Amanda Jelicich-Kane
Managing Director
As Managing Director Amanda plays an important role in setting the strategic vision for the company and ensuring that the team produces exemplary work. Her guidance is critical to the success of the company’s projects, which involve collaborating with multiple stakeholders to plan, curate, and deliver large art and cultural projects for major government and commercial clients.
She is a people person who establishes close relationships with her team, her clients and the artists she works with. Amanda works across genres from the purely creative area of cultural visioning to the practicalities of leading large-scale art delivery projects.
Her ability to be both creative and practical enables her to apply her imagination to the authoring of cultural visions and art strategies; and then pragmatically lead the project team to their successful delivery.
Drenka Andjelic
Non-Executive Director
Drenka’s background in construction and the strength of her project management company Construction Assignments provide Cultural Capital’s clients with surety of delivery in any context. Drenka brings a detailed understanding of the needs of all levels of the property development industries.
Harry Partridge
Founder
As Co-Founder, Harry has been instrumental in the firm’s evolution into Australia’s leading public art and curatorial agency.
Harry is a structural engineer, and for 35 years led the practice Partridge, which he established in 1982. His firm gained a reputation for engineering innovative and sophisticated solutions for some of Sydney’s leading architects and artists. In 2006 he enrolled part-time at NSW University Arts and Design faculty to study Fine Art, subsequently receiving a Masters in 2014.
Harry left his engineering practice in 2013 to co-found Cultural Capital, using his skills gained as an engineer for design and project management, combined with his knowledge and appreciation of art and curation.
Hannah Molyneux
Senior Project and Strategy Lead
Hannah is an experienced project manager, client liaison and administrator.
She is inspired by ideas, and loves to work with artists to plan, conceptualise and realise their vision for the benefit of community at large. She is driven to build a legacy of transporting and engaging public art in her home city of Sydney. She is passionate about inviting and encouraging people from beyond the confines of traditional art world to build their own positive relationship with art. Art is for everyone.
Hannah’s career to date has involved writing, event development, business development, curatorial project management and creative business administration.
Recent major career milestones include the delivery of the landmark Sydney Gateway project, and the delivery of the public art program at Sydney Football Stadium, which included Tony Albert’s iconic stadium seating design.
Laura Pike
Senior Creative and Project Lead
Laura is a multi-disciplinary Creative Producer and Project Manager specialising in the arts and cultural industries.
She brings over 15 years experience working across government, public art, community engagement and strategy delivering meaningful projects that connect, engage and inspire diverse audiences through arts and culture.
She is committed to delivering projects that are connected to place and community and has extensive experience in artist and stakeholder management as well as budgets and reporting requirements for government and private clients and organisations.
Allie Jonscher
Curator and Project Manager
Allie is a curator, artist and creative producer with over five years of experience in public art. Allie’s expertise ranges from art strategy, community and stakeholder engagement, curating contemporary art in the public domain, and managing the delivery of art projects from strategy to implementation. Her experience spans the private and public sectors, including temporary and permanent projects. As a curator, Allie champions capacity building for early-career artists and is always looking for new creatives to bring into public art.
Recent projects include the New Shellharbour Hospital Arts in Health Program, Accor Stadium Matildas Artwork, Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 Enabling Works and the award winning ReVITALise Creative Tunnels Program for Transport for NSW.
Allie is also a practising artist and brings this lived experience to her work at Cultural Capital.
Dara Gill
Design Manager
Dara is a seasoned contractor who specialises in supporting artists through design, fabrication and installation processes. Passionate about helping artists realise their vision, Dara leverages his background as a visual artist and a project manager within the construction industry, serving as a link between these two professions.
Emma Finneran
Studio Manager
Emma is an artist, writer, and creative consultant with over 15 years experience across the visual arts sector. She is an arts professional with experience across a diverse range of gallery and museum contexts, complemented by a focus on liaising with contemporary artists and curators to actualise meaningful projects large and small.