Make it Happen - Skills Development Program with Dance Makers Collective
Dance Makers Collective and Eastern Riverina Arts present ‘Make it Happen’ a skills development program for creative practitioners and producers.
Program Details
Facilitator: Carl Sciberras
Dates: 6th-8th May
(Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday evenings)
Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Station Creative Workspace, 54-58 Johnston St, Wagga Wagga
Max 12 in person participants, with online participation also available.
It is encouraged to register for all three sessions, as there is a ‘flow’ between them, however this is not required.
About the Program
Make It Happen is a short skills development program for creative practitioners and producers to refine their skills in making project or program ideas happen. Delivered through a project-based learning methodology, participants in the program are encouraged (though not required) to come with an idea at the ready and will utilise the skills developed throughout the program to consolidate a working project plan around their project idea.
In this iteration, the program is delivered in three x three-hour modules across three consecutive days, clustered under three core topics:
How to position your work effectively: systems, design and values-alignment strategies
Working with people: stakeholders, clients and marketing approaches
How to deliver: project management and evaluation tools
Participants will need to bring a laptop to access resources and templates used throughout the program, and will be provided with access to a secure folder with these resources prior to each session.
About your facilitator
Carl Sciberras is a producer, choreographer, performer, teacher and arts advocate from Western Sydney. Carl has co-founded two successful creative enterprises: Dance Makers Collective, a not-for-profit company that produces performance works, skills development and education programs with a focus on community-led practice – and Flatline, a visual art and dance collaboration that creates performance, installation and art works that have been presented internationally.
Having worked in management and marketing positions for a range of performing arts organisations, and having produced the work of independent artists, Carl is adept at helping people navigate a range of creative business challenges. He has extensive experience in writing and assessing grant applications (as a peer at the Australia Council and an assessor for Create NSW and others), as well as in complex project management with a wide range of stakeholders. Carl effortlessly blends the ‘business’ side of company management, administration, planning and development and the ‘creative’ side as a maker and performer.
Carl is currently employed by Creative Plus Business as a Business Advisor, is on the Artform Advisory Board for Dance & Physical Theatre at Create NSW and has held various positions on boards and committees for local, state and federal government arts bodies and independent arts companies. In 2017, Carl was a participant in the Australia Council’s Future Leaders Program and in 2016 was awarded the City of Parramatta’s Creative Fellowship.