When we activate our creativity and, by extension, our civic participation, we create belonging, give voice to experience, and generate new thinking toward future possibilities.

Our network of skilled arts and cultural practitioners are dedicated to building Australia’s recovery capabilities and supporting the growth of confident, connected, disaster resilient communities.
Arts and cultural programs have a unique capacity to build social cohesion - an essential tool that helps communities be prepared for disasters, and supports them to respond and recover better when they occur. Here's how we are strengthening disaster management through creativity.
Response can mean many things – care, comfort, growth, connection, empowerment, memorial, celebration.

Through our resources, research and training programs, we harness the power of creativity to build community capacity and move towards a more resilient future.
We are committed to deepening the conversation around how the arts can repair, rebuild and reunite.

Join us here for the latest news, community stories from our members and real world perspectives on the arts and culture in action through the Creative Responders podcast.
Our network is founded on a spirit of collaboration and grounded in the knowledge that disaster resilience is a collective responsibility. If you would like to connect with us, we'd love to hear from you.

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Murramarang Love Boxes

Spinning and weaving of kindness in recovery
Like many who witnessed the impact of Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, Vivien Davidson wanted to find a way to…
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Arts Mid North Coast

Creative Recovery Programs
Arts Mid North Coast is the peak body for arts and cultural development across the Mid North Coast region of…
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Regeneration

Creative Bushfire Recovery Project, Scenic Rim
Regeneration -  Creative Bushfire Recovery Project was created in response to the 2019/2020 bushfires in South East Queensland's Scenic Rim…
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Ewingar Creative Recovery

Ewingar Creative Recovery Program
The Long Gully Road fire claimed two lives, destroyed 44 homes and devastated the tiny village of Ewingar in northern…
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The Day She Stole The Sun

Cobargo Public School
When bushfires ripped through the town of Cobargo in the early hours of the morning on New Year’s Eve 2020,…
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Student Voices for Recovery

Regional Arts Victoria
Student Voices for Recovery is a student-led bushfire recovery program designed to support wellbeing and connection for young people in the Local Government Areas…
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