Research Officer, Institute for Culture and Society

Cecelia Cmielewski was awarded her doctorate from the Institute of Culture and Society in 2018. Her thesis researches the relationship between the experiences and practices of artists of non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and key arts policies through a consideration of the roles of creative and organisational leadership. Her research interests address inclusion in the creative sectors with a focus on the relationship between creative production and multicultural policies.

Recent publications include:

Creative Frictions. Arts Leadership, Policy and Practice in Multicultural Australia, 2021, ANU Press. https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/creative-frictions

“Arts Activism in a Cultural Policy Void” in Bennett, Stevenson, Myers and Winikoff (eds),  The Australian Art Field. Practices, Policies, Institutions, 2020, Routledge.

Cecelia is the research officer and contributing researcher on the ARC project UNESCO and the Making of Global Cultural Policy: Culture, Economy, Development. She was the project manager and contributing researcher on the ARC-funded project Recalibrating Culture: Production, Consumption, Policy, and was a principal investigator on the ARC funded Large Screens and the Transnational Public Sphere.

Cecelia held senior roles at the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory agency between 1998 and 2011. She is also a curator, including curating metanarratives for ISEA2015 in the UAE. She holds a PhD (Western Sydney University) an MBA (University of Adelaide), Bachelor of Design (University of South Australia) and a Bachelor of Arts (Flinders University).

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