marcus westbury

WHY don’t we see teething problems coming when we build a new cultural centre? There is something strangely familiar about events at the Melbourne Recital Centre last week. A major new cultural centre opens and soon finds itself over budget. Programs are slashed, directors are accused of mismanagement and recriminations begin among former allies. It’s [...]

I was asked recently by the folks at the Department Of Culture and the Arts in WA to take part in a forum about “Creative People” as part of their process to develop an “Umbrella Policy Framework” for the state. I thought it might be useful to post the notes here that i made for [...]