Mantej at Community

05/10/2019

Street library at Umina Beach cafe on Central Coast. Goes inside the local cafe at night and comes back in the morning. Communities can order Street Libraries from street library.org.au.

11/09/2019

From 4 September - 16 November 2019, Newington Armory at Sydney Olympic Park is hosting Operation Art - the premier state-wide visual arts exhibition for school students from Kindergarten to Year 10. With more than 800 artworks by students from throughout NSW, this year’s exhibition offers Armory Gallery visitors a great opportunity to celebrate the creative talents of our young people at our unique riverside setting. Presented in partnership with NSW Department of Education and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Opening event: Newington Armory Wharf and Gallery, 10am to 4pm, Saturday 14 September 2019.

School Workshops: 16-27 September (weekdays only). Call 9550 9295. Bookings essential.

Operation Art Every year schools across New South Wales are invited to participate in Operation Art, an initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in association with the New South Wales Department of Education. The Operation Art program provides a forum for schools and students to demonstr...

04/09/2019

Community-led placemaking is a growing global movement of do-it-ourselves citymaking, where citizens, traders and place managers come together to breathe new life into neighbourhoods.

04/09/2019

Town Teams is s great model of community led place making and community development

Communities where all citizens can act on their desire to create, build, to organise, experiment and create are healthy, resilient and constructive ones. People need to be able to shape the communities that they live in by what they do and not just by what they spend.

04/09/2019

Community has great potential to shape the place and experience around them. It is just a matter of getting started. Number of organisations are out there to help the community get organised