August 2010 Seminar

Collaborations and Creative Partnerships

6.00-8.00pm, Monday 30 August 2010
Australia Council, 372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills

"…the idea of collaborations thrills me – generating ideas and projects translating that energy into something palpable for audiences". 

Collaborating in the making of any new work, can be an exhilarating and artistically rewarding experience. Nurturing artists, sharing knowledge, building new relationships and combining resources can all be tempting motivations to draw artists and companies into a collaborative process. These days, creative partnerships are largely taken for granted as one of the numerous ways that artists can choose to operate.

But why collaborate? To increase artistic success or revive our art? Or to explore different ideas via multiple mediums?

At their best collaborations can be invigorating experiences leading artists into unexpected new territories and creating extraordinary melting pots of ideas. Or they can be disastrous with participants having wildly differing expectations. Whichever way they progress, they should be chartered with enormous care.

Join our panel for a lively discussion.

Kate Champion has worked as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and rehearsal director for various companies including The Australian Dance Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre, Legs on the Wall, Dance North, English National Opera and London’s DV8 Physical Theatre. Kate is the Artistic Director of the Sydney based dance-theatre company, Force Majeure. Productions are based around a collective of multi-disciplined artists.

Libby Gleeson is an Australian children's author and has written over 30 picture books, novels for young children and also novels for slightly older readers. She has also written scripts for the ABC's Bananas in Pajamas and Magic Mountain. Libby will share her experiences in the collaborative process between the author and the illustrator.

Judith Blackall is the Head of Exhibitions and Artistic Programming at the Museum of Contemporary Art and will discuss the MCA’s C3 West Project, an ongoing collaboration between Penrith Regional Gallery, Casula Powerhouse, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Centre for Cultural Research UWS and the MCA. Artists are commissioned to work in collaboration with the MCA, communities and business.

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Please register to Janelle Prescott at info@samag.org or (02) 8250 5722 (message only).
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