton met with Miranda Samuels, Countess, 15 April
- Penelope Benton met with Jane Morey, Morey Media, 15 April
- Penelope Benton met with Anne Robertson, Executive Officer, Public Galleries Association of Victoria, 15 April
- Penelope Benton met with Joshua Lowe, Co-CEO, Theatre Network Australia, 15 April
- Penelope Benton facilitated National Visual Arts Roundtable, 15 April
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 15 April
- Emma Pham met with Jane Wade, Creative Producer at Utp, 16 April
- Emma Pham met with Paula Abood, Community Cultural Worker, 16 April
- Leya Reid attended the AC Arts Creative and Cultural Sector Group Meeting 1 2024, 18 April
- Donnalyn Xu co-presented Commissioning Art in Public Space with artist Carla Gottgens, hosted in partnership with South Coast Arts and Kiama Municipal Council, 23 April
- Nominations closed for the NAVA Board of Directors, 24 April
- Emma Pham met with artist Khaled Sabsabi, 29 April
- Emma Pham met with Jane Wade, Creative Producer at Utp, 30 April
- NAVA backed the launch of the Countess Report, 30 April
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Landmark report shows men still dominate Australian arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April
- Penelope Benton mentioned by Liz Hobday in Gender equality flatlines in Australia's visual arts, The Canberra Times, 30 April
- Penelope Benton quoted by Kelly Burke in Male artists overrepresented in Australian galleries and museums, research shows, The Guardian, 30 April
- Penelope Benton quoted by Anne Freeland in Countess Report findings show Australian visual arts institutions are lagging on gender equity, ABC Arts, 30 April
- Penelope Benton quoted by Brendan Foster in First Nations artists are unrepresented in the art space, report finds, National Indigenous Times, 30 April.
March 2024
- Emma Pham hosted a stall at NAS Open Day, 1 March
- Penelope Benton attended online webinar Speaking (out) on Palestine, hosted by Australian Palestine Advocacy Network, 4 March
- Robyn Fernandez attended North Queensland Creative Recovery Group meeting, 5 March
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 5 March
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of the 24th Biennale of Sydney, UNSW Galleries, 5 March
- Penelope Benton met with Tristan Chant, Visual Arts Stakeholder and Community Manager, Copyright Agency, 6 March
- NAVA submitted feedback on the final draft of Precarious Movements: Industry Resource for Choreographic Works in the Museum, 7 March
- Emma Pham met online with Hareen Johl, General Manager Utp, and Amy Prcevich, Producer, Utp, 7 March
- Emma Pham met online with community cultural worker Paula Abood, 8 March
- Penelope Benton attended the 24th Biennale of Sydney, White Bay Power Station, 10 March
- NAVA mentioned by Caitlin Crowley in Country Qld driving demand for public art projects, Country Crawler Regional News, 11 March
- NAVA Governance Subcommittee met with Hamza Alameddine Principal and William Parton Senior Associate, Birchgrove Legal, 13 March
- Penelope Benton met with Judy Grady, Head of Visual Arts, Copyright Agency, 13 March
- Emma Pham presented Ethical Practices for Working with First Nations Artists, hosted in partnership with Arts North West, with Dr Lorina L. Barker and Dr Eliza Kent, 14 March
- Penelope Benton met with Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Creative Australia, 14 March
- Penelope Benton met with Lisa Cahill, CEO and Artistic Director, Australian Design Centre, 14 March
- Penelope Benton participated in Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR) workshop for the Cultural and Creative Activity Satellite Account Refresh - Round 2 Consultation, 15 March
- Launch of Precarious Movements: new online Industry Resource for Choreographic Work in the Gallery at Buxton Contemporary, 15 March
- Penelope Benton attended the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW, 15 March
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 18 March
- NAVA submitted feedback to the Draft Project Plans for Creative Arts in the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons, 18 March
- Penelope Benton met with Melissa Ryan, First Assistant Secretary for the New Employment Services Model Division, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) and
- Juliette Edwards, National Manager, Jobseeker and Participation Programs, Services Australia, 20 March Penelope Benton met with Danielle Robson, Principal, Senior Curator UAP Company 20 March
- Penelope Benton attended Anti Racism Training with Gloria Tabi and Mohamad Tabbaa on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination presented by The Red Rattler and Addi Road, 21 March
- Donnalyn Xu presented Understanding Good Practice around Artists’ Copyright and IP, hosted in collaboration with Arts North West, with artist and arts worker Sandra McMahon, 21 March
- NAVA referenced in Agony Aunt : NAVA vs IWCN, 25 March
- Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in More than a building: Carriageworks makes new pitch to music fans and families, Brisbane Times, 27 March
- Penelope Benton participated in the first Services and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG) meeting, 28 March
- Donnalyn Xu presented Exploring NAVA's Payment Standards in collaboration with Arts North West, 28 March.
