CURIOUSWORKS’ EMERGING ARTISTIC DIRECTORATE

This year CuriousWorks were very excited to introduce our first Emerging Artistic Directorate. Congratulations to Amira Halabi, Zoe Tomaras, Saarah Hanif and Sandra May.

The Artistic Directorate is a group of four Curious Creators who are undertaking leadership and professional development training over 12 months, through project-based creative work. During this time they will gain a good understanding of artistic, programming and operational matters, and will be encouraged to take a leadership role in shaping CuriousWorks’ artistic vision for 2022/ 2023.

To kick start the program CuriousWorks staff and the new Emerging Artistic Directorate went on a listening and leadership retreat to Katoomba, in June - just before Sydney Lockdown 2.0 hit. The directorate was led in a gentle leadership workshop process, facilitated by artist Rajni Shah. Across the weekend, we held space for listening, learning and reflecting.

The directorate program is designed to foster personal and creative growth, mentor participants in a facilitation practice that aligns with their values and topics they care about, share knowledge about the nitty-gritty operational and management aspects of running a small/ medium arts organization, and generally nurture the capacity of the directorate as artistic cultural leaders.

Check the link to learn more about our first Emerging Artistic Directorate!