PO Box 17,

Bathurst Street,

Greystanes, NSW, 2145

Australia

Phone 0488602419

andrew@overtoncreative.com

www.overtoncreative.com

ABN: 33 155 167 132

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PO Box 17,

Bathurst Street,

Greystanes, NSW, 2145

Australia

Phone 0488602419

andrew@overtoncreative.com

www.overtoncreative.com

Overton Creative Consulting is a multidisciplinary consultancy that specialises in the management and delivery

of Cultural Policy, Cultural Facilities Development, Public Art Management , and Arts & Cultural Projects.

The Director of Overton Creative Consulting is Andrew Overton. Andrew has worked across arts sector for the

past 25 years. It has included a variety of roles across arts program development and management including

strategy development, facility feasibility & management/business planning , community cultural development,

public art and cultural planning including roles at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Assistant Director &

Director of Tamworth City Gallery (NSW) and senior management—cultural planning and arts programming

positions at both Blacktown and Parramatta City Councils (NSW).

Andrew was awarded a prestigious Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship in 2003 to undertake a self directed

study tour to investigate the role & integration of public art in urban design and redevelopment. The nine week

fellowship included site visits to major city centre projects in Spain, United Kingdom, USA & Canada.

Andrew was awarded the Brendan Hartnett Award at the NSW Local Government Cultural Awards in 2009. This

unique peer award recognises an outstanding individual effort towards promoting arts and cultural development

in any Local Government Area across NSW. (Parramatta)

Since beginning the consultancy in January 2012, Overton Creative’s key clients have included:

Campbelltown Arts Centre (Campbelltown City Council)

Museums & Galleries NSW

Fairfield City Council

City of Sydney

Wollongong City Council

Bankstown City Council

Ku-ring-gai Art Centre

ABN: 33 155 167 132

Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts)

Graduate Diploma Gallery Management

Brendan Hartnett Award (2009)

Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow (2003)

Andrew Overton –Director

About Us

SUMMARY OF SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Over 26 years experience in arts strategy, program management and arts facility development

20 Years in Arts Programming and Cultural Development in Western Sydney

18 Years in Arts Grants Administration -

Well developed project management skills and experience.

Financial management - Budget development management and monitoring.

Well developed report presentation & writing skills.

Project design, scoping and management.

Political acumen.

Strategic and business planning.

Policy development and implementation.

Well developed skills in critical analysis of documents, policy and proposals.

Management of facilities, team, and organisational development and support.

Management of multi-disciplinary teams and multiple tasks in high pressure situations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Year 1990 GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF GALLERY MANAGEMENT

College of Fine Arts

University of New South Wales

Year 1989 BACHELOR OF ARTS (VISUAL ARTS)

Sydney College of the Arts

University of Sydney

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AWARD WINNING PROJECTS

2009 NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CULTURAL AWARDS

Project Award – ArtsSmart Artist Mentor Program

2007 NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CULTURAL AWARDS

Cultural Infrastructure Award – Parramatta Artists Studios

2006 NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CULTURAL AWARDS

Cultural Policy Award – Parramatta Arts Facilities Framework

2004 NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CULTURAL AWARDS

Cultural Policy & Planning Award – Parramatta Public Art Strategy

2003 HERITAGE AWARD - PUBLIC DOMAIN

Nominated by the NSW Heritage Office - HMAS Parramatta Memorial

2003/04 NSW LIGHTING ASSOCIATION – GOLD AWARD

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS ASSOC. OF AUSTRALIA AWARD

DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PUBLIC DOMAIN

Elizabeth Street Footbridge, Parramatta - Public Art Project - “Wake”

2001 METRO PRIDE AWARD

2nd Place - Community Facilities & Planning - Oak Street Arts Plan

KEY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

Year 2015– SACRED CURENTS INC - BOARD MEMBER

Year 2013 /14/15 -BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Blacktown Arts Centre

Year 2010 -NSW PREMIERS AND CABINET – MACQUARIE 2010 CELEBRATIONS

Organising Committee , Sydney NSW

Year 2008 -PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBER – SYDNEY WATER PARRAMATTA

Sydney Water, Multiplex , Parramatta NSW

Year 2007 - 2008 ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER – ERAMBOO RESERVE TRUST

Eramboo World Studies Artist Studios, Terrey Hills NSW

Year 2006 - PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBER – PARRA JUSTICE PRECINCT

Department of Commerce, Attorney General’s Department, Multiplex , Parramatta

Year 1999 & 2004/5 JUDGE - BLACKTOWN CITY AQUISITIVE ART PRIZE

Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown NSW

Year 2002 - 2003 WESTERN SYDNEY DANCE ACTION ADVISORY GROUP

Ausdance, Western Sydney Dance Action , Parramatta NSW

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS AND OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2015 THE ART OF BUSINESS PLANNING

Business planning and the integration of Strategic Community Plans

MGNSW/Arts NSW—Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

2009 ART IN THE CITY – Public Art

A dialogue with Clover Moore & Catherine De Lorenzo

College of Fine Arts (University of NSW)

2008/09 CENTRE FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT – Festivals

