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Digital Upskilling: AI for Creative Practitioners

Administrator — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000

Artificial Intelligence can feel overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. In this two-hour online masterclass, Kartini Ludwig, founder of Kopi Su Studio and an emerging thought leader in creative AI, will demystify AI for creative practitioners and arts professionals. We’ll start by demystifying what AI is, how it’s being used, and the ethical concerns of this technology. Then, Kartini will map the current landscape of AI tools and demonstrate how they can streamline […]

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Digital Upskilling: Spreadsheets

Administrator — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:00:00 +0000

A practical masterclass designed especially for arts managers who want to take their spreadsheet skills to the next level. Whether you’re working across Excel or Google Sheets, this session will help you unlock some of the tools that make data work for you. You’re relatively confident using spreadsheets to build your budgets, but: You’ve got a problem excel can solve but you don’t know how to get started You’re constantly flicking between multiple spreadsheets You’re […]

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BAM and then it hit me: An evening with Karen Brooks Hopkins and Louise Herron

Administrator — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Please join Sydney Opera House CEO Louise Herron AM in welcoming to Australia esteemed arts leader Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Emerita, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) SAMAG are delighted to join with Sydney Opera House in presenting Louise Herron and Karen Brooks Hopkins, both executive leaders of internationally renowned cultural institutions, who will lead a conversation about their successes and challenges in driving a culture of change and excellence in their respective organisations, and will […]

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Making Space for Culture

Administrator — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Making Space for Culture: How the city’s cultural and property sectors can help solve the creative space shortage A significant decline in available space for the cultural and creative industries is one of the biggest challenges to cities across the world. Sydney is no exception: we are rapidly losing our creative spaces, pushing the creative economy out of the property market or out of the city altogether. Between 2012 and 2017, the City of Sydney […]

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Roadmapping: Reopening the Arts

Administrator — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000

As we readjust to life without lockdown and ever changing roadmaps, we’re exploring what re-opening looks like for the cultural sector. Join us for a discussion featuring insights from Patternmakers Audience Outlook Monitor research, essential data to the sector’s decision making about planning and programming live events. Join Tandi Palmer Williams of Patternmakers, Jess Cook of 107 Projects and Helen O’Neil, Creative Industries adviser: Performing Arts Connections; Cultural Facilities Corporation; SE Arts as they present the […]

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Innovating Art Through Disability

Administrator — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Innovation and creativity go hand in hand, especially in the realm of arts and culture.
Creativity needs to be constantly shape-shifting to ensure the work produced by artists remains compelling and relevant. Join four of NSW’s leading voices in arts and disability, as they explore how people with disability are changing the culture of creativity. Discover their exciting new approaches and projects as well as those of other local and international practitioners. Find out about the latest research around creative accessibility for artists and audiences with disability.

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Roadshow Australia, bought to you by Communicating the Arts and SAMAG

Administrator — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0000

SAMAG is delighted to collaborate with Communicating the Arts for their 2020 Roadshow Australia 2020/2021, starting in Sydney on 16-17 November 2020 at The Art Gallery of NSW A 2-day conference, aimed at fundraisers and arts and communication professionals. Roadshow Australia will facilitate important conversations about the challenges that we’re facing in our arts and cultural institutions, such as the inclusion of diverse voices, decolonising museums, well-being, the value of online events, and digital agility. The program includes […]

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Racism in the arts – reform or revolution?

Administrator — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:30:00 +0000

Anti-Asian sentiment sparked by Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter movement and questions of ongoing racism in the screen and cultural sectors have all created headlines in this crazy year of 2020.

What is the role and responsibility of the creative sector in the fight for racial justice? How can arts and cultural organisations work with Indigenous peoples, people of colour and minority groups in ways that transcend mere gesture and symbolism?

When do we ‘call out’ and when do we ‘call-in’ individuals and organisations? As activists, artists, community members and leaders, should we take the path of reform or instead dismantle the structures that persist in excluding, silencing and harming?

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SAMAG Mentor Speed Dating

Administrator — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:30:00 +0000

Join SAMAG for a night of mentor speed dating at 107 Projects in Redfern, and connect with someone who has years of experience in your field, whether they are an art lawyer, accountant, HR specialist, marketing whizz, funding expert, stage manager, artist manager, rights lawyer, or publisher. There will be timed group discussions with each mentor at multiple tables and plenty of space to network in between. If you are seeking a one-on-one discussion, then see our Arts Genius Bar where mentors who are experts in their fields will answer your questions and may well breathe new life into your vision. Join round table for questions you would like to share […]

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Creative Leadership Members and Guests.

Alli Burness — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Our end-of-year, member's only event, featuring a standout speaker currently providing creative leadership in the Sydney arts sector or beyond.A scheduled event in SAMAG’s 2019 program. More details, including speaker, venue and tickets, to come.

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