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Arts and culture summit

 

More than 100 individuals involved in the arts and culture from all over the Central Coast came together at the Peninsula Theatre for a day of networking, last Friday, August 23.

Representatives of Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council, Gosford City Youth Council, Wyong Council and Central Coast Multi-arts Confederation as well as artist, theatre companies, multicultural festivals, heritage groups, musical organisations and craft groups will be working with Gosford Council to provide input to council's cultural plan on the day.

Workshops will focus on topics such as the audience on the Central Coast, art in public places, cultural identity and heritage and the art and culture of indigenous Australians.

To provide a perspective on cultural developments in New South Wales as a whole, guest speakers included cultural officer Michelle Halland Clarissa Arndt from Blacktown Arts Centre.

Entertainment interludes included music from the Central Coast Conservatorium string quartet, and new works in the form of a theatrical piece "Conjuring Maat" and a song by Rebekah Brown of Fluffy Stumps.

Media release, August 20