Feral Arts | PlaceStories

Feral Arts

storytelling since 26 Aug 2008

Biography

32 Communities

112 Projects

282 Stories

Feral Arts is one of Australia’s leading community cultural development companies.

We are innovators in the field of digital storytelling, community mapping and communications. We specialise in partnerships in the Arts, Community, Education, Environment and Health sectors, creating new ways to communicate and collaborate through stories. We build world leading community-focused digital storytelling software systems and explore the potential of emerging digital technologies in finding creative solutions to cultural and social challenges.

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http://www.feralarts.com.au

ferals@feralarts.com.au

Social Inclusion Environment Network

ArtHorizone

ArtHorizone, a regional art and environment online network, encourages the recording of environmental art stories, links regional arts and...

Artists in Residence

The Artist in Residence Initiative (AIR) is a unique partnership between the Australia Council and State and Territory arts agencies and education...

Arts and Environment

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Arts and Health Stories

Arts and Health Stories is a growing online community of artists and health professionals from across Australia committed to integrating the arts...

Arts On The Map

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Biosphere Soundscapes

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Brisbane Histories

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CDEI

The Community Development Engagement Initiative (CDEI) targets 17 Local Government Areas across Queensland which were hardest hit by the flood and...

Center for Health Equity

The Center for Health Equity provides a new and hopeful approach to the public's health. The Center works to eliminate social and economic barriers...

Creative Ageing

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Creative Brisbane

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Creative Recovery Network

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Digital Communities Alliance

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Digital Landcare

Around the world thousands of Landcarers are contributing their time and resources to making the world a more sustainable place. Digital Landcare...

Disseminate

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Every Voice

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Global Rivers

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Inclusive Brisbane

Main Street Project

Main Street Project is a grassroots cultural organizing, media justice and economic development initiative working to help rural and urban...

Making Connections

Making Connections is a community for sharing news, stories and information highlighting opportunities and challenges for building a healthy future...

Mountain Reporter Network

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Neonatales

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Pollinate

Pollinate is an online community working to grow the arts sector - from the ground up! Pollinate is a platform for artists working with...

Queersland Histories

Queersland Histories is part of the LGBT History Action Group at Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC). The LGBT History Action...

Rekindling

Australias leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre invites young people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander...

Rural America

Rural America supports storytelling and collaboration for people and organizations devoted to building a stronger, more vibrant rural America....

Rural Arts and Culture

This Rural Arts and Culture Map presents new perspectives from rural America, with a focus on rural youth, rural-urban exchange, and a sustaining...

Rural Strategies

The Center for Rural Strategies is the host and coordinator for testing and development of the PlaceStories system in the US. The Rural Strategies...

Rural Voices

Rural Voices is an online community for rural people to connect and share stories. It aims to support education, advocacy, rural-urban...

unEarthed

By sharing our history and telling our stories, we build our futures, in communities everywhere

Westpac Foundation StoryBank

Go to the Westpac StoryBank Website. The Westpac Foundation is a charitable trust investing in not-for-profits run by community leaders who have...

Westpac Group StoryBank

Go to the Westpac StoryBank website Westpac Group StoryBank is a unique digital storytelling and communications system that enables Westpac staff...

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Featured AIR Stories

A collection fo featured Artist in Residence Program stories from across the country.

Big Story Country

A collection of great arts stories from regional Australia

Balance-Unbalance International Conference 2013

Balance-Unbalance is an International Conference designed to use art as a catalyst to explore intersections between nature, science, technology and...

National Arts & Health Policy Forum

UPDATE At a meeting of arts and Cultural Ministers on Friday 12th April 2013 Minsters endorsed and acknowledged the value of the arts and health...

REMNANT/EMERGENCY Artlab

REMNANT/EMERGENCY Artlab is a two year project that involves a team of Professional Creatives working to promote environmental research and...

All Arts on Map Stories

This is a catchall project for story publishing in Arts on the Map

Featured Stories

This project features a growing collection of recent Community Development Engagement Initiative highlights from across the State.

Aqui Es Donde Nos Encontramos Training Workshop

This is a project for the Center for Health Equity PlaceStories workshop, in Louisville Kentucky.

Eye-Pic

Eye Pic ask primary school children to take photographs of what makes them smile in their suburb, in their family and in themselves. Using the...

Art Bites Connect

A series of networking events....

