Here's WTF happened last week:

1️⃣ A survey reveals that a disproportionate number of arts leaders in the UK were privately educated and went to the universities of Oxford or Cambridge, with concerns this is reinforcing the perception that the arts is inaccessible to working-class people.
#UKArts #ArtsLeadership
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"As artists, cultural workers and arts organisations, ours is the business of statement-making"

My latest is up on the Overland website today: https://overland.org.au/2024/08/the-statements-we-make/.

#ArtsLeadership #ArtsGovernance #TheArtOfGovernance

Victorian creatives, the State Government wants your thoughts on what they should do to support the state’s arts, cultural and creative sector BY NEXT MONDAY 26 AUGUST.

Check my latest enews for tips and templates for quick and easy ways to have your say (link in bio or https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/victorian-creatives-have-your-say).

#VicGov #ArtsLeadership #ArtsFunding

The SA Government has announced plans to redevelop its long-term vision for the state’s arts, culture and creative sector. SA artists, arts workers, arts lovers and audiences are encouraged to have your say by the end of January.

Find out how (or copy and paste anything you find useful from my own draft response) at https://larsenkeys.com.au/2024/01/15/have-your-say-on-the-arts-in-sa/.

#ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership #ArtsSA #SouthAustralia

Surely there’s a better way. Here’s another quick extract from my recent chat with Astrid Edwards for the Garret Podcast about the hidden costs of the arts sector (from my Overland article #TearsForPeers). https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNL7tFWe/.

You can listen to our full conversation on your favourite podcast app or read the transcript at link in bio (or
thegarretpodcast.com/kate-larsen-on-poetry-state-arts-funding-online-world.)

#ArtsLeadership #RethinkingArtsLeadership #LessIsNecessary

My wrap-up of last month’s #VolumeSymposium about how to make Australia even more of a reading nation is now up on the @AustraliaReads website (https://australiareads.org.au/news/volume-wrap-up/).

#Reading #AustraliaReads #ArtsLeadership #RethinkingArtsLeadership #PayTheWriters #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Loved talking about application workload, peer renumeration and the hidden costs of arts funding during my recent chat with The Garret Podcast. Here’s a quick extract. Or you can listen to our full conversation on your favourite podcast app or read the transcript at link in bio. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSN1RnrRn/

#thegarretpodcast #garretpodcast #auslit #literarypodcast #ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership

Well, #TimGurner certainly derailed my vlog plans this week. My latest instalment of ‘and another thing’ is about our ongoing workforce crisis, the regressive nonsense of employers wanting to punish workers for standing up for their rights, and the one-year anniversary of my #LessIsNecessary campaign. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLErwQPr/

#ArtsLeadership #RethinkingArtsLeadership #TimGurner #FutureOfWork #Workforce #Burnout #DutyOfCare #SelfCare

My words, thoughts and ponderings for September include a link to my latest governance discussion, thoughts on why poetry has bad PR (and why you read more of it than you think), my recent interview with the Fremantle Shipping News and a rant about employers needing to read the room. Read/subscribe https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com.

#ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership #AustralianPoetry #PublicOpenSpace #TheSealeyChallenge #LessIsNecessary #RethinkingArtsLeadership #TimGurner #FutureOfWork #Burnout