Recently the Ravensthorpe
Regional Arts Council sent 8 delegates to the Regional Arts Australia, Arts
& Edges Summit in Kalgoorlie. The
group made their way by car, towing Homespun panels and a giant shoe, and
arrived late on the night of Wednesday 15th October with the
intention of setting up the Homespun display the next morning. However, with a last minute change of plans
the display could not be put together until Friday…which left a fine morning of
sight-seeing and gallery visits before the Summit registrations opened at lunch
time. From then on the weekend quickly
disappeared into a Summit spectacular of local performances, panel discussions,
workshops, key note speakers, more gallery visits and frantic networking with
other regional arts groups…not to mention spreading the Homespun cheer from the
tent finely located at the entrance to the Goldfields Art Centre.
Homespun was extremely well
received by all the other delegates and locals alike, and the RRAC ran out of
flowers by the last day; despite best efforts to whip up more. The tent also proved a blessing in the wild
weather that came through on Saturday afternoon for those seeking shelter from
the hail!
All the delegates enjoyed
themselves and have come away with some fantastic ideas to chase up and
contacts to confer with regarding striving for excellence in community arts and
development; not to mention some new dance moves to add to the repertoire. Stay tuned for the release of KBVID, and look
for all the RRAC shirts in the crowd!
The next RAA Conference will be
held in Dubbo in October 2016. Follow
#wheresreggirrhino or @artalndsDubbo to keep up with the news (four little
Reggies came home to Ravey/Hopetoun so keep an eye out for them).
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and events planned locally by RRAC. Be
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Enjoy these snapshots of our hectic four days!
looks like a lot of fun was had! and hence some new creativity and enthusiasm for artworks - seemingly of all kinds. I do hate it when some arts are seen as second-class! ( I was part of the digital lot from Tasmania.)
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