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CAN SA’s Vision: Robust and diverse community arts and cultural practices in South

Australia, Australia and Internationally

Mission: To lead the development of community arts and cultural practices though

advocacy,

collaboration, research and evaluation

CAN SA Values: Creativity, Pluralism, Active Citizenship and Social Justice Principles

1 .1 .1 . C h a i r s Re p o r tC h a i r s Re p o r tC h a i r s Re p o r t

2 .2 .2 . D i r e c t o r s Re p o r tD i r e c t o r s Re p o r tD i r e c t o r s Re p o r t

3 .3 .3 . G o v e r n a n c e G o v e r n a n c e G o v e r n a n c e

4 .4 .4 . H u m a n Re s o u r c e sH u m a n Re s o u r c e sH u m a n Re s o u r c e s

5 .5 .5 . S e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra mS e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra mS e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra m

6 .6 .6 . Tra i n i n g P r o g ra mTra i n i n g P r o g ra mTra i n i n g P r o g ra m

7 .7 .7 . A r t s P r o g ra mA r t s P r o g ra mA r t s P r o g ra m

8 .8 .8 . F i n a n c i a l Re p o r tF i n a n c i a l Re p o r tF i n a n c i a l Re p o r t

9 .9 .9 . M e d i a Re l e a s e sM e d i a Re l e a s e sM e d i a Re l e a s e s

C h a i r s Re p o r tC h a i r s Re p o r tC h a i r s Re p o r t On behalf of the Board of the Community Arts Network, South Australia, I am pleased and proud to be

able to submit the 2013 Annual Report.

I have been responsible for delivering seven annual reports for CAN SA in as many years, and the

dominant theme throughout has been one of managing in the face of imposed ‘change’ and

‘uncertainty’ – the change driven by shifts in government policies and funding structures affecting the

community arts and community cultural development sector in general, and the uncertainty about the

impact of those changes on the future of CAN SA in particular. The year 2013 signalled a departure

from this pattern, however: after a prolonged period of instability and insecurity typical of

organisations that rely on waxing and waning government support, by the end of 2013 CAN SA had

reached a position of relative clarity and the changes ahead will be of its own making.

The year began with a period of intense review of its priorities and further consultation with its

members about the shape of the future in light of the end of multi-year funding from both federal and

state government levels. This included moving towards a more flexible structure

with a downsized physical presence and an ability to respond quickly to areas of

need and opportunity. In March 2013 we joined with Arts SA to host a joint

consultative forum about the needs of the sector. This exercise confirmed our

existing understanding that we were part of a field marked by diverse aims and

objectives and divergent approaches to practice. In a time of scarce resources this

presents particular challenges, with competing claims to being ‘contemporary’ and

therefore ‘legitimate’.

As a result, much of the energy within CAN SA in 2013 was diverted towards

attempts to secure ongoing funding while planning for organisational restructure.

This inevitably involved superhuman efforts by Director Lisa Philip-Harbutt, Office

Manager Kath Davis and Accounts Officer Susan Williams, backed by hours of input

and review by Board members. Meanwhile the arts program managed by Helen

Bock was expanding with a range of high profile projects that had sprung out of the

city-based ‘Placemaking’ project. Notably, the Say Something 2! graffiti art project

in Semaphore, launched by the (then) Minister Assisting the Premier as Minister for

the Arts, the Hon Chloe Fox, attracted considerable media attention and strong

commitment by SA Police who featured it on their website. Consistent with CAN

SA’s philosophy, such projects were developed and funded in partnership with

non-arts community organisations including Unity Housing Adelaide, United Care

Wesley Port Adelaide, Uniting Communities and Playford Council. Recognising the

value of the arts in achieving their social goals, these partners were keen to draw on

the distinctive expertise and experience of CAN SA arts workers to assist them to

address issues in creative and sustainable ways.

Despite the continued requests for training by members and the wider sector, and

the best efforts by CAN SA staff and Board to maintain the program, changes to

funding and accreditation of training agencies necessitated a restructure and the

training portfolio had to be closed down. Unfortunately this also meant that we lost

the significant skills and experience of Jo Ankor.

The Board joins with staff in thanking her profoundly for her steady hand in steering the training program

over many years and her dedication to CAN SA as a whole.

In October 2013 CAN SA was informed that it had been unsuccessful in its application to Arts SA’s ‘Arts

Organisations (Community)’ funding program for 2014. The effect of this decision was to withdraw core

funding for the organisation: while CAN SA is able to continue to receive project and program funding for

particular initiatives, without core funding for administration and management, the delivery of sector

support and development in its prior form became unsustainable. As a result the Director’s position was

unable to be funded beyond December 2013.