2013 Floods - Recovery

> Go back to the Creative Recovery Network Record flooding has again hit large areas of the Australia. Communities from Rockhampton and Bundagerg...

Creative Recovery Toolkit - Featured Resources

Go back to the Creative Recovery Network This is a selection of featured Creative Recovery Resources gathered during the Creative Recovery Pilot...

Creative Recovery National Forum

Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre, Gatton, Queensland The National Creative Recovery Forum was a gathering of arts practitioners and government...

Creative Recovery Pilot Project Interim Report

The aim of this interim report is to provide the audience with an outline of activities undertaken in the consultation, engagement and project...

Arts Queensland Sector Morning Tea

ps-project-8330-4yjsf@stories.placestories.com Arts Peak Bodies and Organisations were invited to come along to a presenation of the Creative...

Creative Recovery - Toolkit

This Toolkit is gathering and sharing all the resources to support artists to develop and deliver Creative Recovery projects in your community....

Creative Recovery - Ipswich

Ipswich has been chosen as one of three pilot Queensland communities to lead the Creative Recovery Arts Corps project. Ipswich was hit hard by...

Creative Recovery Cassowary Coast

The Cassowary Coast has been chosen as one of three Queensland regions to lead the Creative Recovery pilot project. Cassowary Coast was hit hard...

Creative Recovery - Queensland

There are some incredible stories from right across the State about the things artists have done to help Queensland communities recover from the...

Creative Recovery - Lockyer Valley

The Lockyer Valley has been chosen as one of three Queensland pilot communities to lead the Creative Recovery Arts Corps project. The region was...

Postcards from the Edge

What are the big challenges facing the coastal community that you come from? Postcards from the Edge is gathering your stories about coastal...

Regional Landcare Facilitator Project

The Regional Landcare Facilitator (RFL) program is an initiative of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry. This four year program...

Postcards for World Environment Day

Celebrate World Environment Day (WED) on Sunday 5 June by publishing a postcard about your favourite place on Earth. WED is an annual event that...

Landcare Groups in Queensland

G'day, Landcare Queensland wants to create a map of all the landcare groups in Queensland to put on our website so that Queenslanders can find...

WyCare

WyCare is the network of Landcare Groups in Wyong Shire, Central Coast of NSW

SEQ Flood Damage Reports

A project for landholders in South East Queensland to document damage that has occurred to the natural environment as a result of the 2011 floods....

Murray NRM Awards 2009

All the Murray CMA Landcare Award winners from 2009!

Clarence Landcare

Welcome to our Clarence Landcare Inc. (CLINC) Placestories Page...this is not our new Website, our web page address is www.clarencelandcare.com.au...

Crops Not Coal Campaign

From the bush to the cities Australians are increasingly concerned about our future food security. Some of our most productive and sustainable...

City Country Day

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Central Tablelands Landcare

CTL has an NLP CS project "engaging rural communities" and is making a PlaceStory to report some of these, including: - Microscopes provided to...

Mourya Training

placestories from a training workshop

Landcare Legends

Muster Showcase

The Muster Showcase displays a range of stories created by participants from six regional PlaceStories training workshops conducted in October and...

'Blueprint for the Bush' Monto Conference Workshop

This project is for participants at a PlaceStories training workshop funded by 'Blueprint for the Bush'. This workshop was held in conjunction with...

Regional - Case Studies and Project Updates

Regional Community Cultural Development (CCD) programs address a range of social and cultural challenges faced by those living outside metropolitan...

Ageing - Case Studies and Project Updates

Australia has an ageing population and life expectancy is increasing. Recent demographic data indicate that 12 per cent of the population is now...

Disability - Case Studies and Project Updates

A number of community organisations in all states and territory around Australia work specifically in the Arts and Disability sector. In general,...

Education - Case Studies and Project Updates

The arts, education and health are three braided strands that give strength to each other - each being normal, natural and necessary for human...

Environment - Case Studies and Project Updates

The field of Arts and Environment provides an umbrella for the diversity of artistic and cultural practices - both in and around environment ...

Mental Health - Case Studies and Project Updates

Arts and mental health is an important and growing field, addressing the rising rates of mental illness both in Australia and internationally. Arts...

Multiculturalism - Stories and Project Updates

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Young People - Case Studies and Project Updates

This project has a growing collection of stories and updates from projects linking young people and the arts and health sectors.

