Have Your Say: UNE Creative Industries Regional Consultation
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Have Your Say: UNE Creative Industries Regional Consultation
What should Creative Industries education look like in the New England North West?
Arts North West is supporting the University of New England (UNE) to explore the feasibility of future Creative Industries offerings, delivered online and in person through UNE Tamworth.
As part of this process, we’re inviting artists, musicians, performers, writers, filmmakers, designers, makers, creative businesses, arts and cultural organisations, educators, employers, students, local government and community members to join us for a face-to-face consultation in Tamworth.
This is your opportunity to sit around the table, share your experiences and help UNE better understand what our region needs.
What will we talk about?
The facilitated conversation will explore:
skills and training gaps across the regional creative sector
what people need to build sustainable creative careers
potential course content and learning opportunities
flexible and accessible ways to study in regional communities
employment, enterprise and career pathways
practical learning, placements and industry partnerships
how UNE can connect with the artists, organisations and creative businesses already working across our region
what would encourage people to study Creative Industries without having to leave the region.
You don't need to currently work in the creative industries to participate. Prospective students, career changers and anyone interested in developing creative skills or strengthening our region's creative sector are encouraged to attend.
Come along, have your say and help ensure the voices and experiences of the New England North West are part of shaping future Creative Industries education.
Lineup
Lauren Mackley
Lauren Mackley is the Executive Director of Arts North West and an experienced arts leader, facilitator, artist and community engagement practitioner with extensive knowledge of the New England North West creative sector. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Contemporary Visual Art and Education (Secondary) and is currently undertaking postgraduate study in museums and collections at Deakin University. She has also completed training in the Art of Hosting, a participatory approach to facilitating meaningful conversations, collaborative learning and collective decision-making. Her professional experience spans arts administration, cultural development, education, local government, strategic planning and regional creative-sector development. Lauren has facilitated community and stakeholder consultations for Gunnedah Shire Council, Tamworth Regional Council and Arts North West, helping organisations translate community knowledge, lived experience and regional priorities into meaningful strategies and practical actions. Her local government work included consultation and relationship-building with First Nations communities and was recognised through the Leo Kelly OAM Arts and Culture Award. Lauren will facilitate the Creative Industries offering consultation between the University of New England and the regional creative sector. She will guide discussions, encourage open and equitable participation, and ensure the experiences and priorities of artists, arts workers, organisations, educators and community members are clearly captured.
Sam Holmans Thompson – Associate Lecturer UNE
Sam is an Associate Lecturer at the University of New England. She has been tasked with the development of a new Creative Industries offering. Sam holds a master’s degree in film, is currently studying for her PhD, and lectures in Digital Content Creation and Writing for Stage and Screen. Her research interests include ontology of the image, film as cultural artefact and the social practice contexts of our engagement with the moving image, particularly the contrast between institutional and cultural settings. Sam came to academia after a long career working in media and creative industries marketing and film production. Sam has worked for renowned global media companies including Emap, National Geographic Television and Film, and Discovery Networks Europe. Her production credits span a variety of shorts, feature films and scripted drama series, including Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories for Sky Arts (2016), alongside producing a range of social media broadcasts, narrative and performance music videos for bands signed to independent labels under the Beggars Group record company. Sam will be supporting Lauren to facilitate the consultation; synthesising knowledge gained from the community to inform the University of New England’s new Creative Industries offering for the Tamworth campus.
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