by Vahri | Jul 21, 2022 | artists, forum, writers
“Coming across the CRRP prompted me to ask myself whether I’m still an artist. That was, in retrospect, a step toward recovery.” Simone Penkethman wraps up as Writer-in-Residence. In residence Featured image: Simone Penkethman (second from the left) and other...
by Vahri | Jul 20, 2022 | residencies
Vahri McKenzie, Zora Pang and Kirsten Wehner presented this panel talk as part of the CCCR Seminar series. Over the last 9 months, CCCR has hosted four artists and a creative producer as part of the ACT Government’s 2021-22 Creative Recovery and Resilience Program,...
by Vahri | Jul 14, 2022 | forum, Keeping it Real
A companion-piece to our first Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum event Keeping it together, Keeping it Real saw us drawing together the themes and outcomes of the whole Creative Recovery and Resilience Program in a multi-activity event held at the University of...
by Vahri | Jun 30, 2022 | forum, Keeping it Real, writers
Writer in Residence Simone Penkethman reflects on Seat at the Table event, part of Keeping it Real, one of the final events for the ACT Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum, 4 June 2022. A seat at the table Featured image: artists in conversation during Seat at the...
by Vahri | Jun 27, 2022 | forum, Snailbox | The Slow Project, writers
In this creative response, Writer-in-Residence Simone Penkethman unfolds the envelope for us. Sprigs of foliage tumble Simone writes: I used to love writing and receiving letters. SnailBox took me back to my childhood and early adulthood before email and then social...
