NAVA Advocacy Program: Weekly Workshops Online
Online art advocacy workshop every Wednesday 4:00-5:30pm AEST, 22 April - 19 August 2020.
Keen to develop your advocacy skills to champion the arts with confidence, but not sure where or how to begin?
Let’s work on developing those skills together.
Every Wednesday evening, join Esther Anatolitis and Australia’s leading advocacy thinkers and practitioners online at 4pm AEST.
Let’s talk arts, policy, media, political and public engagement. What works? What doesn’t? What can we achieve together?
Our aim is to foster confident, informed advocacy by smart, connected artists and arts leaders. Not just once-off, not just in an emergency, but in an ongoing way that precludes such policy and funding emergencies. Let’s build something that lasts.
Our efforts will culminate in Arts Day on the Hill – Australia's national day of advocacy for the arts. Pop it in your calendar: this year’s Arts Day on the Hill is on Wednesday 12 August, during the first sitting week once Parliament resumes.
Last year’s Arts Day on the Hill training was an intensive two-day set of workshops presented at the NGA, the Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House) and Parliament House.
Program
Wednesday evenings 4:00-5:30pm AEST
| DATE | TOPIC | GUESTS |
| 22 April | Arts advocacy in a time of coronavirus | Alex Marsden, National Director, AMaGA; Anne Robertson, Member, National Public Galleries Alliance |
| 29 April | Recap Arts Day on the Hill 2019 and introduce NAVA advocacy framework | 2019 Arts Day on the Hill Advocates including Gadigal, Wiradjuri, Yuin artist Nadeena Dixon, and Hobart-based artist Selena de Carvalho |
| 6 May | First Nations advocacy | Nadeena Dixon: Gadigal, Wiradjuri, Yuin artist based in Sydney Wesley Enoch: Noonuccal Nuugi writer and director; Artistic Director, Sydney Festival; Member, NAVA Board; co-facilitator, weekly Australia Council First Nations COVID19 roundtable |
| 13 May | Q&A: How to advocate for the arts | John Alexander MP: Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture |
| 20 May | Policy literacy: where do the arts sit? | John Daley, CEO, the Grattan Institute |
| 27 May | Global comparisons: who’s doing this well? | Jackie Bailey: global cultural policy, research and evaluation specialist |
| 3 June | Achieving policy goals from an invisible portfolio | Mike Mrdak AO: former Secretary, former Department of Communications and the Arts |
| 10 June | Q&A: How to influence cultural policy | Maria Vamvakinou MP: Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture |
| 17 June | Media engagement | Michaela Boland: arts journalist, ABC, formerly the Australian |
| 24 June | Newsroom: media analysis | George Megalogenis: journalist, political commentator, author |
| 1 July | How to be a media spokesperson | Abdul Abdullah, artist, and Jane Morey, publicist, who in late 2019 joined forces to defend Abdul’s work from political attack |
| 8 July | Q&A: How to engage with the public | Adam Bandt MP: Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture |
| 15 July | Political engagement | Nicholas Pickard: Executive Director, Public Affairs, APRA AMCOS; Chair, Australian Society of Authors; former adviser to state and federal Labor arts ministers |
| 22 July | Insights from the inside | Mark Textor: Director, Crosby Textor, political campaign strategists who have won numerous elections for the Liberal Party in Australia and the Conservative Party in the UK |
| 29 July | How to plan a meeting with a politician | Helen O’Neil: Chair, Performing Arts Connections Australia; former adviser to Labor arts ministers |
| 5 Aug | Q&A with Esther: Let’s get ready | |
| 12 Aug | ARTS DAY ON THE HILL | |
| 19 Aug | Q&A with Esther: Let’s debrief |
Vodcasts
NAVA Advocacy Program: Weekly Workshops Online
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Keen to develop your advocacy skills to champion the arts with confidence, but not sure where or how to begin? Let’s work on developing those skills together.
Arts Day on the Hill: 12 August
Get involved!
Arts Minister Paul Fletcher and Esther Anatolitis, photo by Irene Dowdy 2019.
This year’s Arts Day on the Hill will take place on Wednesday 12 August.
Participating in Arts Day on the Hill is open to everyone – and we're hoping that you'll want to play a more active part.
If you'd like to join as a media spokesperson or advocate in your state, please follow the link below to apply by 31 July. We will line up media opportunities for spokespeople, and advocates will help lead and distribute great engagement across Australia.