Murray-Darling Basin Plan

Now is the time to influence the future directions of the Murray Darling Basin, and the impact on individuals, communities, culture and identity of...

Wellington and Dubbo PlaceStories

Wellington and Dubbo PlaceStories training

2011 Flood Stories

This is a collection of stories about people's experiences in the 2011 floods. You can add your own story by clicking - Share Your Flood Story -...

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Brisbane 2012 Time Capsule

In 50 years time, what do you want people to know about your life and the things you were doing in 2012? A time capsule will be placed inside...

Ekka 2011 - your Brisbane flood stories

Share your photos, videos and stories from the Brisbane floods in January 2011. The best stories added to this group will be on display at the...

Ekka 2011 - Brisbane Flood Stories

Berea College Trip to Egypt

Celebrating Queensland Prems!

You would never guess that these children were all prematurely born! PIPA (Preterm Infants' Parents Assoc - Qld) is gathering stories from...

Celebrating Milestones

Your baby has lots of challenges and achieves many goals everyday. Some steps are only small but many are major in babies' lives. Make stories to...

Community Events

Here are some highlights from Neonatal events from around the country. Join the project and create a postcard to promote your next event. Or...

Just Hatched!

This project is where you might like to herald the arrival of your newborn infant. Congratulations on the birth!

Neonatal Care

The Neonatal Care project has stories about those special neonatal techniques and lots of tips for caring for your child. Some of the stories...

Milestones

This project celebrates all the development Milestones of your baby. These big days are especially significant for children born prematurely. From...

NAA Workshop - The Social Archive

Today most people spend at least part of each working day on-screen, on-line. The amount of stuff obtainable online has grown at a phenomenal rate...

Social innovation research collaboration

This project brings together resources and people interested in research about social enterprise, social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It...

Year 2 Blue - Term 2 2012

Some sample animations created by the student in Year 2 Blue. Check out the featured stories on the Year 2 Blog Create a Digital Postcard by...

Brisbane Visual Arts Community

This project brings together art and craft groups with the objective of establishing a community art centre where the members can share meeting,...

150 Years of Education at Fortitude Valley State School

The year 2011 marked 150 years since the first National School opened its doors near the corner of Ann & Brunswick streets, in Fortitude Valley,...

Australia Council Showcase

A collection of stories for presentation at the IFACCA Conference in 2011

Westpac New Farm Community Involvement

Stories about our community involvement 2011

Stopping Predatory Lending

With the support of the Kellogg Foundation, the Southwest Rural Policy Network has been part of a coalition effort led by the Southwest Center for...

Latest Postcards

A project to gather all the test postcards that new PlaceStories users create.

Floating Land 2013

Through great art, Floating Land 2013 explores the natural world's ancient practices and how it provides knowledge, insight and bio-inspired...

Green Lane Diary

A fun, curriculum-linked education program for 8-13 year olds to learn about the stresses our planet faces and how sustainable living can make a...

National Roundtable Meeting: Towards a National Sector Development Initiative

The Community Partnerships Committee would like to invite you to participate in a online discussion on 20 April as they wrap up discussions...

Floating Land 2011

Go to Floating Land Webcast Page Presented as a ten-day event, Floating Land brings people from across the Asia Pacific including visual and...

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National Cultural Policy Forum

On 13th March 2013 Arts Minister Simon Crean launched Creative Australia - the much anticipated new National Cultural Policy. The launch came 18...

Palestine Australia Partnership Development

creating partnerships in Arts and Education

GET CONNECTED

GET CONNECTED is a call out to the leaders in the Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) sector in Australia to connect online. The project...

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Saigon Sea of Remembrance - LK. Anh Tuan

This Exhibition brings together 35 works depicting life in Vietnam before and after the war. The memories of escape, life in the refugee camp, and...

real2real

Tutti is collaborating with UK disability led Film Festival Oska Bright on bringing four members of their team to South Australia in 2011...

Get Your Policies Here!

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All Things Money

There are lots of great opportunities for community arts and cultural development projects. If you've heard about an interesting funding program -...

Updates from Field

the latest

New Models New Money - A Foundation for the Artist

Contribute to the debate and help refine the concept of A Foundation for the Artist, outlined in 'New Models New Money' by creating a digital...

Regional Arts Broadband Forum

GO TO THE WEBCAST PAGE NOW! This Project is about getting the arts and cultural sector on the agenda of the NBN Project. It follows on from the...

