victorian association of performing arts centres

The new manager at the Clocktower Centre at Moonee Ponds is to start 21/7. Maria Tence has been appointed as the new Manager Arts and Culture.Maria was previously, Manager Community Exhibitions, at the Immigration Museum and has extensive experience in projects and programs within the heritage and cultural sector.Her recent responsibilities included exhibitions, festivals, programming, facility redevelopments, strategic planning and managing service providers.Maria will bring to Moonee Valley a strong network with the arts and cultural community, a sound knowledge of strategy and policy development and particular strengths with the engagement of culturally diverse communities

Auspicious Arts Seminars Program for 2010 has just been released. Great opportunities to network and build knowledge at reasonable prices

Program

Inaugural Australian Technical Manager's Summit to be held at Integrate - Sydney 24-26th August 2010

Details

HotHouse General Manager and VAPAC Deputy Chair, Bernadette Haldane is a 2010 Churchill Fellow -looking at sustainable theatre practice in the UK, CANADA and USA and will be gone for 2 or so months at the end of the year into 2011.

We are delighted for Bernie and the industry as a whole and congratulate her!

APACA Annual Conference/Long Paddock September 13- 16 2010 at MTC Melbourne. "Passionate Perspectives"  - loads of great speakers, relevant and useful information, heaps of networking opportunities. As acknowledgement of the growing partnership between APACA & VAPAC, APACA is kindly offering VAPAC Members who are not APACA members, a substantially discounted rate to attend the full APACA conference, so you can experience, first hand, one of the key benefits of being an APACA member. Registrations now open

Conference Outline

IMPORTANT PHUNKTIONAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

In wishing the company every success, Minerva Draeger states: 'It has been an honour and privilege to work with the company, its enthusiastic

Phunktional is a nationally recognised, not-for-profit organisation with partnerships in government, arts, health, youth, community, and the private sector.

After two years as General Manager of Phunktional, Minerva Draeger will be leaving the company mid-June. On behalf of the Phunktional Board, I would like to publicly acknowledge Minerva for her commitment to the company and to thank her for her contribution to the Phunktional family.

I would also like to welcome Winneth Sotingo as Acting General Manager of Phunktional, bringing a valuable combination of internationally acquired expertise in business, financial and human resource management to our team, with additional skills in publishing and design.  He can be contacted at gm@phunktional.org.au. Mark Crees - Chair of the Board of Directors of Phunktional Ltd.

South Australian Government Performing Arts Venues Audit makes interesting reading

Download

Gail Frost appointed as the Geelong Gallery's Education Officer

Gail Frost has a rich and diverse background in education in both the Victorian State Secondary School and private school system. She has taught Art, Studio Art, and Visual Communication at senior levels, and Art, Visual Communication, Photography, Ceramics, Multi Media and Studies of Asia at junior levels. Gail has been an Executive member of Art Education Victoria and Asia Education Foundation, Network Leader for the Visual and Performing Arts.

In 1999 she was awarded Victorian Asian Educator of the year for her work in Visual Arts and cross-curriculum initiatives. This was recognition for her constant endeavour to improve student learning and outcomes through relevant and interesting curriculum that meets the needs of individual differences.

Gail has written teacher resources for both Film Australia, Australian Packaging Council and Curriculum Corporation and is currently working as a mediator for Intuitive Media - Superclubs plus Australia, a Safe Social Learning Community for Children.

Gail can be contacted at the Geelong Gallery on Tuesday and Thursday.

Millions announced for Entertainment Centre revamp

The Warrnambool’s Entertainment Centre redevelopment project has received a $2.16 million funding boost from the Rudd Government.

The redevelopment will cost a total of $8.8 million and will see the 26-year-old building completely redeveloped to provide modern facilities. Improvements will include:

• an enlarged foyer and café
• new seating a new smaller, intimate theatre to compliment that main theatre
• improved access including an elevator
• upgrading all technical equipment
• improving amenities including the loading dock, green room dressing rooms and toilets

Warrnambool City Council chief executive Bruce Anson said funding from the Federal Government would ensure the Entertainment Centre was redeveloped to a standard that would provide great benefits to the Warrnambool community and artists who use the facility.

Mr Anson hoped the project would support local arts and community organisations and increase local participation in the performing arts.

The redeveloped Entertainment Centre is expected to attract a greater range of entertainers to the city and draw visitors from a wider area.

The revitalisation is expected to boost annual ticket sales by about 30,000 and the new facility will host up to 300 community functions per year. The construction phase of the project is expected to generate more than $3 million for the local economy. It will also provide an additional 8 jobs once the project is complete

The funding is part of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, which is delivering a record $1 billion for nearly 5,000 projects across the nation.

FUNDING FOR NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE IN WODONGA

The Rudd Labor Government will provide $3 million to construct a new Community Arts and Entertainment Centre in Wodonga.

The City of Wodonga project will demolish the current Wodonga Civic Centre and build a modern facility worth a total of $9.3 million. The centre will position Wodonga as a regional hub for the performing arts, with the potential to bring leading artists and major events to the region.

The project will also foster local arts and community organisations arts and increase local participation in the performing arts.

The project is expected to construct a new centre with a flat floor auditorium, stage, courtyard, meeting room, foyer, staff office, box office, store rooms, dressing rooms, green room and loading docks.

It will also include environmentally friendly design features using natural light, air-conditioning with occupancy monitoring, rainwater harvesting and thermally efficient design.

The funding is part of our Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, which is delivering a record $1 billion for nearly 5,000 projects across the nation.