Acre Project
The ACRE Project is based in communities across northern Victoria and southern NSW.
The ACRE Project [Australia’s Creative Rural Economy] hosts art residencies, seminars and events looking at ways that art and agriculture intercept with history, community resilience and future planning.
Headed up by the team at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, The ACRE Project is a collaboration between artists, farmers, community development workers and arts workers from across the region.
Six artists, 11 residencies, two states. It was all brought together at this exhibition at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery…. Read more
The ACRE Project held a stall at the Swan Hill Region Produce and Design Market (in the Swan Hill Regional… Read more
In this round of TWIGs, The ACRE Project teamed up with the Victorian College of the Arts. We selected two… Read more
Yak Yak was a curatorial project featuring newly commissioned and existing works by artists whose practices address rural contexts as sites… Read more
The sound of drums rang out over Cohuna when Melbourne percussionist Dave Houston lived and worked at the Bowles’ farm… Read more
Video inside a silo and a giant alpaca – pretty unique outcomes from this TWIG! Dunkeld artist Trevor Flinn worked… Read more
Dunkeld artist Trevor Flinn worked with the Martin family at their property Cropwell, between Barham and Deniliquin in New South… Read more
It was a huge weekend at Nick and Kerry Lowing’s property, Burrindi. There was great food, live music and artist… Read more
Yak Yak was a curatorial project featuring newly commissioned and existing works by artists whose practices address rural contexts as sites… Read more
Speewa is unique little place north of Swan Hill that straddles the Victoria/NSW border. The Speewa Ferry is the only… Read more
This TWIG was one of a kind. Artists Trevor Flinn and John Britten worked with the Caccianigas at their Manangatang… Read more
Andrew Dowling and Tarsh Rodda run a 60,000 acre Merino sheep stud near Balranald, New South Wales. It is here… Read more
Swan Hill ceramic artist Lynne Rice led eight Moulamein locals in hand-built ceramics workshops. They learnt a variety of ceramics… Read more
Dunkeld artist Trevor Flinn lived and worked for five days at the Bowles’ dairy farm at Meade, just south of… Read more
Dunkeld artist Trevor Flinn lived and worked at Farnley for five days, working with Swan Hill artist John Britten and… Read more
South West Arts and The ACRE Project produced two short documentaries to highlight the resilience of local communities. Hit Me… Read more
The drought had ended, and our region had succumbed to overland flooding. The context was different to ACRE 1, but… Read more
BIBLIOBOX is a small box with big stories. A travelling arts archive, it made its way to Swan Hill thanks to… Read more
Farmers, rural leaders, councillors and small town community members came together for this ACRE Seminar, the seminar that ultimately kicked… Read more
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