Edition 4, 2016 – Connecting Communities, Campuses and Creativity

Editorial

Editorial: Connecting Communities, Campuses and Creativity

By Dr Jenny Wilson Unviewed paintings, unheard sonatas and unread poems fail to fulfil the criteria of the creative act, for creativity has a social dimension. Risenhoover and Blackburn 1976[1] Connecting with others is a fundamental feature of creative arts, whether it is through audience engagement or through collaboration to promote […]

Engagement, From The President, research impact

President’s Welcome: Engaged Research and Teaching in the Creative Arts?

By Professor Su Baker, President, Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts — Engaged Research and Teaching in the Creative Arts? The answer is ‘yes'. But the extent to which creative arts research engages already but is not included in the innovation agenda is something that we need to consider.

Community Engagement, Contribution, Visual Arts

Creative Community Connections

By Professor Deborah Terry AO — Two collections of artwork have been the catalyst for some extraordinary connections that have enriched Curtin University. One collection of artworks is over 65 years old, created by descendants of the oldest culture on earth, and after traversing the world, and being rediscovered like a missing treasure, have returned home.

Contribution, Design, indigenous knowledge, industry

Styling Australia’s New Visual Design Identity

By Dr Russell Kennedy — How can we incorporate the amazing features of indigenous iconography into design without denigrating or disrespecting the original owners and creators?

Contribution, industry, practitioners, support

Supporting Creative Careers

By Deborah Stone — A life in the arts comes with high levels of personal satisfaction but commensurate levels of practical frustration. A career with little security, low remuneration, loose and diffuse pathways, it is often a difficult and lonely road.

Contribution, Indigenous Collaboration, Students, Visual Arts

The Balawan Elective

By Dr Amanda Stuart — The Bundian Way is an ancient shared route used by Aboriginal people for thousands of years, connecting the highest parts of the continent in the Australian Alps with the far south coast of New South Wales at Twofold Bay, Eden. The path is steeped in cultural significance for the many Aboriginal communities and language groups associated with it through the millennia. It is also a powerful cultural touchstone with the more recently established white settler colonists of the region. Importantly, the Bundian Way continues to hold tremendous significance for many communities associated with it and

Contribution, Video Installation

Night Garden – Live Site Catalyst

By Lucy Bleach

Contribution, Film, Students, volunteer organisations

Community Voices

By Dr Tom Young — While often Screen Production students aspire to work in the film and television industry; community and corporate video production provides an opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge. Many recognised filmmakers, including Flinders University alumni Scott Hicks, worked their way up through government, corporate and community video production.

Contribution, Research, rural, Socially engaged art

Sugar vs the Reef? – Socially Engaged Art in the Field

By Dr Lucas Ihlein — I'm writing this article from the road, as I slowly make my way down the coast to Wollongong from Mackay in Central Queensland. For the past two months, together with my family and my collaborator Kim Williams, I've been stationed up in Mackay.

Contribution

Embedding The Curriculum In The Community

By Samantha Donnelly — From Post-Nineties Neglect To Contemporary Community Social Hub

NiTRO Creative Matters