Philip Patston

Current

• Founder/Director at Int'l Guild of Disabled Artists & Performers
• Managing Director at Diversityworks

Past

• Complaints/Education/Publications Officer at Human Rights Commission

Education

• University of Auckland

Recommended

1 person has recommended Philip

Connections

16 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

Philip Patston’s Summary

Philip Patston is a comedian, consultant, columnist, recovering social worker and human rights activist, among other things. He is gay, disabled, vegetarian and English.

Currently Philip is a NZ Social Entrepreneur Fellow and an ArtVenture Creative Entrepreneur (ArtVenture is a project of the Auckland Arts Regional Trust).

He is most well-known for his live and broadcast work, particularly on the stand-up comedy television show Pulp Comedy (1997-2003), and vaguely remembered for his brief heterosexual role on Shortland Street (1999). In the same year he was named inaugural “Queer of the Year 1d; by television show Queer Nation and was awarded a Billy T James award for commitment and contribution to the industry by the NZ Comedy Trust.

Philip lives in Auckland and travels regularly in New Zealand. His work has taken him to Australia, the US, Canada, the UK and Belgium.

Philip is also Founder and Director of the International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers, the Chair of Touch Compass Dance Trust and the Founder and Chair of the Diversityworks Trust. He was the instigator and Creative Director of Giant Leap, NZ’s first international disability arts festival held in March 2005, and is currently leading a team scoping an international symposium on disability arts to be held in Auckland in 2009.

Philip Patston’s Specialties:

Professional development, planning and design, vision building, strategic advice

Philip Patston’s Experience

• Founder/Director

  Int'l Guild of Disabled Artists & Performers

  (Non-Profit; Arts and Crafts industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years)

• Managing Director

  Diversityworks

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

• Complaints/Education/Publications Officer

  Human Rights Commission

  (Think Tanks industry)

  1994 — 1998 (4 years)

Philip Patston’s Education

• University of Auckland

  1986 — 1991

Additional Information

Philip Patston’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

Philip Patston’s Interests:

business management, thought leadership, spiritual development, human evolution

Philip Patston’s Groups:

Gay Auckland Business Assn, NZ Social Entrepreneur Fellowship

Philip Patston’s Honors:

Billy T James Comedy Award 1999
Queer of the Year 1999

Philip Patston’s Contact Settings

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