Speed Networking

This year CAN is organising Speed Networking sessions. Our aim is to match creative producers, artists and arts workers with industry management, funders and artist mentors, so they can connect, share knowledge and expertise.

Alli Doherty

Creative Industry Lead | City of Fremantle

• Creative concept development – the what and why
• Producing and programming – where and how to present
• Investment and development – how to make it a reality, where the money is

Anna Reece

Artistic Director | Perth Festival

• Producing: festivals, site-specific work, large-scale work
• Multidisciplinary art forms
• Commissioning new work
• Creative producing
• Curation
• International touring

Carina McPherson

Art Curator | St John of God Health Care

• Visual artwork in unlikely settings – artwork curation for hospitals and health settings
• Artwork collection management for public and private collections
• Community and public engagement related to visual artwork
• Australian art history and Australian contemporary art
• Art and placemaking – interface of artwork, heritage and public space

Elizabeth Pedler

Executive Director | Spaced

• Small arts organising and maximising return from limited resources
• Leveraging partnerships to maximise impact
• Writing for grants – making your project sing to the panel
• Balancing childcare and professional practice
• Working with communities and finding the right people to connect with

Hannah Matthews

CEO | Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

• Visual art and performance
• Commissioning
• Collaboration
• Curatorial practice
• Artist development opportunities
• Learning

Kate Parker

Senior Principal, Social and Cultural | Element Advisory

• Public art commissioning and project management
• Artist business development
• Cultural infrastructure business planning and feasibility studies

Lilly Blue

Head of Learning and Creativity Research | Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA)

• Multigenerational participatory practice
• Arts learning
• Artist-led leadership
• Feminist curatorial practice
• Poetic pedagogies
• Slow practice 

Mandy Hawkhead

Arts Officer Cultural Development | City of Stirling

• Exhibitions and studios
• Festivals and events
• Community arts and cultural development
• Programming and judging
• Visual arts production

Marty Cunningham

Director Special Projects | Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport

• 35 years’ experience in the arts and community and cultural development, as both a manager and practitioner
• Overseeing WA Screen Industry Strategy and creative industries outcomes under Diversify WA
• Government arts policy and programming, research and investment, and general strategy
• Youth arts policy
• Performing arts practice (circus and physical theatre, community arts and cultural development)

Michelle White

Executive Producer | Community Arts Network

• 15 years' experience managing First Nations storytelling and projects
• 30 years’ experience in television, film, radio, print and digital media
• Partnerships, elevating legacy, stakeholder engagement, truth-telling and capacity building

Nikki Miller

Executive Director Creative Industries | Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport

• Working with government
• Strategic planning
• The creative industries ecosystem

Rachel Whitworth

Head of Programming | Perth Festival

• Producing
• Independent artists
• Commissioning

Zohar Spatz

Head of Community and Experimental Arts | Creative Australia

• Arts practice (community arts and cultural development, and experimental arts)
• Creative Australia opportunities and updates