program report - Eastern Riverina Arts

PROGRAM REPORT 2014
CONNECTING
A VIBRANT &
CREATIVE
REGION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Thanks to the great work of Elizabeth Rogers and her team at Regional Arts NSW we received an increase in
our State funding base which has enabled us to expand our activities in a number of ways.
Perhaps one of our biggest steps forward was securing a shop front in Fitzmaurice Street. Obtaining a higher
profile location with more space has been a goal for a number of years now; however the right location just
never presented itself. In late 2013, while Scott was heading for coffee at one of his favourite locations a “For
Rent” sign caught his eye. We were able to secure the premises at 98 Fitzmaurice Street and by the end 2013
we were working with the landlord to select new carpet and paint.
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The new location, which is next door to our friends at ABC Radio Riverina, will not only bring us a street
frontage but also enough space to be able to run small workshops and events. This will provide us with much
more scope to embark on professional development activities with artists and the staff of member councils
but also provide opportunities for small performances and showcases.
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This year we welcomed Young Shire as a new member, taking our total membership to 11 councils. We service
a big region stretching from the Snowy Mountains in the east to the plains of Lockhart and Urana which means
that innovation in service delivery is always to the fore.
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The Car Boot Gallery was a great example of how that innovation works. A touring exhibition of works that fitted
into the boot of the company’s car, the works visited council chambers, clubs and libraries across the region.
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The organisation has worked hard to tour as many events as possible and this has resulted in activities being
held in every LGA. One of the most significant of which was the Short + Sweet Short Play Festival which was
held in Cootamundra. The event brought actors, directors and writers from across our region together to work
on the short plays which were performed at the Cootamundra Arts Centre. It was a very successful event and
one which we hope to repeat in the future.
Our Dream Big Conference focused on public art this year, a very important issue for many public authorities and
for artists seeking commissions. We continue to be committed to the delivery of the Conference in partnership
with Western Riverina Arts as it provides an extremely valuable professional development of opportunity for
council staff, artists, councillors, not-for-profits and the creative industries.
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Demonstrating the diversity of the public art issue, Scott prepared a Public Art Policy for the redevelopment of
the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital site, as a consultancy service to the Health Infrastructure NSW.
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Early in the year Sarah McEwan left us to pursue her own artistic practice but we were fortunate enough to
secure Madeline Ryan into a revamped Communications role. Madeline’s corporate background in PR has
brought a new skillset to our organisation and she is a much valued member of our small team.
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Sarah was the driving force behind our 8 Artists project which has gained recognition across the State for its
innovative approach to working with artists who have a disability. We have been asked to speak on the project
at a variety of forums and anyone who saw the exhibition would have been impressed by the quality and
diversity of works the project developed.
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We continue to be blessed by the presence of our RADO Scott Howie, who leads by example. His leadership has
been recognised at a State level when he was appointed to the NSW Cultural Policy Reference Group to assist
in the development of the State policy. His dedication to innovation is reflected in every project the Eastern
Riverina undertakes. He consistently seeks opportunities to expand our services and to provide a diverse
range of experiences to our members and the artists that operate within our region.
Regional projects like the Fresh | Dance | Film demonstrate this. Thom Paton, our new projects officer is to
be congratulated on the success of this project, for which he is responsible. He works tirelessly on a number
of youth-focused projects and is also a member of the REROC Youth and Community Services Network. As
a Network member he provides invaluable advice on ways in which councils can access arts and cultural
activities and artists for their communities. With the addition of John Heine taking care of finances so capably
our team is complete.
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I would like to thank our Board for their assistance and support throughout the year. I would like to especially
acknowledge the work of Andrew Robbins, Adele Casey, Marilyn Gilbert, Connie McFadyen and Sarah Last who
have all completed their 3 year terms, they will be greatly missed.
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Finally thanks to our member councils for their continuing support and to the artists, performers and creative
industries representatives who have supported, delivered and participated in our many activities.
