Studio Talks

These talks are recordings from our Studio Co!Lab Talks program. Studio Co!Lab members have access to all our recorded talks in the Members’ Lounge, by signing in or signing up.

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Regional Futures:
The role of arts in creating a better future.

7 Regional Futures artists from the all female exhibition at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre in Moruya (26 October - 23 November 2024), on the South Coast of NSW, discuss the role the arts play in better understanding the complex issues affecting our collective future in Regional Australia. The artists in Regional Futures: An Entangled Existence share how they explored the issues behind their work and how they think the conversation needs to move forward to create a future where we all might thrive. 

The artists are Jane Richens (Dungog), Joanne Stead (Tamworth), Tania Hartigan (Wallabadah), Laura Baker (Blayney), Anna Glynn (Jaspers Brush), Tracy Luff (Goulburn) and Kim V. Goldsmith (Dubbo).

Regional Futures was an initiative of the NSW Regional Arts Network in 2022-23, funded by Create NSW.

Recorded on 13 November 2024

Men Talking: Men in the Arts.

A question has been raised with Orana Arts about why more men aren't engaged or taking up opportunities in regional arts. We're aware this is not just a regional issue. We know how important the arts are across society, particularly in terms of building connections, as a way of expressing emotions and developing feelings of belonging. This all-male, regionally based panel discuss some very important issues regarding men in the arts. Orana Arts board member, Greg Hall (Newcastle) talks with Mick Davis (Dubbo)and Jamie Derkenne (Little Forest). Kit Kelen (Bulahdelah) was supposed to be part of the conversation but was unable to join due to being on an overseas residency.

This was a recorded Zoom talk on 18 September 2024

LINKS FROM THE TALK

Jamie Derkenne
Studio 138 (Mick and Erifili Davis)
Kit Kelen
The Man Cave

STEAMy Stories: intersecting creativity.

A panel of regionally-based scientists and creatives discuss where the arts and science intersect in the quest to learn, reveal, and communicate new stories about human and more-than-human experiences in Regional NSW. The talk was facilitated by Dubbo Regional Council Cultural Development Coordinator, Jessica Moore.

This talk was supported by Orana Arts and Dubbo Regional Council for National Science Week 2024.

This was recorded as a Zoom talk on 16 August 2024

Supporting regional musicians.

MusicNSW Regional Music Coordinator for the Mid North Coast, Hunter and Orana regions, Alison Buckley talks with Orana Arts performing arts producer, Camilla Ward about who she is supporting in her role, what the needs of regional musicians are, where she sees the greatest needs being, and how we best support our regional performing arts talent. Ali's patch covers a wide area of the State and she's got a lot of experience on how we tacke the current and future state of the regional music scene.

This was recorded as a Zoom talk on 18 October 2023.

2024 Studio Co!Lab Talks highlights

9 talks were held in 2024 across many artforms and subject matter, by 25 creatives (the biggest number yet), covering the role of arts in creating change and engaging more men in the regional arts sector, to creative residencies, the rules of collaboration, art and science intersections, the role of research in creative practice and sharing stories through song, to the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the arts—and more!

2023 Studio Co!Lab Talks highlights

10 talks were held in 2023 across many artforms and subject matter, by 13 regional artists and 6 arts administrators, covering theatre, cabaret, dance, music, film, visual arts, writing, sound art, environmental art, creative process and artist residencies (local and international).

2022 Studio Co!Lab Talks highlights

11 talks were held in 22, with 20 creatives. These talks involved writers, visual artists and musicians, and arts workers in the spotlight on everything from collaboration, residencies and storytelling, to creativity and the business of art.

2021 Studio Co!Lab Talks highlights

In the first year of our Studio Co!Lab Talks program, we presented talks tapping into the issues many regionally based creatives are grappling with in their practices — from how to be a better, more authentic writer, through to managing your time, nurturing creativity, and growing audiences for that creativity. There were 13 Studio Co!Lab Talks in total, and 3 Lounge Series Roundtables hosted between April and December 2021.