When is a traumatised community ready for art?

Creative recovery is not only about art-making in disaster-impacted communities, but also the duty of care towards artists in this space.

28 Apr 2023 9:00

Celina Lei

Performing Arts

There is a significant role the arts can play in disaster planning. Image: Alice Hutchison for Creative Recovery Network.

Site & Situation, initiated by the City of Gold Coast and curated by Swell Sculpture Festival is a forum and workshop series designed to channel critical dialogue around public art.

Scotia Monkivitch, Executive Officer at Creative Recovery Network is one of the speakers, and will present ‘How Public Art Can Help Communities with Disaster Recovery’.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_