February 2024
- Penelope Benton with Beatrice Rubio-Gabriel and Emily Hubbard, artists and front-of-house staff at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), and artist and independent arts worker Channon Goodwin presented to Deputy President Millhouse, Fair Work Commission, 1 February
- Penelope Benton met with Blanche Tidden, artist and contemporary jeweller, 1 February
- Penelope Benton with Ana Tiquia and Jordan Marani, artists and arts workers presented to Deputy President Millhouse, Fair Work Commission, 1 February
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of BLINDSIDE X MIDSUMMA, 1 February
- Penelope Benton with Simone Tops, artist, designer and arts worker, and Angela Powell, artist and arts worker presented to Deputy President Millhouse, Fair Work Commission, 2 February
- Emma Pham met online with Community Cultural Practitioner, Paula Abood, 2 February
- NAVA Governance Subcommittee meeting, 5 February
- Emma Pham met online with researcher and artist, Lorina L. Barker, and researcher, Eliza Kent, 5 February
- Georgie Cyrillo, Emma Pham and Robyn Fernandez met with Katherine Giles, Head of Legal and Operations, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 6 February
- Robyn Fernandez met with Scotia Monkivitch, Executive Director, Creative Recovery, 6 February
- Robyn Fernandez and Emma Pham met with artist, Kalium Graves, 7 February
- Robyn Fernandez met with Zohar Spatz Head of Community and Experimental Artform Development, Creative Australia, 8 February
- Robyn Fernandez met with Sophie Delaney, Flying Arts and Lauren Collard, Regional Arts Fund, 8 February
- NAVA quoted by Linda Morris in Creative jobs fall between the cracks into a wages no-man’s-land, SMH, 12 February
- Robyn Fernandez joined the North QLD Creative Recovery Group weekly meeting, 13 February
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison met with Caroline Bowditch CEO and Nikki Zerella Deputy CEO / General Manager Arts Access Victoria, Gaelle Mellis Creative Director and Linda Williams General Manager Tutti, Jenine Mackay CEO and Creative Producer Incite Arts, Sharon Bromley Director ArtGusto, Liz Nowell Executive Director Arts Project Australia, and Rebecca Young Chief Executive Access2Arts, 14 February
- NAVA Development Subcommittee meeting, 14 February
- Emma Pham ran a NAVA stall for UNSW ADA Community Day, 14 February
- NAVA Board meeting at Buxton Contemporary, 19 February
- Penelope Benton met with Victoria Weekes Windmill Trust Management Committee and Tracey Callinan, CEO Regional Arts NSW, 20 February
- Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) announced the appointment of Penelope Benton on the new Arts Strategic Workforce Advisory Committee (SWAG)
- Robyn Fernandez with Stephanie Parkin, author of the First Nations section in Principles, Ethics and Rights chapter of NAVA’s Code and the Working with First Nations Art Centres section, presented good practice frameworks for public art at the Find: Public Art Summit hosted by Regional Arts Services Network (RASN), Queensland, 22 February
- Penelope Benton participated in a quarterly meeting with the consortium of peak arts organisations, 22 February
- Penelope Benton met with Nicole During Director Craft, Sarah Feijen CEO and Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer Guildhouse, Jodie Cunningham CEO and Eve Fairhall Membership Officer Craft + Design Canberra, 26 February
- Penelope Benton met with Gabrielle Sullivan CEO Indigenous Art Code, 28 February
- Georgie Cyrillo met with Libby Baulch Director Policy, Government and Member Relations Copyright Agency, 28 February
- Penelope Benton and Holly Morrison met with Nikki Zerella Deputy CEO / General Manager Arts Access Victoria, 28 February
- Penelope Benton met with Josephine Johnston CEO Copyright Agency, 29 February.
