We needed to differentiate ourselves from the broader community recovery work so focused specifically on working with artists, arts workers, venues, organizations, volunteers and cultural workers
The term Arts Corps was not embraced by people we engaged
Disaster’s exacerbate the issues already in existed for regional arts
Greater need for networking within community and across the sector
Arts sector not in a growth phase – where as the community development sector expanded significantly as a result of financial investment in the industry requirements
Timeframes have blown out
Visits to community have been increased tenfold due to the need for face to face contact
We trialed a range of decision-making processes as people so strongly told us they felt invisible in the broader decision making frameworks
Being really transparent about all material created by artists and community members and also getting permission for usage, as well as ensuring local people always own their own art works, images, data
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