Optional Breakfast
Would your organisation/state/specialist sector like to host a breakfast? If so, please let us know and we will post the details on our website for you.
Free Film Screening: Big hART's Drive
7.45am-8.40am
Young men are dying in high speed, single vehicle crashes, crumpled in metal coffins, on lonely rural roads. The biggest killer of young men in Australia is car crashes. The state with the highest rate of road fatalities is the island of Tasmania. DRIVE is a film about the rites of passage young Australian men face on their journey to adulthood - gaining a driver's license and the legal right to drink alcohol. It is about the darker side of Australia's emerging cultural identity. Created on the North West Coast of Tasmania by BIG hART, Drive is a 55 minute Screen Australia/ABC JTV Doc, supported by Screen Tasmania and the Tasmanian State Government.
Session Four 9am–9.40am
Independent Producers: Working Without a Safety Net
Presented by: Junction 2010
Moderator: Ian Pidd
Panelists: Ross Byers, Sarah Howell, Joe Pickett and Suze van der Beek
A panel of independent producers and freelance artists celebrate the joys and pinpoint the frustrations of working without a safety net. Moderated by Ian Pidd the session will certainly be biased toward the positive, highlighting the efficiency and nimbleness that comes without having a board or bureaucracy to answer to, but will also seek to identify ways in which the independent sector can be better supported. Panel members include Ross Byers, Sarah Howell, Suze van der Beek and Joe Pickett.
Target Practice: Make Sure Your Grant Application Hits the Mark
Presented by: The Myer Foundation and The Ian Potter Foundation
Presenters: Debra Morgan and Claire Rimmer
Program Managers from The Myer Foundation and The Ian Potter Foundation will provide an overview of the philanthropic sector and how best to apply for grants. The session will include inside information on what makes a ‘good' funding application; what philanthropic organisations will and won't fund; and philanthropic funding issues particular to the arts.
Big hART's Drive: Young Men and the Art of Risktaking
Presented by: Big hART
Moderator: Telen Rodwell
Presenters: Lincoln Blake, Paul Corfiatis, Nathan Gelston, Billy Mercer, Dillon Roberts, Michael Swan and Zac Veart
DRIVE is a film-based project based on Tasmania's North West Coast, designed to challenge young men to explore the reasons behind an epidemic of young male road fatality. Participants will talk about making the Drive documentary and website, and how it became an examination of young male cultural identity.
Top Five Disruptive Technologies
Presenter: Bong Ramilo
The presentation will propose, demonstrate, discuss, and adopt a list of "The Top Five Disruptive Technologies for Regional Arts in Australia". Disruptive technologies cause major change in the accepted way of doing things. Topics include: Social Networking; Cloud Computing; Ubiquitous Computing; Locative Media; Free and Open Source Software.
Gluing the Grease and Greasing the Glue: Introducing The Social Impresario
Presented by: Mammalian Diving Reflex
Presenter: Natalie de Vito
Introducing 'The Social Impresario'. A conflation of the social worker and the opera impresario: 'an individual who, under the auspices of art, shamelessly develops and promotes nascent social configurations'. Mammalian Diving Reflex is a Toronto-based research-art atelier dedicated to investigating the social sphere, producing one-off events, theatre-based performance, theoretical texts and community happenings. They create works in public, working with adults and children alike, and invite audience members to become collaborators and participants in their live performance events.
Hands on Session with the Knitting Room
Presented by: The Knitting Room
You are invited to knit, click and chat with the artists from the legendary Knitting Room exhibition! This hands on workshop will be filled with inspiration and friendly chatter allowing participants the chance to share knitting skills, stories and styles.
Traditional Threads - Contemporary Expression
Presented by: Shepparton Art Gallery and The Centre for Koori Education TAFE Shepparton
Facilitators: Auntie Cilla Atkinson, Patricia Harrison, Auntie Liz Kneebone, Angie Russi, Auntie Irene Thomas and Robyn Thompson
Following in the creative footsteps of their ancestral and cultural traditions Twelve women from the Goulburn/Murray River in Victoria will lead this collaborative hands on workshop. You are welcome to join them in an informal sharing of skills and demonstration in the use of local grasses. Traditional coiling methods of basket making as well as contemporary expressions of this ancient method will be explored. Participants will have the chance to share skills and opportunities while having a chat and building relationships.
