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General Manager
ARTS MANAGER
Tim, an accomplished graduate of the Australian Ballet School, brings multifaceted experience in dance and choreography to his role as Arts Manager. With achievements in choreography for The Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet expanding his creative horizons, Tim leverages his Master of Business from QUT to merge his artistic flair with managerial expertise to best serve Access Arts.
Tim’s leadership skills were finely tuned during his tenure as the Artistic Director of Ballet Theatre Queensland and creator of the successful production of ‘Salon’ at The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, demonstrating his leadership and artistic vision. His professional development opportunities across Asia, the US, and Europe alongside a diploma in Dance Movement Therapy underscore his commitment to use dance for healing with a focus on passion and empathy. Most notably, his role includes the delivery of Queensland Ballet’s Dance Health program, Dance for Parkinson’s. This advocacy work for marginalised artists aligns with his broader commitment to inclusivity and representation in the arts.
Tim utilises his background in dance, alongside his leadership skills and commitment to advocacy, making him an asset to the team within his role as Access Arts’ Arts Manager. Beyond his professional achievements, he is an aficionado of dance, theatre and community events, with a love of nature and serene days at the beach with his dogs.
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER
Rachel has a wealth of experience in the arts and disability sector, having worked across a variety of roles in the field for the past 13 years.
In her current role as Visual Arts Program Manager at Access Arts, Rachel manages the visual arts team, the visual arts workshop program and the annual exhibition program. She also brokers new exhibition, sale and licensing opportunities for artists and facilitates the Arts Business workshop.
Rachel is also a practicing visual artist with skills across painting, drawing, mosaic, digital art and sound art. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from Queensland University of Technology.
UNDERCOVER ARTIST FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Madeleine (Maddie) Little (she/her) is a performer, theatre maker and access consultant for the performing arts based in Brisbane. She is a proud disabled artist who enjoys working in both disability-led and safe ally-led creative environments. She believes that disabled and d/Deaf artists should be able to tell their stories on their terms, without shame, fear, or censorship.
As a leader in the disability arts sector, Madeleine currently sits on the board of Arts Access Australia and has received multiple awards: Early Career Artist Award – Australia Council’s National Arts and Disability Awards (2022), National Leadership Award – Arts Access Australia (2019), Stella Young Award – Arts Access Victoria (2018).
As an actor, Madeleine has been recognised for her performance as Dr Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart (Ad Astra Theatre) with a Matilda Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Independent Production.
Maddie is a published writer, having written for online sites like Mamamia and contributing to academia. Her published contributions to disability arts theory include ‘Hold On: Australian innovations in access aesthetics’ – Australasian Drama Studies Journal (with Dr Eddie Paterson and Dr Sarah Austin, Vol. 76, 2020), ‘Quick Trust and Slow Time: Relational Innovations in Disability Performing Arts Practice’ – The International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (Dr Bree Hadley, et. Al. vol. 2, 2022) and ‘How Disability Performance Travels in Australia’ by Dr Bree Hadley with Dr Eddie Paterson, and Kath Duncan in How Does Disability Performance Travel? Access, Art, and Internationalization (Routledge 2024).
Role at AA
Access Arts acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and we pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique cultural and spiritual relationship to land, water and seas and their rich contribution to society.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
Patron of Access Arts
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland
Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland
