Speaker - SAMAG

Sam Watson-Wood

Administrator — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:07:17 +0000

Sam is a highly accomplished curator and creative producer with a diverse background spanning curation, programming, producing, strategy, development, and communication. Her extensive experience includes projects across Australia, Asia and the UK, where she has demonstrated expertise in artistic direction, partnership strategy, audience development, and the ideation and delivery of public programs as well as festival commissions. She has held key roles as the Executive Producer & Artistic Adviser at Performance Space, Festival Director of […]

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Samantha May Jones

Administrator — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:04:41 +0000

Samantha Jones is an experienced arts manager and fundraiser. She has worked across government funding, Australian and international philanthropy, international government agencies, government relations, corporate sponsorship as well as operations and governance. Samantha is currently Head of Development at Biennale of Sydney and Board Member at Australasian Dance Collective. She was previously Director of Development at Belvoir St, Co-Chair at The Red Rattler Theatre, Assistant Director at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, and Grants, […]

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Eden Tollis

Administrator — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:54:37 +0000

Eden has been working in fundraising for almost a decade, supporting higher education and arts organisations with achieving their visions. He is currently Head of Philanthropy at Sydney Film Festival, and sits on the Boards of the Inner City Legal Centre and Improv Theatre Sydney. He sees philanthropy as a way for people to connect and support incredible ideas. In a previous life, he was a producer of The Colour Orange, a musical about Pauline […]

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Nadia Odlum

Administrator — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:29:03 +0000

Nadia Odlum is a Sydney-based artist whose practice explores the material language and lived experience of urban space. They have completed numerous projects in the public realm, from short-term activations and temporary installations to permanent public artworks. Their work has been commissioned by councils such as City of Parramatta, Burwood Council, and the Sydney Olympic Parks Authority, and private developers through public art curators UAP and Guppy Art Management.

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Emma Fitzgerald

Administrator — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:55:29 +0000

Emma Fitzgerald is a qualified counsellor and registered Art Therapist with the Australian, New Zealand, and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA). She is dedicated to integrating non-verbal creative therapeutic interventions across various settings, strongly believing in the power of art to foster connection, creativity, and collaboration. Her practice spans a wide range of demographics, specializing in working with young people, individuals with complex trauma, NDIS clients, and those in rehabilitation, including drug and alcohol […]

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Ash King

Administrator — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:51:36 +0000

Ash King is a psychologist, writer/designer and the wellbeing content and programs lead at Support Act. After her life in the music industry came to a halt following a vocal injury, she’s now using psychology & mindfulness to help folks live their best lives with creativity, passion and purpose. She has worked across a range of creative fields, including film & tv, live music, visual arts and radio, and run workshops and talks for Amazon, […]

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Jill Bennett

Administrator — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:46:30 +0000

Jill Bennett Jill Bennett is Scientia Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow at UNSW. She is Founding Director of The Big Anxiety Festival; the Big Anxiety Research Centre [BARC]; and the Felt Experience & Empathy Lab [fEEL] at UNSW. Jill’s immersive media and public engagement projects explore the role of creativity and trauma-informed design in supporting mental and emotional health with a particular focus on lived experience of trauma and distress. Her team have […]

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Micha Reads Stars

Administrator — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 20:30:50 +0000

Micha (she/they) is a queer, Eora-based astrologer, artist and community peer worker, offering insights into how the stars align and what it means for you… Her readings act as a gateway between the planets and the person’s birth chart (the soul’s guidance map). With a deep understanding of astrology, she leads you through its nuances with playfulness and authenticity while inviting an open dialogue and intuitive interpretation.

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Lay the Mystic

Administrator — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:54:51 +0000

Lay the Mystic is a lyrical poet, musician and dedicated cubby-fort maker based in Eora. With a focus on exploring entanglements, his works are around intimacy, all things close being both a lens to understand societal or cultural issues, and a landscape to enact change.

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imbi aka Imbar Nassi

Administrator — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:49:58 +0000

imbi is a practicing mystic and multitudinous artist currently residing on unceded Gadigal Land. They are the founder of Word of Mouth: an evening of indulgence in vulnerable self expression and a frequent performer of poetry, performance art and music. imbi also offers tarot readings to assist people in observing internal dissonance and working toward resolve. Through all their creative channels imbi maintains a commitment to practicing magick, queerness and connection in spite of the […]

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