Saturday 12 October 3.30-5.00pm
FORUMS, WORKSHOPS & SHOWCASES (4.1 - 4.10)
CULTURAL TOURS and
LEFT OF FIELD WORKSHOPS
Please note: this schedule is subject to change*
4.1 REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS - SUSTAINING REGIONAL
ARTS PRACTICE
How do regional and rural arts and cultural practitioners survive through
their practice? What sustains them? What challenges them? Two stories
that illustrate how the notion of partnership can help sustain arts in
the regions and build long-lasting relationships between arts practitioners
and communities.
- Flying Fruit Fly Circus & Circus Dust
Kim Walker, Artistic Director
How the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, a regionally-based national organisation, has developed into one of Australia's (and the world's) premier youth performing arts companies and the role of partnerships in attaining and sustaining this status. Exploring the challenges and benefits of the regional base for the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and Circus Dust - a satellite training and performance association with Aboriginal communities of Far North Queensland.
HotHouse Theatre
Charles Parkinson, Artistic Manager + Fiona Barber, General Manager
With the tendency for energy and ideas to flow out of regional centres due to insufficient arts infrastructures and small consumer bases, how is HotHouse Theatre sustained and how does it develop? Exploring the importance of developing partnerships with metropolitan companies to ensure the regional voice is heard, how HotHouse draws audiences from outside the wider region, and the viability of cultural tourism for regional arts companies.
4.2: NSW 2002 YEAR OF THE OUTBACK YOUTH EXPO
(cont'd)
Continuing the showcase of the large scale YOTO performance and multimedia
installation project involving around 40 young people between the ages
of 15-20 years with content produced in a number of regions around NSW.
- Wide Open Road
BIG hART Installation
Outback Dance Project … plus more
4.3 REGIONAL ARTS CLINICS
Bring your problems to the table and have them addressed by "someone
in the know". Each roundtable addresses one themes for 45 minutes,
after which you move to another table of your choice.
- Sustaining Regional Arts Practices
Lee Pemberton & Monika Velins
Regional Regeneration & Change Helen Gould, Janet Cohen
Youth Arts - BIG hART, Maud Clarke
Arts Law Simon Etherington, Arts Law Centre of Australia
4.4 INDIGENOUS ARTS & ENGAGING WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITIES (Limit 40)
Build your skills, understanding and confidence in creating partnerships
with Indigenous communities to work towards developing projects that reflect
mutual respect and contribute to building sustainable cross-cultural relationships.
Protocols are not rocket science.
- Charlie Trindall & Fay
Nelson, Regional Indigenous Cultural Workers
Opening a window of understanding into the very real experiences, needs and expectations of working cross-culturally and addressing ways in which Indigenous communities contribute to arts and cultural events throughout regional Australia. Exploring issues for Indigenous artists and artsworkers in collaborative projects and models of successful cross-cultural projects that can be taken back to communities.
4.5 FESTIVAL CHALLENGES
Showcasing the key elements that make a successful festival and reflect
the unique qualities of community life. What are the impacts of festivals
on local community identity? How do you control what a festival says about
a place?
- Ngan Girra Festival
Liz Heta Ngan Girra
The history and development of the local Ngan Girra festival and challenges in sustaining it as an Indigenous community run event. What level and what kind of community involvement does it take to maintain and develop the Ngan Girra Festival? What are the challenges and benefits for an Indigenous community-run event in forming partnerships with non-Indigenous organisations?
Mallacoota & Mildura Wentworth Festivals
Lindy Bartholomew, former Director & Artistic Director
Social and economic factors that have contributed to the transformation of the festivals and the effect that expansion has had on their respective regions and communities. Exploring the benefits and challenges of international cultural exchange for regional festivals and what this means for isolated communities exploring regional cultural identities through diversity.
Tamworth Country Music Festival
June Smyth, Country Music Events Coordinator
Exploring the connections of the Tamworth Country Music Festival with tourism and business and how its organisers maintain a balance between enhancing a local celebration, working together as community, and the danger of becoming a major tourist attraction that leaves no room for the locals. After 30 years of the Tamworth Country Music Festival has the formula been worked out? What makes it successful and what does it mean for Tamworth's identity?
