ARTS DINNER AUGUST 2022

Image credit: Mark Paddick

Vonda Youngman Cultural Centre Mural. Artist: Ben Werner

As part of the Story Trail project, each guest is invited to make a small, personal contribution: share a story from your own experiences living in the Scenic Rim.

We will have a recording booth available on the night, for you to record your story (if you want to). And in doing so, you  give us permission to include the story in the rich tapestry of the Story Trail project.

The story can be about place, a memory, something historic. If you have a picture to compliment the story, we can scan this on the evening, and record a digital copy.  

Lincoln Savage is a Creative Director with a strong interest in emerging arts and engaging with new technology. He obtained a Bachelor of Technology Innovation from QUT in 2014 and has since worked on many arts, technology and music based projects with a focus on emerging practice. 

Lincoln's stand out projects include establishing the annual music and arts festival Yonder, the city-wide Brisbane Street Art Festival, the experiential creative agency Vast Yonder and establishing the ephemeral arts venue, Superordinary.

Grace Dewar is an interdisciplinary artist and culture producer based on Yugambeh Country – Gold Coast, Australia. Working in intervention, installation, collaboration and video, Grace’s research and object-based practice is concerned with the mass choreography of society and how it is *organised*.

With a background in artist-run initiatives, curation and public art, her work is interested in the relationships between art, architecture and audience, and the role of maintenance and care practices in contemporary art.

Courtney Guerin is the founder and president of The 4275 Collective, a non-profit community arts organisation with more than 60 members in the Scenic Rim. The Collective is working to build the cultural footprint of Canungra, and increase access to resources and support for members.

Working with the 4275 Collective has allowed Courtney to combine her project management background with her passion for helping creatives establish sustainable business practices.  

Nuart Journal Editor, Susan Hansen (AU/UK), is Chair of the Visual and Arts-based Methods Group at Middlesex University, London. She is the world's most cited urban creativity scholar.

Susan is interested in graffiti and street art’s existence within a field of social interaction – as a form of conversation on urban walls that are constantly changing. She is also Co-Editor of the Visual Studies Journal, and Vice-President of the International Visual Sociology Association.

Mark Paddick is an award winning Visual Artist and Art Teacher with 25 years’ experience in delivering innovative art programs in schools and the community. Born in Adelaide, Mark completed a Bachelor of Design Teaching before being employed as a Visual Arts teacher in Queensland in 1986. With 25 years in Art Education he was awarded the position of Experienced Senior Teacher.

Mark registered his own arts business, Mark Paddick Art, in 2011 to pursue his passion for creating. Mark works across the Scenic Rim in Community and Cultural Development business unit with Scenic Rim Regional Council.

Australian Artist, Gus Eagleton, creates interpretations of reality and beauty within the urban landscape.With a selected colour palette and fluid lines, he manipulates light and shadow in an unrealistic and romantic way.

Gus explores the diversity and intrigue of the characters he encounters, and as a true romantic, indulges in the beauty and charisma of the people he paints. He is compelled and influenced by the environment around him – the problematic high-rise development in the city, gentrification in the suburbs, the fascinating abandoned industrial areas on the outskirts of town; these spaces are his subject matter and his canvas.

Angela O'Donnell is currently the Executive Manager of Community and Cultural Services for City of Darwin where she leads teams responsible for the delivery of Youth Services, Arts, Community Development, Reconciliation, Recreation and Assertive Outreach. Angela has an extensive history of arts education, policy development and management.

Angel has worked in a number of very remote locations throughout Australia including the Ngaanyatjarra Lands and Arnhem Land running education and arts projects with, and for, communities. She is deeply committed to gaining greater understanding of First Nations and working towards redressing imbalance and inequity.