Artistic Director of Rako, and a practising, Visual artist, Dancer and Poet.  Director of the Fiji Arts Council, Founder and Secretary General for the Pacific Arts Alliance, and Member of the Commonwealth Group for Culture and Development. Ms Mitchell has trained and worked both as an arts manager and a practising artist in the Pacific region from the past 10 years.  She has gained experience and education working internationally in London, the US, Australia and New Zealand.  She has worked extensively in the Pacific arts sector across a number of art forms and at both community and government level.  With a current focus on Arts for Social change, and developing Pacific models for environmental and cultural sustainability through the creative industries.

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