Creative Recovery
Creative Recovery covers the growing network of artists and cultural and community workers taking the lead in helping communities recover from the impact of such disasters through creativity.
As we face increasing crises caused by floods, fires, droughts and other natural disasters and now viruses such as COVID-19, the arts can play an important role in the response and recovery process. Arts Mid North Coast have partnered with QLD based organisation, Creative Recovery Network and are working to understand how this can be achieved, by whom and how we can best assist:
- the arts to meaningfully support communities to recover and rebuild;
- the arts to be integrated into and valued as part of broader community recovery efforts;
- local artists and arts workers to gain increased knowledge, skills and confidence to respond to communities in recovery;
- for arts and cultural organisations to enhance their capacity to work with communities in recovery and respond in a coordinated way.
We have created this section to post important networks, studies and projects that we have found to assist artists and arts organisations on the Mid North Coast.
Arts Mid North Coast delivered three Creative Recovery training workshops across the Mid North Coast in March 2022, facilitated by Scotia Monkivitch from the Creative Recovery Network. We are thrilled to have been able to equip more than 50 creative first responders with disaster recovery and preparedness knowledge and facilitation skills to help their communities.
Throughout the second half of 2022 we provided grants for local practitioners to run Creative Recovery projects in our region. Find information about upcoming events and past projects below.
Upcoming Events
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Projects from the region
Ties That Bind – A Creative Recovery Project
Yarrahapinni Stuarts Point RFS Creative Recovery Project
Creative Connections
FABULOUS! – Mooral Creek Creative Recovery Program
Dawaandi Creative Recovery Workshops
Women’s Recovery Stories from the Black Summer Bushfires 2019/2020
Black Bird Bushfire Creative Recovery Project
Up Armidale Road – A Bushfire Tribute to Nymboida
Bushfire Creative Recovery Project – Orara Valley
Resources
Red Cross Resources
Arts offer the armour to battle Australia’s mental health crisis
National Taskforce for Creative Recovery
Make your Museum or Gallery COVID Safe
Managing your Mental Health After a Disaster
Creating Well Report
Creativity in Crisis: Rebooting Australia’s Arts and Entertainment Sector After COVID
Creative Arts Therapists Directory
Plans and Policies
Networks and Groups
Christchurch Earthquake
Queensland Floods
Black Saturday Fires, Victoria
Creative Recovery Network
Creative Recovery Network is a specialist service provider and advocate for culture and the arts within the emergency management sector. They partner with government, community service, and private sector providers who work in disaster preparedness, response and recovery.
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