At the CREATE Centre we believe one of the most valuable things we can do is make sure everyone knows about the research and resources being generated around creativity, across disciplines and across the world. This is where you will meet the scholars, educators and artists who make up our community.
The Arts: Innovation in Adversity Special Event Panel Discussion
Wednesday 5 November, 5pm
Seymour Centre
Led by John Bell OA OBE, foundational Artistic Director of Bell Shakespeare, the CREATE Centre is hosting a unique industry event where professionals across the arts and arts education will address how we are all equipping ourselves to keep the arts thriving amid adverse social and economic conditions.
John will be joined by Natalie Rose from Shopfront, Joanna Erskine from Bell Shakespeare, and Brett Peter Weymark OAM from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for a candid conversation on how artists and educators adapt, sustain and lead in tough times.
CREATE’s regular monthly webinars introduce distinguished experts, creative artists and community members to share new knowledge and lead provocative interdisciplinary discussions. Become a member to be notified about what’s coming up, and browse our YouTube channel for our huge catalogue of past presentations.
Find out more and book your place at our two November webinars, with Heddy Lahmann "From Margins to Masterpieces", and then with Erika Piazzoli on Trauma-Informed Language Practices.
We have also created a special series of webinars to help support Higher Degree Research students and Early Career Researchers working in creativity connect with others in the field and learn about new developments in methodologies. After the live events these continue to be available online here: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Our next Towards Creative Schools Conference, will be held on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February 2026. This annual event represents a gathering for educators, policymakers, artists and academics committed to creative education. For leading practitioners in transformative learning, this is an intensive space for sharing, inspiring and building new work in the pedagogy of creativity.
Co-convened by the CREATE Centre, the New Victory Theatre and Roundabout Theatre, the symposium took place in New York over two days on 17-18 June 2025. Featuring a mix of practical workshops, incredible performances, critical discussions, and academic presentations, the symposium engaged teaching artists, theatre educators, policy makers, and practitioners. Together, we explored innovative practices, varied understandings of success, and theoretical and empirical frameworks that underpin this sector of theatrical practice, strengthening the CREATE Centre's place in a global network of creative institutions.
We hold Roundtables to bring experts across a particular field together to explore research opportunities and potential fresh partnerships.
Watch our Roundtable videos Adolescent Mental Health and the Arts and Youth Mental Health and the Arts Partnerships to learn more, and our playlist of expert panels discussing facets of creative support for education and health.
We host the annual Shakespeare Memorial Lecture, an event free and open to the public to hear from the most exciting practitioners of Shakespeare’s works. This series of lectures is also published in book form, which you can download. This year’s lecture was delivered by Director Margaret Thanos on 20 May.
Dr Anna Kamaralli
Centre Manager
Email: anna.kamaralli@sydney.edu.au
