Michael Dagostino
Michael Dagostino commenced as Director in March 2023, with over 25 years of experience in the contemporary arts sector. Michael has had many leadership roles, including as inaugural Director of the Parramatta Artists Studios, where he developed an innovative hub for emerging artists to extend their professional practices locally and internationally.
In 2011, Michael became the Director of Campbelltown Arts Centre, a flagship cultural venue for contemporary multi-disciplinary art. Under his leadership, the Centre won numerous awards, including 3 Imagine Awards (consecutively and the first art gallery to do so), as well as a prestigious ICOM (International Council of Museums) award for With Secrecy and Despatch, the first non‐national or state cultural institution to win this award.
Michael’s career includes being the Chair of Artspace, on the boards of Accessible Arts, FBi Radio, and Sydney Writers Festival and leadership positions on the NSW State Government Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee, Western Sydney Arts Alliance and Sydney Cultural Network.