In October, the Adelaide Festival Centre hosted its Arts Leadership Program, a fully-funded, four-day intensive for arts workers from across the Asia Pacific region, including Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines. Coinciding with the OzAsia festival, the program saw 17 participants selected from a pool of 80 applications taking part.
Richard Ryan AO, instigator of the Arts Leadership Program, says the Asia Pacific focus is conscious and deliberate: ‘For too many years, Australians were far too Euro-centric’. He explains that, for the inaugural program, ‘It is definitely important to connect participants from the Asia Pacific, as we are part of this region… There has been a great crossover with the broad mix from our Australian arts centres and arts centres across Asia, and this has highlighted the importance of collaboration across our region.’