To place this disappointing outcome in context, it at least partly reflects wider trends in arts policy and

resourcing which have resulted in a narrowing of the range of services that are supported. In this sense

the earlier demise of the equivalent ‘CAN’ organisations in other Australian states was a bellwether

warning, and the present situation in which CAN SA finds itself was simply a ‘longer time coming’.

The fact that CAN SA was not only able to survive, but also to expand some areas of its practice during

these uncertain years was due to a number of factors. One of these was the continued support from Arts

SA, in particular through Alex Reid as Executive Director and Greg Mackie before her, who recognised the

importance of sector development in order to maintain the health and diversity of arts practice as well as

the wellbeing of SA communities.

An inevitable result of these developments, however, was that in December 2013 we said farewell to Lisa,

our Director of 10 years. Those of us who have had the good fortune to work closely with Lisa as

practitioner, presenter, thinker and strategist could not fail to acknowledge that community arts practice

in South Australia is the richer for her time with CAN SA. She remains one of the most principled and

respected workers in the field.

For myself, in May 2013, having completed my permitted two 3-year terms as Chair, my tenure was

extended until the end of the year pending funding decisions. In December 2013 I stepped down and so

this is my final report. I have found my time on the Board of CAN SA immensely rewarding and I thank all

of the other Board members, past and present, the highly skilled staff I have worked with over the years,

the inspiring artists and communities, for their hard work and commitment to making CAN SA the

dynamic and resilient force that it remains today.

And to close on an optimistic note – since the news of the loss of Arts SA funding in October 2013 CAN SA

has been focusing sharply on the future and canvassing options for reinventing the organisation with

renewed energy and vigour. Careful and prudent management of resources and responsibilities over

years means that while change is inevitable, CAN SA remains in a very strong position to forge new and

exciting pathways and to carve out a vital role for itself in future community arts practice.

Christine Putland

Chair 2006 – 2013

D i r e c t o r s Re p o r tD i r e c t o r s Re p o r tD i r e c t o r s Re p o r t

I start this my eleventh annual report with a touch of sadness as it is also my last as Director. My

contract at CAN was due for renewal on the 30th December 2013 and due to lack of ongoing funding

the role of Director ceased. I have had a fabulous time with the company! And I thank all of you - staff,

board and members - for your support over this time. With that out of the way let’s

celebrate 2013.

CAN SA’s Arts program has shifted focus from the city this year. Helen Bock has been working on Say

Something 2! and Children & Communities in the Western suburbs, whilst Irene Dougan has been out

in the Northern suburbs working on the Healing Garden. Helen and Irene have built fantastic

relationship with artists, the non-arts sector and communities that have had long term and ongoing

effects for all concerned.

CAN SA membership continued to build this year although the tight financial circumstance of many we

work with still translates through to our largest area of growth being in our free Friends category. Of

note also is the number of people accessing us through social media. Our Members + Insurance

category which gives community artists access to public liability insurance cover at a reduced priced,

also continues to grow.

Mid-year we lost a long term CAN worker Jo Ankor. Her position as training and

sector development officer was made redundant in our restructure process. The

lack of support for formal training by funding bodies coupled with the

lessening ability for those interested in their own Professional Development to

pay for it, compounded our problem. Training at CAN SA was however deemed

no longer viable when our last course Business Skills for Creative People was

dropped off our scope as a consequence of the change in registration from state

to federal. The federal body is not interested in short courses maintaining ac-

creditation. So we lost the course and as a consequence Jo. Jo started at CAN in

2003. We thank her for her long term commitment and wish her well in all her

future endeavours.

Sponsorships still play a small but important role for CAN SA. We would like to

thank both Guardian Insurance and Frances Sheppard from BeeCos Business

Software for their ongoing support.

CAN SA continued to diversifying its income streams in all areas this year with a

large number of small arts and non-arts grant applications. Board and ongoing

staff are more than capable of continuing the tradition of CAN in the project

work we are committed to in 2014.

I wish you all well and thank you all for great memories

Cheers

Lisa Philip-Harbutt

Director

G o v e r n a n c eG o v e r n a n c eG o v e r n a n c e CAN SA’s Board of Management is ultimately

responsible for the governance of the organisation.