Julie Briggs
Chairperson
Eastern Riverina Arts
SNAP SHOT OF OUR REGION
AREA: 41,129 km2
BLAND
YOUNG
POPULATION: 126341 (2011 CENSUS)
POPULATION CHANGE SINCE 2006
-3.6% [NSW +5.6%]
MEDIAN AGE: 42 [NSW 38]
% OF POPULATION OVER 65
16.5% [ NSW 14.7%]
% OF POPULATION IDENTIFYING AS ABORIGINAL
4.1% [NSW 2.5%]
TEMORA
COOLAMON
URANA
LOCKHART
COOTAMUNDRA
HARDEN
JUNEE
GUNDAGAI
WAGGA
WAGGA
TUMUT
TUMBARUMBA
14 PROJECTS
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
1486
PEOPLE
SIGNIFICANTLY ENGAGED WITH
8886 PAGES
43 ORGANISATIONS
EMPLOYING
18 ARTISTS
ON OUR WEBSITE
1048
PARTICIPANTS IN
FACEBOOK
PROPEL
198 CREATIVE PEOPLE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
212 OF OUR REGION’S
ARTISTS, EVENTS &
ORGANISATIONS
PROMOTED
GOAL 1
BE RECOGNISED AS LEADER IN
ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
IN OUR REGION
Throughout 2014 Eastern Riverina Arts continued to
lead the way in innovative arts and cultural projects.
At the forefront of our program were two professional
development series, PROPEL and ONSCREEN and
our annual conference DREAM BIG.
Under PROPEL, Eastern Riverina Arts delivered :
Show Me the Money funding workshops in Coolamon,
Harden, Tumut, West Wyalong and Wagga Wagga.
A workshop in partnership with Arts Law in Wagga
Wagga to equip visual artists with understanding of
their legal rights.
One-on-one advisory sessions with the Creative
Industries Innovation Centre’s business advisor
David Sharpe attended by five businesses/artists
from across the region.
A scriptwriting masterclass with playwright Campion
Decent in partnership with the Wagga Civic Theatre,
provide local scriptwriters the opportunity to interact
with a leading industry figure on writing plays and
getting them on the stage.
2014 was the year we introduced ONSCREEN, an
ongoing program to assist in the promotion of screen
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ANNUAL REACH OF
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41% AVERAGE OPEN RATE
culture and screen production in the Riverina.
ONSCREEN kicked off with an afternoon workshop
for Local Government film officers. Location
manager Peter Lawless, Albury Council’s Ros Wall.
Screen NSW’s Matt Carrol and local filmmakers
Mark Grentell and Peter Cox ran through the
benefits, regulations and pitfalls of assisting screen
production in the region.
The next ONSCREEN event, SCOUT saw location
manager Lisa Scope run photography workshops
in two towns, developing skills in our local
photogrpahers to gather images and populate Screen
NSW’s database.
Over 20 photographers travelled on minibuses
throught the region taking hundreds of photogrpahs
and giving the Riverina its first real presence on the
database.
Some 36 artists and organisations from outside the
region contacted us throughout the year looking to
seek assistance in working in our region. These can
be musicians looking for venues, organisations such
as Critical Stages seeking support to establish tours.
Not all of these result in outcomes, some are merely
just connecting people throughout the region but it is
still important that there is a first point of contact for
the region.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
DREAM BIG
We partnered again with Western Riverina Arts
to present Dream Big, a one day conference for
anyone involved in arts and cultural development
in our regions. This year the conference was held
in Narranderra. After feedback from attendees and
non-atttendees from 2013, we discovered that our
2013 theme of public art was a little narrow in focus.
The theme for 2014 was cultural engagement
Over 80 attendees from across the region attended
, a mix of Council staff, artists, community groups,
tourism and regional development workers.
Keynote speakers were Jacqui Riddell who had just
been appointed the Director of Public Engagement
at the Art Gallery of NSW; Penny Miles, the Progrma
Manager for National Programs at the Australia
Council who spoke among other things about
the Community Relevancy Toolkit; and Associate
Professor Hilary Glow, the director of the Arts
Participation Incubator at Deakin University.
A panel discussion moderated by Scott Howie saw Vic
McEwan (The Cad Factory), Katherine McLean (CEO
Curious Works) and Casey Jenkins (performance
artist, craftivist and rabble-rouser) give insights into
the practicalities of working with and in communities.
