Richard Bladel
Community Artist + Creative Producer
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Listening, collaboration & inspiration.
Sharing our stories together and exploring important ideas.
Honouring the story owner through ethical story telling.
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Letting our creativity shine & expand the art of the possible.
"I will never forget how you affected the quality of life of people at Headway. Your projects affected the sense of self worth of so many who are socially marginalised. Thank you for your kindness, integrity, and imagination Richard."
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Annette, participant, Angels of Our Better Nature arts project, 2014
A Selection of Past Projects
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ReGenerate - 2020
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Kinetic sculpture, installation and video art made with young people.
Regenerating our cultural & social connections to nature and each other in the face of climate change.
PROJECT PARTNER:
New Town Primary School.
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ARTISTS INVOLVED:
Richard Bladel, Bec Stevens, Marcus Tatton, Troy Melville, Allen Rooney, Andy Vagg & Joel Roberts.
Devils Street Art at Dark Mofo - 2017
Digital animation & interactive street art made with people experiencing unemployment.
Exhibited in the Sultan Market Street car park asking drivers to slow down to save the Tasmanian Devil. Audience could interact with the driving animation to slow it down.
ARTISTS INVOLVED:
Jamin, Caroline Amos, Matt Daniels, Matthew Fargher,
Richard Bladel and Cary Littleford.
PROJECT PARTNERS:
My Pathway, Workskills Dark Mofo and Sultan Parking
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The Happiness Project 2011 - 2016
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​Personal story & film making with regional communities.
Positive mental health & literacy promotion project with 1686 participants from 8 communities and 28 producing partner organisations across Tasmania to make 72 short films that explored their stories about the true nature of happiness.
PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDED:
https://www.sheshredsaustralia.org/, wayraparatee Child & Family Centre, Geeveston, Geeveston Primary School, Cygnet Primary School, Cygnet Arts Council, Dover District High School, South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation, Glenorchy City Council, Life Without Barriers, Karadi Aboriginal Corporation, Phoenix Centre, Oatlands Multi Purpose Health Centre, Flinders Island Multi Purpose Health Centre and Levendale Primary School (which was closed down, sadly.)
ARTISTS INVOLVED:
Richard Bladel, Andy Vagg, Jim Everett, Troy Melville, Matt Daniels, Angela Frost, Richie Hallal, Matthew Newton, Matthew Fargher, Roger Scholes, David Pyefinch and Max Bladel
Angels of Our Better Nature 2014 - 2015
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Digital storytelling with people with a disability.
People with acquired brain injuries explored the nature of caring and being cared for through digital photography, sound, animation and music. They designed a unique delivery system for their digital art - a 2.1 metre tall aluminium head with 4 screens and headphones that presents these digital artworks in diverse public spaces.
PROJECT PARTNER:
Headway rebuilding lives.
ARTISTS INVOLVED:
Richard Bladel, Max Meyer, Les Allester, Matt Daniels, Matthew Fargher and Max Bladel.
Images reproduced by kind permission from Kickstart Arts
My enduring respect & gratitude goes to everyone at Kickstart Arts where over 19 years I was able to connect with so many beautiful communities from all over Tasmania.
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The images are reproduced by permission from Kickstart Arts and the wonderful project photographers Karen Brown and Fred Assenheimer
CONTACT ME
Do you have questions about any of my work? Would you like to collaborate together on a project? Please feel free to get in touch with me today.
398 Huon Road South Hobart
Tasmania Australia 7004
0447 334 474
