Mentorship for community presenters

Are you part of a community arts committee that presents to the public? Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) has a program that may be perfect for you.

The 2023 Community Presenter Mentorship Program is now open for Expressions of Interest and, will support committees to connect with a skilled mentor, allowing them to expand their knowledge and skills.

The Mentorship program runs for 12-months and, supports presenters to connect with a mentor with relevant skills and expertise. Mentorships are flexible and responsive, tailored to the specific skills development needs of the committee or a nominated representative.

RAV will help successful applicants match with a mentor with relevant skills and expertise in areas of interest to the specific committee. Applicants may also nominate a specific mentor if there is a particular person they’d like to work with.

Previous Community Presenter mentee Paul Evans from the Arc Yinnar art gallery encouraged all community arts committees to apply for the program.

“The Regional Arts Victoria Community Presenter Mentorship Program has been one of the best and most enjoyable happenings,” Mr Evans said.

“With the knowledge and support from a mentor, this has allowed us to develop our ideas, think more clearly about the path ahead and plan for our next year. I can’t recommend the program too highly to anybody who wants to improve their performance.”

Applicants must be a regional Victorian community presenter – a volunteer arts committee or representative that programs and delivers performing arts experiences to their local community – and must be registered as a Community Presenter with the Connecting Places program.

Mentors are expected to commit between 20 and 25 hours of time over the course of the 12-month program, and mentees are encouraged to commit some extra time on top of that for testing, trialling, and implementing new ideas and ways of working.

Applications are open until 5 pm on Friday 5 May 2023. For more information and to apply, visit www.rav.net.au/performing-arts-touring/connecting-places.