Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023 Implementation Update · Att 1 - 2023 Cultural Plan Report

3   Work with stakeholders to           • 2021 - Live and Local Music program worked with local business to activate non-traditional venues with live
    identify underutilised facilities     music.
    and spaces with aim of              • 2022 - worked with Noosa Alive, Tourism Noosa and several privately operated shops along Hastings Street to
    maximising their potential and        deliver First Lights - a pop up video and new media installation, scattering works by First Nations artists along
    identify new spaces for the           the precinct.
    inclusion of creative content or    • RADF Priorities have included Places and Spaces and Arts activates spaces
    production
4   Complete the development of         • Phase 6 Condition Assessments currently being undertaken (in 2023) for Council owned and operated cultural
    effective asset management            facilities, including The J; Noosa Aquatic Centre; Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre; Cooroy Library;
    plans for all Council owned         • Noosaville Library with the aim to improve current and future maintenance and inform future renewal programs
    cultural facilities                   - (more work required in this space for Council owned, community-managed facilities)
5   Work with stakeholders to                o Incomplete
    develop a publicly accessible
    creative spaces directory for
    studio, performing, rehearsing,
    and learning spaces
6   Improve and increase the            • Roufus St and Cooroy Hinterland Playground capital programs introduced significant art elements.
    creative design component in        • First Nation's artwork was incorporated into the graphic design and branding for the libraries new Bookshelf
    Council infrastructure projects       kiosks and mobile library
                                        • Public art component was added to the Peregian Beach, Rufous Street redevelopment.
7   Include cultural representatives    • 2023 - Pomona Railway Station Gallery, Pomona Community House and other community stakeholders have
    in stakeholder consultation for       been involved in consultation phases of Pomona Placemaking project.
    projects involving master           • The development of a ‘Public art Panel’ with community and arts expert representatives is proposed in the new
    planning, placemaking and             draft public art policy.
    major developments
8   Prioritise initiatives which        • Included as RADF Priority for 2019-20 – Art, Environment and Sense of Place.
    enhance the community’s             • Delivery of Floating Land - Oct 2019 - Floating Land Biennale 2019 specifically themed to highlight marks left
    understanding of the local            on environment through interactions.
    environment, showcase               • Several Gallery exhibitions take up environmental issues. ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 affiliated exhibition
    artworks and artists that support     is a notable example.
    environmental values and assist     • Earth Tech program – 3-day sustainability challenge for youth (Ec. Dev.)
    in improving ecological             • Connecting Noosa program activities include environmental art and music activations at Noosa Botanic
    sustainability                        Gardens
                                        • Noosa Libraries Seed Library was launched in March 2021. This community-wide initiative has developed
                                          deeply local relationships with community groups, businesses and artists around various aspects of gardening,
                                          food, and sustainability issues. Local artists were engaged to create the beautiful artworks for the seed
                                          packets. Over 5000 packets of seed were borrowed, and 157 packets of seeds donated; 12 x sustainability
                                          workshops with over 250 participants and exhibition at the Butter Factory Arts Centre of artworks attracted over
                                          250 attendees.
                                        • Floating Land in 2019, 2021 and 2023 delivered projects in largely natural outdoor environments that left no
                                          physical trace at the conclusion of the events. many projects were specifically environmentally themed.
9   Include creative components in      • Planning has started towards Floating Land 2025, with one idea being developed siting all FL projects within
    the delivery of Council projects      50m meters or 2 minutes’ walk of a Go Noosa free bus service stop.