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Top 3 tips for emerging arts managers

With many in the sector working in administrative roles, we’ve asked arts leaders from Darwin to Hobart and Perth to Sydney to offer advice for those at the beginning of their careers.

11 Feb 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Tracks Dance Company’s In Your Blood at the 2018 Darwin Festival. (L-R) Cassandra Wallace, Kristi Renfrey, Clarice Campos, Jess Green (standing), Anokai Susi, Kylie Innes, Alicia Smith and Madeleine Brown. Photo credit: Duane Preston.

A career in arts management straddles two worlds, blending business nous with creative flair. Here, arts managers from around the country – from a Darwin dance company and a regional performing arts centre to a major Tasmanian festival – offer career tips to help you on your way.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts