Creative Community Strategy
Collaborate in workshops to co-create a Creative Community Strategy
August 2021
About the workshops
Council is seeking participation by interested community members, producers, and artists alongside representatives from venues, creative businesses and community organisations to collaborate on a new Creative Community Strategy for Pyrenees Shire Council.
Workshop 1 will focus on responding to the needs analysis discussion paper, establishing a vision for the Pyrenees creative community and setting a framework for the strategy.
Workshop 2 will build on the vision and framework established in workshop 1. This workshop will focus on articulating objectives and strategies that will help to work towards achieving the vision laid out in the first workshop.
The workshops will be facilitated by Ashtree Projects in a spirit of creativity, collaboration and joy, and will provide opportunities to foster connections between participants. Ashtree is committed to creating an environment in which everyone can feel heard and that their contributions are valued. If you have any concerns or needs to support your participation, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
About the project
Council is currently collaborating to develop a creative community strategy for the Pyrenees Shire community. Last year we asked our community to let us know how and where they engage with creativity in their local community, what is working, what needs improving. We want to know how the community want to best celebrate, promote and support Pyrenees creativity now and into the future? A discussion paper has been developed which outlines the findings of this research phase, and can be accessed on this page.
Why are we doing this?
In recognition of the Shire’s rich artistic and creative activity, in 2021 Council committed to develop the first ever Pyrenees creative community strategy. “What is this” you ask? The answer is entirely up to you, the community.
The proposed strategy, Creativity in the Pyrenees, is currently a blank canvas and council are looking to the community to help design it. We want this strategy to be useful to creatives (both professional and hobbyist), audiences, events, and venue operators who are key to displaying and promoting Pyrenees artforms.
This engagement is now closed.