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Wesley Enoch on Indigenous cultural leadership

Members of Melbourne's artistic and Indigenous communities heard an inspiring speech from QTC's Artistic Director at the announcement of the British Council's ACCELERATE program.

4 Sep 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Speaking at Melbourne Museum on Thursday night, for the announcement of this year’s four recipients of the British Council’s 2014 ACCELERATE program for emerging cultural leaders in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Enoch spoke passionately about the ways Indigenous Australians can inspire the broader Australian community:

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts