{"id":1459,"date":"2022-11-30T04:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2022-11-30T04:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:18:16","slug":"the-community-curator-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2022\/11\/the-community-curator-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Community Curator Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1462\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1462 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SophieGribble.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Curator Sophie Gribble with some of her collaborators (L to R): Kobi Steward, Manduway Dutton, Nathan Brennan and Lizzy Rutten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Community Curator Project was funded by Create NSW through the Local Government Authority Arts and Cultural Programs stream in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Community Curators were recruited to locate stories and objects missing or under-represented in the museum collection.<\/p>\n<p>Following training in the essentials of museum practice, Community Curators worked with their communities and networks to identify stories that mattered to them and that they wanted to see in the new museum in Yarrila Place. They then worked with local arts workers such as photographers and filmmakers to document these diverse histories and experiences and create new content. Videos were made, interviews and oral histories recorded and special items were identified and donated to the collection.<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating stories from the Gumbaynggirr, refugee, surfing, alternative health and education communities were revealed.<\/p>\n<p>These stories are now accessible to the community and will enrich and diversify the museum\u2019s exhibitions, public programs and education activities in an ongoing way. Find out more about the Project, and see the end results, <a href=\"https:\/\/coffs.recollect.net.au\/nodes\/view\/75784\">in Coffs Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Senior Curator Gallery &amp; Museum, Joanna Besley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Curator Project was funded by Create NSW through the Local Government Authority Arts and Cultural Programs stream in 2020. Ten Community Curators were recruited to locate stories and objects missing or under-represented in the museum collection. Following training in the essentials of museum practice, Community Curators worked with their communities and networks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2022\/11\/the-community-curator-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Community Curator Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}