A Big Dialogue: The State of the Arts in The Lucky Country?

The Academy, in association with Australian Dialogues, will present a Big Dialogue on arts policy on the eve of our 2024 Symposium.

A Big Dialogue: The State of the Arts: The Lucky Country?

When: Wednesday 13 November, 5.30-7.30pm Where: Louie Louie, Verity Lane Market, Canberra Price: $20 – $40 per ticket (concessions available) Register here.

The Academy, in association with Australian Dialogues, will present a Big Dialogue on arts policy on the eve of our 2024 Symposium.

The Big Dialogue format has developed over the past four years as a successful, trusted platform for better public discussion of contentious policy issues by people with different viewpoints.

‘The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.’ Joseph Joubert

A panel, including former Queensland Minister for the Arts, Ian Walker and moderated by Kelly Burke, arts reporter for The Guardian Australia, will engage in an in-depth, long-form, enlightening discussion. It will probe issues about funding, governance, and sustainability for the Arts sector in Australia. Australian Dialogues work by putting different points of view in conversation with one another.

Snacks are included, ‘a sample of Verity Lane Market’ and there will be a cash bar onsite.

The event is co-presented with Australian Dialogues.

About The Australian Dialogues

The Australian Dialogues is Australia’s first dedicated bridging organisation and a growing corner of the public square – a wholly independent, neutral, intergenerational, volunteer-based, not-for-profit project to model and facilitate discussions about big ideas and issues.

Australian Dialogues aims to demonstrate that productive discussions can still be had between people with opposing or widely divergent views, and support other organisations to do similar, pushing back against the polarisation and deteriorating discourse which is making good policy harder to achieve, and damaging society generally.

It is inspired by Braver Network in America and is an initiative of The Brisbane Dialogues Inc., Australia’s first dedicated bridging or civil discourse organisation.

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