Social disadvantage - SAMAG https://www.samag.org/topics/social-disadvantage/ Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group Wed, 24 May 2023 14:13:26 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 Making Space for Culture https://www.samag.org/sydney-arts-event/making-space-for-culture/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.samag.org/sydney-arts-event/making-space-for-culture/ Making Space for Culture: How the city’s cultural and property sectors can help solve the creative space shortage A significant decline in available space for the cultural and creative industries is one of the biggest challenges to cities across the world. Sydney is no exception: we are rapidly losing our creative spaces, pushing the creative economy out of the property market or out of the city altogether. Between 2012 and 2017, the City of Sydney […]

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]]> Beyond Artistic Borders And Into The Future https://www.samag.org/beyondbordersfelicitycastagna/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:36:30 +0000 https://www.samag.org/?p=2586 The Writing and Society Research CentreCross-artform collaboration and its potential to foster new audiences and innovative practices for writers and storytellers. This is an extract from a seminar held at The Writing and Society Research Centre, WSU on August 13, which featured the writers and cross-disciplinary artists Marian Abboud, Felicity Castagna, Sheila Ngoc Pham and Emma Saunders. Words by Felicity Castagna In artistic disciplines such as the visual and performing arts collaborations between artists working […]

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]]> Racism in the arts – reform or revolution? https://www.samag.org/sydney-arts-event/racism-in-the-arts-reform-or-revolution/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:30:00 +0000 https://www.samag.org/sydney-arts-event/racism-in-the-arts-reform-or-revolution/ Anti-Asian sentiment sparked by Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter movement and questions of ongoing racism in the screen and cultural sectors have all created headlines in this crazy year of 2020.

What is the role and responsibility of the creative sector in the fight for racial justice? How can arts and cultural organisations work with Indigenous peoples, people of colour and minority groups in ways that transcend mere gesture and symbolism?

When do we ‘call out’ and when do we ‘call-in’ individuals and organisations? As activists, artists, community members and leaders, should we take the path of reform or instead dismantle the structures that persist in excluding, silencing and harming?

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]]> Giving Voice to The Word https://www.samag.org/sydney-arts-event/internationalising-your-arts-career/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:15:00 +0000 http://host.jaladesign.com/~samag/sydney-arts-event/internationalising-your-arts-career-copy/ This SAMAG event in Parramatta is a bit different. Firstly, we are presenting it in partnership with Westwords which champions and celebrates the stories of the people, places and cultures of Western Sydney. Secondly, we’ll be starting with live performances from our exceptionally talented line-up of Western Sydney slam poets and writers. Writing in Western Sydney is BIG right now, and if you haven’t sat in a room and felt the energy radiating from a […]

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