Magical Mystery Walking Tour
Presented by: Deb Malor/Damien Quilliam, Patsy Cameron and the Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival
Explore Launceston's nooks and crannies with a local guide who will intrigue and entertain you with a tour centred around one of the following thematic threads: Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture, Architecture, Theatre or Guerrilla Art. Tours are still in development, but book in now as limited numbers will ensure places sell out fast.
Session Five 10am-10.40am
Out of Range by Choice
Presented by: Junction 2010
Moderator: Dr. Pete Hay
Panelists: Sally Marsden, Eko Prawoto and Emma Washer
Dr Pete Hay, a published poet and academic whose research covers environmental thought, environmental politics, and the nature of place and place attachment, will facilitate a panel of artists who choose to live on islands. Panelists Sally Marsden (King Island Cultural Centre, Tasmania), Emma Washer (Big Barge Arts Centre, Coco Islands) and Eko Prowato (Architect, Indonesia) will discuss how their chosen environment affects their practice and provides and builds a sense of place. In addition Pete will facilitate a conversation about the islands we create ourselves and the sanctuary of islands.
rrala manta manta exhibition floor talk
Presented by: The Design Centre Tasmania
Presenters: Lola Greeno, Judith-Rose Thomas and Melanie Kershaw
Leaving the Hotel Grand Chancellor with a short walk to the Design Centre - Tasmania you are invited to join respected Tasmanian Aboriginal artists Lola Greeno* and Judith-Rose Thomas on an artist-led tour of the 'rrala manta manta; strong; long way, long time' exhibition.
* Design Centre representative, Melanie Kershaw will speak if Lola Greeno is unavailable.
Digitech Presentation
Presented by: Tutti Ensemble
Presenters: Trisha Ferguson, Philip Griffin and James Kurtze
Tutti participants and professional artists have been working since 2007 producing animations, documentaries and music-videos. These involve all sectors of the Tutti Arts program, a training program for young people with a learning disability, including visual and performing artists, across all aspects of the production. Two Tutti artists and the lead artist will show an exciting range of work and discuss the ways that work was created.
A Stitch in Time... Bringing Quality Arts Projects and Artists into Residential Aged Care Facilities
Presented by: Nillumbik Shire Council
Presenter: Catherine Dinkelmann
Artist: Jennifer Bartholomew
An illustrated evidence-based discussion about the important role of artists-in-residence implementing quality long-term arts projects in Residential Aged Care facilities. Illustrated by 2 case studies, this presentation will showcase the importance of a multi-modal arts approach to help prompt residents' memory and foster a greater sense of community amongst them.
The Arts in Community Health - it's flourishing concept
Presented by: Arts and Health Australia
Presenters: Margret Meagher and Mike White
What enables people and their communities to flourish? Mike White is a UK authority on the role of the arts in health promotion and community health, contending there is a direct correlation between the social determinants of health and the cultural imperative to be creative. In particular, he places emphasis on the development of children's emotional and mental health through arts in education and is an expert in community cultural development and regional regeneration through the arts. Mike will co-present with Margret Meagher from Arts and Health Australia.
Dance Like a Man
Presented by: moveMENt - Denmark's Men's Dance Ensemble
Presenters: Annette Carmichael, Tony Docherty and David McKenzie
In a small town on the South Coast of WA an unusual contemporary dance ensemble has emerged. Made up of engineers, surfers, mechanics and business owners they have one thing in common, they are men! Find out more in this fun and interactive workshop. For MEN and woMEN.
Magical Mystery Walking Tour
Presented by: Deb Malor/Damien Quilliam, Patsy Cameron and the Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival
Explore Launceston's nooks and crannies with a local guide who will intrigue and entertain you with a tour centred around one of the following thematic threads: Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture, Architecture, Theatre or Guerrilla Art. Tours are still in development, but book in now as limited numbers will ensure places sell out fast.
