Past Projects

Far West Indigenous Arts Showcase (Creation & Presentation)

The Far West Indigenous Arts Showcase (Creation and Presentation) is a collaboration between artists from Outback Arts’ five contributing shires of Bourke, Coonamble, Cobar, Warren and Walgett. Artworks from artists living in Outback Arts contributing shires had their works toured across the region from May to August 2012.

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Outback Arts and Desert Pea Media Youth Media workshop

The Desert Pea Media Youth media mentoring and workshop program was created through the partership between Desert Pea Media and Outback Arts.

Aimed at providing modern media opportunities to local youths the workshops were held over the course of a week during August in the township of Walgett and produced two song and filmclips.

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Artstart

The ArtStart NSW Youth Arts and Skills program (ArtStart) is an initiative of the NSW Government designed for young people aged 12 to 24 years in New South Wales. The program provides opportunities for young people to develop skills through participating in arts and cultural projects as well as performing and exhibiting their work during a two week festival period, held every second year.

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For further information visit their website http://www.artstart.com.au/

Connecting Marks & Country

A 24 week artist in residence with the artist spending 4 weeks in each of the 6 designated towns. Participants were introduced to research material (collected by Curator of Koori History and Culture from The Powerhouse Museum) on traditional and customary forms of artistic expression relevant to their particular indigenous nations in the Outback Arts Region. Workshops were completed in Cobar, Warren and Coonamble in 2009.

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‘Reflections’ by Annie Murray

Watermarks

An exhibition of artworks in response to the floods during 2010 throughout the Outback Arts  region.

The subject of the artwork is to express a response to the rain event  throughout the Outback Arts region in December 2009/January 2010, or water in the life of the artist, or be of water.

Artists must be permanent residents of the OA region, ie live in the LGAs of Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Coonamble, Walgett or Warren.

For more information email rado@outbackarts.com.au

This Business called Art

Professional development workshop for artists designed to encourage participation in the Western Plains Cultural Centre’s Regional Art Space and opportunities for artists in the region.

AFC Black Screen,  2008

Black Screen is an Indigenous film screening program run through the Australian Film Commission.

Tjanpi Desert Weavers Project

Louise Marne is a Murawari woman with a passion for traditional weave.  In 2007 Outback Arts assisted Louise in identifying a professional development opportunity in the WOMADelaide Festival in South Australia…

Writing the Waves Stage I & II

Children’s multi-media and writing project with Children’s author and literacy advocate Paul Stafford.

Cine-Dreaming I & II

Cine-Dreaming II  will now take the same group of students through the next step – scripting, acting and filming an original short  film of their choosing, comedy, horror, fantasy, action, etc – and create the musical score (using new music-creation software) to accompany the production. This completed film will then be entered into Tropfest, NAIDOC Week screenings and other relevant film festivals.

Outback Arts also facilitated the projects below:

Critical Stages – The Pitch & No Chance In Hell Hotel & Bangers and Mash
This Business Called Art L Ridge
BIG hART
NSW Seniors Week – “Soft on Ear” Tour with Ron Brown
You Fellas Speak Up
Yaamma Festival
Outback Dance
Louise Marne – WOMADelaide
Writing the Waves I & II
Whichway Regional Indigenous
Brewarrina Circus
Schools Out Circus Skills Program
ArtStart
In the Bin Film Festival
CINE Dreaming I & II
Musica Viva – Papalote
Creative Volunteering

For more information about past projects contact Outback Arts Staff