Leigh Carmichael

Leigh Carmichael has worked as part of the leadership and development team at the Museum of Old and New Art for the past 17 years, founding the festivals Dark Mofo and Mona Foma, and the creative agency DarkLab. More recently he has worked on the establishment of In The Hanging Garden cultural precinct collaborating with Riverlee.

As a member of the Australia Council for the Arts board of directors, he is an advocate for increased participation in the arts and cultural activity and is passionate about new work, creative risk and its power to transform individuals and communities.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.