Plenary #4: 11am–12:00pm - Princess Theatre
RESILIENCE Dr. Ernesto Sirolli - Keynote addressing the theme Resilience
Italian-born, Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is the pioneer of a unique economic development approach based on harnessing the passion, determination, intelligence, and resourcefulness of the local people. Central to the success of Sirolli's Enterprise Facilitation® model is the rather contrary message delivered to passionate individuals who are driven to be self-employed: "Do what you love and find others who love to do what you hate!"
Plenary #5: 1.15pm–2.15pm - Princess Theatre
RESILIENCE XX Marks the Spot: Perspectives from Young Leaders
Presented by: Australia Council for the Arts
Chair: Lenine Bourke
Presenters: Frances Elcoate, Angela Frost and Bronwyn Purvis
Community Partnerships young leaders awards recipients will discuss the unique position women have as artists and facilitators in the community arts and cultural development sector, often working in remote areas. They will present the fundamentals of high quality, high impact art that makes real and lasting change in community; and the resilience, commitment and passion required to maintain and develop these strengths.
Open Space Forum: Connecting the Future - 1.15pm-5pm
Facilitator: Kim Willing
Come along to this dynamic Workshop, to participate with others in considering the question: How do we best take hold of the opportunities currently before us to ensure a vibrant future for the arts? Where are the opportunities? What do we need to build on? What do we want to create? How do we initiate it and who needs to work together?
NOTE: Bookings essential as space is limited.
Session Six: 2.30pm–3.10pm
Large and Small Scale Projections, Use of the Web, and Low and High Tech Projects in Regional Centres
Presented by: Carclew Youth Arts and Country Arts SA
Presenters: Cindi Drennan, Annemarie Kohn, Steve Mayhew and Luku Trembath
A panel of four artists will present examples of arts projects involving digital media and technology to demonstrate how technology can enhance, detract, confound and enlighten an audience's understanding of project methods, models and delivery.
Spaces of Possibility
Presented by: Junction 2010
Moderator: Lisa Andersen
Panelists: Bronwyn Edinger, Dr. Helen Lancaster and Marcus Westbury
Increasingly artists and festivals are creating work that is either site specific or designed to be experienced outside non traditional art spaces. The management of traditional spaces is also changing. What does this mean? And where are the opportunities? Three leaders in the field of cultural space will discuss this trend and the implications for policy makers, opportunities for art centres and possibilities for arts producers. Moderated by Lisa Andersen join Marcus Westbury, Bronwyn Edinger and Dr Helen Lancaster in an exploration of the possibilities of space.
Bloody Hippies - Waves of Change in Regional Community Arts Organisations
Presented by: Denmark Arts
Presenters: Valeska Wood, Andy Ducker, Liz Jack and Jo Smith
Based upon an arts heritage documentary currently being developed, "Bloody Hippies" provides a backdrop for a broader, national discussion regarding the capacity of regional arts organisations to ensure that the arts are a fundamental platform of regional community development, alongside the environment and economy. Panel members will reflect upon the challenges facing regional communities and ask how the arts can assist in weaving together diverse beliefs, ways of life and expression in a manner that ensures these communities work collectively and positively to create an enterprising, vital and vibrant future.
A Practical Guide to Documenting the Evidence: Researching the Role of the Arts in Rural Australia
Presenter: Julia Anwar McHenry
This workshop will introduce key concepts and approaches to research on the role of the arts in rural communities. By demystifying the research process in an interactive and participation-based approach, artists, arts workers, and volunteers can document the outcomes of their work to build support for future projects.
Artists as Entrepreneurs
Presented by: Tasmanian Regional Arts and Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS)
Presenter: Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
Entrepreneurship has two primary components: passion and skill. Passion is the fire in the belly- that all consuming dedication essential to the pursuit of any worthwhile activity. But it is not enough. Without the necessary knowledge and ability to paint, write or run a successful business, passion is only wishful thinking and the mother of all frustrations. Skill is what makes the dream real and transforms passion into good work. Equal amounts of skill and passion are required and no one is equally passionate about these three areas. Dr. Ernesto Sirolli will share the secret to success.
