Arts Management, Consulting and Training

Welcome to my world of arts and culture, boards and management, leadership and planning.

I’ve managed radio stations, a theatre company, dance companies and an arts lobbying organisation. I’ve been on the boards of companies in the arts but also in superannuation. As well as being on boards, I’ve reviewed boards and helped them become more effective. I’ve been on advisory and funding committees for governments. I’ve taught post-graduate arts and cultural management as well as management and communication for those in other industries. I’ve been a strategic planning facilitator and an organisational reviewer. And I’ve written Australia’s only cultural management text book: The A to Z of Arts Management.

After now, after decades of managing arts and cultural organisations and teaching others how to do so, I’m almost settling into retirement. But not quite….

I’m still interested in helping any organisation that has a challenge.

I’m an arts manager, a trainer, a facilitator, a planner, a consultant, a mentor.  I’m willing to travel to where you are – Australia or overseas.

I’ve chosen to work in the creative industries because I believe passionately in the importance of the arts to a community. I’m not an artist but I am someone who understands the creative process and the type of organisation and leadership you need to ensure the best chance of fulfilling an artistic vision. I’m also someone who believes in the importance of education and sharing ideas with the next generation.

If you have some arts management, consulting or training you’d like me to do, please contact me.

NEWS

9 April 2020

The new edition of The A to Z of Arts Management has been published by Routledge and is now available in e-book, paperback and hard back. For more information check: https://www.routledge.com/The-A-to-Z-of-Arts-Management-Reflections-on-Theory-and-Reality-2nd-Edition/Tonks/p/book/9780367351397 .