The Board is made up of dedicated and committed

people drawn from the membership who give their

time voluntarily. Their contributions to the

organisation are highly valued. In 2013 the

members of the CAN SA Board were:

Christine Putland (Chair - until 31 December 2013):

Freelance Consultant

Helen Crawford (Treasurer): Community Arts Worker

Nick Hughes (Secretary): Company Manager - Restless Dance Theatre

Bob Daly: Community Artist

Kirstie Jamieson: Arts Officer - CASA & Port Pirie Regional Gallery Director

Steph Key: Member of State Parliament

Ruth Smiles: Freelance Consultant

Robert Petchell (Acting Chair 1 January 2014): Freelance Composer, Music Director & Project Manager

Lisa Philip-Harbutt (Director - until 31 December 2013)

Jo Ankor (Staff Member on the Board - until 30 June 2013)

H u m a n Re s o u r c e sH u m a n Re s o u r c e sH u m a n Re s o u r c e s

CAN SA is a flexible workplace which offers staff the opportunity to have work/life or work/arts practice

balance. In June 2013 we said a sad goodbye to Jo Ankor and in December 2013 we said another sad

farewell to Lisa Philip-Harbutt. CAN is a more richer organisation through their hard work and energy over

the years. In 2013 CAN staff were:

Lisa Philip-Harbutt: Director

Kath Davis: Office Manager

Helen Bock: Arts Program Manager

Susan Williams: Finance Officer

Jo Ankor (until 30 June 2013): Sector Development Officer

We were also incredibly lucky to have worked with an

amazing eclectic group of artist/artsworkers/consultants/

community members in 2013 - Carmel Batson, Irene

Dougan, Dhyan Marga, Steve Glass, Lucy Thurley, Kaz

Pedersen, Cindi Drennan, Morag Cook, Jennifer Taylor,

Christine Jaques Doolan, Sarah-Jane Cook, Stephen

Noonan, Ruth Smiles, Lawrence Wilkes, Helen Crawford,

Branwen Davies, Sam Findlay and Kristin Ingersen

CAN staff and Restless Dance staff at Xmas 2013 lunch

in the wonderful Dhyan Marga’s backyard -

such a lovely day was had by all

CAN Board (minus Robert Petchell) + Kath Davis at Parliament

House for a special planning meeting in 2013 -

thanks Steph for hosting us so beautifully.

S e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra mS e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra mS e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra m Arts SA & CAN SA sector wide consultation: CAN SA worked in collaboration with Arts SA to consult with the community on future directions and needs of the sector. Facilitated by Deborah Mills this consultation was attended by 40 plus sector members and has helped inform CAN SA’s vision for our future direction. The object was to develop a map of the community arts sector in South Australia by charting the types of current practice and trends in current practice; to identify what support each type of practice needs in order for it to flourish and grow and to identify what the community arts sector consider is needed to best support practice.

Consultations & Member support: Consultations and support to artists, community members, the arts sector and organisations again proved to be an important service that CAN SA provided. CAN staff continue to respond to a range of requests for support and information - for example we had requests in 2013 about:

how to best prepare their funding applications

how to get an idea to a project reality

how to budget realistically

how to contract and how to read contracts

how to manage issues in working relationships on a project

where to find artists

how to insurance an artist/project properly

Requests for copies of articles from Artwork journals increased in 2013 with the Arts and Health edition and articles on Public Art proving to be popular. CAN also continues to negotiate with our Insurance Brokers, Guardian, on the Members+ Insurance package that we offer and how we can keep the premiums as cost affective as possible. Membership support for this package is still steadily increasing. In 2013 we continued to explore an insurance package that would cover small arts groups as our current package covers individual artists who work in a community context. This is an on-going discussion.

Presentations:

12th National Rural Health Conference ‘Strong Commitment. Bright Future’ was held in Adelaide in April 2013. Lisa Philip-Harbutt gave a presentation titled ‘Reflecting on the Growth of Arts and Health’ about the changes seen in Arts and Health since she ran the Arts and Health stream of the NRH conference in 2001.

Between July and October 2013, the Premier contracted New Democracy Foundation to run a citizens’ jury looking for solutions to the question: How can we ensure we have a vibrant and safe Adelaide nightlife? CAN SA put in a submission to the jury and was then asked to make a presentation to them.

Lisa Philip-Harbutt presented a paper ‘Community beyond Geography: New notion or an old one with a new tool?’ at the Seattle STP&A conference. Given CAN SA’s limited finances no funds were used to support this activity.

