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.
Miss last week’s NAVA Advocacy Program workshop? Catch up on all of our recorded vodcasts here. And don't forget to add us to your calendar so you don't miss another workshop!
Program
Wednesday evenings 4:00-5:30pm AEST
Part 1: Advocating the arts
22 April
Arts advocacy in a time of coronavirus
Guests: 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
Guests: 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
Guests:
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
Guests:
John Alexander MP: Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture
Zoe McKenzie: company director and trade consultant, former policy adviser in arts, communications, education and the law to Liberal Party ministers and premiers at both Federal and State levels.
Darren Rudd: global corporate, communications, resources and government affairs consultant; director of arts, cultural and bilateral companies in Australia and Asia
Both Zoe and Darren are members of the Australia Council board and are appearing in their independent capacities
Part 2: Understanding policy development
20 May
Policy literacy: where do the arts sit?
Guests: John Daley, CEO, the Grattan Institute
27 May
Global comparisons: who’s doing this well?
Guests: Jackie Bailey, global cultural policy, research and evaluation specialist
3 June
Achieving policy goals from an invisible portfolio
Guests: Mike Mrdak AO, former Secretary, former Department of Communications and the Arts
10 June
Q&A: How to influence cultural policy
Guests: Maria Vamvakinou MP, Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture
Part 3: Understanding the media
17 June
Media engagement
Guests: Michaela Boland, arts journalist, ABC, formerly the Australian
24 June
Newsroom: media analysis
Guests: George Megalogenis, journalist, political commentator, author
1 July
How to be a media spokesperson
Guests: 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
Guests: Adam Bandt MP, Co-Chair, Parliamentary Friendship Group for Contemporary Arts & Culture
Part 4: Understanding the politics
15 July
Political engagement
Guests: 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
Guests: 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
Guests: Helen O’Neil, Chair, Performing Arts Connections Australia; former adviser to Labor arts ministers
5 Aug
Q&A with Esther: Let’s get ready
Part 5: Achieving national impact
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.
