Rejuvenating Spaces for Creative Industries
Another Renew Oz blog, this one from Ailsa Brackley du Bois (click her name for her ArtsAtlas profile). Picture yourself having your own studio (or retail) space for your work (shared with a handful of…
Driving an arts led recovery… Renew Newcastle
Driving an arts led recovery… Renew Newcastle by Ailsa Brackley du Bois Marcus Westbury, founder of Renew Newcastle and it’s larger birth-child, Renew Australia, opened this conference with a whole lot of talk about all…
Urban Adventuring
Conferences are always an interesting experience, drawing people together to meet, discuss, debate, celebrate, and plan around a field or theme. Creating Spaces was particularly exciting (much like the Australian Theatre Forum I attended in…
inviting, visionary, wonderful…
From BAA member ( & Treasuer) Andrew Gray. “I left Ballarat enroute to Newcastle to the Creating Spaces conference with no expectations. Expectations sometimes get in the way. Arriving at The Emporium, a revamped David…
Newcastle Bound…
With the Renew Australia Conference about the kick off its time to tell you some exciting news…. You can read more about the conference on Amy’s blogpost, and at the conference website. We have four…
Open letter from new President
Open letter from new President Haydn Smith was appointed President of BAA at our meeting last night after the resignation of Pete Widmer. Haydn is ensconced until the AGM in June 2013. Our Committee of…
What are Art Sparks?
What are Art Sparks? Following a successful pilot series last year, the Art Sparks initiative by BAA and Tinderbox (Amy Tsilemanis) received ongoing operational funding from the City of Ballarat Arts and Culture Unit to…
Art Atlas Launch Speech
Art Atlas Launch Speech Here is the speech that Acting President Haydn Smith made at the launch of the ArtsAtlas… Hear Hear: Councillors, Council representatives, Men and Women of the Arts Community. Thank you Daniel…
Renew Ballarat!
Renew Australia is a social enterprise that has grown out of the success of Renew Newcastle, an inspiring project exploring “City revitalisation through creative use of empty space.” This March 12-14, Renew Australia will be…
ArtsAtlas Launch
ArtsAtlas launch and BAA members are the first to hear about it all… Join in a relaxed celebration of the official launch of the: Friday 8th February, 2013, 4.15 – 5.00 pm Art Gallery of…