Biography
Dr Anne Kershaw is a Senior Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management and Course Director in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School.
Anne brings 15 years of experience in local government arts and cultural work to her role with the Arts and Cultural Management program. Having originally trained and worked as a museum curator, Anne had a short stint as a business analyst in the corporate sector. She then returned to the arts sector, developing in-service museum training programs in the UK and teaching with Deakin's Museum Studies course.
However, it is in local and state government that Anne has undertaken most of her arts management work. She has written a range of arts strategies and arts policies; initiated and managed a number of art projects; planned and managed arts and cultural facilities; and undertaken a range of community cultural development initiatives. Her arts management experience has involved work with a range of different art forms, arts organisations, funding bodies, stakeholders and strategic priorities.
Anne's work has focused on communities with high levels of cultural diversity and areas characterised by social exclusion and socio-economic disadvantage. She has also worked extensively in outer metropolitan areas and in growth corridors. As a result, she has a strong commitment to access and inclusion in the arts and is particularly experienced in audience development, arts participation and community engagement in the arts.
Building on this extensive arts management experience, Anne's teaching areas include arts marketing, event management and managing arts in a community setting. Local government, arts policy, collaborative practice, organisational entrepreneurship and work-based learning are areas in which Anne has particular research interests.
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Dr Anne Kershaw is an experienced arts manager who researches organisational change in the arts and cultural sectors. Drawing on her industry experience and research expertise Anne undertakes translational research that also informs her teaching.
Career highlights
- Measuring What Matters – Evaluating Arts Impact, Creative Victoria Expert Events Panel, 2015.
- VicHealth Arts About Us, Phase 2 Program Evaluation, 2013-2015.
- Maribyrnong City Council Strategic Arts Framework, 2012.
- City of Moonee Valley Arts Participation and Barriers Study, 2012.
- Weaving Lands community art project, and touring of the associated Making of the Galgi-ngarrak Yiranboi Tree exhibition and sculpture.
- Commissioning of Breeze by Aslam Akram at the Dallas Shopping Centre public art project, and project management of an accompanying community jobs program.
- Commissioning of Rise by Anderson Hunt as part of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games celebrations, 2006.
- Coordination of the inaugural Hume Winter Music Festival.
- Victorian state government goldfields community museum pilot.
- Hume City Council Arts and Cultural Development Strategy, 2010 and 2006.
- Hume City Council public art policy, 2011.
- The launch of the Homestead Community Arts and Learning Centre.
- Deakin University award for outstanding achievement in research partnerships, Research team: Audience engagement and participation in the arts, 2012.
Research interests
- Audience development
- Organisational change in the arts/cultural sector
- Arts and cultural programming in local government
- Collaborative practice involving museums and communities
Affiliations
- Member, Creative Victoria's Panel Register.
Teaching interests
- Arts marketing
- Managing arts in community settings
- Managing festivals and cultural events
- Event management
Knowledge areas
- Audience development in the arts
- Audience diversification and organisational change
- Museum and community coproduction
- Organisational behaviour in the arts/cultural sectors
- Community arts and cultural development (CACD)
- Arts and cultural programming in local government
- Cultural event management
Professional activities
Research groups
Arts and Creative Industries Research and Engagement
Awards
- Deakin University Vice Chancellor Award for Teaching Excellence, 2015.
- Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law Award for Teaching Excellence, 2015.
- Deakin University award for outstanding achievement in research partnerships. Research team: Audience engagement and participation in the arts, 2012.
- Deakin University Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, 2012.
