Jon Hawkes
Director
Community Music Victoria
Jon Hawkes is an artist and the author of The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: Culture’s Essential Role in Public Planning, published by the Cultural Development Network in Australia. His framework places cultural vitality on par with social equity, environmental responsibility, and economic viability as the critical foci of community development. Hawkes is Director of Community Music Victoria, a nonprofit, membership-based association that supports, promotes, and facilitates music-making in communities across the Australian state of Victoria. Hawkes has been affiliated with the Australian Centre of the International Theatre Institute, the Australia Council’s Community Arts Board, Circus Oz, and the Australian Performing Group.