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The National Arts and Culture Alliance has been out and about talking to artists about their practice with communities in Australia. NACA caught up with 3 leading community and cultural development artists to see how they felt their sector was developing and where some changes might need to occur. Yanni Scott-Davis, Poppy van Oorde-Grainger and Shakthi Sivanathan, three dynamic and award winning Australian artists have taken some time out to share with you their thoughts.
We asked each of the artists the following questions:
Who inspires you in the world of creative community engagement and why?
Tell us about the project that made you most proud...
Tell us about a project where things have gone horribly wrong ...
What is the rant all your colleagues have heard a million times, about what's wrong with the way our sector goes about its work?
For you to continue in your work, and continue to push the creative and social approaches you take, what needs to happen?
What do you feel are the three big questions that the sector needs to ask itself in order to grow?
In conversation with Poppy Van Oorde-Grainger
Poppy graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002 and has since been working as a community cultural development artist in metropolitan, regional and remote Australia and overseas. She is skilled across a range of media including installation and photography and is particularly adept at working with groups of young people to utilise materials and experiences from their lives to create contemporary artworks. Poppy has presented community-based projects at the Perth International Arts Festival, London International Festival of Theatre, AWESOME Festival and Artrage Festival. She won the Fremantle Print Award in 2002 and the Australia Council Kirk Robson Award for young leaders in Community Cultural Development in 2010. Currently she is Community Art Co-ordinator for YMCA HQ and has just finished working on an animation for Nickelodeon.
www.poppyvog.com
In which communities do you work/have you worked?
Metropolitan:
Midland for Artrage,
Perth Montessori, Parkwood Primary and Perth International Arts Festival for AWESOME Arts Australia,
Fremantle and Stirling for DADAAWA,
Ellenbrook and Ballajura for City of Swan,
Aranmore Catholic College, Northbridge, Beckenham and Langford for YMCA,
Art Gallery of WA and Subiaco Primary School independently
Regional: Beverley and Kambalda for AWESOME Arts Auatralia,
Albany for YMCA,
Coolgardie and Kambalda for CANWA,
Kalgoorlie for Western Desert Kidney Health Project,
Kellerberrin for IASKA,
Newman for Martu Media
Geraldton independently.
Remote: Jigalong and Parnngurr for AWESOME Arts Australia,
International: Stratford, London for Phakama, EEA and LIFT,
Kidbrook, London for EEA
Beijing for On the Edge.
Who have been your mentors?
Lockie Macdonald (Fullsky), Gary Chard (AWESOME Arts Australia), Fabio Santos (Phakama UK), Deb Mullins (EEA), Gemma Pepper, all the artists, teachers, program/project managers, participants and social workers I have worked with.
Links:
Inspiration:
www.gelitin.net
www.woofwanbau.com
www.michelgondry.com
www.bighart.org
www.liftfestival.com
www.google.com.au/images
www.ted.com
Mentors:
www.fullsky.com.au
www.projectphakama.org
www.eea.org.uk
Employers:
www.awesomearts.com
www.artrage.com.au
www.propel.org.au
www.hq.org.au
www.martumedia.com.au
www.dadaawa.org.au
www.hyperfest.com.au
www.artgallery.wa.gov.au
Networking:
www.facebook.com
Collaborators:
www.hyh.net.au
www.bonnieisbonnie.com
www.sohanarielhayes.com
www.ifea2008.com
www.curiousworks.com.au
www.ote.rtek.com.au
www.simonpericich.blogspot.com
www.weepingspoon.com
Funding:
www.dca.wa.gov.au
www.healthway.wa.gov.au
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Working With Communities: Artists in Conversation - Yanni Scott Davisby CuriousWorks269 views
Totally relate to what you are saying Poppy. Keep up the good work!
ArtistsResource 4 months ago
I think an issue highlighted here is the lack of networks for CCD workers to support freelancing artists. In my experience, freelancing is the way to go, otherwise you really have to submit to the corporate values and culture of an organisation which can take the edge of the art.
emulsionsideup 6 months ago