2020-07-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE AGENDA                                                     7 JULY 2020



       Cultural Plan Key Themes                                        Highlights
                                                      services to inspire and up-skill the screen industry on
                                                      the Sunshine Coast to grow the profile of the sector
                                                      and attract opportunities for local creatives.
                                                Planning started for the development of a touring
                                                 exhibition focussed on wood fired ceramics from the
                                                 Cooroy region with the view to brand this ceramic work as
                                                 a marketable product.




Rowley Drysdale creating a pot to be wood
            fired in Cooroy

                                                Council has completed concept plans for the second
            The Digital Future                   phase of the Peregian Digital Hub.
                                                Noosaville Library Makerspace was created and opened
   Technology will drive new art-forms,          in November 2018. This digitally-creative space provides
provide platforms for the dissemination of       access to digital arts technology and training and hosts
  cultural product and spring-board new          3D printers, Virtual Reality, digitisation equipment and
                  careers                        sewing machines.
                                                A number of programs which include digital arts and
                                                 showcases digital creatives were delivered, including:
                                                  o Noosa Mnemonic, a virtual reality residency project
                                                       hosted at Noosaville Library. The aim of this project
                                                       was to create VR pictures of Noosa constructed from
                                                       individual community-members memories
                                                  o 3D Intensive Design and Printing – a four-day
                                                       course, funded through the Engaging Science grants
Noosaville Makerspace - 3D workshops                   provided eight scholarships to introduce participants
                                                       to the concepts needed to design, model and
                                                       manufacture simple objects from idea to print.
                                                  o Creatives in Residence, an artist in residence
                                                       program hosted at the Peregian Digital Hub
                                                  o Floating Land - immersive art exhibition from student
                                                       artists, alongside analogue approaches in Gallery
                                                       exhibition program
                                                  o Open Studios art exhibition program hosted at the
                                                       Peregian Digital Hub
                                                  o Immerse High, the world’s first immersive storytelling
3D Intensive Design and Printing course                competition and VR Conference featuring local digital
                                                       artists was supported by Council
                                                Libraries provided a series of Beginner 3D design and
                                                 printing workshops to Council staff, to ensure Council
                                                 staff have the skills to support the community in adopting
                                                 and using new technologies.
                                                Twenty Noosa Community Support employees utilised the
                                                 Noosaville Makerspace to evaluate the possibility of using
                                                 the Virtual Reality equipment to train their staff using
                                                 Dementia Australia’s VR program, which enables carers
                                                 to experience what living with dementia is like.
Immerse High inter-school VR competition        Delivery of a digital animation Masterclass by award
                                                 winning artist, Todd Fuller, at Noosa Regional Gallery.


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