Yarn On - Hands on Session with the Knitting Room
Presented by: The Knitting Room
You are invited to knit, click and chat with the artists from the legendary Knitting Room exhibition! This hands on workshop will be filled with inspiration and friendly chatter allowing participants the chance to share knitting skills, stories and styles.
Dance Like a Man
Presented by: moveMENt - Denmark's Men's Dance Ensemble
Presenters: Annette Carmichael, Tony Docherty and David McKenzie
In a small town on the South Coast of WA an unusual contemporary dance ensemble has emerged. Made up of engineers, surfers, mechanics and business owners they have one thing in common, they are men! Find out more in this fun and interactive workshop. For MEN and woMEN.
Magical Mystery Walking Tour
Presented by: Deb Malor/Damien Quilliam, Patsy Cameron and the Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival
Explore Launceston's nooks and crannies with a local guide who will intrigue and entertain you with a tour centred around one of the following thematic threads: Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture, Architecture, Theatre or Guerrilla Art. Tours are still in development, but book in now as limited numbers will ensure places sell out fast.
Session Seven: 3.20–4pm
Don't File It: Use It - How Research Can Help Me
Presented by: Junction 2010
Moderator: Michael Huxley
Panelists: Audrey Huchison, Lisa Andersen and Sheryl Anderson
This panel discussion will cover a range of topics including the use of research as a practical tool for advocacy and the role of research in shaping and guiding cultural policy at a local level. It will also look at some practical hints to help you use the available research to better argue your case rather than just filing it. Panel consists of Lisa Andersen NSW (Manager and senior researcher, CAMRA Research Project: cultural asset mapping in regional Australia), Sheryl Anderson QLD (Creative Communities, Brisbane City Council), Audrey Hutchison QLD (Creating Links) Michael Huxley NSW (Project manager - Audience Evaluation Study Museums and Galleries NSW).
Enterprising Arts for Arts Workers
Presented by: Tasmanian Regional Arts and Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS)
Presenter: Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
Working with entrepreneurs over the past 25 years, and yes, artists are entrepreneurs, Ernesto Sirolli has identified the lack of individual readiness to access specialized services and that very few people come forward with their ideas to use the resources that Australia has to offer. Our experience is that passion, not knowledge, is what moves them to take action, seek resources and access assistance. The real task is in capturing the passion, energy and motivation of people wanting to enter the marketplace. It requires creating a service that is confidential, free, competent, compassionate, empathetic, and above all, visible and accessible.
Marketing and You: Strategies for the Visual Artist
Presented by: Dr. Kim Lehman
This workshop provides visual artists with practical tools and strategies that they can use to market themselves and their practice. It is based on a current research project that investigates the usefulness of the concept of marketing for the visual artist but is linked to real world, practitioner perspectives.
Regional Centre of Culture Program
Presented by: Country Arts SA
Presenter: Ken Lloyd AM
The program aims to encourage the development of improved cultural infrastructure for regional centres and to provide increased access to the arts for people living in regional communities. Country Arts SA was given the responsibility for the management of the Regional Centre of Culture Program. Port Augusta and Murray Bridge have been designated by the South Australian Government as the 2008 and 2010 Regional Centres of Culture respectively.
Art and Alzheimer's Programs for Regional Australia
Presented by: National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Presenters: Adriane Boag and Sally Collignon
Opportunities for intellectual stimulation for people living with dementia are rare. Tours of works of art in Galleries and Museums with trained professionals have shown increased well being for people living with dementia. Many of the manifestations of dementia recede as participants engage intellectually and emotionally with works of art, each other and Gallery staff. (This session will include an outline of the current Art and Alzheimer's program at the NGA and the development and delivery of the Outreach Project funded by the Department of Health and Aging in partnership with Alzheimer's Australia.)
Magical Mystery Walking Tour
Presented by: Deb Malor/Damien Quilliam, Patsy Cameron and the Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival
Explore Launceston's nooks and crannies with a local guide who will intrigue and entertain you with a tour centred around one of the following thematic threads: Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture, Architecture, Theatre or Guerrilla Art. Tours are still in development, but book in now as limited numbers will ensure places sell out fast.
