Arts Event Management

Insite Arts has a sophis­ti­cated under­stand­ing and knowl­edge of man­ag­ing projects of all scales.

Site Spe­cific Arts Events

Insite Arts has cre­ated new arts events that respond to a spe­cific site, idea or client brief from small to very large scale. We also com­mis­sion col­lab­o­ra­tive projects and deliver fes­ti­vals and events for national and inter­na­tional arts fes­ti­vals and for local gov­ern­ment. We spe­cialise in incor­po­rat­ing broader stake­holder demands and ser­vic­ing all aspects of the com­mu­nity (includ­ing pub­lic, busi­ness, spon­sors, gov­ern­ments and key stakeholders).

To us, pub­lic space pro­vides a place to bring cre­ative inspi­ra­tion into the direct eye-line of a com­mu­nity. Pre­sent­ing work in the pub­lic arena invites a dia­logue amongst strangers, allow­ing them to become a part of the ‘big­ger pic­ture’ and to engage dif­fer­ently within famil­iar spaces. Our work spe­cialises in mak­ing pub­lic space a cul­tural con­trib­u­tor, an active par­tic­i­pant in the com­mu­nity rather than a void or empty venue.

Insite Arts is uniquely placed to cre­ate and present mid to large scale, site spe­cific works start­ing from con­cept and direc­tion of new work through to devel­op­ment and col­lab­o­ra­tion with artists and cura­tion and pro­gram­ming. We are highly skilled at build­ing cre­ative, outcome-based solu­tions that acti­vate sites and build precinct pro­file through cul­tural inclu­sion. This includes a thor­ough under­stand­ing of the needs of retail or com­mer­cial busi­ness traders impacted on by major events. We can also pro­vide advice on place-making for cor­po­rate, civic and pub­lic spaces and events. This may include precinct acti­va­tion, open­ing events, city-wide engage­ment, cul­tural mar­ket­ing and pro­fil­ing. For an exam­ple of site-specific event, see Advent Cal­en­dar.

Com­mu­nity Events

Insite Arts direc­tors have exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the deliv­ery of com­mu­nity engage­ment arts projects. We bring a prac­ti­cal under­stand­ing of com­mu­nity cul­tural devel­op­ment processes, includ­ing con­sid­er­ing impacts and legacy build­ing as well as com­pre­hen­sive eval­u­a­tion and documentation.

Our ser­vices in this area range from con­sul­tancy in con­cept devel­op­ment and plan­ning, to directly engag­ing with artists and a com­mu­nity towards devel­op­ment and deliv­ery of com­mu­nity engage­ment projects for a spe­cific event, fes­ti­val or out­come. We employ a range of mod­els to develop con­cepts and then engage pro­fes­sional artists (local and/or inter­na­tional) in the con­cep­tual and cre­ative devel­op­ment phases. Projects may engage a tar­geted com­mu­nity or a more gen­eral audi­ence inter­est. Projects range from inti­mate and direct, to large scale iconic events affect­ing a city and its com­mu­nity and gen­er­at­ing a long term legacy.

We have broad expe­ri­ence in pro­gram­ming multi-art form pro­grams includ­ing per­form­ing arts and out­door per­for­mance, visual arts, music and fes­ti­vals, incor­po­rat­ing traders stalls, parades and com­mu­nity cel­e­bra­tions. For an exam­ple of com­mu­nity event, see Sand Song.