How can art transform your town?

In late 2012, Regional Arts Victoria challenged small towns across our state to imagine: ‘How can art transform your town?’ Here's how five towns left a lasting legacy.
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Image: Neerim South – Neerim Bower – Ruth Burleigh September, 2014 courtesy of Regional Arts Victoria

When we make things together, we share more than just a constructive collaboration. We learn new ways of doing things. We work with our hands, our minds and our hearts. We uncover memories. We find ourselves telling stories. The world’s oldest cultural practices involve sitting on country together to initiate new exchanges, and in doing so, they create public spaces where new ideas can emerge. Coming together to imagine the artistic transformation of your entire town takes this intimate collaboration to a whole new place.

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Esther Anatolitis
About the Author
Esther Anatolitis is Deputy Chair of Contemporary Arts Precincts and Honorary Associate Professor at RMIT School of Art.