Traditional Threads - Contemporary Expression
Presented by: Shepparton Art Gallery and The Centre for Koori Education TAFE Shepparton
Facilitators: Auntie Cilla Atkinson, Patricia Harrison, Auntie Liz Kneebone, Angie Russi, Auntie Irene Thomas and Robyn Thompson
Following in the creative footsteps of their ancestral and cultural traditions Twelve women from the Goulburn/Murray River in Victoria will lead this collaborative hands on workshop. You are welcome to join them in an informal sharing of skills and demonstration in the use of local grasses. Traditional coiling methods of basket making as well as contemporary expressions of this ancient method will be explored. Participants will have the chance to share skills and opportunities while having a chat and building relationships.
Session Eight - 4.10- 4.40pm
Creating Designing Regions
Presented by: Arts Nexus
Presenter: Susan Reid
This presentation considers the status of design in the regions. How might design contribute to sustainable creative practices and regions? Can design influence perceptions of regional creative practices and stimulate the regions' share of arts funding, sponsorship and market awareness? What are some strategies to connect creative practitioners with designers and design infrastructures and to grow design in the regions?
Enterprising the Regional Arts
Presented by: Tasmanian Regional Arts
Presenter: Kylie Eastley
In this session Kylie Eastley provides an overview of Branching Out, the two year Westpac Foundation funded social enterprise project that explores the possibilities for regional arts organisations and groups to build resources and attract revenue. Could external funding be a thing of the past? Could the arts industry tap into the Social Enterprise revolution and how could it work? Recently returned from her role as official blogger for the Social Enterprise World Forum in San Francisco, Kylie discusses the local and global opportunities.
Little Aesthetics and the Droogs
Presented by: Devonport Regional Gallery
Presenters: Dr. Ellie Ray and Geoff Dobson
The future of the Devonport Regional Gallery is reliant on many factors not least attracting a young audience. In a lively and entertaining presentation Ellie Ray and Geoff Dobson will discuss two recent initiatives, Little Aesthetics, and the Droogs and how they have impacted on young visitors to the gallery.
A Cultural Policy Revolution?
Presenter: Marcus Westbury
Australia is operating off arts and cultural policy approaches and settings that have barely been updated since in the 1970s. What are our current priorities and structures and how might we tweak them to better serve the needs of our times. Regional artists, contemporary practices and artists working outside the major companies are at the edges of current funding and policy approaches, how might we serve them better? A look at current approaches and an opportunity to discuss alternatives.
Home Truths Online
Presented by: Kickstart Arts
Presenters: Jami Bladel, Richard Bladel, Lawrence Gino and Richie Hallal
Kickstart Arts presents an on-line case study of a very successful community arts and cultural development project. How do you make art with the broken hearted? Some had survived war, genocide and dislocation. Others had been homeless, experienced domestic conflict, substance abuse or lived with mental illness. We spoke to some of them six years later and the professional artists and support workers who helped them tell some Home Truths .
Magical Mystery Walking Tour
Presented by: Deb Malor/Damien Quilliam, Patsy Cameron and the Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival
Explore Launceston's nooks and crannies with a local guide who will intrigue and entertain you with a tour centred around one of the following thematic threads: Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture, Architecture, Theatre or Guerrilla Art. Tours are still in development, but book in now as limited numbers will ensure places sell out fast.
pakana kanaplila Dance Workshop
Presenter: Danny Gardner
Come learn traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal movements from Danny Gardner, member of Tasmania's most recognised Aboriginal dance group pakana kanaplila.
NOTE: this session will conclude at 4.55pm
IBSA Twilight Session - Future x PechaKucha - devised and shared by Klein Dytham architecture
5.15-6.30pm
PechaKucha 20x20 is a presentation format where you show 20 slides for 20 seconds each. This format keeps the presentations short and snappy. Join your colleagues for a relaxed twilight session where you will hear about the innovative work being done all over regional Australia. And yes, the bar WILL be open....