“LOVED THE LINE UP OF SPEAKERS,
THE CONVERSATION AND THE
INTELLIGENCE IN THE ROOM!
DEFINITELY GOOD TO HAVE
HIGH LEVEL REPRESENTATION
FROM FEDERAL BODIES ”
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Practical sessions in engaging the media from ABC
Open and the Communications officers of both
regional arts boards, plus rapidfire sessions on
regional projects focusing on ethical engagement,
youth engagement, audience development and more
• Over 80 attendees
• High profile speakers for Art Gallery of NSW and
Australia Council
• attendance up 50%
• great evaluation 95% attendees would come
again
• Visiting speakers amazed at the level of arts
activity in our region
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GOAL 2
BE A CONNECTED AND COLLABORATIVE ORGANISATION
Throughout 2014 Eastern Riverina Arts partnered
with over 43 organisations to deliver 14 of our own
projects or assist in others.
This partnerships range from our local Councils,
volunteer groups, artts organisations. Some
partnerships are ongoing, while some are new in
2014.
Our Local Government membership remained steady
as we continued to provide value and useful, practical
support to our Council’s and their staff.
Partnerships include:
• the Public Art Strategy Committee for the
redevelopment of the Wagga Base Hospital in
partnership with Murrumbidgee Local Health
District, Wagga City Council, Riverina TAFE and
Health Infrastructure.
• a partnership formed with Coolamon Shire
Council, Murrumbidgee Medicare Local, North
Eastern Riverina Rural Counselling service and
the National Portrait Gallery for a Creative Ageing
Project, Bold Selfies by Oldies for delivery in 2015.
During 2014, Eastern Riverina Arts made significant
contributions through its involvement in the Ashmont
Placemaking Committee, the 355 Cultural advisory
“ EASTERN RIVERINA ARTS BELIEVES
IN THE VALUE OF PUBLIC ARTS BUT
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
PUBLIC ART WILL ONLY ACHIEVE
THAT VALUE ... WHEN THERE IS A
DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF
THE COMMUNITY...”
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committees of Young and Bland Shires, the REROC
youth network, the Multicultural Interagency group,
Wagga City Council’s Public Art Advisory Panel.
Our RADO presented at Arts Activated in November
and attended the Regional Arts Australia Conference.
Our RADO also provided contributions to a number of
festival committees in the region including Dramatic
Minds, Tumbafest.
Again our RADO was called on by Arts NSW to assist
in assessment of their Arts Funding Program and
to assist in the development of the Cultural Policy
Framework
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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
FRESH DANCE FILM
In 2013 and 2014, Fresh | Dance | Film worked across
the six towns of Coolamon, Tumut, Tumbarumba,
Temora, The Rock and Urana to deliver dance and
video workshops to over 180 young people.
Local hip-­hop dancer Centennial Tuvale and local
filmaker John Riddell worked together throughout
2014 to capture both group and individual
choreography, creating six new short dance films
featuring the music of the Wagga-based young,
emerging electronic dance music producer, the
Fusionest. Each film captured the unique identity of
the town.
Each partnering Council hosted a screening of the six
films, from the formal premiere at the Temora Town
Hall Cinema, launched by Member for the Riverina
Michael McCormack MP to late night screenings on
the skatebowl in Coolamon, to a screening in the
Council chmaber at Urana, the smallest Council in
NSW.
Benefits from the project continue to flow. Centennial
Tuvale is now in demand across the region continually
delivering workshops for Councils. Temora Shire
Council screen their film before movies.
Fresh|Dance|Film was funded by the Regional Arts
Fund
“ THE ONLY TIME I WOULD DANCE IN
FRONT OF PEOPLE WERE THE
POSTERS ON MY CUPBOARD
WHILE I WAS CLEANING MY ROOM.
NOW I’VE BEEN DANCING IN
CLASS IF SOMEONE’S
RINGTONE IS CATCHY.”
