Accepting your first board position in an arts organisation can be a great personal and professional achievement. Being a board member can offer you experience, exposure, significant professional development, and enable you to champion initiatives that are close to your heart. It demands commitment and enthusiasm and can be immensely rewarding.
‘Being a board member of an arts organisation is both a pleasure and a responsibility. The pleasure comes from associating with an organisation whose work you admire and enjoy, and helping to sustain and develop that work. The responsibility comes from meeting legal compliance requirements, and ensuring that organisational performance meets the expectations of the public and key stakeholders.’
