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Glenda Pickersgill
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 Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject: MY sunshine coast 27/6/11 MV art project |
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http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/mary-valley-art-project-chosen-for-state-conference,21975
| Quote: | Mary Valley art project chosen for State conference
With the Mary Valley Art Festival just a week from opening on July 7, the organising committee has received news that a submission to present their impressive 2010 commemorative project has been accepted for a State conference.
Committee members Heinke Butt and Jan Watt will present the 10/10 project as a case study at the Queensland Regional Arts and Culture Conference - artspoken 2011- in partnership with Bundaberg Regional Council from October 12-14.
Their presentation will showcase Mary Valley Alive, the collaborative project developed and managed by Mrs Butt to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mary Valley Art Festival.
The theme of the presentation is rebuilding place and community through the arts, and Mrs Butt said the idea of Mary Valley Alive had been to record the stories of the valley through art form.
She said artspoken 2011 had attracted an excellent range and diversity of presenters and topics to be included in the conference program.
The Mary Valley Alive project celebrated 10 years of the Mary Valley Art Festival (MVAF) and recognised the need to tell stories of celebration, environment, transitioning communities, community renewal and reclaiming place after the cancellation of the Traveston Crossing Dam proposal.
The project employed Mrs Butt as the creative director to develop a themed major art work utilising 113 individual pieces from selected (MVAF) participants from across the Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay Burnett and Gympie regions.
Mrs Watt said the project allowed a community undergoing major transition (as a result of the Traveston Crossing Dam proposal) to tell and record their story, and to celebrate their place through an artistic and cultural project supported by cross-regional involvement.
“The opportunity to build stronger communities was facilitated through story-telling and place making which allowed the Mary Valley experience to be shared and become a historical record,” she said.
The result was an extremely powerful visual and emotive experience for all involved.
A special booklet reproduced every art work and written story and the additional production of a selection of postcards highlighting specific artists also provided professional development opportunities for the participating artists.
Mrs Butt said the fact that artspoken 2011 had recognised the Mary Valley Alive project with a place on its program echoed its importance as a community project as well as an art and cultural event.
She said the success of the Mary Valley Art Festival, now in its 11th year, was a result of its professional management which could be attributed to a committee with a high skill set, including artists themselves, and those with experience in community development, business management, visual merchandising, marketing and retail.
The art festival opens on July 7 at the Imbil Public Hall at 6pm, and viewing continues until July 10 from 10am-3pm each day. |
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