welcome to Alice Springs
Wednesday 9 July 2008 - 3.25pm CST
currently 17 °c Fair forecast max 23°c min 4°c
community calendar event
Art in the Heart 2008 - Regional Arts Australia National Conference
place Alice Springs - Varioustime 3 October – 5 October
art at the heart is the sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference and is held this year from 3-5 October in Alice Springs.
The Northern Territory Government is hosting the conference through Arts NT in collaboration with the Alice Springs Town Council. The Australian Government supports Regional Arts Australia’s national conferences through the Regional Arts Fund. The Australia Council for the Arts supports the artistic program for the conference.
art at the heart will provide an opportunity for artistic and cultural exchange, cross cultural collaboration and best practice approaches to working in the arts. Artists, actors, academics, arts workers, curators, filmmakers, musicians, performers, producers, students, volunteers, writers, all levels of government and the wider community will gather in Alice Springs to discuss, celebrate and experience the arts and cultural achievements of regional Australia.
The themes that will be discussed are:
- Place and identity
- Arts partnership, collaboration and exchanges
- Sustaining participation in the arts
- Creativity, innovation and change
After the success of the Pacific Edge in Mackay in 2006, art at the heart promises to be another great event embracing the theme - part conference, part festival – all art, to deliver the very best in regional arts performance and practice.
General enquiries artattheheart@nt.gov.au
Website www.artattheheart.com.au
The Alice Springs Town Council suggests checking with the event organiser before making any life-changing decisions based on this information.