Expanding Cultures: 24 - 27 July 2007, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Program
Conference Networking Program 24 - 25 July
Tours and informal visits to host councils
'Expanding Cultures' conference is about expanding networks. The pre-conference program has been developed in response to a key objective of this conference - people meeting, talking, and sharing ideas. The program in the two days before the formal conference program will provide an opportunity for delegates to take time out of the office to meet with old friends and colleagues and to develop new professional relationships. Staff from the arts and cultural development teams of host councils are making themselves available for informal meetings on-site during these two days.
More information about the arts and cultural programs of all host councils and links to their websites here.
Several traders in the conference precinct will provide discounts for conference delegates who want to meet and have coffee, a snack or cold lemonade at the end of the day. Please refer to the formal conference program for a map of meeting venues when it is published.
In addition, delegates are being asked to provide their mobile telephone numbers for publication in the conference program to allow quicker and more direct communication at the conference for that quick pitch or catch-up.
Tuesday July 24
The City of Yarra
10 am- 1.30 pm: ‘Arts, heritage and community activism’:
Visit the Abbotsford Convent community precinct and the historic Fitzroy Town Hall.
Tour leaders: Helen Baker, Arts and Cultural Co-ordinator, City of Yarra, Maggie Maguire, CEO, Abbotsford Convent Foundation.
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Informal meeting option: City of Yarra Arts and Culture staff
Yarra staff will be available for informal meetings on Tuesday July 24 between 1.30- 5 pm at the Fitzroy Town Hall, corner Napier and Moore Streets, Fitzroy
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Moonee Valley City Council
10 am-11 am: Visit the Incinerator Arts Complex
The Incinerator Arts Complex, Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, is a heritage listed visual arts and workshop venue. The original building was designed by the Walter Burley Griffin company as the Essendon waste destructor. The building was refurbished in 2003 and consists of gallery spaces, artists ’ studios and workshop spaces.
Tour leaders: James Buick, Manager, Arts and Culture and Dan Mitchell, Co-ordinator Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Valley City Council.
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Informal meeting option with Moonee Valley City Council staff
Moonee Valley staff will be available for informal meetings with conference delegates
on Tuesday July 24, between 9.30 and 12.30 pm, at the Incinerator Arts Complex, 180 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds.
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Moreland City Council
2.30 - 5.30 pm:
‘Humanist Art / Symbolic Sites’: Exhibition tour and curator’s talk,
Counihan Gallery, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
This exhibition celebrates art and its ability to communicate and contribute to possible change. The works speak of love, family, war, peace, environment, human rights and reconciliation with conviction. It was organised in Australia with works by artists from many countries - first presented at the symbolic site of Guernica, Spain.
Tour leaders: Edwina Bartlem, Gallery Curator, William Kelly, Exhibition Curator and Anne-Maree Pfabe, Unit Manager, Arts and Culture, Moreland City Council.
Wednesday July 25
City of Boroondara
10 am-12 noon: ‘A Town Hall re-Interpreted- beyond the Saturday night dance’.
Tour and presentation of plans for re-development of the historic Hawthorn Town Hall as an arts and cultural centre, including a tour of the existing Town Hall Gallery and Civic Collections Centre.
Tour leaders: Pamela McKimm, Manager, Leisure and Cultural Services, Martin Foot, Cultural Services Co-ordinator and Mardi Nowak, Curator.
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City of Port Phillip
10 am-12 noon: Visit the Jewish Museum of Australia
The museum’s current exhibitions include ‘Diaspora: Homelands in Exile’: photographs by Frédéric Brenner. Morning tea will be provided.
Tour leader: Guest curator Rebecca Forgasz
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12 -1.30pm: Visit Theatreworks, independent theatre and performance venue
Theatreworks is one of Melbourne ’s foremost independent performance and theatre making venues.
Tour leader: Manager, Nic Clark
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1.30-3.30 pm: Visit Linden Gallery- Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda.
This tour will feature Linden ’s annual NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) exhibition ‘Nguurramban: From Where We Are’, that brings together four Indigenous installation artists to explore the ways in which traditions permeate contemporary life.
Tour leader: Gallery Director Giacomina Pradolin.
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4pm – 5pm: Visit Gasworks Community Arts Centre and Park, Albert Park
Gasworks is a not-for-profit community arts centre in beautiful park surrounds, on the site of the former South Melbourne gas plant. Situated in Albert Park, Gasworks is just three kilometres from the CBD, and the precinct houses four hectares of park, two theatres, three gallery spaces, a café, a children’s bookshop, as well as function and workshop spaces.
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Informal meeting option: City of Port Phillip
Conference delegates are welcome to visit Port Phillip Arts and Festivals staff. Please contact Melissa Hayes at mhayes@portphillip.vic.gov.au or phone 9209 6231. Details of the City of Port Phillip Arts and Festivals unit can be found at portphillip.vic.gov.au
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The City of Melbourne
2.30-4 pm Visit to ‘ArtsHouse: Meat Market and North Melbourne Town Hall’
Site visit and tour of the North Melbourne Town Hall and Studio, followed by a light afternoon tea, then tour of the Meat Market.
Tour leader: Sue Beal, Team Leader, Venues, City of Melbourne’s Arts and Culture team.
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Informal meeting option: City of Melbourne’s Artshouse staff
The following staff will be available for informal meetings on Wednesday 25 July between 2-3 pm at the North Melbourne Town Hall, corner Errol and Queensberry Streets, North Melbourne
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Maribyrnong City Council
2.30-4 pm Visit to Quang Minh Temple, Burke Street, Braybrook
This Buddhist temple will provide an insight into the cultural diversity of the city and an understanding of programs run by the Temple to assist the local community.
Tour leaders: Gill Savage, Cultural Planner, Maribyrnong and the Venerable Phuoc Tan
Conference Program
Draft program available for download
Wednesday July 25
City of Stonnington functions to welcome delegates and VIPs, prior to the formal conference program
Prahran Town Hall, Greville St, Prahran
5.30 pm Reception for delegates, Committee Room, Prahran Town Hall
Hosted by Helen Baker and Peter Redden, Conference Co-Chairs
6.30 pm: Sponsors' Reception, Oriental Tea House, 455 Chapel St. South Yarra
and Casual dinner for conference delegates, (at own expense) at Gurkha’s Nepalese Brasserie. 190 Chapel Street, Prahran.
Thursday 26 - Friday 27 July
9.30 - 5 pm, Chapel Off Chapel Arts and Leisure Complex, Lt Chapel St, Prahran
A stimulating program of keynote speakers, formal, informal and poster presentations, workshops and discussion sessions, performances and exhibitions, and plenty of time for networking.
Thursday July 26
Pitching for Communities competition: new ideas for community-based arts projects.
Finalists present their ideas to a panel of experts. More information and entry forms.
Thursday July 26
7 pm, Prahran Town Hall
Join colleagues old and new for an enjoyable dinner and evening of entertainment with local star performers including National Institute of Circus Arts’ students.