Publications
Leading or Avoiding Change: The Problem of Audience Diversification for Arts Organisations
Hilary Glow, Anne Kershaw, Matthew Reason
(2024), pp. 300-318, A Reader on Audience Development and Cultural Policy, London, Eng., B1
Hilary Glow, Anne Kershaw, Kim Goodwin
(2022), Vol. 24, pp. 21-35, International Journal of Arts Management, Montreal, QC, C1
Leading or avoiding change: the problem of audience diversification for arts organisations
H Glow, A Kershaw, M Reason
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 130-148, International Journal of Cultural Policy, C1
The muse with a wandering eye: the influence of public value on coproduction in museums
A Kershaw, K Bridson, M Parris
(2020), Vol. 26, pp. 344-364, International Journal of Cultural Policy, C1
A Kershaw, K Bridson, M Parris
(2018), Vol. 77, pp. 19-34, Australian journal of public administration, Chichester, Eng., C1
H Glow, Katya Johanson, A North-Samardzic, Anne Kershaw, Amanda Coles, Jordan Vincent
(2018), Melbourne, Vic., A6
New modes of arts participation and the limits of cultural indicators for local government
K Johanson, H Glow, A Kershaw
(2014), Vol. 43, pp. 43-59, Poetics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
The advantage of proximity : the distinctive role of local government in cultural policy
K Johanson, A Kershaw, H Glow
(2014), Vol. 73, pp. 218-234, Australian journal of public administration, Melbourne, Vic., C1
More yuppy stuff coming soon: gentrification, cultural policy, social inclusion and the arts
H Glow, K Johanson, A Kershaw
(2014), Vol. 28, pp. 495-508, Continuum, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Extending the theory of metaphor in marketing : the case of the art gallery
R Rentschler, U Jogulu, A Kershaw, A Osborne
(2012), Vol. 28, pp. 1464-1485, Journal of marketing management, Abingdon, England, C1
Building arts audiences : arts participation and barriers report
A Kershaw, K Johanson, H Glow
(2012), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
Strategic arts framework : Maribyrnong City Council
H Glow, K Johanson, A Kershaw
(2012), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
MANDATING REASONABLENESS IN A REASONABLE INQUIRY
Patrick Oot, Anne Kershaw, Herbert Roitblat
(2010), Vol. 87, pp. 533-559, Denver University law review, Denver, Col., C1-1
Document Categorization in Legal Electronic Discovery: Computer Classification vs. Manual Review
Herbert Roitblat, Anne Kershaw, Patrick Oot
(2010), Vol. 61, pp. 70-80, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Maribyrnong City Arts and Cultural Framework
Prof Katya Johanson, Dr Anne Kershaw, Prof Hilary Glow
Maribyrnong City Council
- 2012: $23,671
City of Moonee Valley Audience Research Report
Dr Anne Kershaw, Prof Katya Johanson, Prof Hilary Glow
Moonee Valley City Council
- 2012: $20,000
Arts About Us Evaluation
Prof Hilary Glow, Dr Anne Kershaw, Prof Katya Johanson, Prof Yin Paradies
VicHealth Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Awards
- 2015: $39,000
- 2014: $21,000
- 2013: $60,000
Program Evaluation for Creative State Actions
Prof Katya Johanson, Prof Hilary Glow, Dr Anne Kershaw, Prof Emily Potter
Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
- 2020: $35,627
- 2019: $27,272
- 2018: $72,727
Understanding Audience Diversification: Research and sector development - Stage one
Prof Hilary Glow, Dr Anne Kershaw
Australia Council for the Arts Grant - Research
- 2021: $5,000
- 2020: $5,000
Understanding Audience Diversification: Research and sector development - STAGE TWO.
Prof Hilary Glow, Dr Anne Kershaw
Australia Council for the Arts Grant - Research
- 2023: $20,000
Industry and Other Funding
Changing organisations to diversify arts audiences
Prof Hilary Glow, Prof Katya Johanson, Dr Anne Kershaw
Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research
- 2022: $100,000
First Nations Arts Management Program Development.
Dr Anne Kershaw
Sir Wilfred & CH (Roger) Brookes Charitable (The Trust) Foundation
- 2024: $40,000
Supervisions
Dominik Safari
Thesis entitled: An Ecosystem Approach to Evaluating a Cultural Event: A Regional Festival Case Study
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management