Emma Webb – Creative Producer
Emma joined Vitalstatistix in April 2010 after working on the Adelaide Fringe as Program Coordinator, producing Desert Fringe & the Fringe Club. She was Creative Producer of the highly successful 2009 Port Festival & was Company Manager of Kurruru Youth Performing Arts from 2006-2008. Emma has been an arts & cultural producer for the last 15 years, managing & directing projects such as Hart’s Mill Inhabited (large-scale site based projection work with Cindi Drennan & Lou Bennett), Rockin’ the Boat (musical theatre meets politics) Second to None (award-winning site-specific performance by Kurruru & Vitalstatistix), Stick Figure (outdoor puppeteering/cheerleading performance), agender (performance/ installation about the making of gender) & many others. She has worked with companies including Vitalstatistix, Community Arts Network SA, kneeHigh Puppeteers & Arts Access & holds a Graduate Diploma in Community Cultural Development. Emma is passionate about producing performance & projects that are political, intriguing, culturally-grounded, site-specific & made from interesting collaborations.
Jennifer Greer Holmes – Managing Producer
After spending 2007/08 managing Adelaide’s queer arts & cultural festival, Feast (winner of the 07 Ruby Award for Community Impact), Jennifer joined Vitals in 2009. Prior to this, she managed a gallery & ran a history-making election campaign for one of SA’s most influential independent politicians, eventually working as a researcher for another independent MP for 2 years. While studying a Bachelor of Arts (Politics, Anthropology) at the University of Adelaide, she worked at the Adelaide Fringe, APAM, Adelaide Film Festival, Arts Projects Australia, Womad & Come Out. In 2008 Jennifer started an artist management business, promoting & supporting professional artists from diverse disciplines. In 2009 she managed the controversial sculpture exhibition Cunts…& other conversations by Greg Taylor (MLB) & in 2010 she produced the Adelaide Fringe Award nominated dance theatre work; Pickled by Chris Scherer. Jennifer works with artists who make raw, quirky & unafraid art, thriving on the polarized opinions this evokes.
Justin Pennington – Venue & Production Manager
Olivia Power – Development Coordinator
Corinna McLaine – GoGo Project Coordinator
Sarah Dunn - Arts Administration Trainee
Julie Issom – Finance Officer