Optional Breakfast
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Session Nine 9am–10am
ARTABILITY - How to Make Your Arts Accessible
Presented by: Propel Youth Arts WA featuring Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia (DADAA) and Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA)
Moderator: Lisa Wallace
Presenters: Lenine Bourke and Lex Randolph
A panel discussion hosted by Propel Youth Arts WA and featuring Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (DADAA) and Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) discussing the barriers facing young people with a disability when engaging in the arts and strategies in making arts more accessible.
Reviving and Renewing Regional Centres
Presenter: Marcus Westbury
A look at the successful "Renew Newcastle" scheme which has taken the empty spaces in Newcastle's dying city centre and turned it around into a vibrant cultural and creative precinct. In a year and a half more than 40 new galleries, studios, offices, enterprises and crafts spaces have been opened and part of the city that was dead have come back to life. It's cheap, it's effective and it works. A look at how it works, why it works, and how you can apply the same strategies and ideas in your own community.
JUMP: Mentorships That Work in a Regional Context
Presented by: Youth Arts Queensland
Presenters: Julie Woodward, Brooke Newall and Alysha Herrmann
The Australia Council has launched the largest emerging artist mentoring program in Australia's history. Youth Arts Queensland in delivering the JUMP program nationally in partnership with arts orgs around Australia and will make a presentation on its inaugural year. This also an opportunity to get a sneak peak at some of the 2010 cohort and their project to date.
Quietest Voices in the Loudest Room: Community voices and contemporary media: the challenge of maintaining credibility and authenticity
Presenters: Robin Laurie, Maz McGann and Tamsin Sharp
We live in loud times! With the likes of mobile technology, digital TV and the Internet, sounds and images are streaming at us at 1500 kilobytes per second, 24-7. What does this mean for artists and cultural development professionals? Are we just adding to the magnitude of noise? Discussion and exploration of examples from Generations Wangaratta aimed to beam thru the racket and ensure that people's stories, cultures, ideas and experiences are being heard.
Life Imitating Art: How Creative Arts Approaches Can Engage People in the Development of Their Community's Future
Presented by: Launceston City Council
Presenters: Leanne Hurst and Wendy Newton
An interactive workshop highlighting three innovative community arts projects that demonstrate how art can be an effective way of giving the whole community a voice into government decision making, and how creative art activities can cultivate social inclusion, self-esteem, confidence, participation and citizenship.
Momentum Speed Meetings
Presenters: Drs. Jen Brown and Lycia Trouton
This session of speed meetings works with the theme of 'momentum' to facilitate focused networking among conference participants. It provides an opportunity to get to know one another, form bonds, inspire further talk throughout the conference, swap emails, check out websites, go to specific presentations, share publications, and dialogue with others. We hope this may inspire some longer-term creative collaborations that can transcend diverse locations and cultures.
Plenary #6 and Hand Over Ceremony, 10.30am–12.30pm
MOMENTUM Digital Bridges: Community, Arts and Technology
Presented by: Australia Council for the Arts
Moderator: Cecelia Cmielewski
Presenters: Sarah Last, Carli Leimbach, Marco Marcon and Christian (Bong) Ramilo
Interdisciplinary, community and audience engagement projects in regional Australia are leading community art practices nationally by integrating technology into the creative development processes. A wide range of approaches supported by the Australia Council for the Arts will be presented from Darwin, Western Australia, northern and central New South Wales.
MOMENTUM Mark Pesce - Keynote addressing the theme Momentum
Internationally recognized as the man who brought virtual reality into the World Wide Web, Mark Pesce has been exploring the frontiers of the future for nearly two decades. He is a published author, an Honorary Lecturer at the Univeristy of Sydney and a regular judge on The New Inventors.
The Junc Room will be open from 12.30pm-5pm. Join us for those unfinished conversations, a beverage, yummy food offerings, theatre, dance, music and more!