4.6 COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR REGIONAL REGENERATION
Models for creating a regional identity for artists and sustainable growth
in communities and homelands. How communities work together to create
a place that respects and reflects diversity.
- Anangu Pitjantjatjara artists:
developing a regional approach for success
Inawinytji Williamson, Ananguku Chair + Colin Koch, Marketing + Development Manager
Exploring the benefits and challenges of the regional approach to providing increased support for the growth and sustainability of art practice in Aboriginal communities. Ananguku Arts & Culture Aboriginal Corporation, an association of all artists of the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands in north-west SA, has adopted a unique approach to providing resources, skills and creative development, and pooled expertise and marketing collaboration for the four major art centres of the region and myriad artists working in homelands across an area the size of Ireland.
Pilyparra Pilbara Arts
Maggie Buchanan, Coordinator, Rose Murray, PACDAC, Fran Haintz, HARTZ + Michelle McKenzie, Town of Port Hedland
Pilbara Arts, Crafts & Design Aboriginal Corporation (PACDAC) and the Town of Port Hedland purchased the local decommissioned courthouse building which now houses an art gallery, artists' studios and a community workshop facility. PACDAC and Hedland Arts Council (HARTZ) now operate Pilyparra Pilbara Arts as a joint organisation. Exploring the development of Pilyparra Pilbara Arts, the synergies that PACDAC and HARTZ share in operating the centre, and how Pilyparra Pilbara Arts works toward sustaining and developing arts practice in Port Hedland.
4.7 PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Showcasing models that emphasise the increasing importance of working
with local government on arts and cultural development projects. What
are the opportunities? What are the issues? Exploring the workings of
local government in cultural planning and frameworks for developing partnerships.
- Cultural Policy & Planning
Michelle Hall-O'Connor, Lgov NSW
The roles of local government and community in cultural planning, definitions of Cultural Development, the role and purpose of cultural planning/ policy development processes, and consultation processes within council and with the community.
Read My Lips - I said Partnership! Cultural Planning Trends & Models
Susan Conroy, Cultural Planner
Identifying and developing partnerships is part of the ethos and process of cultural planning and essential for the newest planning discipline if it is to survive the cut and thrust of local government. Exploring some of the fun, traps and pitfalls of working in partnership within local government and between local governments, the communities and those who represent and provide services to other government agencies.
Section 94 planning
Ashley Frost, Shellharbour City Council
Section 94 planning increasingly creates new opportunities for artists and art organisations to participate in projects and facility development in local government areas. Exploring s94 and its equivalents around the country, highlighting best practice examples, and showcasing Shellharbour City's s94 plan involving cultural facility development, percent for art and public art.
4.8 MEDIA - MAKING IT WORK FOR REGIONAL ARTS
Showcasing sustainable communication models and practices that demonstrate
the relevance of regional arts and cultural activities to new audiences.
How do you get these on the media agenda? How do you develop your own
communication channels?
- Goolarri Media Enterprises
'Alopi Latukefu, Goolarri Media
An insight into the vital role that Goolarri Media Enterprises plays in the promotion, enhancement and social and cultural development of the Kullarri region and its people. Where would Kullarri arts and culture be on the media agenda if there was no Goolarri media and what is the future for Kullarri arts and culture? How has Goolarri made it work for Indigenous arts and culture in the Kimberley region?
The Importance of Media Relations: Arts News on Prime Television
Margaret Hogan, Arts OutWest
For 13 years Arts OutWest has enjoyed a regular and unique timeslot on Prime Television News each week. How this came about, what it has meant for Arts OutWest and the arts community of the central west over the years, and how the model has changed and improved in recent times. The current model could well be of benefit to other arts organisations that are keen to gain better television coverage. Margaret will also discuss relationships with regional and local radio.
ArtReach, e-Bulletins
Rachael Vincent, Regional Arts NSW
Thinking strategically and working practically to get your regional arts story in the media: identifying media outlets, building relationships, shaping your message. Also looking at producing your own media effectively through your website and e-mail bulletins.
