Jacob Boehme

Artistic Director
Geelong After Dark
Australia

Jacob Boehme is a Narangga/Kaurna artist living and working on Kulin country in Melbourne. Jacob is the founding Creative Director of Yirramboi Festival, recipient of the 2018 Green Room Award for Curatorial Contribution to Contemporary and Experimental Arts. Jacob is a multi-disciplinary theatre maker creating work for stage, screen and festivals, leading the artistic direction and choreography of large-scale public events like Tanderrum for Melbourne Festival, FINA World Swimming Championships and the World Cricket Cup 2015. Jacob is the writer and performer of the critically acclaimed solo work Blood on the Dance Floor, recipient of the 2017 Green Room Award Best Independent Production. Alumni of the Victorian College of the Arts, (MA in Arts – Playwriting, MA in Arts – Puppetry) Jacob is currently a recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship and the newly appointed Artistic Director of Geelong After Dark.

Speaker
Session 1 | The Value Proposition: Artists, Institutions, and Community
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

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