Advocacy and Public Value

Political agendas urgently need creative perspectives.

This means developing compelling voices that reach diverse publics well beyond immediate communities.

 

Let’s do this.

Test Pattern works with artists, architects, designers, publishers, broadcasters, and creative organisations at all scales, to nurture advocacy voices and articulate the public value of their practice.

This work balances industry, policy and public engagement for a comprehensive approach to achieving tangible impact and lasting change. 

It’s based on best practice benchmarked globally, as well as deep engagement with key issues and voices.

Past clients range from individual artists and artist-runs to small-to-medium and major organisations, as well as artform- and region-specific groups developing their first advocacy approaches, and industry consortia seeking greater impact.

With a passion for empowering courageous thinking toward creative transformation, Esther Anatolitis is one of Australia’s leading advocates for the arts. 

  • Advocacy workshops for individuals, organisations and boards

  • Facilitating the formation of advocacy networks and consortia

  • Advocacy strategy development

  • Policy forums curated in partnership with leading universities

  • Urban and regional forums for prospective political candidates to outline their creative industries platforms

  • Industry focus events, facilitated networks, state issues forums and national leadership roundtables

  • Engaging academic and government policy-makers

  • Engaging the media

  • Social media campaigns

  • Pre-election advocacy campaigns

  • Distributed advocacy models

  • Industry-wide advocacy development and targeted campaigns

  • Direct support and dedicated mentoring.

Esther Anatolitis is a former Chair of the Arts Industry Council (Victoria), a former member of Arts Peak, and a former Chair of the Regional Arts Australia Advocacy Committee. She has initiated and facilitated numerous industry advocacy networks including the National Executive Directors Network, Festivals Breakfast and the Victorian Arts Industry Gatherings. While at NAVA, Esther facilitated national advocacy cooperation during the pandemic crisis, nurtured multi-party political relationships, created and presented Australia’s first comprehensive advocacy training program for the arts across sixteen weeks, and achieved significant national media impact that contributed to valuable policy change. She is a highly sought-after commentator and writes for diverse news, industry and creative publications.

IMAGE: Create Australia’s Future (2020) by Sarah CrowEST. Created as part of the #CreateAustraliasFuture pandemic response campaign.