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FINAL AGENDA

DDCA Symposium 2024
SUSTAINING – MAINTAINING – NOURISHING – CREATIVITY

DATE: Friday 29th November, 10am – 5pm AEDT

LOCATION: Federation University

Ballarat Technology Park, 106-110 Lydiard Street, Ballarat Central 3350

This is a free, fully catered, one-day event which will be held on and around Federation University’s SMB campus in leafy Ballarat, regional Victoria. 

This year’s theme speaks to maintaining and nourishing the energy of creativity, and asks: How do we sustain this energy to keep on creating over time and within the academic environment?

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

All times are in AEDT

10.00am

10.30am

Registration

Welcome to Country from Macaylah Johnson

Symposium opens with Professor Rick Chew,  Director, Federation Arts Academy

Welcome Message from DDCA President, Professor Craig Batty

11am

11.30am

11.45am

PRESENTATION Dr Jill Orr, Visual Artist (Federation University) 

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Kim Percy (HDR, Visual Arts)

WORKSHOP by Associate Professor Margaret McVeigh (Griffith)
TITLE: Think and Write Like a Creative: A Narrated Workshop*

12.30pm

CATERED LUNCH

1.30pm

2.00pm

2.15pm

PRESENTATION Associate Professor Carole Wilson (Federation)

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Nick Martin (HDR, Music)

WORKSHOP by Associate Professor Jessica Wilkinson (RMIT)
TITLE: Transmuting Creative Conversations Through Poetic Inquiry**

3.00pm

3.30pm

4.15pm

AFTERNOON TEA

Reflections from the day – DDCA President Craig Batty 

PERFORMANCE Inscape Piano Trio – Lachlan Dent, Dunja Lavrova, Rick Chew [VENUE: Post Office Theatre]

5.00pm

CLOSE

Attendees are invited to join us for social drinks at the Hop Temple Ballarat.

*The workshop leader requests that participants bring a TREASURED ITEM FROM CHILDHOOD (an object rather than a photo, if possible).

**The workshop leader requests that participants bring a small object that is important to them in their daily life as a practitioner/academic – something that sustains, nourishes or simply pleases you (photos allowed).

For any questions email admin@ddca.edu.au

REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE https://events.humanitix.com/ddca-symposium-2024 

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