Creative Impact webinar: First Nations engagement

A free series of expert-led discussions providing artists, creative practitioners and arts workers with practical guidance on meeting good practice standards.

Join this session to help you understand the significance of cultural protocols, respect, and engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Adam Hansen, senior community engagement coordinator in the First Nations leadership team at the City of Sydney, will be in conversation with Erica Brennan, First Nations coordinator at Sydney Fringe Festival

A reference guide addressing First Nations cultural awareness and protocols drawn from the City of Sydney’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols and other relevant links is provided for participants.

Registration is essential. A Zoom link will be emailed to you before the webinar.

Presented by the City of Sydney.

We aim to produce inclusive and accessible events. If you have any particular access or communication needs, please contact Teik Kim Pok, cultural projects coordinator on 0436 607 274 or tpok@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

Speakers

Adam Hansen a proud Noongar man from Bunbury, Western Australia, now calls south-west Sydney home. With a Bachelor of Human Movement and DipEd from UTS and a Masters in Indigenous Education from Macquarie University, Adam has dedicated his career to mentoring young people and supporting Indigenous students in achieving university admission. His deep commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples extends to cultural competency training, after facilitating workshops for more than a decade.

Erica Brennan is a writer, director, creative producer and physical theatre performer living on Gadigal Land. She is a proud Gamillaroi woman and grew up in the Blue Mountains on the beautiful country of the Gundengurra and Darug. She has written short plays for young people and full-length works, and as a director she champions experimental and collaborative processes. In addition to her creative work, she is deeply committed to fostering wellbeing in the arts as a member of the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the Arts Wellbeing Collective.

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Image credit: Ngaran Ngaran perform at Yabun Festival 2023, Photo by Joseph Mayers/City of Sydney