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• over 180 particpants
• 6 locations, Temora, Tumut, Tumbarumba, Urana,
The Rock, Coolamon
• 6 films with 250 attending screenings
• employed 4 artist
• featured emerging hip-hop producer The
Fusionest
• provided further employment opportunities for
dance instructors
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GOAL 3
BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR OUR REGION’S
ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANISATIONS AND CULTURAL
AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRACTITIONERS AT
LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL
In 2014 Eastern Riverina Arts were involved in
advocacy at all levels. In Wagga Wagga, the debate
about the Council’s Public Art Plan intensified. Scott
Howie gave a passionate presentation to Wagga
Wagga City Council’s Policy and Strategy Committee
Meeting in March. He continues to sit onthe Public
Art Advisory panel advocating wherever possible
for the use of local arts practitioners for projects.
Scott continued to sit on Ministerial Refernece Group
for the development of the Arts & Cultural Policy
Framework advocating on behalf of the artists and
cultural organisations in regional NSW.
The work of Eastern Riverina Arts, Faces of Ashmont
project from 2013 was featured in Lisa Andersen’s
chapter in a new book, By-roads and hidden treasures:
mapping cultural assets in regional Australia.
Throughout 2014 Eastern Riverina Arts wrote over 20
letters of support to artists, organisations and Council
seeking fundign at all levels. We also auspiced grants
from Arts NSW on behalf of artists the Ronalds and
Regional Arts NSW on behalf of visual artist Sue
Harding.
“I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU SPENT
REFLECTING ON, GUIDING AND
CHALLENGING THE WORK OF ARTS
NSW. YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON
ARTS DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONAL
NSW WAS CRITICAL.”
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We continue to work closely with the redevelopment
of the Wagga Base Hospital seeking to ensure that
local artists are involved in developing the art for
public spaces of the hospital.
Eastern Riverina Arts made submissions in response
to the disbanding of the National Centre for Culture
and Recreation Statistics.
Local Council representations included consultations
regarding the development of Young Shire Council’s
Cultural Infrastructure masterplan and assisting the
Cootamundra Arts Centre in devloping their cultural
policy.
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“THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A DREAM
COME TRUE. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED
TO HAVE AN ARTWORK ON SHOW IN
WAGGA CBD. THANK YOU FOR THE
COVERAGE YOU ORGANISED.
HAS TO BE WORTH THOUSANDS.’
GOAL 4
HAVE MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN
AND ACCESS THE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
OF OUR ORGANISATION
Throughout 2014 Eastern Riverina Arts created
great opportunities for participation in our activities
including two new initiatives.
OFFICE GIGS
Visiting artists Takadimi, Fanny Lumsden & the
Thrillseekers and Rose Turtle Ertler played short free
gigs in our office, which we can adapt to an intimate
performance space seating just under 30 people.
Local cabaret artist Peter J Casey trialled new songs
from his cabaret One Man Banned, which went on
to play for audiences in Melbourne. Local youth
band House & Farm played ahead of ther EP launch,
attracting a younger crowd. While Tessa Bremner
took the opportunity to present a rehearsed reading
of a draft of a new play. Over 120 people attended
these special events.
WINDOW GALLERY
Our new office location also allowed to offer the space
to artists for month long exhibitions. It is a great spot
and we use it to add to events that are happening town,
provide artists from outside of Wagga with a foothold
into Wagga. Some artists hold openings while others
are happy just to leave the work on display. Artists
exhibited include print makers Angela Coombs
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6 office gigs
10 artists exhibited in the Window Gallery
2 artists auspiced for major project
3 makers profile in pop-up shop
1500 significant website engagements
Huge growth in social media engagement
Over 200 events, artists and groups promoted
across media and social media
• HIgh profile events in Taste Festival raising
awareness
• shift to street level has resulted in huge increase
in casual visits
• total participation in all activities of Eastern
Riverina Arts = 1500
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Coombs Matthews (Temora) and Elaine Camlin
(Wagga), painters Jenny Forster (Tumut), Lucy
Buttenshaw (West Wyalong), installation artist Corrie
Furner (Wagga), sculptor Andrew Whitehead (Urana)
and emerging photomedia artists from our dLab
program, Vicky Okot and Beyola Tembola (Wagga)
ASHMONT PLACEMAKING
We continued working with the Ashmont shops
assisting the Placemaking group in commissioning
a mural to cover over a boarded up shopfront. The
mural by respected local Aboriginal artists David
and Georgina O’Neill involved local primary and high
school students, community members and local
elders in its design and implementation.Throughout
2014 Eastern Riverina Arts created great opportunities
for participation in our activities including two new
initiatives.