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RADO Workshop - Launceston 2010

This is a project for the RADO's attending the Launceston Workshop prior to and following on from the Junction's Conference.

the stitchery 2010

Pacific Youth Voices online magazine

Pacific Youth Voices exists to be a voice for the issues, achievements and advocacy of South Pacific young people. It is supported by the...

Sunshine Coast Stories

We are inviting people to create and share stories from the Sunshine Coast as part of our NeoGeography - creative placemaking project. This...

Natura estorias

Colecao de diferentes estorias sobre a Natura em projetos de parceria com comunidades fornecedoras. Este projeto tem o proposito de mostrar como a...

Changing Habitats

This is a network for all delegates, speakers and artists who are attending the up and coming YPAA Symposium in Brisbane June 8-10, 2010. We are...

The Creative Peoples Collective Inc.

The Creative Peoples Collective Inc. is a non-profit Org aimed at creating and promoting pathways for young people to participate and have a voice...

Sound Mirrors

Leah Barclay's installation Sound Mirrors was selected as one of four national projects for the Australia Council's HELM-Arts Mentoring Award....

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HELM Arts

Healthy Environment Leadership Mentoring (HELM) is a twelve-month arts and environment project funded by the Australia Council for the Arts. Four...

KP-11 Workshop Project

A test project for the Key Producers to try out the Pollinate community

Terminus Nightclub

Share your memories of the old Terminus Nightclub down in the Valley during the 80s and early 90s. Located: (249 Brunswick Street, Fortitude...

Rural Reports on Policy & Programs

Organization and network members of the Rural Policy Network report on a variety of programs and policy activities from throughout rural America.

Rural Policy - A PlaceStories Workshop

A group of people from rural policy networks attended a workshop in northern Virginia to hone their digital storytelling skills using PlaceStories....

2013 Gathering

The 2013 National Rural Assembly will be held in Bethesda, Maryland, June 23-26. We anticipate up to 200 participants this year, representing...

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WEST 100 to 115

The 100 to 115 Rural Arts and Culture Map has been developed by M12 Creative Director Richard Saxton to highlight the rich offerings of the High...

Gulf Coast

A collection of stories about the impact of natural and man-made disasters in the Gulf of Mexico, United States.

Africa Link: A Global Education Partnership

This pilot project links Mnarani Primary School near the Indian Ocean in Kenya with US schools. Africa Link is an effort to create direct...

Collinsville Queensland – PlaceStories Workshop

Welcome to Collinsville, a small Coal mining community approx 80klm west of Bowen, North Queensland. The Collinsville Connect Telecentre was the...

Bowen Queensland - PlaceStories

This project is based on stories from women, from all walks of life in Bowen North Queeensland.Our thanks to: Bowen Neighbourhood Centre, Cross...

Rural Voices Workshop

Rural Voices Workshop at Feral Arts HQ in New Farm Brisbane

QRWN Sample Stories

Stories by participants in the Goomeri and Brisbane PlaceStories Workshops.

Collinsville's Memorial Day

Collinsville Memorial Day - 13th October "Collinsville's Blackest Day" The significance of October 13 is that in 1954 seven coal mine workers...

Firth Collection

A collection of images of Collinsville's History, collected by Mal and Butch Firth and donated by the Firth Family. Olive (Mal) Marion and William...

"A Past Era"

Welcome to a collection of PostCards from a time long gone...

NFDHS - Digital Postcard Collection

As part of our involvement in the Brisbane Digital Histories project, New Farm and Districts Historical Society is gathering digital postcards of...

New Farm State School Photo Collection

- Did you go to New Farm State School? - Do you have any old photos you would like to add to an online school history? We are collecting...

Workshop Postcards - Day 2

A collection of postcards by all the workshop participants on Day 2 of Art Bites

Art Bites Workshop

Some sample stories from the Brisbane City Council Art Bites workshop.

Homelessness

Westpac Group and Mission Australia have formed a strategic partnership that aims to address family homelessness and help deliver more affordable...

Organisational Mentoring

As a company that is about to celebrate 200 years of existence, we believe we can offer some insights into what creates a sustainable organisation....

Social Enterprise Business Mentoring

The Westpac Group is providing Social Enterprises with business mentoring support from employees who have experience running a business or writing...

Featured Organisations

A project for selecting the organisations fiunded by the Westpac Foundation that are being featured on StoryBank

Funded Organisations