Six years ago, when Perth-based arts manager June Moorhouse was asked to help WA arts organisation Community Arts Network (CAN) and their then General Manager Monica Kane negotiate a transition period following the long-term CEO’s departure, it was an organisation with an important purpose, but an unsustainable business model in the face of tightening government funding.
‘Our focus is on a just and inclusive Australia,’ Moorhouse explained. ‘And that means we focus in areas where people’s stories are less heard – or they are silenced, and they are not well represented in all the different facets of public life.’
