A community practice intensive for emerging artists
Back to Back Theatre invites emerging community arts practitioners to apply for ART & PEOPLE, a program of intensive skills development and exchange in 2027. ART & PEOPLE is for emerging arts practitioners working to make art in and with communities of people.
Back to Back will engage six emerging community arts practitioners to participate in and observe a range of our community projects across 2027, culminating in a week of conversations, workshops, and mentoring with experienced artists.
Participants will have the opportunity to understand how to best develop and nurture working relationships with community members and partner organisations. Sharing of processes of Back to Back current and previous projects as well as the opportunity to share in their own successes and failures will be the focus of discussion. The participants in this Arts worker professional development program will also have the opportunity to audit the suite of 2027 Back to Back education and community programs as they come to realisation.
Back to Back considers emerging practitioners to be within the first five years of their practice. Emerging artists who identify as disabled or neurodivergent, First Nation artists, POC/CALD artists and artists who are resident of Geelong are also encouraged to apply.
Back to Back Theatre is supported by the Australian Government through CreativeAustralia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; the City of Greater Geelong; and the Anthony Costa Foundation.