The 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) will be held:
Where: Online
When: 12pm for 12.15pm, 1 May 2025
Who: Quorum of 10+ RAV Members and RAV Board.
Current Members were sent an invitation to register on 1 April 2025. Those who have registered will be sent a Zoom link by email before 5pm on Wednesday to join the online meeting.
A quorum of 10 members is required at the AGM, so we ask Members to please keep a small amount of time free to come along to this online event and support the RAV Board of Directors and Staff. If you are unable to attend, we encourage you to nominate a proxy.
Regional Arts Victoria’s Board comprises six seats appointed by the Board and six seats for elected members of RAV. At the 2025 Annual General Meeting, two of the elected Board seats are vacant. The following members have been nominated for board positions. A ballot was run from 1-24 April. The outcome of the ballot will be announced at the AGM.
The 2025 Board Nominees are (click the + for full biography):
Louise ‘Rockabilby’ Cooper is an independent author, artist and creative producer working with a number of communities and councils throughout regional Victoria. Louise is currently a research assistant for UniSA looking for Australia’s 19th century Disabled authors. Her focus is on Autistic, Neurodivergent and Disabled access, leadership, community and cultural development. She is the founder of Neurokin, Australia’s first neurodiversity arts festival.
Louise’s board experience includes being the Founding President of ARCANE (Autistic-led Regional Culture Arts Neurodiversity Education and Employment), and being a board member of Australian Neurodivergent Parents Association and Castlemaine Artists Market. She holds a Diploma of Arts from Deakin University and a Graduate Certificate in Autism Studies from Griffith University.
Nominated by: Louise Cooper.
Person seconding the nominee: Pauline Brooks.
Gareth Hart works across program design, strategic planning, community engagement, and creative recovery. They have held leadership roles at Burrinja Cultural Centre (CEO), Arts Mildura (Director) and hillsceneLIVE (Festival Director), and is alumni of Creative Australia’s leadership program. Their practice is underpinned by deeply held values of humanity and humanness.
Hart’s creative practice spans 25 years, ranging from the commission of large scale dance works, intimate experiences, public art interventions and screen-based dance. They hold a Masters of Choreography from the VCAM / University of Melbourne, where their thesis explored the intersections between dance, psycho-geographic experience, and embodied histories.
Nominated by: Gareth Hart.
Person seconding the nominee: Rhae Kendrigan
Liz Wilson has over 25 years’ experience in arts management in professional and community/volunteer organisations. She has worked for festivals, government, arts funders and creators in Australia and the UK. In 2021 she moved to Castlemaine from Sydney where her work included Membership Manager at the Australian Music Centre and various projects with Musica Viva. She was Patrons Manager for the Castlemaine State Festival until 2024.
Liz plays cello with, and is on the management committee of, the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra and is President of Resonance String Orchestra, based in Castlemaine and Woodend.
Liz gained a Masters of Communication Management at UTS and attended the AICD Governance Foundations course for NFP Directors in 2024.
Nominated by: Heather Cummins. Person seconding the nominee: Nigel McGuckian
Published Tuesday 1 April 2025
