Cultural Awards 2009 Blogs and Projects

CAMRA website launches - join in!

2009-08-03T09:45:57+10:00

[CAMRA](http://culturemap.org.au/ "Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia")

The project runs for five years from 2008 to 2013 and is a partnership between seventeen organisations, including four universities.

CAMRA aims to provide planners, policy-makers and communities with the knowledge they need to make better-informed planning decisions for more effective development of their local arts and cultural industries.

It will do this through:

?developing sustainable models of data collection and documentation that map local cultural industries using a range of methodologies specifically appropriate to regional, rural and remote settings in Australia;
?building a GIS and relational database to store this information and allow it to be interrogated, analysed and used at local, regional and peak levels by a variety of users;
?enabling systemised interactions between national and international experts in cultural development through this culturemap.org.au online (and offline) community as a key site for knowledge exchange and storage.
Concentrating on a carefully selected set of communities that cover many different types of regions - so the information can be usefully transposed to a national scale - CAMRA will provide an understanding of how a region's capacity for creativity and innovation can ensure its quality of life and its economic viability. Moreover, it will show researchers and policy-makers how to recognise and valorise regional specificities and local knowledge when piecing together an integrated approach to development.

We encourage you to explore the CAMRA website and sign up to become a member of the culturemap.org.au community.

Arts forums and networks for councils – regional attendance reimbursed

2009-07-07T14:39:22+10:00

The series begins with Integrating cultural planning and creative engagement on 28 July, and continues with a forum each month until the end of the year. Supported by Arts NSW, the sessions provide for information sharing and networking, and opportunities for presentations from councils are available. Regional attendance is strongly encouraged and is supported with travel and accommodation costs to councils available for reimbursement from LGSA.

The forums will include lunch and network opportunities and will be held from 10.00am –3.30pm at the Redbox Meeting Room, 91 Canal Road, Lilyfield and are limited to 25 people each.

28 July
Integrating cultural planning and creative engagement – explores explore current changes and opportunities under the new Local Government integrated planning and reporting regime, a new web resource and development of a new Local Government Cultivator* Network. With Amanda Buckland, Chris Hudson and Martha Jabour.

27 August
Aboriginal arts – Cultural development programs with Indigenous communities in Urban and Rural environments. With Lily Shearer (Gathering Ground), Martha Jabour (CCDNSW) and Constance Chatfield (LGSA)

30 September
Arts and ecologies - bringing environment and cultural development together. With Dr David Curtis

27 October
Cultural asset mapping - How we assess value and record the nature of community cultural work. With Lisa Anderson and the CAMRA (Cultural Asset Mapping regional Australia) project.

24 November
Philanthropic funding for the arts and communities With Louise Walsh, Art Support, Oz Co

14 December
Infrastructure and capital works – building and renovating to suit local arts practices

Councils are strongly encouraged to attend, and to offer to present projects, processes or challenges for each forum to consider.

Bookings – send an email with ‘Cultural Planning and Network’ in the subject field email to Martha Jabour - program@ccdnsw.org, (02) 9518 3811 (Extension 3 - Monday to Wednesday)

Regional attendance reimbursement – contact Chris Hudson, Policy Officer Cultural Development, christopher.hudson@lgsa.org.au, (02) 9242 4047

To present and for further information – contact either Martha or Chris, above.

*Cultivator is a Community Cultural Development NSW initiative that supports cultural professionals and artists working with communities .

Regional Arts Australia - new survey

2009-07-02T11:42:38+10:00

[Regional Arts Australia Survey](http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kT0EZkPMWfxdZmGS3C3CMg_3d_3d " Regional Arts Australia Survey")

Help them reach their goal of 50,000 survey responses to help them understand what communities really want and need....closes 31 July.

