Access Ideas and Insights: Co-Design In Practice - Panel Discussion

Our Access Ideas and Insights panel examined co-design as a creative process when artists lead the development of new work. From Songsmiths to Milk Crate Theatre, the panel showcased different approaches to co-design, highlighting how collaborative practice can shape creative processes, artistic outcomes and community development through meaningful engagement, connection and shared ownership. Panellists included Felicity Nicol (Senior Artistic Associate at Milk Crate Theatre), Irene Zhong (Composer and Singer-Songwriter) and Leila Harris (Composer, Songwriter and Musician). This event was be MC’d be Dr Jessica Olivieri (Co-Artistic Director of Utp). Together, speakers discussed how ideas are shaped, negotiated and sometimes challenged through collaboration, and how authorship and decision-making are shared across artists, communities and organisations.