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Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 22 November 2012 - CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS Attachment 3 informal session for current or intending festival organisers 12. “How to plan projects and apply for grants” workshops - twice per year Facilitator organisers would be invaluable for those running or planning festivals in the immediate region for identifying resources, skills needs and development opportunities. Collaborating closely with Arts Mid North Coast. 13. Promote directory listing of local artists and creative businesses Advocate Link to Arts Mid North Coast directory, encourage registration by local artists of all artforms 8 Arts 8.1 Visual Arts There are lots of reasons that people enjoy visual arts, both contemporary and historical. You may want to see beauty or consider expertise, or understand another view of the world, perhaps quirky or challenging. In a society bombarded with visual images particularly from advertising and on the Internet, the concept of ‘visual literacy”, understanding how images are constructed and what they can mean, is also of educational importance to young and old alike. 8.1.1 Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Despite its restricted size, the Regional Art Gallery installs up to 16 exhibitions each year featuring significant Australian artists and promoting regional or emerging artists in a small Featured Artist space. The Gallery has its own national acquisitive art prize for still life painting – the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA). It hosts musical events, opera recitals, poetry readings and many other cultural events and an education program. There approximately 18,000 attendances at the Gallery in the last year. It is proposed that extended facilities should be built for the Regional Art Gallery, in particular new and larger facilities for larger exhibitions, a workshop space for schools programs and public programs should be considered. Currently many of the exhibitions which are shown are not able to be shown in full because of the limited wall space at the existing facility, although the fees paid to the supplying organization remain the same. Without a display or retail space in the current gallery educational and other material which accompany exhibitions such as catalogues cannot be made available. Page 28 1488
Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 22 November 2012 - CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS Attachment 3 In terms of access by visitors and residents, a gallery has a particular advantage in that is open for a large number of hours most or every day and can also be used in the evenings. The Gallery has a significant program of musical performances, and in a larger facility with proper acoustic design, this program could also be expanded. The capacity to display new media art (for definition see Attachment C) would both demonstrate the value of the NBN in Coffs Harbour and highlight the application of technology to art in a way which shows the contemporary insights of the Coffs Harbour community. New media art includes art which uses technology to display artworks but also includes art which incorporates live streaming, simultaneous events and, in particular, interactive online activities. Large screens and excellent connectivity will be essential. For a facility like a gallery to have relevance to young people it will need to acknowledge the central role the digital technology plays in their lives. While not practical in the current premises, any new facility will need to engage fully with digital arts and social media. A consumer’s role is shifting from that of being a passive receiver to an active contributor. As technology continues to enable new avenues for communication, collaboration, and circulation of ideas, it has also given rise to new opportunities for people to create their own content. For young people in particular the opportunity to create and show their work, particularly to their peers, can be very attractive. If a new facility were built, the gallery would ideally be co-located with the proposed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Centre (discussed below) or a redeveloped Central Library (discussed below) as the synergies in the requirements with either cultural facility are considerable. In particular, facilities for children’s and schools programs could be shared as well as reception, toilet and other facilities, maintenance and security. Depending on the budget and design, an outdoor but undercover performance area could be included, as suggested by a number of community members. In the meantime, at least one contemporary regional Aboriginal artist should be included in each annual program at the Regional Gallery. 8.1.2 Pop up Galleries In community consultations, the concept of “pop up” galleries and studios in vacant commercial premises has been raised a number of times. The idea behind the concept of the pop up gallery or artist working space is that premises are not left disused and therefore unattractive to potential tenants, by allowing artists of various types to access premises on non-commercial terms for short periods of time. The idea is to both prevent the development Page 29 1489
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