With more than 25 years of experience in the arts and adjacent industries, as well as her role as Melbourne’s ‘Night Mayor’ (Chair of City of Melbourne Night-Time Economy Advisory Committee), Penny Miles shares with ArtsHub her views as to where the arts are next heading, and offers advice for those who want to make the most out of the opportunity…
Many working in the arts would have felt how the fog has lifted in the sector this year. There hasn’t been the usual buffer of a slow January/February – instead, it has felt like a dive straight into the deep end with a calendar chock-full of events, programming, performances and major announcements, most notably in the launch of the National Cultural Policy, aptly titled ‘Revive’.