Top End Arts is a not-for-profit organisation that works with artists, arts organisations and creative businesses in the Top End of the NT to assist bring their products and services in to local, national and international audiences and markets.

For the Public
Top End Arts is the place to come if you want to know about artists and arts organisations and businesses and the work that they produce - all artforms, all across the Top End - things to do and things to see. www.topendarts.com.au offers you
• What’s on in arts and entertainment
• Information about arts organisations
• News about Top End arts
• Opportunities and jobs in the arts.
Off The Leash is your monthly print guide to what’s on. It’s available for free across the Top End at cafés, venues, libraries, galleries, info shops and accommodation providers. Ebulletin: Off The Leash This Week is a short information blast for subscribers that will keep you up to date with what’s going on in the 7 days ahead – you’ll never miss anything again!

www.theleash.com.au also provides updates on the monthly magazine as well as audio and video content and online links to lots of extra information. You can also follow Off The Leash on Facebook and Twitter.

For the Arts Sector and Creative Industries
Since 1999 Top End Arts has provided useful hands-on support and expertise to the arts community along with strategically focused research and audience development initiatives. Using a combination of regular online, email and print communications, Top End Arts also provides highly effective and affordable opportunities for the sector to promote their events.

For more specific information about what we offer see the products & services or member benefits section of our website.

Geography
Top End Arts works across the whole of the Top End of the NT. From Tiwi Islands to Elliot, Borroloola to Lajamanu, including major centres like, Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine.

Top End Arts Purpose
To be a cohesive marketing and audience development agency for Top End arts which will help create a strong, versatile arts community that understands its audiences and communicates with them in a relevant way.

Where the money comes from
Top End Arts Marketing receives operational funding from the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT. Off The Leash This what’s on guide for the Top End, is funded through advertising revenue and the inclusion of special programs.

Staff

Director: Janice McEwen
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Janice has a background in marketing, cultural theory and visual arts. She has worked in arts management in the Top End for the last ten years. A migrant from the cold south she originally came to Darwin to study for nine months and couldn’t bear to leave. In her spare time she’s a visual artist with an interest in dingoes.

Indigenous Arts Marketing Officer: Ali Copley
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Ali obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide followed by a Graduate Diploma of Management – Arts and Culture with a strong focus on arts marketing. She has a keen interest in festivals from major events such as the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts (were she has worked in 2006 and 2008) to local community festivals. She values the important role that festivals play in all communities large or small in maintaining cultural identity, expression of ideas, transfer of knowledge and celebration of life! Ali now manages the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.

Managing Editor Off The Leash: Kate Roseth
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Kate has a background in visual arts, multimedia and filmmaking. As an independent filmmaker Kate has experience in marketing and promoting oneself as an artist/filmmaker. She recently completed her post graduate studies in motion graphic and emerging media design at the Australian Film Television and Radio school, which translates into getting to make fun, quirky animations in her spare time.




Zoe Beatty: Graphic Designer
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2010 Board

Jane Munday

Managing Director of Michels Warren Munday, Northern Territory strategic communications specialists. Jane has extensive experience in media and PR including as Director of Marketing and Communication for the Office of Territory Development in the Department of the Chief Minister. Jane has a Master of Business Administration, majoring in Marketing. We welcome her back for her second term on our Board.

Susan Congreve

Susan has worked with Indigenous arts and crafts centres in varying capacities for the past 12 years. She now works as an arts consultant for communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory helping build business skills.

Catherine Halkon (Acting Chair)

Project Manager for the National Accelerated Literacy Program, School for Social and Policy Research at Charles Darwin University is an experienced administrator and project manager with a history of successful coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams, grant writing and stakeholder liaison. Catherine has a personal and professional interest in community engagement.

Mark Smith

Recently appointed to the position of Manager, Music NT. Mark has local, national and international experience as a musician, manager and marketer.

Jenelle Saunders

Currently acting director of Ausdance NT. She has managed projects such as the Regional Dance Project in East Arnhem Land, the MoveMeNT Darwin Dance Expo 2008, Imoves Translations (Darwin Festival) and other urban and remotely located programs. She also works with Tracks Dance Company in Lajamanu on their bi annual community focussed work Milpirri.