The Relationship is the Project: Working with Communities Conversation Series

The way we view and navigate working with communities has shifted in the post COVID world and continues to evolve. The importance of community voices and self-determination was made strikingly evident by mistakes made. New opportunities exist to interrogate the way in which practitioners, artists and cultural workers can better engage with community-based projects.

Yarra City Arts presents the final of a series of conversations led by Jade Lillie, curator and editor of The Relationship is the Project joined by some of Australia's leading creative thinkers.

CONVERSATION INFORMATION

Join us for a conversation with The Relationship is the Project contributors, Claire G. Coleman, Jen Rae, Alex Kelly and Scotia Monkivitch. Facilitated by Curator and Editor, Jade Lillie, the discussion will focus on climate justice, disaster readiness and recovery and reworlding in our current social, cultural and environmental contexts.

Thursday 4 April

Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford

Community and Linen Rooms

Join us drinks and light snacks at 5.30pm

Panel 6pm-7.30pm

Books will be available for purchase.

Entry free.

The Relationship is the Project was initially conceived and curated by Jade Lillie in 2019.

Pitched as a go-to resource for practitioners wanting to better understand how to work with communities, it is a collection of short essays showcasing practitioners from across Australia who are working with communities.

With the first edition now sold out, the second edition has recently launched is available here. (a collaboration between Jade Lillie and Kate Larsen) is set to launch in early 2024, published by NewSouth Books.

Books will be for sale at the event.

Supported by Yarra City Arts and the Abbotsford Convent