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fastBREAK
On 18 May join us for an early fastBREAK, in association with the Sydney Writers' Festival, exploring the theme ‘Epic’.
'Epic' tells the tales of creation and the narrative that follows through the stories of success and misfortune of our guest speakers. Hear from young creatives and entrepreneurs and learn how they started their ‘something’ new and sparked a new sense of creativity in the innovation process for their respective fields.Hear from:
Kate Middleton, Sydney’s first City Poet. A Canberra-born poet and musician, Kate was selected out of over 70 applications and gained a 12-month appointment, supported by Arts NSW in partnership with the UTS Centre for New Writing. In her time, she will produce 6 ‘ekphrastic’ poems reflecting on Sydney’s iconic artworks and artists. She will be responsible for delivering workshops and seminars to students, poets and the general public, and provide mentoring to aspiring metropolitan and regionally-based poets.
Catherine Keenan, co-founder and executive director of the Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing centre for kids that opened in Redfern in 2012. She was formerly a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald, where she was an arts writer and literary editor.
Dr Avnesh Ratnanesan, or ‘Avi’, a man of many talents. He is an innovative entrepreneur, passionate about merging the world of screen and the digital era with his company Araya Pictures. He is also an award-winning filmmaker and actor with a global vision. Avi speaks about his knowledge and experience in the creative industries, digital and uniquely - 'Mobile Movies' - a concept realized through Mobile Screenfest, the first mobile film in Australia.
Kate Anderson, a lover of the arts, studied at the Queensland University of Technology, graduating with a major in Creative Industries: Drama. After taking some time to travel, she returned to Brisbane, to work at Performance Frontiers, an organisational development consultancy. With a great desire to enter into arts management and creative producing, Kate moved to Sydney in 2011 for a Position with Opera Australia as the Project Coordinator of Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Traviata.
Joshua Capelin, a ‘pure nature boy’. Independent branded content maker, bicycle film festival producer and new ventures dude. Currently managing new coworking space, Homework, Josh also produces branded content for Onitsuka Tiger AUS, while working on several new digital and product ventures involving travel, leisure, lifestyle, sports and adventure concepts. One of these is Find the Wind, and it's his first documentary series.
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