GREAT DEBATE
We partnered with the Civic Theatre and ABC to
deliver a comedy debate as part of the Taste Festival.
With over 250 people attending the live debate the
subsequent broadcast on ABC Riverina ensured the
reach of Eastern Riveirna Arts activity beyond our
region.
FANNY LUMSDEN & THE THRILLLSEEKERS
Once again we worked with the country hipster band
to find venues for their small halls tour. With a little
marketing support thrown in, we managed to assist
four small villages in our region have a great night out
... and of course access to professional performing
arts.
DRAMATIC MINDS
This year we worked with Shepherd’s Park education
training unit inside Riverina Juvenile Justice to
develop an entry into the Dramatic Inds festival.
Eastern Riverina Arts engaged Vic McEwan from the
Cad Factory to work with the group of six students
“THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR
SUPPORT FOR OUR THIRD COUNTRY
HALLS TOUR ... WE HAD HUNDREDS
COME TO JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM
WHICH WAS SUCH A JOY. WE REALLY
HAD A BALL AND COULDN’T HAVE
DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!”
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to develop a beautiful video animation which was
screened as part of the festival.
dLAB
Eastern Riverina Arts is contracted by Wagga Wagga
City Council to provide local co-ordination of the
dLAb project. Since 2011 dLux MediaArts has been
working with the Wagga Wagga community through
the dLab National Program. Young people from
local highschools, community colleges and different
cultural groups have been getting hands on with
science, art and technology with dLux Facilitator
Yenny Huber. They have had the opportunity to
showcase their ideas in community events such
as Science Week and the recent Fusion14 cultural
festival, where student’s work was displayed in the
dLab stall.
Now, participants are taking control of their own
projects harnessing the knowledge they gained
through commitment to the program. Vicky and
Beyola recently won the Moran Art Prize for work they
submitted in their age category. They incorporated
their African heritage into a portraiture series that
saw them manipulate traditional fabrics onto the
heads of their subjects through Photoshop.
CENTENNIAL TUVALE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN TUMUT AS PART OF
THE FRESH | DANCE | FILM PROJECT
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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
CASP
The Country Arts Support Program is a devolved
funding program of the NSW Government providing
small grants to arts and community organisations
and local arts councils in regional NSW for short
term, locally initiated projects. It is administered by
Regional Arts NSW in partnership with the regional
arts boards.
Each year Eastern Riverina Arts manages the
assessment of these grants in our region and
makes recommendations for funding. In 2014 our
assessment panel, comprising board members Julie
Briggs, Jennifer Connors and consisted of board
members Julie Briggs and Tracie Miller and Andrew
Totman, from Riverina Institue of TAFE. Fourteen
applications were received with six projects sharing
$19,045 in funding.
2014 saw a dramatic increase in the number of
applications thanks partly to our Show Me the Money
workshops designed to attract new applicants and
develop the quality of the applications. The number
of first time applicants also increased.
“GOOD ADVICE BEFORE APPLYING
FOR A GRANT ... APPRECIATIVE THAT
THE WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN A
TOWN CLOSE TO ME
SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.”
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2014 Successful Applicants
• Harden Murrumburrah Arts Council. Creating
Masterpieces with Clay
• Holy Basil Inc. Coolgrass, an annual festival in
Coolamon for Bluegrass music
• Jugiong Writers Festival. Between the Covers seed
funding for a new festival in the region
• Tumut Art Society 5 Ways Mural Walk,
• Tumut
Shire
Council:
Festival
of
the
Falling
Leaf
Committee
Waiting for the Rising Sun, a new theatre project for
the Centrenary of Anzac
• Wagga Wagga City Council Their Light Still Shines A
Centenary of Anzac projection project, highlighting
Anzac stories from our region.
