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MAXIMISING THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
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This Seminar will be held at The Brewery in London
On Friday 24th April 2009
Seminar reference AAC/235 |
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Biography:
Anne Bonnar
Advisor, consultant and developer in the arts, culture and creative industries.
Anne Bonnar specialises in working with artists and policy makers on strategic change and in designing and leading organisational change and development. She advises and works with national and local governments and public agency on cultural policy.
Anne's arts management career in Scotland and in London includes periods with organisations during periods of strong artistic development, including the Almeida, Young Vic, Riverside Studios, Citizens' and Traverse Theatres. As General Manager of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, she led the transformation of Scotland's theatre for new writing from being a membership club in a back alley to a fully public theatre in a new home.
In 1991 she co-founded Bonnar Keenlyside an internationally respected arts and cultural management consultancy and led and collaborated on projects with a wide range of artists and creative enterprises at local, national and international level, public and private.
Anne specialises in designing and developing new business models including for large, national institutions like the Abbey Theatre Dublin to the community based like the Eastgate in Peebles and regional venues such as the Dukes in Lancaster. She is currently developing Creative Community Companies a new model for community cultural governance in the 21st century.
During 2008 she led was the Transition Director for Creative Scotland, the proposed new public body for the arts and culture encompassing the creative industries. This role involved the exploration, articulation and development of Creative Scotland's roles and relationships and the design of its operating model and organisational structure.
She was a trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland 2002 -2010 and was a founding director of the National Theatre of Scotland.
Anne mentors a wide range of creative individuals and organisations from textile designers to film festivals and provided Critical Friend Services to CEOs, boards and top teams. She blogs at 21st century culture .
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