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2015 Museums & Galleries Queensland Conference #2015MGQcon
Co-Creation, Collaboration and Community
Ant McKennaTeam Leader, Cultural Programs, Sunshine Coast Council
Collaborating to Build the Profile of a Region
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Sunshine Coast Creative IndustryBeau Deeley 2011 – Photo by Katherine Hagenbach
ART PRIZE 2014 PEOPLE’S CHOICE – TESSA MCCONIE - ALFRED UMBAGAI
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Sunshine Coast Creative IndustryBeau Deeley 2011 – Photo by Katherine Hagenbach
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2D FINALIST 2015 – ANDREW CLARKE THE HAIRDRESSING CEREMONY
• Intro me & team• Intro Sunshine Coast• Previous art award status in region
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2D FINALIST 2015 – ANDREW CLARKE THE HAIRDRESSING CEREMONY
• What we set out to do• What has been achieved so far• Future possibilities• Implications for you
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Cultural Program Team• Small team• Caloundra Regional Gallery• Sunshine Coast Art Prize
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 - DASHA RILEY TERRA AUSTRALIS 1
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Cultural Program Team• Public art• RADF• Cultural Grants
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 - DASHA RILEY TERRA AUSTRALIS 1
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Cultural Program Team• Lead creative & cultural industry
development• Cultural programs across the region
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 - DASHA RILEY TERRA AUSTRALIS 1
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Ant McKenna• Creative industry and music industry
development background• Q Music for eight years• BIGSOUND
2D FINALIST 2015 – THOM BUCHANAN ENCAPSULATE
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Ant McKenna• Local government for almost ten years• Grant writer• JB Seed fund raiser
2D FINALIST 2015 – THOM BUCHANAN ENCAPSULATE
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Ant McKenna• Phys Ed & drama teacher• Arts Queensland’s Local Government
Arts & Cultural Reference Group
2D FINALIST 2015 – THOM BUCHANAN ENCAPSULATE
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My focus• Capacity building• Industry development• Inclusive & transparent• Collaborative
2D FINALIST 2014 – MERRY SPARKS – THE DINGO DID IT
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Starting point• Restructure• Gallery – no director or curator• Limited support from leadership
2D FINALIST 2014 – MERRY SPARKS – THE DINGO DID IT
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Starting point• Creativity not included• Art Prize minimal support• Tiny team – working two roles
2D FINALIST 2014 – MERRY SPARKS – THE DINGO DID IT
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State of the Art - Prize• One 2D category only• Noosa retained budget & ownership of
3D
2D FINALIST 2015 – SHANNON DOYLE - CRITICAL ESCAPE (AFTER BORRELL)
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State of the Art - Prize• Advocated successfully for New Media
– local & emerging only• < $20K prizes
2D FINALIST 2015 – SHANNON DOYLE - CRITICAL ESCAPE (AFTER BORRELL)
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Regional engagement process• Meeting with arts groups across region• Gaining trust
EUMUNDI SCULPTURE PRIZE 2014 – FONG & NOONAN - SUSTAINABLE
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Regional engagement process• Supporting in funding applications• Attending functions• Planted the seed of working together
EUMUNDI SCULPTURE PRIZE 2014 – FONG & NOONAN - SUSTAINABLE
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Partnership development• Email agreement about offering• Real partnership• Sponsorship development support
2D FINALIST 2015 - EMMA HUTTON-THAMM - THE WOUNDED’S WIT
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Partnership development• All sponsors of each project gain
benefits as sponsor of the art prize• Curatorial, installing & judging support• Funding development support
2D FINALIST 2015 - EMMA HUTTON-THAMM - THE WOUNDED’S WIT
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Partnership development• Administrative support (contracts, etc)• Partnership that builds each partner –
not diminishes• Internal & external
2D FINALIST 2015 - EMMA HUTTON-THAMM - THE WOUNDED’S WIT
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Partnership development• Key – ensure that partners finish
project being happy they were a partner
• Long term plan of region-wide multi-sector festival 2D FINALIST 2015 - EMMA HUTTON-THAMM - THE WOUNDED’S WIT
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Slides of all partner websites
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Slides of all partner websites
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Engage council leadership• Councillors & leaders talking at
openings, etc• Regular updates & meetings
2D FINALIST 2015 - AMATA ITURRI - EMBRACE
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Engage council leadership• Encouraging community to contact
councillors• Get them into the gallery!
