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Hugh Brown | 2018 Speaker

Arts and culture clubs: nourishing the soul of local communities

Hugh has a PhD in how to be a rock star. He wakes up every day with music in his soul, yet has made his living as a journalist, public servant, project manager, farm labourer, cleaner, QUT educator, and researcher. His role as Brisbane Regional Coordinator for the Australian Songwriters Association has cemented his belief that every sound has a rhythm and every experience has a lyric.

His Cultural Economics research has identified gaps in the value proposition of arts and culture that prevent the Arts Community from sustaining their lives via their creativity. He created a not-for-profit company called Arts and Culture Clubs Australia to fill the void.