“The Rim” Community Arts Project Exhibition

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Love Letters across The Rim was a community arts and ecology project celebrating the love between the people and landscapes of the Scenic Rim region.  The project was developed and presented by Ethos Foundation, Sally MacKinnon poet & writer, Dave Groom landscape artist and John Jackson geoartist

The project enabled the forests, rivers, mountains and rocks of this region to speak through paintings, poetry and stories that are a collection of community love letters. It seeks to deepen the connection between our communities and the region’s landscapes through collective creative expression.

An exhibition of the work was held in July at Beaudesert showcasing a series of large scale banners and poetry produced throughout the Scenic Rim region during community festivals and with school children in 2011 and 2012.

Most recently, the paintings created during "The Rim" were part of the launch of the Healthy Waterways 2012 Report Card launch on 24 October at Boonah.

Background:

"The Rim" was an arts and ecology community-based project that is enabling the world-renowned landscapes of the Scenic Rim region to speak and be celebrated through painting and poetry. Much of the work that is developed through a number of project phases (see below) will be included in a community art exhibition and publication in mid 2012 at The Centre, Beaudesert. There may also be potential for part or all of the exhibition to tour other venues in the region. When the project is fully completed, it is intended that the community-created artwork will be donated to the Beaudesert And District Community Arts Project (BADCAP) so it can be lent to regional schools and other venues for ongoing display.

“The Rim” Project Partners

• The Regional Arts Development Fund which is a Queensland Government and Scenic Rim Regional Council partnership to support local arts and culture;
• The Regional Arts Fund which is an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote/isolated Australia.

Phases of the project are:

Scenic Rim Regional Council Regional Arts Development Funding for:

1. 4 community workshops in poetry and painting during 2011 – Arts in the Olives May 8; Boonah World Environment Day June 5; Bird Week at Mt Barney Lodge September; Goat Track Theatre Youth Workshops Term 2 & 3

• Community discussion paper about the ecology and ecosystems of the Scenic Rim;
• Project Blog;
• 15-minute DVD;
• Recorded Yugambeh stories about some of the Mununjali Elders’ connections to Country;
• Community art exhibition including:
  • Works by project arts;
  • Community-developed works from festival and youth workshops;
  • Ecosystem Service maps relevant to the Scenic Rim;
  • Multi-media documentation of the project;
  • Stories from Yugambeh Elders;
  • Community discussion paper.
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