Publications:

The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society featured an article by Lisa Philip-Harbutt called ‘The Value of Cultural Otherness—Towards a New Pluralism’

Lisa Philip-Harbutt is used as a case study in chapter 13 of ‘Thriving or Surviving – Artists as leaders of smaller arts organizations’ in a book edited by Jo Caust called Arts Leadership- International Case Studies.

Also submitted and awaiting publication by Singapore CCD is Lisa Philip-Harbutt’s article called ‘What’s in a name- CCD’ in Australia’

Cross sector committee work:

Arts Industry Council SA (AIC): CAN SA and AIC have a close information sharing relationship. Lisa Philip-Harbutt joined the AIC Executive Committee in 2007 and resigned from this role at the AGM in May 2013.

Creative Communities Network (CCN): CCN is comprised of Local Government cultural development workers and representatives of key, state-wide arts organisations keen to support creative communities. CCN works to address cultural development and arts industry related issues by networking, facilitating workshops, seminars, forums and conferences, and building partnerships with arts industry organisations. CAN SA is an active member of the CCN and the Director also contributed to the Cultural Indicators Sub- Committee.

Arts and Health: Lisa Philip-Harbutt has been an active member of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation Arts in Health Committee since its inception.

Place 2013: PLACE 2013 is an initiative of the Australian Institute of Architects, Arts SA, Adelaide City Council, Integrated Design Commission, Design Institute of Australia, CAN SA and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects

Information sharing:

CAN SA continued to evaluate, revise and streamline its information sharing, communication and social media presence throughout 2013. Whilst the demand for the printed newsletter decreased we found members and the arts community responded more directly and favourably with CAN SA’s increasing use of social media. Broadcast emails, tweets and Facebook posts reached new audiences and are increasing in support. CAN staff are currently exploring other social media platforms - for example Instagram as new ways to support artists and CACD practice.

CAN had 323 FaceBook friends, 95 Twitter followers and 439 Broadcast followers. We continue to revise our website and will be working on a re-vamped site in 2014.

Screen grab from CAN’s FaceBook page from 2013

S e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra m S e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra m S e c t o r D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g ra m c o n t …c o n t …c o n t … Healing Garden: The aim of the project is for Aboriginal community members to engage in a meaningful process for the creation, ongoing development and use of the Stolen Generations Healing Garden at Stebonheath Park. Artist Irene Dougan was employed as the Project Officer. Irene mentored Aboriginal artist Ivy Benbolt and Aboriginal support worker Christine Jacques-Doolan in workshop facilitation, in the processes involved in the creation of a community based arts project and the artistic processes of tile making, design and fabrication of a public art piece. Workshops with more than 130 participants were held at Marra Dreaming in Salisbury, at the Spirit festival in Rymill Park / Mullawirraburka and at Nunkuwarrin Yunti - Link-Up. These workshops allowed community members to tell their stories through creative processes with handmade circular tiles being painted with images, patterns and/or text. The tiles form a ground piece for the Marker at the entry of the Healing Garden and Memorial and also two tiled leaf shapes to be installed in a pathway within the Healing Garden. Large rocks will accompany the markers to create spaces to sit and contemplate- this was a request made during workshops. The decal technique has enabled people not able to attend workshops to still be involved in the project including Archie Roach who wrote the message “Yes I came home”. After the 5th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations breakfast in Adelaide, the Hon Kevin Rudd wrote a tile “Healing begins with the first step – saying you’re sorry. K. Rudd”.

One of the most significant outcomes has been the increasing participation of community members in the project and in addition to the workshops the project group was approached by Link-Up S.A. to provide additional workshops at Nunkawarrin Yunti for their clients, they gave a presentation on the project to NASG (Northern Adelaide Solutions Group – Closing the Gap) and held a project information stall at Sorry Day held at the Torrens Parade Grounds. Christine Jacques-Doolan, from the Stolen Generations Alliance, said there was little support for the thousands of Indigenous men and women forcibly removed from their families as children. "Especially people that turn to alcohol or drugs or other things to try and numb the pain, having a concept where you've got a healing garden or place like that is actually going to bring it out in the open and educate a lot of people about what's happened and will never happen again." The launch of the Healing Garden will occur in May 2014.

