Writer and curator Esther Anatolitis is Director of Regional Arts Victoria and a passionate advocate for the arts. Her practice rigorously integrates professional and artistic modes of working to create collaborations, projects and workplaces that promote a critical reflection on practice.
Her past leadership roles span craft and design, literary arts, multicultural arts, public art, festivals, and old and new media. She is a board member of ACMI and Contemporary Arts Precincts, a trustee of the Australian Children’s Theatre Foundation, and Chair of Elbow Room Productions. Esther fosters sector-wide arts networks with a Victorian focus. Her work is widely published and translated, and she also serves on the Programming Committee of the Melbourne Writers Festival.