A workshop with Ros Abercrombie
Wednesday 6th November 2024 | 1pm - 4pm (AEDT)
Online
Full Price: $120 / Concession: $80 

Join Regional Arts Australia's Executive Director, Ros Abercrombie, for an engaging 3-hour online workshop, Shifting the Model of Conferences. This workshop will question the systems in which we work with particular focus on event design and the tools required to host gatherings that are fit for purpose. Through a framework of co-design, the workshop themes will explore creating third spaces, gatherings that are a sum of their parts.

Workshop Themes:
· Event Design
· The Invitation
· Practice of care
· Ethics of Change

BOOK TICKETS

• Full Price: $120
• Concession: $80

Places are strictly limited to 20 attendees, so be sure to book your spot as soon as possible!

We also have a limited number of sponsored places available for those who may find the cost a barrier but would greatly benefit from attending. If this applies to you, please email us directly at events@regionalarts.com.au to inquire about sponsored tickets.

A word from Ros about the workshop:
'As we listen, observe, and engage with conversations around practice, place, and creativity, we are reminded to broaden our perspectives and challenge our ways of thinking. We must continuously question the tools and methods we bring to these dialogues and gatherings, always learning and adapting to a rapidly changing world. Our goal is to co-exist and co-create, developing 'third spaces' that respond meaningfully to both time and place.

I believe in maintaining a strong connection between academic thought and practical application. Cross-disciplinary approaches are key to deepening discussions and pushing conversations forward. There is immense potential for continuous learning, advocacy, reciprocity, and creativity.

The relationships between the social and cultural, the ideological and political, and the environmental and geographical are vital. The interplay between people and place is dynamic and multi-faceted, creating layers of meaning that evolve over time.

At Regional Arts Australia, we are particularly interested in how programs evolve - what drives their changes or keeps them consistent, how design and programming decisions are made, and what is included or left out. How can we generate and facilitate meaning both individually and collectively?'

About Ros: 
Ros has been working in the arts and creative industries for over 25 years working as a CEO, Creative Consultant, and Festival Director.

Currently engaged as the Executive Director (CEO) at Regional Arts Australia (RAA) a not for profit national organisation that is the voice for arts in regional Australia Ros facilitates cross–sector, multi arts and intergenerational connections across the creative industries. She works to advocate and support regional sustainability and implement learnings to engage new models.

Prior to her role at RAA, Ros worked as an independent Consultant and Festival Director. Ros was Program Director of Moomba Festival, for eight years, the Creative Director of the City of Melbourne NYE, CEO Shepparton Arts Festival, Director of the Taste of Tasmania alongside consulting with many local councils and independent organisations.

Ros’s qualifications include, Executive Education Yale School of Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management, Victoria University, BA Hons Social Anthropology, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London and is a graduate of AICD.