Arts, Cultural and Non-profit Consultant | Writer
Phone +61 0499 28 48 37 | Email Kate
Kate Larsen (she/her) is an arts, cultural and non-profit consultant and writer with more than 25 years’ experience in the non-profit, government and cultural sectors in Australia, Asia and the UK. She is a thought-leader in the areas of governance and cultural leadership, workplace culture, online communities, and community-led practice.
“[Kate is] an exceptional strategic thinker, an inspirational manager and an informed thought leader” – David Ryding, Director, Melbourne City of Literature Office
Working under her own name and that of her alter ego, Katie Keys (or ‘tinylittlepoems’), Kate is also a writer and professional poet-in-residence.
Services
- Governance: beyond best-practice governance, board reviews and development, policy
- Strategy: strategic planning, business reviews and development, ethical partnerships
- Facilitation: strategy and away days, conferences, panels, events and workshops
- Consultation and advocacy: community engagement, co-design and communications
- Workplace culture: mentoring, duty of care, change management, remote and digital working
Kate is currently leading a national conversation about arts, cultural and for-purpose governance.
“Kate’s work was exceptional. She intrinsically understood the need to work from both our organisation’s values and our real-world capacity, to develop a plan that could be exciting as well as useful and achievable.” – Cassie Magin, Co-cEO, Vitalstatistix
Clients
Kate’s approach is the opposite of clean-slate consultancy. Rather, she undertakes collaborative work in sectors in which she both has direct experience and cares deeply about.
Recent clients include (in alphabetical order): Access2Arts, ActNow, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Arts Industry Council of SA, Arts Industry Council of Victoria, Australian Museums and Galleries Association, Artback NT, Artlink, Arts Access Victoria, Arts NT, Australian Publisher’s Association, Blind Citizens Australia, Carclew, Centre for Stories, City of Adelaide, City of Casey (Bunjil Place), Contemporary Arts Precincts (for Collingwood Yards), Country Arts SA, Creative Australia, Diversity Arts Australia, Encounter, Government of Victoria (Environment Protection Authority), Government of Western Australia (Department of Local Government, Sport and Creative Industries), Festival City Adelaide, Freeplay Festival, Guildhouse, Incite Arts, Magabala Books, UNESCO Melbourne City of Literature Office, NETS Victoria, Nexus Arts, No Strings Attached, NT Writers’ Centre, Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA), Propel Youth Arts, Punctum, Regional Arts Australia, Regional Arts Victoria, SA Circus Centre, SALA, Same Drum, SPN, Stella, The Australian Ceramics Association, The Blue Room, The Literature Centre, TNA, University of South Australia, UTP, Vitalstatistix, Western Edge, Writers SA, Writers Victoria, Writing NSW, Writing WA and more.
“Our time with Kate has been invaluable. A more productive and clarifying process is hard to imagine and we will continue working with her. I highly recommend her.” – Jude Anderson, Artistic Director, Punctum Inc
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“Kate is extremely knowledgeable and has a friendly and open presentation style” – Adelaide workshop participant, January 2018
Professional History
Kate’s professional history includes recent roles as Director/CEO of Writers Victoria, Co-Convenor of the Arts Industry Council of Victoria and CEO of Arts Access Australia.
Earlier roles include work in London (as Program Director of Shape and Arts Development Officer / Festival Coordinator for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham), Western Australia (as Performing Arts Touring Manager of Country Arts WA, Front of House Manager at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Communications Director of Eycon Studio) and Singapore (as Marketing Executive of the Singapore Arts Festival).
Kate’s full CV can be found on her LinkedIn profile.
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