Peter Wood is the Executive Director for Arts Northern Rivers - a regional arts development organisation based on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. He has over 25 years experience in the arts and creative industries and has worked i...More
Peter Wood is the Executive Director for Arts Northern Rivers - a regional arts development organisation based on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. He has over 25 years experience in the arts and creative industries and has worked in senior arts administration roles for Sydney Opera House, Company B Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare Company and the Historic Houses Trust New South Wales. He has worked as the Communications Director for Assembly Thetare - one of the largest presenting companies for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. He returned to Australia in 2009 to become the Marketing and Sponsorship Director for the Melbourne International Commedy Festival - the third largest comedy festival in the world. Since taking up the role with Arts Northern Rivers Peter has been delivering arts and creative industries projects across the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, working with the music, design and visual arts sectors in particular. A key project for Arts Northern Rivers has been the development and roll out of the Northern Rivers Creative brand through the development of a self publishing portfolio platform as well as a program of empty space activations that take place across the region, interstate and eventually internationally. Peter deveised and managed the regional partnership and place-making project - If These Halls Could Talk. With its focus on the humble community hall and the activation of these much-loved spaces by renowned artistic teams the project has resonated with local, national and international audiences and has generated media coverage across Australia.
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The Arts in Society
