Page 720 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 February 2020
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b. Spaces and Places - focuses on the demographics, geography and culture of Tuggeranong through the experiences and voices of the community. The projects focus on taking art and creativity to the streets, presenting arts and cultural activities including performances and exhibitions in urban spaces beyond the arts centre.
c. Invisible Borders across dance, music, theatre and visual arts - explores human rights and stories of cultural significance through the arts. The program brings together local and interstate artists, cultural development workers, producers, community groups and individuals to explore cultural diversity, richness and identity.
From 2020, these activities will be consolidated in a new community arts and cultural development program called ‘Intersections, Interpretations, and Interactions’. This program will have the same focus on diverse and marginalised communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability, seniors, children, and youth.
Belconnen Arts Centre (BAC) maintains arts and cultural development as a core principle across all its programs. BAC has strong engagement with the diverse residents of Belconnen through a program of dance, music, theatre and visual arts including culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disability, people experiencing disadvantage, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
The arts and cultural development program at BAC comprises a range of activities, including:
a. Exhibitions which present opportunities for emerging and established artists from all backgrounds to present their work, and enables the community to have direct, engaging experiences with artists.
b. ‘IGNITE’ which provides a variety of arts development experiences for people living with disability, including hearing impairment and mental health issues. IGNITE is focused on the development of creative practice and is open to all levels of skills and experience, and artists from diverse backgrounds.
c. ‘Dance for Wellbeing’ is specifically devised to support the health and wellbeing of participants through the development of their dance practice.
BAC also presents a range of events at the centre and in the surrounding region including Gungahlin. These events include ‘NAIDOC in the North’ in Gungahlin, where the centre celebrates the region’s First Nations Peoples’ arts and cultural wealth, and the 2019 ‘Meeting Place Amplified’ national forum for arts and disability, in partnerships with Arts Access Australia.
(2) In 2020, TAC program will target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability, seniors, children, and youth.
BAC targets artists and communities with lived experience of disability, mental health issues and hearing impairment. Its arts and cultural development program is inclusive of artists and communities from all backgrounds.
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