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GOAL 5
HAVE DIVERSIFIED INCOME STREAMS TO ENSURE OUR FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
INCOME SOURCES 2010-2014
2%
4%
6%
27%
2010
67%
31%
2011
11%
62%
22%
12%
15%
2012
44%
14%
2013
50%
21%
23%
15%
2014
51%
22%
ARTS NSW CORE FUNDING COUNCIL CONTRIBUTIONS OTHER GRANTS EARNED INCOME
GOAL 6
HAVE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN PLACE
TO ENSURE OUR SUSTAINABLITY
GOVERNANCE
The board met five times during 2014 providing oversight
of the organisation’s finances, operations and policies.
A number of board members terms concluded in April
at our AGM. A specialist treasurer was co-opted onto the
board ands we welcomed Wiradjuri elder Lorraine Tye
on to the board to provide strategic advice as we look to
develp our aboriginal arts development officer.
With an influx of new board members, a focus for the year
was on board inductions, and ensuring a smooth transition
for our governance issues.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Three times throughout the year our RADO attends
Regional Arts NSW network meetings providing
opportunties to engage with other RADOs from across the
state and to meet with Federal and State departments and
arts organisations.
The Communications officer has regular teleconfernces and
an annual face-to-face meeting with the communication
officers from the Regional Arts Boards.
Our RADO also attended the Regional Arts conference in
Kalgoorlie and Arts Activated in Sydney.
OUR BOARD
Julie Briggs
Tracie Miller
Angela Cutler
David Gilbey
Chair Deputy Chair Treasurer
Secretary
Trudy Crawford
Jennifer Connor
Amanda Gay
Rebecca McDonnell
Kathy Maslin
Lorraine Smith
Lorraine Tye
John Walker
REROC nominee
Wagga nominee
Co-optee
Co-optee
Tumut nominee
Lockhart nominee
Temora nominee
Bland nominee
Coolamon nominee
Tumbarumba nominee
Co-optee
Young nominee
We acknowledge the contribution of our outgoing board
members whose terms ended at our AGM in 2014, Adele
Casey, Marilyn Gilbert, Sarah Last and Andrew Robbins.
OUR STAFF
Scott Howie
Tim Kurylowicz
Madeline Ryan
Thom Paton
John Dunn
John Heine
Executive Officer
Communications [from May]
Communications [until May]
Projects
Accounts [from July]
Accounts [until June]
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Front: John Riddell shooting dancers for Fresh | Dance | Film
Tumut Lanterns on the Lagoon was one of many events seeking advice from ERA in 2014
Detail of Ashmont Mall Mural by David and Georgina O’Neill
Hilary Glow speaking at Dream Big. Photo: Jason Richardson
On the Socut workshop photographing potential locations
Video still from Fresh | Dance | Film
Designers took over our office at Christmas for a pop-up shop
House & Farm play an office gig for Eastern Riverina Arts
Beyola Tembola stands next to her digital manipulated portrait develp as part of dLab project Curator
Ray Wholohan and Arts Law’s Suzanne Derry presented at Art Prizes No Surpises, a one day capacity
building event for anyone hosting art competitions in our region.
10.Detail of the Jason Wing mural on exterior wall of new office. ERA advocacy saved this mural from being
painted over in 2013
11.Back: an extract from David Gilbey’s poem Haiku Hike adorns the side of our new office in a bespoke
font.
Unless stated all images taken by ERA staff.
EASTERN RIVERINA ARTS IS A
MEMBER OF REGIONAL ARTS NSW
EASTERN RIVERINA ARTS IS SUPPORTED BY
THE NSW GOVERNMENT THROUGH ARTS NSW
FRESH | DANCE | FILM IS SUPPORTED BY
THE REGIONAL ARTS FUND.
The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative that supports
sustainable cultural development in regional, remote and very remote Australia.
EASTERN RIVERINA ARTS ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF ITS MEMBERS
WWW.EASTERNRIVERINAARTS.ORG.AU