Gemma Robins
Location: Perth/Boorloo (Whadjuk Noongar Boodja)
As Network Coordinator at Regional Arts WA, Gemma coordinates the Hub development and collaborative programs for the Regional Arts Network. Gemma has worked at Regional Arts WA since 2010, where she has held various positions in operations, marketing, funding, and project management.
Gemma graduated from Murdoch University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations and has since worked within the WA arts and culture sector for 15 years. These include the Perth Theatre Company and Georgia Malone Consulting, where she worked on the Perth International Jazz Festival, Fairbridge Festival, and the Performing Arts WA Awards.
Gemma is a former panellist for the Propel Youth Arts WA’s Drug Aware YCulture Metro grant and the Department of Culture and the Arts grants for four years, she also sat on the 2014 National Youth Week KickstART Festival panel and was the volunteer Marketing Coordinator at TEDxPerth in 2015.
She has also spent two years living and working in the small regional Japanese town of Sasayama in Hyogo prefecture and was recently the Secretary of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Alumni Association.