Ashleigh Wilson Email & Phone Number

Australia

Responsibilities include speechwriting, opeds and other key external communications in consultation with the CEO and other senior executives; high-level messaging for the Decade of Renewal, the 50th anniversary and beyond; copywriting and editing across multiple platforms, from strategy papers and public hoardings to media releases and program notes and heritage panels; a comprehensive refresh of the narrative on the website while updating continually to ensure timeliness and relevance; writing/editing the annual report across two especially historic years; and advising on issues management and editorial content across the organisation. I also edited the landmark 50th anniversary hardback, published by Thames & Hudson, Transcendence: 50 Years of Unforgettable Moments at the Sydney Opera House.The role was created to drive the development and implementation of strategic communications to engage and inspire a broad range of stakeholders and the wider community, strengthening the Opera House’s reputation as a living work of art and supporting its creative and commercial success.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I advised the State Library of NSW on a new purpose statement that would form a key part of its organisation-wide strategy and also articulate the library's mission as it looks to the future.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The product of many hours of candid conversations at the kitchen table in Lavender Bay, and supplemented by extensive research and interviews with others, this is the unforgettable story of Wendy Whiteley's life.These days Wendy Whiteley is a legendary figure in the art world, the keeper of the Brett Whiteley legacy, best known for creating the Secret Garden on the land below her house on Sydney Harbour. But before she met Brett, Wendy was herself a budding artist; her creative work ever since has been under-recognised. Wendy is a survivor: of drug dependence, bitter divorce, the deaths of Brett and their beloved daughter, Arkie. More than that, she is a remarkable figure whose life has had its own contours and priorities. Now in her early eighties—reflective yet outspoken, with a dry wit—she has much to tell about it.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Copywriting and feature writing for a range of clients, including Menzies Art Brands, Shapiro, Sotheby’s NY, Sydney Festival, Vogue Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, The Guardian, The Australian and the National Gallery of Australia.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2 Holt Street, Surry Hills

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

This period also includes a Walkley award for indigenous affairs in 2007.

Brisbane, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

On Artists

The #MeToo movement is overturning a cliché that has forgiven bad behaviour for years: to be creative is to be prone to eccentricity, madness, addiction and excess. No longer can artists be excused from the standards of conduct that apply to us all. But if we denounce the artist, then what becomes of the work that remains?

Brett Whiteley: Art, Life And The Other Thing

Written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first time the full portrait of a mercurial artist.The book has received critical praise in The Weekend Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Sydney Review of Books, Big Issue, Books + Publishing and The Australian Book Review, among other publications.It was also longlisted for a Walkley award.

Sydney, Australia

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, Music

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