Great Arts Stories

Regional Arts Australia has recently launched Big Story Country, the third book in the series of great arts stories from regional Australia. Big Story Country and its predecessors Heartwork (2004) and The Great Yarn Event and other stories from regional Australia (1998) were produced in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts.

The three books showcase stories about the great, the curious, the inspirational and the most creative arts and artistic events that have happened in the towns, cities and remote communities of regional Australia. The books are a permanent reminder of the powerful role of the arts in the heart of regional Australia.

Around 5-6,000 copies of each book has been distributed across Australia to government, community and arts leaders, as well as the media, artists, arts workers and libraries. It is a way of sharing our stories with Australians everywhere.

The books are in Acrobat PDF format. You can download the Reader by clicking HERE. If you experience problems downloading, try 'Right Clicking' your mouse on the link, then select 'Save As...' from the pop up menu.

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	Big story country: great arts stories from regional Australia Written from conversations with Moya Sayer-Jones Published 2008 Download Big Story Country To order a print copy, please contact the regional arts agency in your state or territory...click here for contact details. Big Story Country was launched at the biennial national regional arts conference, art at the heart, in Alice Springs on 4 October 2008 to over 1,000 delegates. View slideshow shown at book launch (mpeg 6.2MB) Eight stories from Big Story Country were made into vignettes and broadcast on SBS.
	Heartwork: great arts stories from regional Australia Published 2004 Introduction (178kb) Section 1 - Artists and communities (436kb) Section 2 - A springboard for young people (555kb) Section 3 - Celebrating place and history (465kb) Section 4 - Sustaining arts practice (504kb) Section 5 - Creativity and diversity (453kb) Section 6 - Art out there (490kb)
	The Great Yarn Event and other stories from regional Australia Published 1998 Introduction (50kb) Part 1 (497kb) Part 2 (519kb) Part 3 (489kb) Part 4 (489kb)

The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative delivered in partnership Regional Arts Australia.