Ms Sarah Reynolds

Profile

I aman arts events professional and researcher from Melbourne, Australia. My PhD research explores how regional arts centres are valued and perceived by key stakeholders in England and Australia.I am an arts events professional and researcher from Melbourne, Australia who holds a Masters in Arts Management and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management) from the University of Melbourne. I have written and presented papers at the International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC) in 2013 and 2011, and co-authored several refereed articles. I won best paper at the Thought Leaders in Brand Management Conference in Switzerland in 2010 and was a recipient of a Leeds Anniversary Research Scholarship in 2016. Since commencing my PhD at the University of Leeds I have been a Research Assistant on the Ask the Audience – British Academy research project with Dr Leila Jancovich and has been an Event Coordinator for the International Network for Audience Research in the Performing Arts. My PhD research explores how regional arts centres are valued and perceived by key stakeholders, including: arts centre staff; arts centre funders; audiences; and the community. Via developing an understanding of the role and purpose of regional arts centres the study will provide insight into whether the arts centre model is a suitable way in which to provide arts and culture to regional areas in England and Australia.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

• Reynolds, S., MacNeill, K. and Tonks, A. 2017. Collaborative Leadership in the Arts as a Unique form of Dual Leadership. Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, 47(2), p.89-104.
• MacNeill, K., Tonks, A. and Reynolds, S. 2013. Authenticity and the Other. Journal of Leadership Studies, 6(3), p.6-16
• MacNeill, K. and Reynolds, S. 2013. Imagining Transnational Cultural Policy. Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management, 10(1), p.15-24.

CONFERENCE PAPERS 

• 2013 - Wrote and presented paper on Australia’s major performing arts organisations at the International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management in Bogotá, Colombia
• 2012 - Research for paper presented at the UNESCO Crossroads Conference in Paris
• 2011 - Wrote and presented paper on Authentic Leadership in the Australian performing arts at the International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management in Antwerp, Belgium
• 2010 - Co-wrote paper presented at Thought Leaders in Brand Management Conference in Lugano, Switzerland,

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• 2016 - Leeds Anniversary Research Scholarship
• 2010 - Won best paper at the Thought Leaders in Brand Management Conference in Switzerland, ‘Sociocultural brand management: Exploring branding practices in the postmodern age’
• 2008 - Dean’s Honours Roll: Master of Arts Management
• 2006 - University of Melbourne Honours Scholarship

EDUCATION

• 2008-2009 - Master of Arts Management, The University of Melbourne
• 2006 - Honours in Management (First Class Honours), The University of Melbourne. Thesis: Brand Management.
• 2003-2005 - Bachelor of Commerce (Management), The University of Melbourne

Research groups and institutes

• Audience, Engagement & Experience