The next Ten Days on the Island Festival is in March 2023. As lutruwita/Tasmania’s premier state-wide arts Festival, we need clever and capable people to deliver and share our program with audiences across the state. We are looking for a Production Manager to assist with planning, and oversee the implementation of both technical and operational […]
Optimism is our instinct to inhale while suffocating. Our need to declare what “needs to be” in the face of what is. Optimism is not uncool; it is rebellious and daring and vital. Musing on themes floating in the zeitgeist as we begin designing the 2023 Festival, the above quote from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro […]
Here at Ten Days on the Island we celebrate the inspiration, creativity, innate strength and unique voices of women artists and makers who contribute to the cultural vibrancy of our Tasmanian community. We celebrate those ‘belligerent optimists’ (as RBG called herself) who see, and strive for, the possibility of changing our troubled world for the […]
The next Ten Days on the Island Festival is in March 2023. As lutruwita/Tasmania’s premier state-wide arts Festival, we need clever and capable people to deliver and share our program with audiences across the state. We’re looking to appoint two senior leadership roles including the Head of Programming Operations and the Head of Partnerships and Marketing. If you […]
We are excited to be able to announce Sally Richardson has been appointed Executive Producer of Ten Days on the Island. Lindy Hume AM, Artistic Director, Ten Days on the Island stated, “I am thrilled to be working alongside the brilliant Sally Richardson as we bring the 2023 Festival to life. Sally is a creative […]
Ten Days on the Island is seeking an experienced Executive Producer to join the team. The Executive Producer works with the Artistic Director to collaborate with artists, arts companies, producers, presenters and venues to select, commission and curate a program of creative projects which align with the vision and objectives of the Festival. Reporting to the Artistic […]
Craig Perkins, Chair, has announced the appointment of Vernon Guest as the new CEO of Ten Days on the Island. “Following an extensive international recruitment process, the Board of Ten Days on the Island is delighted that Vernon, who has acquitted himself so admirably over the past four years as Executive Producer, is ready to […]
Ten Days on the Island notes with sadness the passing of Annie Greig, a generous creative spirit. The contribution of Tasdance to our festivals has been immense and we acknowledge Annie’s leadership for this partnership over many years and, more recently, her support as a donor. We send our deep sympathy and warm love to […]
The Board of Ten Days on the Island has announced that, after leading the organisation for six years, CEO Jane Haley has advised the Board that she will step down from her role towards the end of 2021. In her 40-year career in the arts, Jane has led several of Australia’s significant arts organisations including […]
Poor Souls 26 Feb – 11 Apr In 1845, the émigré barque Cataraqui was wrecked off the jagged shore of King Island. The disaster caused 400 deaths of emigrant families and crew, who will be remembered as Poor Souls – an exhibition by King Island and mainland Tasmanian artists who interpret Australia’s worst civil disaster […]
Remembering a festival is recreating a collage of seemingly unrelated moments – moments of connection, moments of revelation, of sheer beauty or raw potential, moments of eloquence, unexpected moments of insight or beauty. While the collage of moments forms a very different picture this time, I wrote these thoughts after the 2019 Festival, and they […]
Over the last year, for all of Australia’s international arts festivals, the challenge of creating engaging programs for our communities was made more complex and difficult by the constraints of border closures and travel restrictions, audience capacity limitations, the instant impacts of random COVID-19 cluster flare-ups and an underlying sense of uncertainty about, well, everything. […]