Session Speaker

University of Technology , Sydney

2008/09 ARTSMART – ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Session Speaker

Parramatta Artists Studios, Ausindustry partnership

2007 PLANNING INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Invited Session Speaker – Parramatta, a City Shedding its Skin

Perth, Western Australia

2005 PLANNING INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - NSW CONFERENCE

Invited Session Speaker – Public Art & Places

Penrith NSW

2004 “CULTIVATE” CULTURAL PLANNING SEMINAR - UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY

Workshop Facilitator & Presenter, - Integrated Cultural Planning

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RECENT PUBLISHED WORKS

2009 ART IN THE CITY –Public Art

A dialogue with Clover Moore & Catherine De Lorenzo

http://tv.unsw.edu.au/mp3/cofa-talks-art-and-the-city1

2004 WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST FELLOWSHIP

Collaborative Endeavors: The Integration of Public Art in Urban Design & Redevelopment

http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/res/File/Fellow_Reports/Overton%20Andrew%202003.pdf

2003 NSW LGSA PUBLIC ART REFERENCE MANUAL

Local Government & Shires Association NSW (Contributing author)

http://www.lgsa-plus.net/publicart/

Projects Overton Creative Consulting projects. A sample summary includes:

Sydney Sacred Music Festival Cultural Arts Collective Pty Ltd

June 2012

Overton Creative was employed to develop a

programming marketing package for the Sydney

Sacred Music Festival 2012. The program features a

diversity of Sacred Music and World Music from both

local and international acts; as well as cross-

collaborative arts, film screenings, visual art, and

discussion panels.

Habitart’ Artist –in -Residence Program

February—December 2012

A partnership with NSW Department of Education,

Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre,

Beresford Road Public School, Apple Inc. & Lend

Lease.

Overton Creative is project managing a unique

participatory, collaborative, and interdisciplinary art

residency project that involve students, teachers and

the community developing a site specific artwork for

the school based on principles of sustainability and

utilising new technologies.

Budget: $5,500

Contact: Michael Dagostino (Director)

Campbelltown Arts Centre

T: 61 4645 4100 | M: 0403 121 586

PO Box 57, Campbelltown, NSW 2560

E: michael.dagostino@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au

Budget: $25,000

Contact: Graham Chalcroft (Vertebrae)

Multidisciplinary art & design practice

T: 612 9568 4208 | M: 61 412 507 553

PO Box 443, Dulwich Hill, NSW 2203

E: gchalcroft@vertebrae.com.au

Business Planning Campbelltown Arts Centre

May–June 2012

Overton Creative was employed to develop cultural

policy and new strategic focus areas for the largest

arts centre in Western Sydney, Campbelltown Art

Centre (Business Plan 2012-2015). The planning

involved detailed statistical analysis of the local area

along with focussed consultations to support

priority areas including youth, pacific islander

communities, artists etc.

Budget: $6,000

Contact: Richard Petkovic (Director)

Cultural Arts Collective Pty Ltd

M: 61 434 464 660

1/28 Dunmore St Croydon Park NSW 2133

E: info@culturalartscollective.com.au

Projects

Cultural Planning &

The Night Time

Economy Fairfield City Council NSW

March 2013

Overton Creative was employed by Fairfield City to

undertake an extensive background paper into

Cultural Planning & the Night Time Economy. The

paper included : A description and definition of the

term “Night time Economy”, Summary of current

directions Drivers in response to “Night time

Economy” and Sample strategies of “Night time

Economy”.

Budget: $48,000

Contact: Claire Morgan (Special Projects Co-ordinator)

City of Sydney

Tel: 02 9246 7358

cmorgan@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Budget: $2,500

Contact: Michael Rolfe (CEO)

Museums & Galleries NSW

p: 61 2 9358 1760

e: michaelr@mgnsw.org.au

w: www.mgnsw.org.au

Public Art In New Development City of Sydney

September 2012 –

May 2013

Overton Creative was employed to develop new policy

and guidelines for the City of Sydney for Public Art in

New Development. The project involved extensive

internal and external consultation, the preparation of

policy directions and guidelines. The project also

involved the development of 12 case studies that

illustrate the depth of leading best practice public art

commissions internationally, nationally, and locally.

Local Government Review

Submission Museums & Galleries

NSW—October 2012

Overton Creative completed the development of

comprehensive submission to the NSW Independent

Local Government Review Panel for the Museums

and Galleries NSW.

The submission focussed on

the effectiveness of Local

Government to be major

contributor to cultural,

social and economic

wellbeing of communities

across NSW. The

submission presented a

collective response of

Museums & Galleries NSW

and its stakeholders to the

role of cultural policy,

infrastructure and service provision within the

context of local government in NSW. Budget: $2,600

Contact: Susan Gibbeson

Senior Policy Advisor

Social, Health & Housing - Fairfield City Council

Tel: 9725 0700

E: sgibbeson@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

Overton Creative Consulting projects. A sample summary includes:

Current Projects Overton Creative Consulting projects. A sample summary includes: more information at www.overtoncreative.com

Public Art Strategy - Wollongong City Council (NSW)

March 2015 – July 2015

Overton Creative has been employed to produce a Public Art Strategy that will provide a strategic framework for the development and implementation of Wollongong City’s public art program into the future.