Tea Cosy: Lisa Philip-Harbutt gave ongoing project support, advice and initial design ideas to Uniting Communities through Ali Ayliffe and Barbara Donaldson. Community artist Sue Morley was the lead artist. Uniting Communities had acquired a vintage caravan, which was modestly renovated. The plan was to ‘convert’ this caravan into a giant teapot, by adding a handle and spout, and to then create a giant tea cosy to cover the teapot/caravan. The knitting was done by a variety of community members and included over 60 knitters, 750 balls of wool and 900 hours. The purpose of this caravan/teapot is to be an avenue for, and a symbol of connecting older people with others in their community. Colleen is the name of the caravan and if you live in the Campbelltown area she might be paying a visit to your street.

Images from Marra Dreaming workshops

Some of Lisa’s initial designs

Tra i n i n g P r o g ra mTra i n i n g P r o g ra mTra i n i n g P r o g ra m Helen Bock ran a vibrant Training session for prospective stall holders for the Port Festival 2013 and the focus was ‘How to run a successful market stall and how to promote your art’

Helen Bock and Stephen Noonan ran a 3 day workshop on ‘Performing Arts and Social Activism: using street theatre as a vehicle for social comment’ for emerging theatre performers and members of Urban Myth Theatre Company’s Senior Ensemble.

CAN SA was also active in advocating for more community arts and cultural development practice to a wide range of audiences. Lisa Philip-Harbutt and Jo Ankor delivered “intro to community arts” and “intro to CCD” in a range of different settings from tertiary educational institutions to local government support services, from non-arts service organisations to small community groups.

CAN staff introduced strategies for project development ideas for arts related projects and funding option at the Conservation Council grant writing workshop.

Arts Administration: The 2012-13 Arts Administration trainees completed their Arts industry -specific modules with CAN SA early in 2013 with Carmel Batson as lead trainer. With the closure of RTO status and the proposed 2014 restructure of CAN SA, all student records will be forwarded to TAFE SA for archiving.

In 2013, CAN SA continued as a Registered Training Organisation however, the Course in Business Skills for Creative People application for re-accreditation was unsuccessful. Despite an excellent application, the national environment in accredited training in Australia is unsupportive of small courses and, perhaps because of the standard of the application and the extent of the course itself, feedback indicated the course should be a Certificate 3-level qualification, not the pre-certificate level of a Statement of Attainment outcome. To develop the course to this Certificate level was outside the resources of CAN SA to achieve and the course therefore ceased to be available with a certificated outcome. This also had implications for CAN SA’s ownership of the course as no other RTO is able to put it on scope. CAN SA retains the copyright to the handbooks and the workshops can be delivered without the need for the trainer to hold a full training qualification themselves, as was previously mandatory, however participants will not be able to receive a Statement of Attainment as previously issued. This change in status of the course also affects the type of funding available to small community organisations to cover the costs in offering this training to members.

The changes to the vocational training sector under the national Australian Skills Quality Authority had implications for small RTOs such as CAN SA and resulted in the withdrawal of CAN SA’s Registered Training Organisation status at the end of 2013. All requirements for the Withdrawal of Registration were complied with and all student data from the Graduate Diploma in Community Cultural Development, Creative Volunteering and Business Skill for Creative People courses was transferred to the Australian Skills Quality Authority in either electronic or hard copy form. In the process of sorting files for this, many memories of wonderful people and exciting times were evoked.

With the changes in funding and accreditation environments, the final Training Team position was made redundant and Jo Ankor finished her time with CAN SA at the end of June. She was able to return in a consultancy capacity to oversee the withdrawal of registration processes.

Images from workshop with Unley Myth Theatre Company - photo’s Helen Bock

A r t s P r o g ra mA r t s P r o g ra mA r t s P r o g ra m

SaySomething2!: This project is a coming together to celebrate

community and place, and was an intergenerational

program that brought local community, residents,

business, community groups and young offenders

together to work on community art projects. One

major aim was for participants to form a better

understanding of each other’s issues associated with

graffiti and help develop new ways of communicating and contributing to community. The project

provided skills development, capacity building and opportunities for young people to participate in a

program with positive outcomes and has given the community a greater understanding of aerosol art

as a legitimate art form, as opposed to simply being graffiti vandalism. The community art outcomes

from our project have included;

3 Aerosol Artworks at the Port Adelaide (Pirates) Soccer club

Aerosol Artworks on the 3 Train shelters at the Ethelton train station

Two cars designed and painted for the 2013 ‘Shit-Box Rally’

