Re:Present

Transforming the Diversity of Cultural Leadership Programme from @lararatnaraja & @helgahenry

[Helga Henry @helgahenry]

Great to read this... Feels like the @Re_Present_01 and @ASTONish_17 programmes that @lararatnaraja and I delivered @brumhippodrome back then have paved the way for this...

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Do you want to help drive change in the Welsh cultural sector and address the underrepresentation we know is there?  Newid Diwylliant | Culture Change recognises the myriad barriers to participation and is a unique opportunity to challenge and overcome those barriers.

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Bingeing #TedLassoSeason3 is legitimate research ahead of tomorrow’s webinar with Martinique Webb Programming Editor Apple TV right? She’ll talking about her career in television broadcasting and how diversity is transforming how and what we watch https://t.co/5KHaamQx5I

[Helga Henry @helgahenry]

If the first conversation we had last month with @1yare is anything to go by this will be really illuminating.

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Interested in diverse creative voices & content, & how that content is amplified & curated on platforms? Join us at @hello_culture_ to hear from Martinique Webb Programming Editor, Apple TV and Black @ Apple Co-Chair, in conversation with @helgahenry https://t.co/Rrfv9BmEMv

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

7 years since @helgahenry @CEAnnette and I sat down to shortlist for @Re_Present_01 our first diverse leadership programme. Commissioned by @tamerandhawk it paved the way for a whole new diverse group of people to transform what cultural leadership in the city looked like. 1/3 🧵

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Ooh - this is special.. fab fab company and now looking for an Exec 🤩🤩🤩

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

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[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Woohoo- our keynotes for the @CEDIA_BCU symposium on Equity and Equality in the cultural sector are @JustineThemen and @readwithsandy & panelists include @KarenPatel @deafexplorer @ChrisSudworth @BradleyWilson20, Shekinah Yuhanna and Muna Ahmed

https://t.co/e8ln7EF4Cb

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

This was just beyond . Its such an incredible example of beautiful and elegiac outdoor art made with, for and about communities’ stories. Jane will be talking about this on Monday https://t.co/TEnsQk8uyp @ADVantageleader @ImagineerUK

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

The lovey people @mac_birmingham are seeking a Birmingham-based artist to complete a paid Residency with Elan Valley - £6000 fixed fee and exhibition of work in 2023
Deadline: 12pm, Fri 30 September

Apply here: https://t.co/oInr0e8jyH

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Back from holiday, and back to collaborating with @KarenPatel @create_alliance & @helgahenry @ADVantageleader on this: looking at exclusion, what experience of it looks like and how we develop a sector that reflects the diversity of Birmingham

https://t.co/e8ln7EWG0L

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

This is going to be all kinds of amazing..... cannot wait!

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

[Re:Present @Re_Present_01]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

From Manchester to Somerset.. what I did in lockdown & beyond with the @Thefifthsector. People & place with inclusion at the heart.. it’s been quite the ride so far..@iainbe @mandylfowler @lmccadden @ArtsRule @smallprintco @adamsonmark @patricktowell https://t.co/MgVHNoFxrK

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Tonight the sun shone for us.. utterly spectacular dress rehearsal for the #openingceremony #B2022 @birminghamcg22 . If that’s what Birmingham does for a rehearsal the real thing is going to be incredible. Amazing production team, performers and ❤️ the volunteers #nospoilers

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

An amazing series of Neighbourhood Festivals across Birmingham, in Ward End @VicParkFilms, Yardley @sylvia_jkchan, Castle Vale @onlyteesh, Handsworth @dee_visuale, Sparkhill @rachel__rayanne @touchbasepears @starrhh16 and Edgbaston @chloedeakin_

https://t.co/WjT7Zc1EyB

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

Looking forward to our #EmPOWer Masterclass with @_mariamzulfiqar @artangel with @helgahenry. Art in public spaces is essential and the session will explore her body of work in the public realm. Commissioned by @OpusArtEvents for #B2022Festival
https://t.co/5bwQ8JAGm9

[Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja]

“But disparities exist, especially in the workforce of cultural organisations.”. Utterly unsurprised . When does the sector truly embrace intersectional diversity without their need to be some kind of punitive measures used ? This is exhausting