Strategic Business Planning – Bankstown Arts Centre (NSW)

January 2015 – May 2015

Overton Creative is currently working with Bankstown Arts Centre on developing a new business plan. The Bankstown Arts Centre is a cultural facility, where artists and community groups collaborate to explore ideas and learn, create and experience contemporary community based arts.

Review of Ku-ring-gai Arts Centre - Ku-ring-gai Council (NSW)

November 2014 – May 2015

Overton Creative is currently undertaking the review

that will assist Council in determining potential options for the future nature and development of the Ku-ring-gai Art Centre. The review will also encompass clarifying the role and purpose of the delivery of Arts & Culture by Council.

Strategic Master Planning - Riverside Theatres, Parramatta (NSW)

March – July 2014

Overton Creative worked with Riverside Thea-tres, Parramatta on a range of strategic and masterplanning projects. These include new vision, mission and purpose statements, and Cultural Overlay to the Riverside Masterplan.

New Generation Centre Concept - Civic Place, Parramatta (2007)

Andrew has a long demonstrated and consistent history in turning strategic

objectives into reality particularly within arts and cultural development. Andrew

has brought to fruition a number of key arts and cultural infrastructure projects.

In many instances Andrew has managed projects from the initial stages of

developing and authoring concept/feasibility studies through to business planning,

budget preparation, funding, construction and completion.

Sustainability has been an underlying objective of arts and cultural infrastructure that Andrew has delivered to date. Much of the development work has adopted not only cultural but also social, environmental and economic development principles. This broader approach, along with open consultation with the community, service providers and staff co-responsible for implementation has insured that projects have come to reality and importantly remain effective and relevant.

Cultural Infrastructure Arts Facilities Development

Connect Studios, Parramatta (2007)

Cultural Infrastructure Arts Facilities Development

Connect Studios is an incubator and education

centre for contemporary performance practice,

styles and techniques. Connect Studios provides

subsidised workshop, rehearsal, tuition and

production spaces on a casual and project basis

to local and non-local contemporary performance

and digital artists.

Connect Studios is used for

rehearsals, workshops, classes,

master classes, forums, reading,

demonstrations, residencies and

activities that develop the

practice of live performance and

complementary art forms and

currently hosts workshops and

classes from a wide range of arts

organisations including Sydney

Dance Company, Western

Blacktown Arts Centre Feasibility Study, Blacktown City Council (1998-99)

Integrated Strategic & Sustainable Planning

Cultural Policy

Andrew’s experience in developing and writing strategy has involved not only the

development of cultural policy but also has covered broader areas including the

preparation of other key strategic planning documents such as land use planning, urban

design, master-planning and social policy.

In 2005, Andrew project managed the delivery of a major body of work that extended

Parramatta City Council’s commitment to the improvement of cultural identity with the

development of the award winning Parramatta Arts Facilities & Cultural Places Framework.

The preparation of policy and strategies over the past eighteen years have given Andrew a

strong working knowledge and an innate understanding of current regional, state, national

arts policy and practice. Furthermore, extensive international travel including site and

study visits, attendances at major industry conferences has also resulted in Andrew gaining

a solid perspective on worldwide developments across the arts and cultural sector.

Integrated Strategic & Sustainable Planning

Cultural Policy

Cultural Planning & The Night Time Economy

Fairfield City Council NSW (March 2013)

Public Art In New Development Policy & Guidelines

City of Sydney (September 2012 – May 2013) Local Government Review Submission

Museums & Galleries NSW (October 2012)

Public Art Projects

Landslide, Mel O’Callaghan (2007) Virginia Wilson Art

Pharmacopeia of the Burramatta, Gary Carsley (2007) Virginia Wilson Art

Elizabeth Street Footbridge, Parramatta – The Wake , Greg Stonehouse & Susan Milne (2003)

Integrated Urban Art Andrew’s approach has been to the highest degree to treat arts development as not

a stand alone course of action - but a process of being very much interdisciplinary,

holistic, challenging and bringing a critical awareness of history, local distinctiveness

and traditions of creativity, cultural expression and narrative to the forefront.

The integration of public works of art into urban renewal and development

projects has involved the promotion and development of collaborative planning

partnerships between design professionals (planners, architects, urban designers),

businesses, artists and the community.

These large public art projects in Parramatta most importantly have been

underpinned by the desire to encourage innovation, creativity and collaboration and

value the contribution of artists to the city.

Public Art Projects

Luminary, Parramatta (2010) AGB Events & The Electric Canvas

Temporal and Site-Specific Andrew’s has had extensive experience with the development and delivery of temporal

and site specific public art projects. Andrew’s past work has included animating the City

of Parramatta with a lively and varied program of art activity that meshed with social,

economic and environmental principles. The delivery of temporary public art program

was meaningful way to engage with the city’s changing environment and a focal point

for community advocacy to cultural issues and concerns.

Larger temporary public art projects (illustrated) have focused on large regional

audiences and comprehensive community participation that also engaged local

businesses to transform public spaces and places.