Boards doing better | Be an ally for arts governance | Free ebook of The Relationship is the Project
Welcome to my words, thoughts and ponderings. This enews includes the second instalment of my Rethinking Arts Governance report, my awkward entry into Patreon (including an introductory offer for new patrons), and a free ebook of The Relationship is the Project.
NEW: Boards can do better (Bad, better and beyond best practice - Part 2) — larsenkeys.com.au
Australian arts governance is the ultimate expression of ‘one size fits all’ (even though it clearly doesn’t). Yes, the model is broken. No, we can’t really fix it yet. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make the best of a bad situation. Check out Part 2 of my report from AICSA's Bad, Better and Beyond Best Practice event.
NEW: Looking for allies to rethink arts governance (Patreon) — www.patreon.com
I am reducing my client workload in 2023 in order to write. If my work (or this enews) has been of value to you, I'd appreciate you supporting me to rethink arts governance (from just $2.50/m). Plus, if you become a patron before the end of 2022, I'll prescribe you a personal Summer Reading List based on genres and/or topics of your choice.
Updates
The Relationship is the Project is now a FREE ebook — therelationshipistheproject.com
As the first print run of The Relationship is the Project has now sold out, we are thrilled to announce it's now available as a FREE ebook.
Bad news Boards (video) — larsenkeys.com.au
The summary video from Part 1 of my Rethinking Arts Governance event (Bad News Boards) with the Arts Industry Council of SA is now online.
Bracing for the loss of Twitter, which has been intrinsic and instrumental to my digital poetry practice, I'm now tooting over at Mastodon too.
#LessIsNecessary
Junior staff are finding better contracts, senior staff are burning out: the arts are losing the war for talent — theconversation.com
"While 'quiet quitting' gets media airtime, others in the sector are asking arts workers to embrace the mantra of 'less is necessary'."
Jennifer Mills on Unnatural Being blog — www.jenjen.com.au
"We cannot keep working the way we were before; we have a duty to resist the extractive capitalist methodologies that push us into ever longer hours and ever greater asks."
Laurie Steed on Instagram — www.instagram.com
"We've carried so much, and have been given a 'get on with it' mentality that's in no way as viable as it once was. That push to do needs to be replaced by deep self-compassion, patience, and acknowledgement that everyone is doing it a bit tough right now."