Accessible Arts

Access Ideas and Insights: Co-Design in Practice

Our upcoming Access Ideas and Insights panel examines co-design as a creative process when artists lead the development of new work.

Artist Talks

Event Details

Category

Artist Talks

Event Starts

Aug 10, 2026 15:00

Event Ends

Aug 10, 2026 04:15

Venue

The Neilson at ACO On The Pier

Location

suite 3/13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point NSW 2000, Australia

From Songsmiths to Milk Crate Theatre, the panel showcases different approaches to co-design, highlighting how collaborative practice can shape creative processes, artistic outcomes and community development through meaningful engagement, connection and shared ownership.

Panellists include Felicity Nicol (Senior Artistic Associate at Milk Crate Theatre), Irene Zhong (Composer and Singer-Songwriter) and Leila Harris (Composer, Songwriter and Musician). This event will be MC’d be Dr Jessica Olivieri (Co-Artistic Director of Utp).

Together, speakers will discuss how ideas are shaped, negotiated and sometimes challenged through collaboration, and how authorship and decision-making are shared across artists, communities and organisations.

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