Welcome to Wagga Wagga in Wiradjuri Country. Our respect to Wiradjuri Elders, past and present. With this welcome, we ask that you all respect the law of the country. Look after the land and the rivers, then the land and the rivers will look after you all. Hold fast to each other, empower the people, look after everything living and growing. It is wonderful to see our footprints side by side in the soil on Wiradjuri land. This indicates that people are walking and talking together. So let’s work together to make everything good for our people. We Wiradjuri people welcome you all to Wiradjuri Country. Respect and honour all people and all parts of the country. Give honour, be polite and patient with all then the people will respect you.
– Wiradjuri welcome used with permission from Uncle Stan Grant Snr.
The fourth and final Artstate took place in Wagga Wagga from 5 - 8 November 2020.
This hybrid arts event and celebration of the excellence in art practice in regional NSW was delivered as a fully COVID-safe event.
Artstate Wagga Wagga was delivered both in person online, so delegates unable to attend in person were able to join the conversation and celebrate the arts from afar via a livestream. The Artstate video, transcripts and all recordings of the speakers and arts programs are now available for you to read, watch, re-watch or refer to when and where you want!
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Article by Gina Fairly, via ArtsHub. Award-winning writer, Wongaiibon woman, and wheelchair user Gayle Kennedy put her own unique spin on the Artstate Wagga Wagga theme of Walking Together, in her keynote speech. Not mincing words, Kennedy said flatly: ‘In the space of a short few months you have shown your hand – it…
Aunty Isabel Reid is a Wiradjuri elder from Wagga Wagga who has played an integral part in the Regional Arts NSW network, particularly through her involvement in the planning and facilitation of Artstate in Wagga Wagga in 2020. On behalf of the network, we congratulate Aunt Is on being named…
Artstate is a hybrid event – part conference, part arts program – that has travelled across regional NSW for the last four years. Its fourth and final iteration will be in Wagga Wagga from Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 November 2020. Artstate has been showcasing excellence in arts practice,…
#ArtstateWagga - that's a wrap 👏 and what an exceptional showcase of the creativity, arts and cultural practice of regional NSW it was!
Missed Artstate or want to re-live it? Check out the video and all recordings from the arts and speakers program https://t.co/QlW0NbU9H4
Have you attended any Artstate over the past 4 years? If so, we invite you to provide your feedback on the impact the event has had on arts and cultural practice in regional NSW and how to shape its future.
Click here for more and to complete a survey! https://t.co/M7PdrP9394
Have you attended any Artstate over the past 4 years? If so, we invite you to provide your feedback on the impact the event has had on arts and cultural practice in regional NSW and how to shape its future.
Click here for more and to complete a survey! https://t.co/TC5JvHfMTu
Shout out to #ArtstateWagga Artistic Director, Scott Howie. Scott was tasked with the challenge of reimagining and recreating the entire arts program to abide with COVID safety and social distancing, and it was nothing short of a exceptional. Congrats and thank you, Scott👏
#ArtstateWagga that’s a wrap! To all the delegates who joined us in Wagga or online, we hope you enjoyed the conversations and creativity as much as we did. Thank you for celebrating arts excellence in regional NSW!
📸 Opening Ceremony at Artstate Wagga. Captured by Jackie Cooper
“Walking together” and “shaping tomorrow”. Thanks to the four inspirational, insightful and engaging keynote speakers who shared their experiences in relation to these themes at #ArtstateWagga
👏 Prof. Faye McMillan
👏 Gayle Kennedy
👏 Dr. Erica Seccombe
👏 Rafael Bonachela
