Creative Recovery and Resilience Residences [2021-2022]

Creative Recovery and Resilience Residences [2021-2022]

The Creative Recovery and Resilience Residences for cross sector, digital technology and innovation modelled distinct ways to cultivate long-term relationships and professional development, which can have enduring impact for participating artists and organisations. The project was co-led by Vahri McKenzie and Denise Thwaites of the 

Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum [2021-2022]

Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum [2021-2022]

The Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum provided a high-level framework for exploring themes, issues and opportunities for the ACT creative sector relating to recovery and resilience, for the benefit of project participants and the ACT creative ecology more broadly. The Forum was co-led by Vahri 

Love Death Taxes [2020]

Love Death Taxes [2020]

L-R standing: Vanessa Yeomans, Carolyn Forte, Sky River, Kathy Boxall, Fran Gronow, Jen Kain, Chrissy Maddison, Zai Burke, Lachlan Kelly, Gordon Nankivell, Millie Kitchener L-R seated: Sharon Kennedy, Beth Ferguson, Siobhan Maiden, Vahri McKenzie, Andrew Robinson, Cherie Fielder, Theresa Wilks.  Photograph by Kate Ingarfield. Siobhan 

Love You, Stranger [2019]

Love You, Stranger [2019]

A dramatic dance choreographed by Shona Erskine and presented at The Blue Room Theatre, 26 November – 14 December 2019, Love You, Stranger tells three true crime stories of Australian women. Vahri McKenzie researched the cases of Audrey Jacob, Ellen Thomson and Martha Rendell to 

The Other Writing Group [2015 – 2017]

The Other Writing Group [2015 – 2017]

The Other Writing Group offered a workshop model for writers to explore the embodied dimensions of writing in a community of peers to enhance individual creative writing practices. This research shows that relaxation and repetition are important strategies in a productive writing practice. The workshop model