Bribie Island Community Kindergarten (BICK) recently commissioned local artists with Pumicestone Indigenous Education and Employment Council (PIEEC) to create a permanent ‘underwater’ installation using recycled materials including fishing nets. Local Bribie Island artists Kristine Ellis and Charlotte Ellis wove a menagerie of underwater creatures using recycled fishing net as the core and a range orContinue reading “Ghostnets collaboration”
Category Archives: Placemaking
Scoping Weaving Water @ Vanuatu 2025
We are currently in Luganville, the main centre on Espirito Santo, one of Vanuatus largest northerly islands. Our purpose is to work with long time colleague and collaborator Sandy Sur from Leweton Cultural Experience to design the forthcoming Art/Sci Weaving Water residency in September 2025. Without giving too much away, the program will be aContinue reading “Scoping Weaving Water @ Vanuatu 2025”
Weaving Water @ Yarun
Weaving Water @ Yarun was an 11 day onsite and virtual residency and public program aimed at linking local community with artsci and first national knowledge focusing on the fragile ecologies of Yarun (Bribie Island).
AwhiWorld at Weaving Water @ Yarun
It was great to have our ongoing partners and collaborators AwhiWorld at Weaving Water @ Yarun, Treecreate’s major project for 2023.
Dugong Symposium
On 19 August 2023 there was a Dugong Symposium on Yarun Bribie Island at the Seaside Museum. Coordinated by the BIEPA Dugong Diaries group (of which Tracey is a part of), there was a wonderful range of speakers including Dr Janet Lanyon, Gabriella Shuster, Brent Smith and our own Sherry Bruce. In between the speakerContinue reading “Dugong Symposium”
Fundraising for Weaving Water @Yarun
We have set up a fundraising campaign with the Australian Cultural Fund. Here is the link: https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q000000DPDW/weaving-water-yarun All donations are tax deductible and our campaign is open for 6 months to allow to us to evolve our partnerships along the way. Don’t forget to submit your EoI if you would like to register early!
Creative communities in Yarun (Bribie)
Hi all We are running a short survey to see what sort of interest there is for hosting creative workshops, exhibitions and residencies on Bribie Island in the near future. Your feedback is very valuable as it will help to guide local creative programs for Treecreate over the next 2 years. Thank you for participatingContinue reading “Creative communities in Yarun (Bribie)”
Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania
The past week has just flown by since we kicked off the program for Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania. There have been some really inspiring engaged conversations and our speakers have been stellar! We started with a wonderful Welcome to Country by Ngunawal Elder Wally Bell and then followed on Sunday with aContinue reading “Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania”
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