Christine McKenzie was Director of the Victorian Writers' Centre and has run literary events and projects for over a decade. During her residency with Katha in Delhi, she contributed to the programming of two major literary festivals and conferences, organised various literary events, wrote promotional material and identified promotional strategies that could be developed to suit the context of India. The many contacts and cultural insights she developed into the way that events are organised in India proved to be vital to the planning and success of the Asialink Literature Tour with Peter Carey and Kim Scott in 2003. 

Funded by the Australia India Council and the Australia Council.

Margaret McDonell is a freelance editor who has worked on a variety of projects for a diverse assortment of clients, from indigenous life writing for the University of Queensland Press to aviation texts for the University of Western Sydney. Her residency with Penguin India involved editing a range of genres and enabled McDonell to pursue her interest on the impact of culture on the art of editing.  She visited many publishers, book fairs and bookshops, and met editors, translators, academics and students of Australian literature.  In addition, McDonell was invited to address students at a range of Indian universities. Following her residency she worked as Coordinating Editor with IAD Press, an indigenous publisher in Alice Springs.

Funded by Arts Queensland and the Australia-India Council.

At the time of her residency Catherine Jones was the Associate Producer and Business Manager for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.  She has worked in project and arts management across a variety of disciplines and on festivals including the Melbourne Festival, Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Brisbane Biennial.  In India she worked with Teamworks, a highly versatile arts event and production company, with roots in theatre, social action, and the corporate world.  Jones’ primary project was the inaugural Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, a new event designed to profile and showcase the Indian theatre industry.

Funded by Arts Victoria and the Australia-India Council.

Catriona Mitchell was Program Director for the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Ubud, Bali, in 2008, and previously worked for the Melbourne Writers Festival. She runs an annual event for the Melbourne International Film Festival called Books at MIFF. Mitchell will work with Teamworks on the planning and organisation of the Jaipur Literature Festival to broaden her programming, managerial and production experience, with a view to utilising her newfound knowledge in her career as a literary programmer in Australia.

Supported by Arts Victoria and the Australia-India Council.

Angela Driver has worked as the Administration Manager at Tasdance for 6 years. In 2007 she completed a Churchill Fellowship researching performance events for social change, and in 2009 graduated from the Tasmanian Leaders Program. She was General Manager of the 2010 Regional Arts Australia national conference and the Junction Arts Festival. At Teamwork in India Angela will develop the skills to manage a highly versatile production house and hopes to implement this model in Tasmania on her return. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA)

Programs Manager for the Leaders Institute of South Australia, Jayne Boase, has extensive experience in arts management specialising in community cultural development and disability arts. Casey van Sebille has 30 years international professional experience as an awarded designer/theatre worker and is currently head of the Design Department at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts. During their residency in New Delhi with Teamwork, an international production company that has roots in the performing arts and social action, they engaged in discussions on the communication of cultural identity, expanded on design generation processes which will lead to outcomes in Australia.

Supported by Arts SA and the Australia Council.

At the time of his residency Barry Scott was responsible for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the Ross Trust Script Development Awards through the State Library of Victoria.  In India Scott worked with Katha, an Indian literary organisation which provides educational services, publishing in translation and community programs. Among Scott's achievements was the delivery of an arts-based event for children, the provision of marketing advice and the management of events with international authors for Katha's major literary festival, Katha Utsav.  Inspired by the residency he continues developing his own press, Transit Lounge Publishing.

Funded by the Australia-India Council and the Australia Council.

At the time of her residency Rosemary Miller was Director of Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart, headquarters to many of Tasmania’s arts organisations and activities. She has strong interests in performance, visual and media arts and in culturally diverse arts practices.  To further these interests, she worked with Reckless Moments in Shanghai on Creative Futures, a three-year program of cultural collaboration between China and Australia.  Valuable contacts and networks were further developed whilst based with the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and through her travels in Hong Kong and Beijing.  In India she was based with Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Gujarat, where she explored their inter-cultural and interdisciplinary arts programs.

Funded by Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council.

Amanda McDonald Crowley worked on the International Symposium of Electronic Art 2004 and was previously Associate Director of the 2002 Adelaide Festival of Arts and Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology. McDonald Crowley undertook a residency with Sarai: The New Media Initiative, Delhi, a recently opened space for independent research and practice in media and urban culture. She conducted a series of lectures and workshops on curatorial practice in the new media field and assisted to coordinate and design effective regional and international networks with Sarai.

Funded by Arts SA and the Australia Council.

At the time of his residency Mark Wilkinson was the Acting Director, Federation Centre for Decorative Arts, City of Darebin. Previously held the positions of Arts and Cultural Planner for Darebin, Administrator for the Melbourne Workers Theatre, Melbourne Writers Theatre and manager of the Carlton Courthouse Theatre. In India Wilkinson worked with the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai where he conducted a feasibility study on establishing a formal arts network in Mumbai and the practicalities of staging an international arts festival. He also participated in a range of arts management workshops at Sanskriti Pratisthan and the Morarka Craft Centre.  

Funded by the Australia Council and Arts Victoria

Jennifer Pfeiffer is a member of the UNIMA International Executive and President of the UNIMA Asia-Pacific Commission. An independent artist and theatre-maker, her long-term practice is located in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural arts. In India, she worked with Teamwork, an international production company, on the prestigious Indian National Theatre Awards. Through her residency she sought to increase her on-the-ground festival experience, extend networks in the region, and examine the feasibility of regional touring circuits for puppeteers.

Funded by the Australia-India Council and Arts Victoria

At the time of her residency Vandana Ram worked as the Cultural Diversity Manager at Community Cultural Development NSW, with a particular focus on the cultural needs of small, emerging and refugee communities around Western Sydney.  During her residency she researched and investigated comparative CCD practice between Australia and India.  She also engaged in workshops, discussions and presentations with artists and NGO's working directly with communities in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi.  As a direct result of her residency she invited Geeta Dharmarajan, founder of Katha to participate in Crossing Borderlines and Translating Narratives in 2005.  Furthermore Ram’s host Khoj has continued with the community cultural project that she initiated: Khirkee Arts Education Program, Shop-MakeOvers and the Khirkee Public Mural Program.

Funded by the Arts NSW and the Australia-India Council.

Curator at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Melissa Keys is responsible for curating and managing PICA’s exhibition, studio and public programs. Over the last ten years she has been employed in a variety of roles at Monash University Museum of Art and Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne. Throughout this time she has also been an active independent curator.  During her residency at KHOJ International Artists Association in New Delhi, Keys researched and developed her understanding of local contemporary visual art and curatorial practice, and built build relationships with a view to co-producing a curatorial project and a series of collaborative exchanges.

Supported by The Australia Council and The WA Department of Culture and The Arts.

Melbourne-based editor, bookseller and book reviewer, Kabita Dhara believes that Indian and Australian writers, publishers and readers deserve more direct access to one another. At Katha in New Delhi, she worked on literature that has been translated into English from India’s many regional languages, with a view to understanding the processes behind choosing a title for translation and assessing markets for it. She also spent time with multinational publisher Macmillan, learning how they assess the suitability of titles from overseas markets for the Indian market and the channels of distribution available to international publishers.

Support by Arts Victoria and Australia India Council.