Kate Larsen

Kate Larsen (she/her) is a writer, arts and cultural consultant with more than 25 years’ experience in the non-profit, government and cultural sectors in Australia, Asia and the UK. @KateLarsenKeys.

Kate Larsen's Latest Articles

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Opinions & Analysis

Are Australia’s arts governance models setting us up to fail?

The actions of Adelaide Festival’s former board prompt important questions about the governance of statutory authority arts boards.

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Opinions & Analysis

Bendigo Writers Festival 2025: why we cancelled our panel

33 writers have cancelled their appearances at Bendigo Writers Festival in protest over a last-minute request to sign a ‘self-censoring’…

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Opinions & Analysis

AI and arts governance

Generative AI promises much in arts, cultural and non-profit governance. But beware, there are pitfalls ahead...

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Opinions & Analysis

Organisational ethics: walking the talk

With artists and companies in crisis, ArtsHub shares some tips on how to move values from the page into practice…

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Book review: In Bed with Animals, Bronwyn Lovell

Lived experience of gender discrimination in poetic form.

Opinions & Analysis

National Cultural Policy revives unfamiliar hope

Is Revive a game-changer or simply a starting point? Whichever it is, the arts sector can now at least feel…

Career Advice

What does ‘less is necessary’ look like?

Arts organisations and Boards need to move from a ‘less is more’ to ‘less is necessary’ mindset. Kate Larsen outlines…

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Features

Post-COVID or post-burnout: less is necessary

Australian’s artists and arts workers are at breaking point, says Kate Larsen, with sector-wide burnout, It’s time to address the…

Features

Bad news Boards

Last year, Kate Larsen asked our sector to imagine a radically different structure for its arts Boards – or a…

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Opinions & Analysis

Resetting our arts boards

At the Reset Conference in Adelaide, Kate Larsen asked the sector to imagine a radically different structure for our arts…