2D FINALIST 2015 - AMATA ITURRI - EMBRACE
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Engage community• Inclusive• Diverse & open • Collaborate across region
ART PRIZE WINNER 2013- CHANDLER, CELESTE - LOVESICK 7
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Engage community• Get diverse groups into gallery• Programs across whole region• Invite to functions• In-kind sponsorship
ART PRIZE WINNER 2013- CHANDLER, CELESTE - LOVESICK 7
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Early Outcomes• Fivefold increase in gallery attendance• Double gallery friends• Council leadership engaged & onside• Gallery Curator (2 days & counting…)
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 – ANDY BATES - PLANETS
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Early outcomes• Increase in applicants in all awards• All partners onside & backing• All exhibitions set to go!
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 – ANDY BATES - PLANETS
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Early outcomes• New Media $10K national award• Two new Council-led categories
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 – ANDY BATES - PLANETS
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Financial outcomes• $15K to $125K prize money• Council $45K• Partners $19K• Sponsors $61K
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 – DANIEL MCKEWEN - ZARATHUSTRA’S CAVE
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Financial outcomes - cash• $21K new from Council• $56K new from Sponsors• $0 new from partners
NEW MEDIA FINALIST 2015 – DANIEL MCKEWEN - ZARATHUSTRA’S CAVE
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Not all smooth sailing!• Some confusion despite how clear we
were• Mistrust• Changes in leadership of groups
2D FINALIST 2015 – AHN DO – SALT WATER MAN
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Not all smooth sailing!• Changes in key awards• Changes in wording without
communicating• Venue issues
2D FINALIST 2015 – AHN DO – SALT WATER MAN
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Future• Festival – multi date / sector / venue –
report to council seeking major funding• Already have all visual art groups on
side and talking about the potential2D WINNER -2014 – MATTHEW DE MOISER - SERVO
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Future• $15K for 3D from Council• Support for Street Art & Body Art
categories of Art Prize
2D WINNER -2014 – MATTHEW DE MOISER - SERVO
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Future• Foundation• Financial support for activating cultural
precinct in Caloundra
2D WINNER -2014 – MATTHEW DE MOISER - SERVO
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Why has it worked?• Open and transparent engagement• Providing benefit and doing what we
say we will do
SCULPTURE ON THE EDGE WINNER 2014 GREG WINDSOR – LIGHT BOAT
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Why has it worked?• Bigger offering in the future• All fragile & seeking certainty• Working together
SCULPTURE ON THE EDGE WINNER 2014 GREG WINDSOR – LIGHT BOAT
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Questions• What's outside the paradigm of gallery
as our territory?• Will engaging community lower the
quality?2D FINALIST 2015ROBYN HILLS - WAITING IN A KOMBI AT MOFFAT BEACH
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Questions• Industry development? Cultural
excellence? Community focus?• What benefits are we bringing to
community?2D FINALIST 2015ROBYN HILLS - WAITING IN A KOMBI AT MOFFAT BEACH
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Questions• Competition or collaboration?• Who is the audience?• What are we becoming and why?
2D FINALIST 2015ROBYN HILLS - WAITING IN A KOMBI AT MOFFAT BEACH
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Sunshine Coast Creative IndustryBeau Deeley 2011 – Photo by Katherine Hagenbach
ART PRIZE 2014 PEOPLE’S CHOICE – TESSA MCCONIE - ALFRED UMBAGAI