ReGenerating Community Conference, Melbourne

2009-06-11T14:34:21+10:00

[ReGenerating Community Conference](http://www.cdn-generations.net.au/overview.htm "ReGenerating Community Conference")

Held September 2 - 4, 2009 at RMIT University in Melbourne, the ReGenerating Community Conference will discuss Local Governments who are creating new models of civic engagement. Arts are the focus. Examples of arts based projects tackling the big issues through community cultural engagement are the springboard for discussion by leading national and international speakers, commentators, community leaders, officials, politicians, academics and artists.
Issues include: community identity in an environment of globalised culture; energy production in the context of climate change; indigenous sovereignty on leasehold land; country becoming city and changing identity; aging; schooling; imaging futures and having a future.
The Generations project and five participating municipal councils will be in the spotlight:
• Charters Towers Regional Council
• City of Greater Geelong
• City of Liverpool
• Latrobe City
• Rural City of Wangaratta
Cultural Development Network and RMIT Globalism Research Centre are hosts for this conference.

Contact:
Kim Dunphy: 03 9658 9976, kim.dunphy@culturaldevelopment.net.au

Fun with Funding

2009-06-01T12:01:58+10:00

FUN WITH FUNDING – INFORMATION SESSION
FREE
As a CCDNSW initiative for 2009, you are invited to attend an information session on state and federal arts funding programs and guidelines applicable this year for upcoming deadlines. CCDNSW staff and representatives of the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts NSW(tbc) will bring you updates on funding approaches for artists and organisations working with communities and across practices.

Speakers :Australia Council: Inter Arts: Ricardo Peach – Community Partnerships TBC Arts NSW: TBC

CCDNSW: Martha Jabour
Date: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Time: 10.00am -12.00pm
Venue : The Redbox Meeting Room, 91 Canal Road, Lilyfield, NSW 2040 To register please email program@ccdnsw.org – with ‘Fun with Funding’ in the subject field. Register by 8th June 2009 – places are limited.

LGSA Cultural Policy Response to Agenda 21 for culture

2009-05-21T14:27:57+10:00

The summary is:

Local Governments in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, have not adopted Agenda 21 for culture at an organisational level. Although Agenda 21 it is beginning to be referenced in local policy and planning, it remains largely remote from NSW Local Government. However, Agenda 21 for culture does provide significant conceptual support for those working in the arts in Local Government. When the work that NSW councils are doing in the arts is examined, it strongly relates to the Agenda 21 for culture articles, especially the ‘Undertakings’.

Local Governments in NSW are working to gain recognition and influence and to grow support for cultural development, by promoting the intrinsic value of culture alongside instrumental values, which are often social in nature.

The Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW are working to advance understanding of Local Government work in the arts. Two current policy principles advocated by the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW are, that government policy:
• Finds value in the process of arts endeavours at the local level, not just in the end product
• Recognises that everyone’s cultural tastes and affinities are as valid as anyone else’s – as long as human and other rights are not being infringed
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Assuming it’s all accepted, it should appear on the Agenda 21 for culture website.
[Agenda 21 for culture](http://www.agenda21culture.net/ "Agenda 21 for culture") project.

If you’d like a copy in the meantime, drop me an email.

Chris

Artist + Community Toolkit Workshop Series 2009

2009-05-07T10:27:01+10:00

Would you like to know more about Community Cultural Development (CCD)? Do you have the passion to create collaborative projects and place making with artists and communities?

CCD projects are known for bringing together artists and communities to work creatively together with many positive benefits for those involved. Join us for 1 or all workshops over 6 months to find out the nuts and bolts of what puts a great CCD project together!

Featuring guest speakers from across the arts, community and cultural sector, once again it promises to be a dynamic program! Workshop presenters include: Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE), Community Cultural Development New South Wales (CCDNSW), BighART, Accessible Arts, Powerhouse Youth Theatre’s Mixed Abilities Ensemble, Arts Law Centre of Australia, The Australia Council for the Arts, Redfern Community Centre and Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) and more…..

