Australia Council appoints Director for new Community Partnerships Program

The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the appointment of Frank Panucci, former CEO of Community Cultural Development NSW, as the new Director for Community Partnerships.

As a man dedicated to seeing everyone has the opportunity to participate actively in the arts and contribute to Australia’s cultural development, Frank Panucci says “I believe that community-based and directed cultural development is an important measure of the ‘wellness’ of a society.”

Having spent much of his life actively involved in the community – from research roles with a union, a community health centre and an immigrant association, to consultancy projects advising on issues affecting immigrants and people from non-English speaking backgrounds to community cultural development and the arts, Frank Panucci also has considerable experience in arts administration – notably in senior management roles at the Australia Council, responsible for policy – communication and research, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts and the Community Cultural Development Fund.