4.9 REGIONAL OUTREACH
Showcasing models of delivery from a metropolitan base to regional and
rural centres. What are the priorities for programming and the procedures
for procuring services? You will gain a greater understanding of the processes
and priorities in regional outreach programs from state-based and national
organisations, plus additional tools to facilitate a greater level of
partnership between city-based and regional/rural organisations.
- Regional Cinema
Brendan Smith, NSW Film & Television Office
In around 50% of rural communities in NSW, people have little or no access to cinema. The NSW FTO's Regional Cinema program promotes the development of volunteer and independent cinema on the premise of facilitating local communities to develop their own cinema spaces. It also provides direction and information on operational models, business planning, equipment and training, funding, programming, marketing and dealing with distributors. An insight into the central issues and considerations involved in regional cinema operations, with cases studies that highlight these issues and provide a much more practical exposition.
Young Australian Concert Artists
Tony Grybowski & Simon Rogers, Australian Youth Orchestra
Young Australian Concert Artists is an ensemble development and performance program that reaches out to regional Australia and brings together advanced instrumentalists, shaping them into chamber music ensembles. It recognises the musical strength in regional Australia and both compliments current instrumental tuition and develops the skills-base of young musicians outside metropolitan areas. This model works from the premise of "regional community integration" where interaction between the participants and the regional community are key features of the program. An insight into the success of the program in several regional centres in Australia and the large scale US model.
Regional & National Youth Theatre
David Berthold, Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp)
atyp is Australia's flagship youth theatre, with over 5000 young people participating in a wide range of programs each year. atyp offers a comprehensive workshop program, an education program, a production program presenting 8 productions a year, a regional program which stretches from the Pilbara to regional Tasmania, and a national program which brings together members of youth theatres from around the nation and some of Australia's leading performing arts practitioners. Young people in regional, rural and remote areas access atyp through its regional program. Each project, run in partnership with local organisations, involves a 3-year commitment by atyp to that community. An insight into the conception and implementation of these projects and the legacies left in young lives and their communities.
4.10 REGIONAL ARTS CONNECTIONS: NATIONAL PROGRAMS
OF SUPPORT
Recognising cultural and social capital and the importance of national
support and networking in the arts for regional regeneration.
- National Collections Advisory Forum
Professor Margaret Seares
In recognising the importance of Australia's national collections, the Cultural Ministers Council recently formed the National Collections Advisory Forum to provide strategic advice on the cultural collections sector, and identify priorities for governments in addressing ongoing needs. It will bring both industry and community perspectives to Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers on policy and planning for the gallery, library, archives and museum sectors in relation to the Distributed National Collection.
Regional Audience Development Activities
Karilyn Brown + Gareth Wreford, Australia Council for the Arts
The Audience and Market Development division of the Australia Council will present an overview of its regional and outer metropolitan audience development activities developed in consultation and partnership with State and Territory arts, and regional arts, agencies.
Programmes for Regional Australia: the new community driven approach
Wendi Key, DOTARS
Stronger Regions a Stronger Australia, the Government's policy statement on regional Australia launched in August 2001, has set a new framework based on partnerships with local communities and the Government. This community driven agenda is being delivered through the Sustainable Regions Programme and seeks to strengthen regional economic and social opportunities, sustain our productive natural resources and environment, deliver better regional services and help communities to adjust to economic, technological and government induced change. Case studies of community wellbeing projects, including arts and theatre projects in the Regional Solutions Programme, will be highlighted.
SIDESTREAMS
See the Sidestreams page for full descriptions
of all cultural tours and the local program:
All Saints
Estate Tour, Rutherglen - tour and wine-tasting.
LEFT OF FIELD
Tracks
Inc, Cross-Cultural Performance Activity - 20 kilos of rice in a darkened
room? - find out what it's all about!
Enchanted Shadows
- A shadow puppetry workshop looking at the skills and resources required
for developing shadow plays in community work, using caricatures of Groundswell
identities as a theme ... come and play!
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Go to:
Tributaries 1 Friday
2.00pm
Tributaries 2 Friday 4.00pm
Tributaries 3 Saturday
1.30pm
Sidestreams Tours
& Local Program
Program
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