We invite you to attend the first workshop in the series Inspiring Creative Community Renewal, featuring Michelle Kotevski, Creative Producer with BighART and Victoria Keighery CEO of CCDNSW on Tuesday 19th May at 10.30am in the Passadena Room, Penrith City Council Civic Centre, 601 High Street, Penrith. This workshop will explore the philosophy, principles and practice of bringing artists and communities to work creatively together, generating artistic and community cultural development outcomes for those involved. It will also explore examples of projects inspiring community renewal, capacity building and leadership in communities.

Time and date: Tuesday 19th May 10.30am – 1.00pm 2009
Venue: Passadena Meeting Room, Penrith City Council Civic Centre, 601 High Street, Penrith
RSVP: 5.00pm Friday 15th May 2009

For further information please contact: Cali Vandyk-Dunlevy, Cultural Development Officer Local, on telephone: (02) 4732 8098 or email cvandyk-dunlevy@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au
All venues are wheelchair accessible. This is a FREE workshop series. Don’t miss it

Awards in SMH

2009-05-06T10:20:25+10:00

It's not online as far as I can find, but headlining page 23 (Local Government section) of the 5 May SMH is a large article with some lovely colour photos and the headline: 'Opera in a pig shed is a winner'.

The Creativity Stimulus

2009-04-17T10:59:41+10:00

Chang says: ...."help shape a framework for a cultural policy that focuses on the de-monopolization and reregulation of the culture industry, preserves national arts legacies, restores and upholds localism, aligns corporate interests with individual expression, promotes a radical spirit of diversity and unshackles creativity to rebuild communities and the national economy."

Read the full article: [The Creativity Stimulus](http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090504/chang?rel=hp_picks "The Creativity Stimulus")

Artists take over shops in Newcastle and UK

2009-04-16T16:42:41+10:00

Check out the ground-breaking [Renew Newcastle](http://www.renewnewcastle.org/ "Renew Newcastle") project.

And read about the UK initiative: [artists take over empty shops](http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/14/government-high-street-shops-grants "artists take over empty shops")

Manly Public Art Seminar

2009-04-16T16:34:39+10:00

A Public Art Seminar - 'The process and installation of public art' - is being held by Manly Council on 22 May and features renown artists Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse. It runs from 11 - 1, and RSVP by 15 May is essential: contact 02 9976 1417 or sarah.johnson@manly.nsw.gov.au

New Agenda 21 for Culture Website

2009-03-27T10:12:42+11:00

The Agenda 21 for culture was agreed by cities and local governments from all over the world to enshrine their commitment to human rights, cultural diversity, sustainability, participatory democracy and creating conditions for peace.
[Agenda 21 for culture](http://www.agenda21culture.net/ "Agenda 21 for culture")

Arts NSW Issues Paper - comments close 3 April

2009-03-19T14:16:48+11:00

You can read the paper here:
[Arts NSW Issues Paper](http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/NewsPublications/News/tabid/152/ItemID/57/View/Details/Default.aspx "Arts NSW Issues Paper")

Comments can be emailed to Arts NSW at artsfunding@arts.nsw.gov.au by 3 April 2009

Florida on economic stimulus

2009-03-13T14:07:39+11:00

In this Canadian newspaper article, Florida says that stimulus focusing on traditional infrastructure cannot succeed....

[Florida on economic stimulus](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090228.FLORIDA28/TPStory/Comment "Florida on economic stimulus")

Thank you

2009-03-11T15:36:45+11:00

Please remember to encourage your contacts to vote in the People's Choice Award.

