How do they do it? A discussion with long-practicing independent artists on how they’ve sustained and continue to sustain their career in the Arts – the challenges, the joys, the warts and their antidotes.

Host: Grace Chow

Artists: Sally Richardson, Chrissie Parrot & Bobbi Henry

DATE: Wed 16 June

Let’s talk about co-designing artistic experiences with communities – the incredible impact this can have but also the challenges. We will hear about individual experiences from Chloe Flockart (from Merredin), Georgia King (Co-AD Whiskey & Boots) and Margot Edwards (Wilding Stories, Margaret River) as part of this discussion.

GUESTS:

Georgia King

Chloe Flockhart

Margot Edwards

After the chaos and unraveling of last year, here we are, in a changed world and context, still making performing arts. The Covid fallout has triggered devastating cancellations and unemployment at its worst and game-changing local presentation opportunities at its best.

What has worked, and what hasn’t?

What have we learned about how best to practice and produce relevant, resonant and resourceful works as we step into the next phase of an ongoing pandemic?

Hear from 4 speakers, whose various perspectives represent the layers within the sector, as we begin to imagine a path forward.

GUESTS:

Iain Grandage (Artistic Director; Perth Festival)

Marty Cunningham (Director, Investment, Research and Policy; DLGSCI)

Dalisa Pigram (Artistic Co-director, Choreographer & Dancer; Marrugeku)

Madeleine Flynn (Sound Artist)

A community-led conversation unpacking disability pride and identity, accessibility for artists and audience, and how this manifests in artistic practice.

GUESTS:

Daley Rangi (Antidisciplinary Artist)

Rachael Woodward (Theatre-maker)

Julia Hales (Theatre-maker and performer)

Bruno Booth (Contemporary artist)

Crystal Nguyen (Performer and writer)

DATE: Wed 9 June

Creating a career path in the arts often looks more like a maze than a ladder.

A gathering of mid-career artists from any art form (we’d love to hear from you all, please come along).

A discussion of gaps in career pathways with the objective of finding concise and common solutions/offers/asks to then present to WA arts orgs/funding bodies.

Conversation facilitated by Arielle Gray

DATE: Fri 11 June

Following on from 2020 Hub discussions we will be investigating tangible new models for change. How can Indie producers be better supported in WA to help artists create work outside existing company structures?

FACILITATED BY:

Anna Kosky (Producer; Perth Festival)

DATE: Tue 8 June

Join Circuitwest and DLGSC to unpack the nuts and bolts of how to make a residency happen: forming local partnerships, authentic relationships with the community and funding the process.

GUESTS:

Alli Doherty (DLGSC)

Ryan Taafe (Circuitwest)

DATE: Wed 2 June

Where do you go when your work doesn’t fit the traditional boundaries?

Artistic practice is evolving, and a lot of institutions have struggled to keep up. Some organisations just aren’t evolving artistically at the rate that audience taste is evolving.

While the growth is slow, we’ve seen a range of alternative arts festivals and programs flourishing nationally in the last ten years, suggesting an appetite for innovative work.

Join our guests Annika Moses, Jeremy Smith and Steve Berrick to discuss some of the challenges experimental artists are dealing with when looking for platforms to present their work, and what are some of the opportunities out there.

GUESTS:

Annika Moses (Sound-maker)

Jeremy Smith (PICA General Manager)

Steve Berrick (Coder)

What are the advantages and disadvantages of an ensemble-based company model?

Could major and small-to-medium performing arts companies have a core ensemble of performers and creatives? How would this work? How flexible could it be? How could it be inclusive and diverse? What would it cost? How would it be funded?

GUESTS:

Humphrey Bower (independent theatre-maker)

Arielle Gray (Core artist – The Last Great Hunt)

Guy Boyce (General Manager – Sensorium Theatre)

DATE: Tue 15 June

Is there a way to ensure we share and prioritise environmental sustainability in the WA arts sector? Let’s sit and talk about ways we can collectively commit to environmental policies, procedures and sharing practical knowledge throughout the arts ecosystem.

Facilitated by Jamie David & James Berlyn

DATE: Thur 17 June