The Management Committee of CuriousWorks is seeking to expand in number and expertise in line with our Strategic Plan 2024-2028 to ensure representation across our communities of focus.
The opportunity
CuriousWorks is seeking to appoint up to two new Management Committee members to join current members, diversifying and expanding our expertise and representation. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help lead a respected South-West Sydney-based community arts organisation actively working to develop the potential of local artists and communities, and to shape a future culture that is vibrant, democratic, generative, and relevant for Australia and beyond.
The new member/s will join the existing committee with deep expertise across all areas of operation, including governance, financial, legal, risk management, strategy, marketing and communications, fundraising and business development.
Roles: Management Committee Member/s
Type: Not-for-Profit & Community Arts Organisation. Incorporated Association.
Annual Budget: Approximately $750k
Number of Salaried Staff: 6-10
Current Management Committee Size: 5-7
Commitment: 4-5Management Committee meetings per annum; 6-8 hours per month across meetings including preparation/reading time, committee actions, attendance at events and other responsibilities.
Payment: Voluntary
Area of Expertise Being Sought:
Essential expertise and lived experience required across at least 1 of these areas:
Practicing Artist
Younger Person (30 years and under)
Community Arts & Cultural Development Expertise
Youth Projects Expertise
We encourage Expressions of Interest by people of First Nations and culturally and racially marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds who have strong ties with South West Sydney and who understand the power of the arts to create positive change.
CuriousWorks is committed to broadening its diverse environment, and we welcome submissions from individuals of all backgrounds to join our management committee and contribute to our mission.
About CuriousWorks – https://curiousworks.com.au/
CuriousWorks exists at the intersection of contemporary multi-arts practice and community arts and cultural development. We work across art forms and disciplines, with a focus on screen works, digital media, and emerging art forms.
We nurture the ideas and the potential of art makers and future cultural leaders, creating space for the next generation to play, learn and grow. We believe in ethical and self-determined storytelling, and in the integrity of process, engaging deeply and meaningfully with artists, audiences, communities, and collaborators to produce and present new Australian work and cultural experiences that speak to the hyper-local of our home grounds in South West Sydney, and resonate far beyond.
We do this through commissioning new local work, co-creating cultural experiences with communities and artists, providing arts education programs, generating leadership and skills development opportunities, creating employment pathways, partnering in research and cultural development initiatives, and advocating alongside our peers for systemic change.
Our communities of focus often intersect, reflecting the reality of the plural and complex lived experiences in contemporary Australia. They include people from Western Sydney, First Nations peoples of Australia and the world, culturally and racially marginalised people and people of colour, LGBTQIA+, young people, older people, people living with disability, people who may be experiencing financial hardship, and people seeking asylum or those recently settled in Australia.
Questions and EOIs:
Contact Kiriaki Zakinthinos, CEO CuriousWorks, at kiriaki@curiousworks.com.au with your expression of interest or any questions. Please send your submissions before 5pm Friday March 28, 2025.
You can also find the above EOI in PDF form here and Word Doc form here.