BLAKDANCE
2014 | current | Brisbane - National General Manager; this position encompasses the financial planning, managing and governance steering of BlakDance: Industry body for contemporary Indigenous dance.
AUSTRALIAN PERFORMING ARTS MARKET
2013/14 | Brisbane, AU | Appointed as the Executive Producer of the inaugural APAM in Brisbane, Jane led the cultural shift for Australia and the region’s largest arts market after 12 years in Adelaide. With the largest delegation in its history, as well as the first time APAM was spread over the city in multiple venues, APAM 2014 offered delegates a unique experience of Brisbane as a cultured destination whilst showcasing the best of Australia’s small to medium performing arts companies and artists. VITALSTATISTIX CONTEMPORARY ARTS
2008/2009 | Adelaide | Creative Producer. Jane joined Vitals at a time when Australian theatre – how it is made, how it is presented and how it is funded – was in flux. Under Jane’s leadership and responding to these changes, Vitals forged ahead into a new era focused on providing a supportive creative hub for independent artists to produce new work and broad cultural activity.
DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE & GARRMALANG FESTIVAL
2014 | Darwin, AU | Engaged as an arts strategy consultant, Jane worked alongside the Festival Creative Producer, researching an audience development plan and undertaking first stage research for the inaugural Garrmalang Festival. The Festival consolidated relationships with the local community and the Larrakia Nation, providing employment pathways and opportunities for the sale of local art, whilst creating a legacy for the community, audience and artists. Jane’s work assisted in creating a solid foundation on which the Festival can achieve its goals and objectives. |
MICRO GALLERIES
2015 | Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia | Micro Galleries goes into the local haunts of Denpasar. BALI! Renowned by foreigners as a fantastic places to relax, unwind and chill, MG is instead going to hit places most visitors don’t often see and bring it to the attention of art and street art fans everywhere. Connecting international and local Balinese artists we will hopefully see some new collaborations, new work and of course some new awareness about Denpasar and its community. OZFEST INDONESIA 2014 Dept. Foreign Affairs
2013/14 | Indonesia Associate Producer. A cultural diplomacy strategy to support bilateral trade and cultural understanding through a festival of Australian arts, culture, science, innovation, sport, design and food across Indonesia for the DFAT program of Country Focus.
UBUD WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL
2011/12 | Indonesia | Executive Producer for the 2011 & 2012 Festivals. Planning, managing and evaluation of this yearly event that spans 57 venues across Ubud, Bali and satellite events across the Indonesian Archipelago. The EP oversaw strategic delivery of the Festival including programming, marketing, ticketing, financial, management of staff and stakeholders. SAPU | TUK
2010 | Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Arts Business Advisor. Sapu is a collective of creative friends; designers, sewers, recyclists, artists, musicians, scientists and writers, most of whom come from either central Java in Indonesia or Australia.
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ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2006/07/08/09
Creative Producer for Adelaide Fringe - drive the expanding and newly annual Adelaide Fringe (2007 first annual) into a new model of empowering the artist, producers, presenters and venues into an exciting and complex platform for the international and national arts community. HONG KONG FRINGE CLUB
2010/11 | Hong Kong | ASIALINK Arts Resident
BIG WEST ARTS FESTIVAL
2007 | Melbourne | Producer. Big West Festival is the leading community-based, contemporary arts festival in Melbourne’s West. A biennial festival, Big West stages high quality, cutting edge, multi-cultural and multi-artform events in the venues, cultural sites and suburban streets of the western suburbs, matching places and people in unexpected ways.
National Institute of Dramatic Art
2011 | Sydney, AU | Course Developer
NORPA (NORTHERN RIVERS PERFORMING ARTS)
2016 - current | Lismore, Northern NSW, AU Head of Programming for the annual season of NORPA and Lismore City Hall.
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