#a11yArts: International Creative Leadership Series with Arts Access Victoria CEO Caroline Bowditch - From Disabled Dancer to Australian Arts Leadership

Join Touch Compass for the third webinar in our fabulous series #a11yArts: International Creative Leadership Series featuring change agent Caroline Bowditch, who has helped to transform many international organisations into disability-led entities.

Caroline will speak on her journey through the arts, and across the globe, from being a disabled dancer to a place of incredible leadership, touching on disability/ collective consciousness and access discussions. She will speak about how one leads and interacts with the arts community as a disabled person and a disabled leader, with examples of her work and experience along the way.

There will be plenty of time at the end of the kōrero for Q&A to ask more questions about leadership, mentoring international organisations and Caroline's experience in disability arts!

This webinar will be New Zealand Sign Language interpreted.

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About Caroline Bowditch -

After 16 years living and working in the UK, Caroline returned to Australia in July 2018 to take up the role as CEO at Arts Access Victoria. She is best known as a performer, maker, teacher, speaker, and mosquito buzzing in the ears of the arts industry in the UK and further afield.

Caroline is a regular consultant on access and inclusion internationally, and has also led international residencies in Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. She is regularly invited to mentor local, national, and international artists at all levels of their artistic development. With the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, Caroline took part in the prestigious CEO Leadership course at Harvard Business School in 2019- 2020.

Under Caroline’s leadership AAV has developed key partnerships with major arts and cultural organisations, strengthened AAV’s financial position and transformed AAV into a disability-led organization at every level of operation.