Writing
I have been commissioned to share my ideas and learnings in writing - and love doing this.
Selected examples of previous publications are below and read my blog here.
Churchill Fellowship
In 2020, I published the findings from my Churchill Fellowship, which explored inclusive music programs, venues and festivals which actively engage disabled people. The report and associated articles are available here.
Image description: Morwenna smiling, wearing a blue dress in front of a colourful wall panel at the Sydney Opera House (Credit: Jacquie Manning Photography).
Articles and Blogs
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Arts Hub - Making Live Music Accessible (30 September 2020)
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The British Council - An Australian perspective on the Unlimited Symposium (3 December 2018)
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Faircount Media - “Equal Access Equal Opportunity: 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act” (2017). Commissioned to write an article about entertainment and the arts.
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Arts Hub - Why are you winking at me? Strategies for disarming sexism for people working in the arts and cultural sector (8 November 2017)
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Patternmakers - Inclusive and Accessible Research: what we learnt from evaluating Unlimited (published by Patternmakers, 2016)
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Unlimited Commissions Programme - My International Placement with Unlimited (2016).
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Patternmakers - Exploring the impact of the Unlimited Commissions Programme for disabled artists (2016)
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Unlimited Commissions Programme - From Sydney to London, Unlimited’s international intern! (2014)
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Access2Arts – Leadership and diversity – challenging assumptions (2014).
Publications I’m quoted in
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Unlimited - What our International Producer placements did next (5 September 2019)
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Arts Hub – Leading for Change – who is leading disability arts? (30 August 2019)
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ABC Arts - Perth Festival's disability arts initiative is having a powerful Australia-wide effect (1 March 2019)
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Huffington Post - Getting In Sync: Disability And Leadership In The Cultural Sector (7 September 2016).
Books and book chapters
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Routledge Handbook for Disability Arts, Culture and Media Studies, (December 2018). Authors: Sarah Austin, Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Lachlan MacDowell, Veronica Pardo and Eddie Patterson. Contributors: Jax Borwn, Morwenna Collett, Bree Hadley, Kate Hood, Jess Kapuscinski-Evans, Donna McDonald, Julie McNamara, Gaelle Mellis, Eva Sifis and Kate Sulan. This was part of my contribution in the research team working on “Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: Beyond the Social Model”, a project exploring key themes in the arts and disability sector, supported by an Australian Research Council Linage grant and the University of Melbourne (2017-2018).
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Australian Youth Orchestras’ Role in Development of Young Musicians, Lambert Academic Publishing, Cologne, Germany (2010). Masters Thesis Published as a Monograph.
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Book chapter published in Australasian Music Research, Volume 9. Growing Up Making Music: Youth Orchestras in Australia and Around the World, Lyrebird Press, edited by Margaret Kartomi, David Pear and Kay Dreyfus (Sept 2007). My chapter was titled: The Queensland Youth Orchestra and its Role in the Development of Young Musicians: A Case Study of Benefits.
Conference publications
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“Evaluation design for true accessibility: lessons from an impact evaluation of Unlimited, a commissions programme for disabled artists” (co-authored with Tandi Williams). Conference paper published in proceedings for ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, July 2016, The University of Sydney.