Place-making. No longer a trend but a burgeoning industry, practised in countries all over the world. In Western Australia, any new development or re-purposing of space now involves a conversation about the human experience. What will attract people to a place? Encourage them to mingle, linger, or set up a home or a business? The way a place looks and feels influences how people behave—for good or ill—towards each other, to newcomers, and to the wider community. How do we make sure that we explore the best ways of achieving harmony and productivity in our neighbourhoods and cities? How best can creativity help us achieve that aim? How do we really make it happen?
How do we take creative placemaking from surface treatment to deeper transformation of our places and communities? Are we exploring the best ways of achieving harmony and productivity in our neighbourhoods and cities? How can creativity help us achieve that aim? To help Perth debate those questions, FORM welcomes two international place-making experts-in-residence, Tim Jones from Canada and Jason Roberts from the United States.
Tim and Jason are both highly experienced in the art, science and especially the action of making vibrant neighbourhoods. Tim, CEO of Artscape, coined the term ‘creative place-making’ and is in demand all over the world for his experience using the arts to transform cities and communities. Jason is the founder of the Oak Cliff Transit Authority, Dallas, and the original Better Block Project, an organisation which takes blighted blocks with vacant properties and transforms them with temporary pop-up businesses, bike lanes, seating and landscaping.
Creative Places : Curating Opportunity in Communities is the latest installment in our Speaker Series. You can also explore previous speaker events and conversations including our PUBLIC Symposium and PUBLIC 2016 publication.
Creative Places: A Breakfast with Tim Jones and Jason Roberts
Wednesday 21 June, 7 for 7.30-9am
$25 FORM Members; $40 General Admission
Over a light breakfast, hear two perspectives on how creativity shapes places and establishes the conditions for our communities to flourish. As leaders in the creative placemaking field, Tim Jones and Jason Roberts share their personal experiences on the dynamics of meaningful environments and how creativity shapes successful places.
The Goods Shed, Corner of Shenton Road and Claremont Crescent
Creative Place-Making: A Workshop with Tim Jones
Tuesday, 20 June 8.30am, full morning workshop exact times TBC.
$50 FORM Members; $65 General Admission
Explore the practicalities of creative place-making with one of the world’s leading creative cities experts. Learn why culture and creativity are so effective in raising quality of life in our cities, from street level forward, and how to nurture and sustain the conditions for these assets to thrive.
The Goods Shed, Corner of Shenton Road and Claremont Crescent
Actioning Creative Cities: A Deep Dive with Jason Roberts
Thursday 22 June, 10-11.30am $40 FORM Members; $55 General Admission.
How do you corral community energies, build collaborations, and break a project into actionable elements so you have rapid-fire implementation? Jason Roberts’s workshop shares the process which has taken Better Blocks from the level of successful local experiment to a national movement.
The Goods Shed, Corner of Shenton Road and Claremont Crescent.
The Place- Changing Challenge with Jason Roberts
Friday, 23 June 9am-12pm. $50 FORM Members; $65 General Admission
How can you change a place in 30 minutes? Take part in a rapid-prototyping process from human-centred design to assessing spaces, tackling change and putting it into action – fast!
The Goods Shed Corner of Shenton Road and Claremont Crescen & Offsite
EXHIBITION OPENING
Thursday, 4 July, 2019
6-8PM
FORM MEMBER PREVIEW
5.30-6PM
Bugai Whyoulter is an internationally acclaimed pujiman (desert-born) artist, from Kunawarritji (Well 33). In association with Martumili Artists, FORM presents Bugai, a solo exhibition of significant recent and historical works showing why Bugai’s artwork continues to resonate across cultures, generations and borders.
Internationally acclaimed creative education expert Paul Collard returns to Perth for a month-long residency this March, working closely with Perth’s young people, and sharing his knowledge with their parents, carers and educators. Hear Collard speak in a special address at the Scribblers Program Launch on Thursday, 1st March at The Goods Shed.
Multidisciplinary artist Pilar Mata Dupont established her practices in Western Australia before leaving to forge a formidable international career.
An immersive art installation by Bruce Munro will illuminate the Avenue of Honour at Mt Clarence later this year, paying homage to the Anzacs with 13,000 shining spheres marking the last sight of home for 41,000 troops who departed from Albany for the Great War.
Join UK thought-leader Bill Lucas and Paul Collard for a hands-on workshop, suitable for all educators