Big hART

Big hART is an Australian arts and social-justice company. It was founded by playwright and director Scott Rankin and John Bakes in Burnie (north-western Tasmania) in 1992.

HeadquartersTasmania
Location
  • Australia
Websitewww.bighart.org
Formerly called
Big hART

The company initiates large scale, long-term community cultural development projects in disadvantaged communities in urban, regional and remote Australia.[1] Projects are task-focused and are to increase social, cultural and economic participation for community members following a three-step model approach.

Projects

Projects by Big hART include, among others:

  • Museum of the Long Weekend (Canberra 2013).[2]
  • Yijala Yala (Roebourne, 2010–).[3]
  • Namatjira (Ntaria, 2009–) .[4]
  • Smashed (Tasmania, 2010).[5]
  • Nyuntu Ngali (Ernabella/ Alice Springs, 2009)[6]
  • Ngapartji Ngapartji (Alice Springs and surrounds, NT & SA, 2004–2009)[7][8]
  • Gold (NSW, 2006–2009)[6]
  • Northcott Narratives (Surry Hills – Sydney, 2003–2007).[9]
  • Drive (Tasmania, 2008–2009).[10]
  • Love Zombies (Tasmania, 2009)[11]
  • This is Living (Tasmania, 2007–2008).[12]
  • Drive in Holiday & Radio Holiday (North West Tasmania, 2005–2009).[13]
  • Lucky[11]
  • Junk Theory (Cronulla Shire – Sydney, 2006–2009).[14]
  • Nuff Stuff (Groote Eylandt, Tennant Creek and Tiwi Islands, 2006)[15]
  • Knot@Home (NSW, Vic and Tasmania, 2001–2004).[16]
  • Hurt (NSW, Vic and Tasmania).[17]

References
  1. "Commissions for the Regional Production Fund". http://www.abc.net.au/radio/rpf/stories/s1314138.htm Archived 3 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 20 November 2012
  2. "Museum of the Long Weekend". Canberra100. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  3. Interview with Stuart Campbell, long term media skills tutor on the Yijala Yala Project, http://pool.abc.net.au/media/ellie-stuart-campbell-yijala-yala-project%5B%5D, access 3 December 2012
  4. Amanda Smith (22 August 2010). "Namatjira". http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/namatjira/3021362. retrieved 15 Nov 2012
  5. Wright, Peter: Evaluating Big hART's SMASHED project: Building Bridges for Personal, Social and Institutional Change. Perth: Murdoch University, 2011.
  6. Palmer, Dr. David; James, Dr. Diana; Wright, Dr. Peter & Windmill: Suite of Arts and Wellbeing Projects; April 2009 – June 2010. Evaluation Reports, Perth: Murdoch University, 2010.
  7. Gary Smith (16 January 2008). "Review: Ngapartji Ngapartji, Belvoir Street Theatre". http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/review-ngapartji-ngapartji/story-e6frev39-1111115327660. retrieved 10 Nov 2012
  8. Palmer, Dave: Ngapartji Ngapartji: The Consequences of Kindness, evaluation report, Perth: Murdoch University, 2010.
  9. Palmer, Dave & Wright, Peter: 'People now know me for something Positive': An Evaluation of Big hART's work at the John Northcott Estate, Perth: Murdoch University, 2007.
  10. National Library of Australia. http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/643231?q=big+hart&c=people. retrieved 12 November 2012
  11. Palmer, Dave: I'm Only Young But That's How I Will Feel Forever. The Evaluation of Big hART's Lucky Project, Perth: Murdoch University, 2008.
  12. Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Tasmanian Times, 2 April 2009, http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/this-is-living-artswork-reviews
  13. Wright, Peter: 'It's Like Thinking With Both Sides Of Your Brain'. Big hART's LUCKY Project: An Imaginative Intervention, Perth: Murdoch University, 2008.
  14. Yvette Barry, "Junk Theory, a floating multimedia artwork", ABC Hobart, 26 March 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/03/26/2527226.htm
  15. http://www.wsis-award.org/winner/big-hart-57820100625%5B%5D access Dec3, 2012
  16. Rod Ainsworth & Jack Ritchie, North West & Far West Regions, http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/docs/artreach/big_hart_jun_03.pdf Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine access 3 December 2012
  17. Rhys Graham, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), "Faces Etched, Scarred and Engraved Beyond Their Years", http://www.acmi.net.au/remembrance/r2/big_hart/artist_fs.html Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine access 3 December 2012
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