An animated projection piece to be used at public events

A short documentary of the project process

A time lapse record of the making of the train shelter art

Five weeks of window projections in the ‘Project Room’ Port Adelaide

Screening of our work at ‘Night Mural’ picnic as part of SALA 2013

One of the greatest challenges of the project was forging trusting relationships with the young

offenders. The partnerships we made with Western Youth Space and Taperoo Community Centre

assisted us in this. Some of the participants who were victims of tagging had quite a bit of anger they

needed to express and needed an outlet to do this. As such we started the project with separate

focussed sessions for Victims and Taggers and then we brought them together for joint workshops. The

project culminated in a launch in July at Pirates Soccer Club and Minister Chloe Fox - Minster for

Transport Services and Minister Assisting the Minister for the Arts made herself available for the

launch. This gave us good media exposure and enabled us to access channel 10 News and ABC 891

drive time radio coverage. The Ministers presence & enthusiastic words of support were greatly

appreciated by the community.

Images from launch of the Pirates Soccer Club mural. Photos Lisa Philip-Harbutt Image of the SaySomething2! crew

SaySomething2! cont...

Checkout the links for some more info about the project:

10 News report http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvOmK8D_AuA

2013 Sh*tbox Rally - start at aprox 3 min point

http://www.shitboxrally.com.au/news/26-shitbox-rally-day-5-video

Images from the Pirates Soccer

club mural.

Images from the Ethelton Train

Station Mural.

Images from the Sh*tbox Rally

Images from the Night Picnic Mural

A r t s P r o g ra m A r t s P r o g ra m A r t s P r o g ra m c o n t . . .c o n t . . .c o n t . . .

Communities for Children - Come Play with Me! Communities for Children: Come Play with Me! A ‘Communities for Children’ initiative of the Australian

Government - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Come Play

with Me! is a community arts program focusing on families who live in the Parks/Woodville/Croydon

areas. This project provides opportunities for families to come together, share, create art and to

celebrate in their community spaces and in their own lives. Using CACD we aim to build connections

within families and we are working with the communities to identify art project’s that would:

have meaning for all members of the family

incorporate free flowing conversations about family and community,

encourage collaborative ways of working together

create art in their community spaces.

Developing skills and creating art pieces together families experience their sense of accomplishment as a

unit, they have tangible piece/s of art that they take with them and this activity brings isolated and

disadvantaged communities together. Through this activity families are encouraged to share experiences

and learnings with other families and we work with them to communicate effectively. In 2013 we saw the

culmination of the participant’s hard work in a family community event - the Christmas Community

Celebration (Starlight Christmas).

Communities for Children - Come Play with Me! cont...

A r t s P r o g ra m A r t s P r o g ra m A r t s P r o g ra m c o n t . . .c o n t . . .c o n t . . .

Communities for Children - Come Play with Me! cont...

Communities for Children - Come Play with Me! cont…

STARLIGHT CHRISTMAS….

Layout & Design - Kath Davis

Proofing - Susan Williams

Words - Lisa Philip-Harbutt, Kath Davis, Helen Bock and Irene Dougan

Healing Garden images - Irene Dougan

SaySomething2! images - Kaz Pedersen, Helen Bock, Steve Glass, Lisa Philip-Harbutt

Communities for Children images - Helen Bock, Lisa Philip-Harbutt

CAN would like to thank all who we have worked with and who have supported us in 2013. A special

call-out goes out to our membership. We also would like to thank Guardian Insurance Brokers, BeeCos

and importantly Restless Dance Theatre and Community Transitions (OARS) who we share space with.

CAN would also like to thank Arts SA for their continued support.

In summary:

During 2013 CAN SA was an organisation facing challenges connected to the changes in our funding status

with both the Australia Council and Arts SA. We are a community arts organisation with 34 years of

experience in delivering projects, programs and activities in Community Arts and Cultural Development

(CACD) and we are committed to collaboration and partnerships. In 2013 we worked with individuals and

organisations from the Arts, Community Development, Housing and Homeless, Youth and Family,

Environmental, Justice, Indigenous, Disability, Local Government, Aged, Education and Health and

Well-being sectors. We work to ensure that community arts and cultural development is acknowledged

and respected as a highly skilled and critical area of arts and cultural practice. We support arts workers,

organisations and communities to undertake community arts projects and community cultural

development activities and programs (CACD). We are committed to maintaining an overview of key

issues, developments and successes within our sector. We do all of this through networking and

communicating with our sector, with the delivery of best practice community arts projects and programs,

and by providing consultation and support services to artists, arts workers and community.

CAN will be going through a re-visioning and re-invention in 2014. Watch this space.

Thankyou

Community Arts Network SA Inc is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA.