{{Short description|Australian theatre director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} '''Bryce Ives''' (born 11 November 1983, in Ballarat) is Artistic Director of Theatre Works in St.Kilda,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artsreview.com.au/bryce-ives-announced-as-new-artistic-director-of-theatre-works/|title = Bryce Ives announced as new Artistic Director of Theatre Works|date = 9 May 2018}}</ref> Artistic Director of the Fairfax Festival in the Murray Mallee region of North West Victoria,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://townhall.swanhill.vic.gov.au/fairfax/eoi-artists/ |title=Artist expression of interest | Swan Hill Town Hall |access-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306173754/https://townhall.swanhill.vic.gov.au/fairfax/eoi-artists/ |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Co-Artistic Director of the Present Tense Ensemble alongside long-term collaborator Nathan Gilkes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5374565/bryce-ives-proudly-claims-wendouree-roots-believes-in-power-of-communities/|title=Bryce Ives proudly claims Wendouree roots, believes in power of communities|last=Kirkham|first=Rochelle|date=2018-05-01|work=The Courier|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, Ives joined Laureate International Universities as the Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for Torrens University Australia and the Media Design School in NZ.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.torrens.edu.au/about/governance-and-leadership/executive-team|title=Executive Team {{!}} Torrens University|last=digital team test|website=torrens.edu.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>
Ives has made a significant contribution to youth generated media in Australia, as a former Executive Producer of the ABC Radio project Heywire<ref name="Heywire">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/sa/content/2006/s2480407.htm|publisher= ABC Radio |author=Sarina Locke|title=Heywire! Rural youth conference begins in Canberra|date=2 February 2009|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> and former General Manager and President of the Student Youth Network in Melbourne.<ref name="Cyber Generation Calls Tune">{{cite news|last=MacLean |first=Sheena |title=Cyber Generation Calls Tune |newspaper=The Australian |date=23 September 2004 |url=http://www.edgeradio.org.au/The%20Australian.%20Cyber%20Generation%20Calls%20Tune%2023.09.04.htm |accessdate=2007-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516164448/http://www.edgeradio.org.au/The%20Australian.%20Cyber%20Generation%20Calls%20Tune%2023.09.04.htm |archivedate=16 May 2006 }}</ref> Ives facilitates the annual ABC Radio Heywire Regional Youth Summit in Canberra, in 2018 he facilitated his eleventh Heywire Regional Youth Summit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5374565/bryce-ives-proudly-claims-wendouree-roots-believes-in-power-of-communities/|title=Bryce Ives proudly claims Wendouree roots, believes in power of communities|last=Kirkham|first=Rochelle|date=2018-05-01|work=The Courier|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}</ref>
Ives is a previous Director of the Arts Academy Ballarat and the Gippsland Centre of Art & Design, the creative art schools Federation University Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://federation.edu.au/news?announcement_id=22381&action=view_announcement&category_id=|title=News|last=Team|first=Corporate Web|website=federation.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> In 2017, Ives directed a music clip in support of marriage equality featuring students, musicians and local members of the Ballarat community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/4949483/feduni-film-calls-for-marriage-equality/|title=FedUni film calls for marriage equality|last=Stone-Meadows|first=Victoria|date=2017-09-26|work=The Courier|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}</ref>
Ives has built a strong body of work as a leading thinker and facilitator in Australian Agriculture and Rural Industries, AgTech, and the future of farming. He has facilitated the AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship program for future leaders in Australian Agriculture since 2010, facilitated the process for the National Farmers Federation Talking 2030, leading to the ambitious plan to get Australian Agriculture to $100 Billion at the Farmgate by 2030, and has been heavily involved as a key facilitator and the MC of EvokeAG, the premier AgTech and Innovation Summit in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Performer: “It’s been a huge journey to loving myself”. This is Bryce Ives |url=https://humansofagriculture.com/stories/the-performer-a-huge-journey-to-loving-myself-this-is-bryce-ives |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Humans of Agriculture |language=en-AU}}</ref> He wrote a report about young people, perceptions, and the future of Australian Agriculture in 2023 for AgriFutures Australia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ives |first=Bryce |title=Listen Up - Young People's Perspectives on Australian Agriculture |url=https://agrifutures.com.au/pdf-view/?pdf=23-079&file=2023/06/23-079 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=agrifutures.com.au}}</ref>
In 2002 Ives was named Young Citizen of the Year for the City of Ballarat.<ref name="Ballarat">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/great-show-of-patriotic-spirit/256772.aspx|publisher= The Ballarat Courier newspaper|author=Alex Easton|title=Great show of patriotic spirit|date=27 January 2002|accessdate=2009-04-09}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.abc.net.au/heywire/|Heywire official website}} * {{Official website|http://syn.org.au/|SYN official website}} * {{Official website|http://www.callgirlthemusical.com/|Call Girl the Musical official website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090707235010/http://youhavechanged.wordpress.com/ Bryce Ives Blog]
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