Taking a dive into the impact of arts and creativity
What is it that makes us human, what makes us unique, and what adds value to your life? Often the answer to all of these questions can be traced back to our connection to arts, culture and creativity. The ‘Arts’ is often seen as a high brow endeavour that only some enjoy and partake in but it is in everyone’s lives, in some way. We all listen to music, read books, watch movies and connect with creativity for our enjoyment or mental health. This podcast gets to the heart of what the arts is and what it means. It will explore different topics with people who have devoted their lives to the arts in some way, to understand what drives them and how they connect with the arts on a personal level.
Discussions will include the importance of a good play, how jazz can penetrate your soul, the role artists play in society, what compels people to leave their money to the local art gallery, why festivals just hit different, and how feminist sci-fi is a gateway drug.
Interesting people with interesting ideas join me for interesting conversations.
DEDICATED TO THE LEGACY AND MEMORY OF GEORGIA LINDSAY MALONE, 1979-2025
Georgia Malone was an active member of the Australian Arts Industry for over 25 years, with most of that time dedicated to strategic Marketing at some of Australia's most significant contemporary arts organisations. Working in a number of different areas of the industry including festivals, venues and producing companies in both the visual and performing arts, she developed an extremely comprehensive and broad knowledge of the Industry nationally.
Georgia has driven strategy development and planning both leading marketing teams but also looking at whole of organisation strategic planning. Her pragmatic, interpersonal and lateral approach has led to successful campaigns, developing and understanding audiences while continuing to work in a positive and honest manner whilst thriving under pressure.
Georgia collaborated closely with the Board of Directors, creative and development teams to cement strong brand presence; significantly improved the bottom line with sustained growth in audiences and sales; and established leading edge marketing strategies that have put these organisations at the forefront of contemporary marketing practice while consistently achieving key financial and organisational goals.
Georgia had an extremely powerful professional network within the arts industry at all levels from independent artists through CEOs of Major Performing Arts Companies and also with key stakeholders including funding bodies, corporations and suppliers on both the east and west coasts of Australia.
In February 2016, Georgia started her own company, Georgia Malone Consulting Pty Ltd working with arts organisations, artists and corporates on event delivery, marketing strategy and PR. This successful consultancy worked with a wide range of organsations across Australia and officially wrapped up in late 2023.
After two years leading in a leadership role at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Georgia played an active role in developing strategy in the Communities focus area of Minderoo Foundation, which she led up until her untimely death in April of 2025.