Crossing Cultures - Blacktown City Council

2009-02-27T17:07:11+11:00

Crossing Cultures - Recent printmaking works from Urban and Desert based Australian Aboriginal Artists. Crossing Cultures is the first international exhibition tour coordinated by Blacktown Arts Centre, touring to Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand. Blacktown Arts Centre collaborated with the College of Fine Arts (COFA) and Indigenous artists from Papunya Tjupi (Northern Territory) and Corroboree Arts and Crafts Co-op (Western Sydney) in a series of residencies, workshops, exhibitions and tour. The Crossing Cultures exhibition showcased recent work by Indigenous artists that enabled the artists to explore a variety of print media including linocuts and etchings. Two Aboriginal artists from Western Sydney, Danny Eastwood and Jake Soewardie, accompanied the tour and participated in a two week series of art and printmaking workshops with Maori, Pacific Islander and North American indigenous artists – resulting in a cross fertilisation of techniques and a heightened sense of cultural exchange between indigenous peoples across the Pacific.

Stories of Love & Hate - Bankstown City Council

2009-02-27T16:57:33+11:00

Stories of Love & Hate is a theatre work developed through an extensive interview process with 65 residents from the Bankstown and Sutherland Shire LGAs, revealing the lives and loves of people directly affected by the 2005 Cronulla riots. Sidestepping the media hype and social outrage surrounding the event, the source material for this unique verbatim theatre show came from an extensive community consultation process with the people who were there.
Part of an ongoing collaboration between Urban Theatre Projects and Bankstown Youth Development Service (BYDS), this project supported by Bankstown City Council is an exemplary model of community consultation and cultural development. The pivotal partnership of these organisations with Bankstown City Council, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre and Sutherland Shire Council, ensured access to and the cooperation of local community groups, individuals and organisations. As such, the project developed linkages across business, arts, government, education and community sectors.

Promoting Equality and Valuing Diversity that build the cultural capacity of the City by publishing library brochure in 13 different languages - Parramatta City Council

2009-02-27T16:48:35+11:00

Parramatta City Library is one of the busiest libraries in NSW and comprises a diverse cross-cultural community with many new migrants and refugees coming to Parramatta each year. Of those new arrivals, many come from poverty, civil war and unrest, refugee camps or third world conditions. They have difficultly in accessing the Council services because of language and cultural barriers.

Parramatta Library staff recognised that we could improve the ways in which we engaged with from cross cultural backgrounds, especially those newly arrived, and the development library brochure in 13 key languages was central to the success of that strategy.

The brochure can also be used as a generic library brochure which can be implemented in other public libraries. The brochure has stimulated some public libraries to adapt it for modification and use it for their local communities to support them in adapting to a new environment and culture.

Dancing in the Corso - Manly Council

2009-02-27T16:06:20+11:00

The Dancing in the Corso program was developed by the Events Dept of Manly Council to counter the low patronage of the Corso retailers on Thursday nights and to enliven the atmosphere. A partnership was developed with the North Shore Dance Studio who present hour long classes on salsa, jive, tango, waltz and other dances to the public. Attendees range from seniors to tourists and backpackers. Classes are structured so that newcomers can join at any time and do not feel intimidated by more experienced dancers. Many couples return each week to perfect their techniques. Singles are encouraged and many friendships have developed from the experience. Leading dancers from the studio,such as Gordon Gilkes, are very experienced teachers and have appeared on programs such as Dancing with the Stars. During school holidays groups teaching rap and hip hop have been booked.

Narromine Museums Connect - Narromine Shire Council

2009-02-27T15:53:07+11:00

Museums Connect 2008 was an opportunity for museum, gallery, library, historical society and family history volunteers and staff to come together and discuss issues and share ideas relevant to the sector. The day will include an opportunity for participants to network and meet other people working on preserving heritage items from the region. Presentations included Museum Cataloguing Practice with Jessica Moore from WPCC, back of house tour with Bob Bellhousen Chair of Narromine Aviation Museum, and a Workshop with Elizabeth Smith-McIntosh from Museums & Galleries on Funding & Marketing. Museums Connect is a unique opportunity to meet with likeminded people in the region and listen to experienced presenters who are experts in their field. This project was a partnership between Orana Arts, Museums & Galleries NSW, Narromine Aviation Museum, Narromine Shire Council and Western Plains Cultural Centre.