What is an environmentally sustainable arts practice and how can local governments, communities and artists work together to achieve this? What new models and partnerships assist us to maintain an environmentally sustainable arts and cultural practice? These panels will shed light onto how the arts and culture can play creative and significant roles in creating awareness of and achieving environmental sustainability.
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A facet of leadership is about being committed to taking risks. The work artists produce is the material of questioning and risk taking. Embracing uncertainty increases our capacity to turn a problem or crisis into an opportunity. But there’s a tension between artistic risk and innovation, and accessibility and acceptance.
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The Alexandrina Community Nursery has been growing local native plants for revegetation and landscape restoration projects for 12 years. Come and visit and learn more about what is involved and perhaps take some hardy and beautiful plants home for your garden!
Read full summary| Venue: | Alexandrina Community Nursery |
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| Themes: | Our Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability |
RiAus presents a panel of practicing artists and scientists to discuss the creativity of science and the science of art.
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Environmental issues and creative community activism have been ongoing bed fellows since the 1960’s.
This panel will survey three recent projects and areas, all very different from each other, all addressing unique contemporary economic issues and all with distinctive tactics and results.
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| Venue: | Church of Christ |
| Themes: | Our Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability |
| Lenses: | Cultural Leadership |
The rivers of the Murray Darling Basin connect people, communities and places over a vast geographic terrain, both literally and metaphorically.
One River is a multi-state and territory project being staged as part of celebrations for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013, recognising the national capital’s location within the Basin and its connection to the watery heart of the country.
This panel discussion will propose some useful directions and demonstrate the importance of memory and cultural knowledge as a resource that we need to value and draw upon.
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Alison Tickell (Julie's Bicycle) and Angharad Wynne-Jones (TippingPoint Australia, Arts House) have an open dialogue about their experiences of creating and participating in sustainability initiatives in the arts and culture sectors.
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Official Goodbyes, Regional Arts Australia's Closing Plenary Notes and Handover Ceremony to the next Regional Arts Australia National Conference, 2014.
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