The First Nations Artist Multi-Disciplinary Camp is a MOB ONLY on-country 5 day artist camp/residency where 10 selected First Nations Artists living on or connected to the Sunshine Coast Region (Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country) and local areas in South East Qld who will work with senior practitioners, and industry leaders to learn new skills, critique and explore their creative practice and opportunities within the arts industry. Our Arts Practise is multi disciplinary (any form inc curation, writing, music, dance, performance, design, visual art ect)
1 day of the camp will be open to all First Nations Artists living on or connected to Sunshine Coast advertised through Blak Creatives network.
The Camp will be held on Kabi Kabi- Gubbi Gubbi country in the Sunshine Coast hinterland at Booloumba Creek
The Camp provides participating artists exciting opportunities for further support through networks, business development and creative partnerships.
It will hold Master classes in
masterclasses
Local Cultural History and protocols and practice
Artistic Practice -eg Print Making, drawing, Ephemeral art, Experimental and Relational practices, Song writing, Performance, Design and implementation for products ( you will be able to focus in area’s of interest. )
Arts Research
Importance of connection and Family Research
Arts Business skills
Public Art
creative team
The camp will be coordinated by Libby Harward - Quandamooka Artist and Director of Munimba-ja Arts Centre with Lead Artists Paul Bong and Darren Blackman Alongside other invited Artists and industry including Lyndon Davis, Deline Briscoe., Jo-anne Driessens, Patricia Adjei , Makeeta Ratulevu (Copyrite Agency, Cholena Hughes and Nadine Mc Donald Dowd (Sunshine Coast Council) and more TBC
Networking and relationship building is a major focus on the camp
important information
Bl:ak Camp will be held on Kabi Kabi Country Booloumba Creek. Artists will be camping in “Glamping Tents”. The workshops will be held outdoors and under basic cover. Toilets and showers will be basic you will be walking country and there is a nearby creek for daily swims. We always do our very best to accommodate support needs so please let us know your needs early so we can make sure the experience is comfortable and accessible for you.
BL:AK CAMP is made possible by the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia through Flying Arts Alliance .
BL:AK CAMP is a part of our BLAK CREATIVES program which is supported through the Creative Industries Investment Program and is jointly funded by ArtsCoast through Sunshine Coast Council’s Art and Heritage Levy and the Regional Arts Development Fund in partnership with Queensland Government.
feedback from last years participants!
The welcome and hospitality. I really feels like a family, I met new people who and learned new skills!
I loved exploring and yarning about the Arts practice of each Artist and supporting the amazing ideas they shared.
Sharing the space with other mobs doing what we all love. The Art and story telling and expressing our knowledge of culture and connection
I loved everything! The people, the workshops, the yarns, the food, the location, the hosts, the experience, being unplugged (most of the time)
Photo’s from last years camp here and Last years welcome pack here