ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance

Registrations now open: ‘ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance’
National Conference, September 2-4, Melbourne
RMIT University and the Cultural Development Network are pleased to announce:
ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance National Conference Sept 2 - 4, 2009, RMIT University, Melbourne
Registrations are now open.
http://www.cdn-generations.net.au/register.htm
Register early for early bird prices.
ReGenerating Community Conference is about ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government.
Conference themes:
* addressing global issues locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government
* the links between creative communities and civic engagement
* the ways creative processes can mobilize communities for positive social change
* cultural citizenship and cultural rights, as an aspect of a broader human rights agenda
International speakers: Anmol Vellani, Indian philosopher, theatre director and Executive Director of the Indian Foundation of the Arts and Bob McNulty, founder and president of Partners for Livable Communities, USA.
The conference will also feature presentations about ‘Generations’, a three year project about the relationship between arts, community and local governance. Generations was initiated by the Cultural Development Network to explore the links between engagement in community based arts activities and active civic engagement. Artists and communities from Latrobe, Greater Geelong and Wangaratta Councils in Victoria, Liverpool in NSW, and Charters Towers in north Queensland will present their artwork and experiences.
Cultural Development Network and RMIT Globalism Research Centre are hosts for a conference that promises to be...regenerating.
Conference website:
www.cdn-generations.net.au
Kim Dunphy Program Manager, Cultural Development Network
kim.dunphy@culturaldevelopment.net.au
www.culturaldevelopment.net.au
Ph: 03 9658 9976 or 0417 038 824
Fax: 03 9658 8436
PO Box 324 Flinders Lane, Victoria 8009 AUSTRALIA