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Introducing Siobhan Waterhouse! PR and publicity extraordinaire and one of our experts for Market Your Arts Off! ⚡️

Siobhan is a senior PR practitioner with over two decades of experience in publicity; corporate, marketing and internal communications; events; digital and social media; issues management and crisis communications.

She has worked extensively across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia as a freelance communications consultant and publicist for arts, entertainment, and events. Siobhan managed the publicity for Auckland Arts Festival, Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival, Auckland Theatre Company, Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival, Tauranga Jazz Festival, and Kia Mau Festival… Just to name a few!

But that’s not all! In regards to individual projects, Siobhan has managed publicity for over 180 theatre productions, including 20+ major musicals, countless dance works, and classical music events.

Here’s a testimonial from her website:

“Siobhan is the hardest working publicist I know- always working to discover new angles, pitch great ideas and support our projects with energy, insight and a fantastic sense of what makes a good story.”

…and we couldn’t agree more! 😍

We are so excited to have her join us for Market Your Arts Off.

Limited places available! Register now at the link in our bio ⚡️

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT! 🚨

Ready to take your arts marketing to the next level? You’re in luck! MARKET YOUR ARTS OFF is back! ⚡️

Starting on Monday 4 November, we’ve got some amazing experts from across Aotearoa and Australia to guide you through the course. Think arts publicity strategies, content creation, templates, ticketing tactics, and more! It’s 2 weeks full of insights, skills, creativity and community.

This course is tailored specifically for creative practitioners and builds on your previous experience of marketing productions for future success. Here’s some feedback from our inaugural course:

“I think the entire thing is a game changer. There is nothing else (or nothing that I've seen) that provides this access to relevant industry people and knowledge. It’s so workable as well!"

DETAILS
Dates: 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th & 15th November
Time: 7pm each night for max of 2 hours
Cost: $300+GST

Register now at our link in bio or drop into our DM’s if you want to know more⚡️

Kia ora wonderful creatives!

This Friday August 16th, join us for a special evening designed to bring our community together. We’re hosting an informal “after work” get-together at the Basement Makers Space, nestled conveniently between Q Theatre and Tanuki’s Cave.

🕔 Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Basement Makers Space

In light of the recent funding results announced on Monday [plus previous results] we understand there might be mixed feelings about the future. Let’s counterbalance any industry mamae [hurt] with some collective care and support. This evening is all about reconnecting, sharing a drink, and simply enjoying each other’s company.

Come along to unwind, chat, and celebrate the strength of our creative community. No agendas, just a space to be together, to support one another, and to strengthen our collective bonds.

We look forward to seeing you there for some casual kai, camaraderie, and good vibes.

Bring a plate, a snack, maybe some soda pop and good vibes!

Any questions, please send us a DM!

Do you have any friends who received funding this week? 🎉

Make sure you give everyone their flowers 💐across the next few days because they absolutely deserve to be celebrated and uplifted for their brains and creativity. Even though there’s a lot of mamas in our communities at the moment because of these decisions, please know it’s not a reflection on your or your ideas.

We can’t wait to see how these kaupapa all come together over the next 12 months, and we’re looking forward to reflecting over Matariki to see how we can support creatives going into the new rounds in August.

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How long does it take for you to organise a dinner out with friends? 👀

Incredibly, this dinner took 6 months of scheduling and rescheduling because of all our different kaupapa and lives but I am so excited we were able to meet for several reasons!

Not only did we come together to wānanga about how our individual Regeneration Fund kaupapa are going, we also covered a huge range of topics from arts sustainability, what career pipelines exist (or don’t exist) for arts managers in Aotearoa, swapped intel on funding, equity updates, upcoming opportunities. We talked 5 year plans and strategy and how we can support one another, from pets, pies and partners and cultural loads on us and our community leaders.

It’s hard to believe this was the first time we had all met together! 😂🫣

But this is EXACTLY what VOLT is for. To connect with other producers going through the same things as you, to lean on people for support, to sense check decisions, and I absolutely loved the first of many catch ups with these two epic producers.

, producer of , has been guiding 26 incredible producers in training across a programme supporting Asian, Black and Middle Eastern creatives, working alongside and Alif Theatre. They have found 17 organisations to provide placements for them to put their learnings into practice 🤯💪 WOWWWW!

And our good friend from is the kaitiaki of He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, an internship programme supporting the development of Māori producers with full time employment and guiding them through processes of venue producing and project holding through on the ground learning ✨🤌🏽

It’s so exciting meeting and speaking with other people dedicated to upskilling, sharing knowledge, resource and dismantling systems that don’t work for our communities anymore. There’s much to talk about but lots to celebrate and I look forward to future collaborations and support networks for our independent sector going forward!

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Want to celebrate a mid-career performing arts worker? 🎉

The FAME Mid Career Awards close tomorrow! You're a quick Google form away to champion someone who has been working away hard for the past 10+ years in our sector.

Tag someone who deserves a nomination below! 👇🏽

JUST LOOK AT THIS LINE UP 🔥

We’re so excited for our inaugural Market Your Arts Off course and just take a look at this power house tutor line up we have for you!

The modules will include:
✨ Arts Marketing Strategy & Planning -
✨ Content Strategy -
✨ Content Planning -
✨ Content Creation -
✨ Ticketing Strategies - .rebecca
✨ Arts Publicity - siobhan_waterhouse

So what are you waiting for? The course runs from 13th May to 23rd May - head to our website to find out more 👇🏽
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