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Creative Dialogues: Conversations on Creativity, Ecology and the Future

When:
20 June 2026 12:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Engage in meaningful conversations, exchange perspectives, and imagine new possibilities at this FREE event for creative practitioners.

Creative Dialogues in The Music Lounge with MCs Adriana Māhanga Lear and Anastasia Murney

12pm - 12.50pmLocal Artists: Working at the nexus of creativity and ecology
Bianca Hester, Freya Garbett, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove, The Green Room
1.15pm - 1.35pmCreative Climate: Mobilising through culture and the arts
Angharad Wynne-Jones (Creative Climate.org)
2pm - 2.30pmOn Country: Living Knowledge
In conversation with Stephanie Beaupark, Nicole Smede & Lizzie Buckmaster Dove
2.30pm - 3pmVOICES Walking Tour
Join the makers to hear more about this creative collab. Tour starts at the Town Hall fountain at 2.30pm
3pm - 4.15pmEmergent Futures
Nicole Smede: Plants & music
April Phillips: Futurism, media arts
4.30pm - 4.45pmCreative Wollongong Short Film Festival Favourites
Exotic Birds of the Illawarra and Birdwatcher
5pm - 6.15pmFEATURE PANEL: Threading the Future: Ecology, the Arts & Science
Local artists and experts explore how art, science, and ecology connect to shape a better future.
With Professor Tim Flannery, April Phillips, Angharad Wynne-Jones, Bianca Hester and  Stephanie Beaupark
6.15pm - 7pmPerformance by Freyja Garbett Trio
Drawing on a unique research project that turns wave motion into music, Garbett is joined by Max Alduca and Miles Thomas.

Drop-in activations | Wollongong Town Hall (12pm - 5pm)

  • Explore The Green Room at Wollongong Creative Studios, a temporary residency created by local artists, designers and ecological activists.
  • Wollongong Botanic Garden collaborative Nature Mural at Wollongong Creative Studios
  • Play & Pause: Breathing Spaces, mindful making with artist Michelle Heldon.
  • Native Bee Drop-in: Learn about the curious lives of bees with Educator Alison Mellor.
  • Typewriter Poet: Live, bespoke nature poems with Adara Enthaler
  • Nature in a Box: Playful comedian Ali Gordon is Nature’s Secretary
  • Meet Artist & Author Lizzie Buckmaster Dove: Walking with Moon
  • LOOK to SEE: Digital Artwork by April Phillip
  • The Picket Fence Project: Dr Virginia Keft's First Nations community arts project created across Dharawal and Yuin Country

Walking Distance | What's happening in the Wollongong CBD

  • Creative workshops at Wollongong Art Gallery led by Danielle Creenaune and April Phillips (bookings essential).
  • VOICES in the Wollongong CBD Spin a tube to activate this light and sound sculpture featuring music by local Ekrem Eli Phoenix, created by Pulsing Heart. Lower Crown Street Mall, opposite the Wesley Church.
  • Project Contemporary Art Space: Libby Bloxham celebrates 25 years of art practice. Featuring 28 life-size dogs made from recycled materials exploring our shared bond with animals.

Cover artwork by Tom Duffy