RAV in Residence: Diversify Your Practice and Build Your Audience

Join us at Birdsnest Artspace in Tallangatta on Thursday 26 November for a day of creative conversations, practical ideas and one-on-one support.

Kick off the day with an interactive workshop exploring ways to diversify your creative practice and build your audience. Then, stick around for a one-on-one chat with the RAV team to discuss your work, ask questions or explore an idea you’ve been mulling over.

Whether you’re an artist, maker, performer or creative leader, we’d love to meet you and hear what you’re working on.

When: Thursday 26 November, 10am–4pm
Where: Birdsnest Artspace, 19 Towong St, Tallangatta VIC
Who: Artists, makers, performers and creative leaders

Best of all, it’s FREE to attend, and lunch is provided! Bookings are essential.

10am–12pm | Workshop: Diversify Your Practice and Build Your Audience

Explore practical ways to expand your creative practice, connect with new audiences and discover opportunities for your work.

1pm–4pm | One-on-one chats with RAV

Have a question, an idea or a creative challenge you’d like to talk through? Book a one-on-one session with Jo Porter and Claire Miovich from the RAV team. It’s your chance to connect, share what you’re working on and get advice tailored to your needs.

Book a one-on-one chat here

Let’s get creative, make connections and grow your practice! We look forward to seeing you in Tallangatta.

Meet your facilitators:

Claire Miovich, RAV Communications and Development Coordinator
Claire has worked in marketing and communications across the not-for-profit arts sector for nearly two decades. Before joining RAV, she was Head of Marketing at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne. She brings broad experience across communications, administration, event coordination, partnership and relationship management and holds postgraduate qualifications in Arts Management and Museum Studies. Based in central Victoria since 2021, Claire is passionate about helping regional artists and arts organisations share their stories, promote their work and connect with wider audiences.

Jo Porter, RAV Chief Executive Officer 
A theatre producer and consultant in not-for-profit and commercial theatre, Jo was the Co-Producer of Victoria’s inaugural Regional Centre for Culture (2018) and has worked with independent artists as a producer and in mentorship roles. Other roles in Australia, UK and USA have included: CEO of the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Executive Producer of Malthouse Theatre, General Manager of a range of commercial theatre productions and head of creative development at Richard Frankel Productions in New York and Head of Business Development at Really Useful Group in London. A former Chair of Back to Back Theatre, Jo is the current Chair of Chamber Made.

This event is a partnership between Regional Arts Victoria and Towong Shire Council.