Cecelia Cmielewski

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Dr Cecelia Cmielewski is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University (WSU) and an arts industry leader with over thirty years’ experience in the cultural sector. She is the author of Creative Frictions: Arts Leadership, Policy and Practice in Multicultural Australia (2021, ANU Press). Her current research role is on the ARC funded The Collaborative Museum – Embedding Culture in the City (2021-2025). Cecelia was previously 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 WSU 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. She held Senior Policy and Project Management roles at the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory agency between 1998 and 2011.

Cecelia 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. Cecelia is also a curator, including curating metanarratives for ISEA2015 in the UAE.

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Research officer, Institute for Culture and Society Western Sydney University
  • 2011–2014
    Manager, Symbiotica University of Western Australia
  • 1998–2011
    Senior Policy and Research Officer, Australia Council for the Arts

Education

  • 2018 
    Western Sydney University, PhD
  • 2007 
    University of Adelaide, MBA
  • 1991 
    University of South Australia, Bachelor of Design
  • 1977 
    Flinders University, BA

Publications

  • 2021
    Creative Frictions. Arts Leadership, Policy and Practice in Multicultural Australia, Cmielewski, C., Creative Frictions. Arts Leadership, Policy and Practice in Multicultural Australia. ANU Press
  • 2020
    “Arts Activism in a Cultural Policy Void”, Bennett, T., D. Stevenson, F. Myers and T. Winikoff (eds) 2020 The Australian Art Field: Practices, Policies, Markets. Routledge, New York.
  • 2017
    “Edges, Proximity and the Creative Leap”, Potts, J.(ed) Nigel Helyer: Landscape/Portrait: an exploration of the Shoalhaven River Valley.Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • 2017
    Recalibrating Culture: Production, Consumption, Policy., Stevenson, D., Rowe, D., Caust, J. and Cmielewski, C. Western Sydney University, Penrith.

Grants and Contracts

  • 2014
    "mega-narratives" ISEA UAE
    Role:
    Curator
    Funding Source:
    Australia Council for the Arts

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  • Location: Sydney, Australia
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