ARTELIER Satellite session

20 AUGUST 2020

Provocation:  How can art be used as a tool to build resilience in children and communities?

10 - Welcome to Country & greetings

10.10 - 10.15 - Karen introduces the topic

10.15 - 11.15 - Sunita Bala presentation/provocation 

11.15 - 11.30 - Question time with Sunita & general group discussion of the provocation

11.30 - 11.45 - Break 

11.45 - 11.55 - 10 minute Zoom breakaway groups of 4 people to discuss Sunita’s presentation with consideration as to how we already use art as a tool for building resilience in children in our individual practice and what we can do in the future 

11.55 - 12.40 - Local artist project examples:

Karen -  discuss Floodscapes and current project REMADE Creatives Online in relation to resilience building

Victoria Ryle - discuss ‘All Emotions Allowed’ children’s book in relation to resilience building and COVID-19 

Leigh Tesch & Rosie McKeand - discuss ‘Afloat – children and families community resilience art project’

12.30 - 12.50 - Zoom breakaway groups of 4 people to discuss Sunita’s presentation with consideration of how we can incorporate resilience building into our creative projects in our current and future practice.

12.50 - 1 - Close and goodbyes

Provocation:  How can art be used as a tool to build resilience in children and communities?

Session leader:  Karen Revie - Artelierista; Creative Director, The Holographic; Minds Do Matter project manager for RANT Arts (Mental Health Week exhibition@QVMAG); Interweave Arts project manager; NDIS support worker with a speciality focus on artists with autism. 

In 2018 Karen received the 2018 Tasmanian Resilient Australia Award in the schools category and was one of three finalists in the national awards receiving a highly commended award for the project, Floodscapes, a flood awareness project which saw participating schools in consultation with City of Launceston and SES, produce three short films delivering key disaster resilience messages to community about flood safety.  View the Floodscapes films here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gu88qudw8gl1api/AACPQQNYC5KO1PWFjcxglwv-a?dl=0

Provocateur:  Sunita Bala is a Lismore based artist who specialises in inclusive practices that inspire the community to use the arts to engage in innovation, critical thinking and advocacy.

She is the President and a creative producer of Lismore based, post disability arts company Realartworks www.reaartworks.org. Her work with Realartworks are a series of creative investigations engaging artists with disability as professional collaborators, to work with marginalsied communities, both socially, culturally and geographically to foster high quality creative outcomes that flip switches and foster social change! Sunita is the Deputy Chair of Creative Lismore and represents Realartworks.Inc on the Lismore Creative Steering Committee, a consortium of Regional Businesses and Arts based organisations committed to promoting and growing a Regional Creative Industry that is vibrant and culturally significant. 

For Sunita, the devastation of Cyclone Debbie and the resulting  2017 Lismore Flood, was the catalyst for a number of creative projects working with children and communities to foster economic, social and cultural resilience

Since then, her projects such as ARCH ( Arts Recovery Community Hub) have been widely recognized by institutions such as The University of Sydney and in publications such as the 2018 UN Creative Recovery Study, as a successful case study in sustainable development solutions to global risks.

In 2017-18, Sunita collaborated with The University of Rural Health (Lismore) in a pilot study to determine the value of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients of Indigenous health organisations.  This study, the first of its kind to be documented outside of Canada, integrates the principles of CFT  through a non western approach using  visual arts.  This pilot has now foreshadowed an exciting newly funded  3.5 year project. The project with The University of Sydney, Professor James Levy Bennett from the University Of Rural Health and local Northern Rivers Aboriginal Services will see Sunita lead the creative component of the project to continue the evaluation of ABCFT (Arts Based Compassion Focused Therapy) and train Aboriginal health professionals to take over delivery of ABCFT.

“I've been lucky to work with artists and arts workers collaborating together because of our concern for social change. Where some people may see only poverty and deficiency, artists committed to social change see assets, opportunity, possibility, and potential for transformation!” Sunita Bala

Local artist project example:  Leigh Tesch and Rosie Mcleand talk about the Afloat project they did together in response to  Hobart floods.

https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Community/Community-Programs/Resilient-Hobart/Afloat-–-children-and-families-community-resilience-art-project

All emotions allowed here

All That We Are through ArTELIER proposes to publish a book that gives voice to Tasmanian children/young people/families in the time of Covid 19.

We are inviting all ArTELIER artists to submit work co-created with children according to the instructions

 You can find our more on the project page here

There will be a briefing (Q and A) about the book project capturing voice of children and families in the time of COVID-19 next Wednesday morning for interested artists. Watch the video below first and then if you need to know more, attend the Zoom session below.

NO BOOKING REQUIRED FOR THIS ZOOM SESSION

https://zoom.us/j/445595612 

 Victoria Ryle giving advice join designing the pages for the boo.

Simon and Sheree will be ready and waiting for you questions about using SLACK - this is the key comms tools for the 2020 ArTELIER team. The SLACK SURGERY can be accessed through this link - paste it into your browser…

SLACK surgery

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/4191473605

Meeting ID: 419 147 3605

A s an ArTELIER satellite session, no stipend is paid for this session. It’s free to attend.

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GRANT WRITING FOR ARTS PROJECTS

Need funding for your next big idea, career move or arts project?

Get your creative ducks in a row with fundraising guru and entrepreneur Debby Maziarz. This workshop will take you step-by-step through the grant application process from login to submission. Hone your idea, sharpen your creative rationale, design a project plan and nail that budget! This focused workshop will you give the opportunity to test your ideas, ask questions and explore your funding needs.

About the Facilitator

Debby Maziarz is an educator and creative entrepreneur who mentors artists, organisations and communities to create solid plans for resourcing their work. Renowned for unearthing innovative and ‘fundable’ ideas, Debby is driven to challenge the mindset that stops superstars from excelling. She’s also got a great track record in sourcing funds – including founding Melbourne’s Westside Circus and Arts Barter Australia.

What is a Teaching Artist with Marit Ulvund

Marit Ulvund is the director of Seanse Art Center, and part of the organization since its inception in 2004. SEANSE's mission is to foster quality productions for and with children and youth.
Seanse Art Center arranges artist residencies, workshops, conferences, and festivals, leads initiatives for art for children with special needs at a national level, supports research across Norway and the world, and is currently pioneering the Teaching Artist model in Norway, where it hosted the 1st International Teaching Artist Conference in 2012 and also leads a university-level coursework in teaching artistry.
Marit is Associate Professor (PhD) of Theatre, with education from NTNU in Norway, University of Minnesota in the United States, and Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Her PhD thesis was a practice-led study in Echo Theatre, a theatre method she developed herself. The study confirms that while there is potential for Echo Theatre to support the development of performative and narrative competencies in students, the effectiveness of this directly relates to the teacher’s theatre knowledge and skills and didactic attitude.

Introduction to Being a Teaching Artist

This free course introduces widely held understandings of the term teaching artist. Using examples of teaching artist practice you will observe and identify the many skills, communities and places teaching artists are called on to work. Based on these examples you will devise an entry level project which matches your interests and skill levels.