In 2018 I worked with Lock the Gate to design and produce ‘Adapting the Arts’, a 12 month community cultural development project building the networks and capacity of artists in mining affected communities through developmental commissions and workshops.
The project, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, supported First Nations artists in three communities to develop works reflecting their communities resistance to invasive mining projects through a series of artist labs with Karina Nolan of Original Power, and Lock The Gate Campaign Coordinator Lauren Mellor.
In addition to supporting the developmental arts labs, I produced Stories from the Frontline, a two day event with a day networking and skill sharing event led by Karina Nolan and Alex Kelly with residency artists and artists from Mirarr (Kakadu) and Arrernte (Mparntwe/Alice Springs) communities, followed by a one day forum on creative activism attended by 60 artists and culture makers from across the Territory.
