Case Studies
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Kate Leahy
Arts Queensland, 2013
This case study was prepared as part of an evaluation of the Creative Capricorn pilot project in Rockhampton for Arts Queensland. It features Kate Leahy, a local musician, who took a small group of musicians to small towns throughout central Queensland to engage local communities in music education and performance.
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Splashing About in Our Catchment
Arts Queensland, 2012
This case study was created as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Project for Arts Queensland. It illustrates the power of creative education and its ability to help children overcome their fear of rain, following the floods in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley in 2011.
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Girringun Resilience
Arts Queensland 2012
Prepared as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Pilot Project for Arts Queensland, following Cyclone Yasi in 2011, this case study communicate Indigenous cultural wisdom and understanding of preparedness for natural disasters through photographs and a documentary.
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Come Together
Arts Queensland 2012
An arts-led project on the Cassowary Coast in Queensland that has helped to reconnect the local community after Cyclone Yasi in 2011. This case study was created as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Project for Arts Queensland.
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Tree of Happiness
Arts Queensland 2012
This case study profiles how children in the Lockyer Valley were supported by an immersive arts program to move on from the effect of floods in the Lockyer Valley in 2011. The case study was created as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Project for Arts Queensland.
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Ipswich Arts Corps
Arts Queensland 2012
A collaborative project that aims to develop and sustain the arts community in Ipswich. It was instigated as a means of reconnecting communities after the floods in 2011. This case study was created as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Project for Arts Queensland.
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Arty Party
Arts Queensland 2012
This creative project was created following the 2011 floods in Ipswich as a means of bringing communities together over creative pursuits, along with the provision of support services. This case study was prepared as part of an evaluation of the Creative Recovery Pilot Project for Arts Queensland.
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Marysville Steel Pan Band
Arts Victoria 2009
Marysville was a town severely impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria. Rita Seethaler, a Marysville local, received a grant to form a steel pan band to help rebuild the community. This case study was prepared as part of an evaluation of Arts Victoria’s Bushfire Recovery Initiative.
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The Letterbox Project
Arts Victoria 2009
Strathewen was a town severely impacted by Victoria’s Black Saturday Bushfires in 2009. Marion Oakley was successful in receiving a grant from Regional Arts Victoria to form a local group that created mosaic letterboxes for community members rebuilding their homes, as a welcome back to the community.