January 2024
- NAVA reopened 8 January
- Penelope Benton met with Jennifer van Bronswijk, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich, 9 January
- NAVA made a supplementary submission to the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Awards Review 2023-2024, 15 January
- Donnalyn Xu and Emma Pham met online with arts worker, Sandra McMahon, 15 January
- Penelope Benton met with Nick Garner, Producer, Atypical, 15 January
- Penelope Benton quoted by Jessi Ryan in RED Gallery changing hands, artists still owed money, Arts Hub, 17 January
- Penelope Benton and Donnalyn Xu met with Ruby Langton-Batty, First Nations Pro Bono Lawyer, Ashurst, 18 January
- Emma Pham co-facilitated a workshop on ‘Understanding Artist Fees and Wages’ with artist and educator Jeremy Sheehan at Yarilla Place, Coffs Harbour, 20 January
- Emma Pham co-facilitated a workshop on ‘Understanding Artist Fees and Wages’ with artist and educator Jeremy Sheehan at Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, 20 January
- Penelope Benton participated in the Fair Work Commission’s consultation with interested parties of the arts and culture sector for the Modern Awards Review 2023–24, 22 January – 2 February
- NAVA made another supplementary submission to the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Awards Review 2023-2024, 22 January
- Penelope Benton met with Kate Schaffner Director of Creative Workplaces and Sophie Byrne Government Relations Manager, Creative Australia, 22 January
- Penelope Benton met with Anne Robertson Executive Officer, Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV), 22 January
- Penelope Benton and Anne Robertson presented to Deputy President Millhouse for the Fair Work Commission’s consultation with interested parties of the arts and culture sector for the Modern Awards Review 2023–24, 23 January
- Penelope Benton and Claire Watson Director NETS Vic, Claire Richardson Executive Director Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Tracy Burgess Executive Director Gertrude Contemporary, and independent artist and arts worker Madeleine Thornton-Smith presented to Deputy President Millhouse, Fair Work Commission, 24 January
- Penelope Benton met with Josh Lowe, Co-CEO, Theatre Network Australia (TNA), 24 January
- Robyn Fernandez met with Wiradjuri artist Felicity Chapman, Deadly Weavers, 23 January
- Emma Pham met with artist Khaled Sabsabi, 25 January
- NAVA made a Pre-Budget Submission 2024-25 to Treasury, Australian Government, 25 January
- Penelope Benton attended the opening of LA SALLE DES TAUREAUX, Mikala Dwyer & Paul Yore at Gertrude Glasshouse, 25 January
- NAVA team joined and supported nationwide events, protests and fundraisers for Invasion Day/Survival Day, 26 January
- Penelope Benton met with artist, writer and curator Andy Butler, 30 January
- Penelope Benton met with Natalie Turmine CEO, Lisa Lillis Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Bronwyn Coulston Stakeholder Liaison Manager, SkillsEQuipped, 31 January
- Penelope Benton and Andy Butler, Eugenia Lim, Dr Rebecca Coates Director of Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), and Professor Grace McQuilten, Associate Professor Marnie Badham and Research Assistant Chloë Powell from RMIT University’s School of Art Visual Arts Work research team presented to Deputy President Millhouse, Fair Work Commission, 31 January
- Penelope Benton met with artist and arts worker, Channon Goodwin, 31 January
- Penelope Benton met with artist and arts worker, Ana Tiquia, 31 January
- Robyn Fernandez met with Stephanie Parkin, co-Founder and Principal Solicitor of Parallax Legal, 31 January.
