First Nations Sub-Committee
The First Nations Sub Committee are currently developing their first Strategic Plan and need your input.
The Sunshine Coast Arts Advisory Board’s (SCAAB) First Nations Sub-Committee (FNSC) was established in 2023 and acts as an advisory group to SCAAB on First Nations interests, including cultural protocols that inform the strategic delivery of the Sunshine Coast Creative Arts Plan 2023 – 2038.
The FNSC provide advice connected to First Nations programming; provide a forum for discussing First Nations community engagement, and existing issues faced by communities within an arts context; a mechanism to provide advice for First Nations arts development in the region and provide advocacy for First Nations artists and arts in the region.
In partnership with UniSC, the FNSC will be leading the development of a First Nations Strategic Arts Plan through respectful, community-led engagement, aiming to support self-determination by providing a platform for Indigenous voices, perspective and leadership in the arts sector.
Members

Helena Gulash (Chair)
Helena Gulash is a Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) woman who brings strategic leadership experience from her work with First Nations within both government and community. Helena is also a SCAAB FN arts industry member.

Lyndon Davis
Lyndon Davis is a Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) man and internationally acclaimed artist, educator and cultural performer.

Jason Murphy
Jason Murphy is a Dungidau man of Jinibara descent and visual artist whose work critiques social, political and cultural issues affecting First Nations peoples.

Jennifer Kent
Jennifer Kent is an Arts Practitioner advancing cultural capability through education and reconciliation projects. Jenny has ancestral connections to various Nations including the Jinibara and Quandamooka.

Deline Briscoe
Deline Briscoe is a Yalanji woman of song whose practice explores Wulgkubadi (Yalanji traditional singing) with jazz, hip-hop and soul infusion.

Nicole Reilly
Nicole Reilly is a proud queer Wiradyuri woman, whose work spans the roles of creative producer, director, performer and teaching artist.

Sasha Parlett
Sasha Parlett is a Malyangapa and Barkindji woman who has been a part of the Sunshine Coast community since the age of four. She is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in film production. Her work is about educating on First Nations experiences and highlighting our histories.