Big hART

{{Short description|Australian arts company}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Big ''h''ART}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = | former_name = Big hART | image = Big hART logo.jpg | image_border = | image_size = 300px | image_alt =  | caption = | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt =  | map_caption =  | map2 = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | successor = | formation = 1992 | extinction =  | type =  | status =  | purpose =  | headquarters = Burnie, Tasmania | location = Australia | coordinates =  | region_served = | membership = | language =  | general_secretary =  | leader_title = Creative Director | leader_name = Scott Rankin | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | key_people = | main_organ =  | parent_organization =  | affiliations =  | budget = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = {{url|https://www.bighart.org/}} | remarks = }} '''Big ''h''ART''' is an Australian arts and social-justice company based in Tasmania.

==History== Big ''h''ART was founded in 1992 by playwright and director Scott Rankin and John Bakes<ref>{{cite web | title=Scott Rankin | website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories | date= 10 Feb 2020| url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24325 | access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> in Burnie, north-western Tasmania,<ref>{{cite web | last=Lehman | first=Ros | title=Big hART's business of art: Marking 25 years of shining a light on hidden stories | website=ABC News | date=15 November 2017 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-16/the-art-of-business/8745120 | access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> with the aim of countering disadvantage and a spike in crime following mill closures in the town.<ref>{{cite web | last=Dillon | first=Netia | title=Q&A with Scott Rankin, CEO, Creative Director and Founder of BighART | website=Future Generation | date=13 October 2022 | url=https://futuregeninvest.com.au/2022/10/14/qa-with-bighart/ | access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

==Work== The company initiates large scale, long-term community cultural development projects in disadvantaged communities in urban, regional and remote Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-16/the-art-of-business/8745120|title=Big hART's business of art: Marking 25 years of shining a light on hidden stories|author=Ros Lehman|date=16 November 2017|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Projects are task-focused and are to increase social, cultural and economic participation for community members following a three-step model approach.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

==Projects== Projects by Big ''h''ART include, among others: *Museum of the Long Weekend (Canberra 2013).<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum of the Long Weekend|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/museum-of-the-long-weekend-2013/33278/|website=Screen Australia}}</ref> *Yijala Yala (Roebourne, 2010–).<ref>{{cite interview |last= Campbell|first= Stuart|subject-link= |interviewer= Ellie|title= Yijala Yala Project|work= ABC Pool|url= http://pool.abc.net.au/media/ellie-stuart-campbell-yijala-yala-project|access-date=3 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115021746/http://pool.abc.net.au/media/ellie-stuart-campbell-yijala-yala-project|archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> *Namatjira (Ntaria, 2009–) .<ref>{{cite web|author=Amanda Smith|date=22 August 2010|title=Namatjira|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/namatjira/3021362|access-date=15 November 2012}}</ref> *Smashed (Tasmania, 2010).<ref>Wright, Peter: Evaluating Big ''h''ART's SMASHED project: Building Bridges for Personal, Social and Institutional Change. Perth: Murdoch University, 2011.</ref> *Nyuntu Ngali (Ernabella/ Alice Springs, 2009)<ref name="PalmerDr">Palmer, Dr. David; James, Dr. Diana; Wright, Dr. Peter & Windmill: Suite of Arts and Wellbeing Projects; April 2009 – June 2010. Evaluation Reports, Perth: Murdoch University, 2010.</ref> *''Ngapartji Ngapartji'' (Alice Springs and surrounds, NT & SA, 2004–2009)<ref name="dailytelegraph">{{cite news|author=Gary Smith|date=16 January 2008|title=Review: Ngapartji Ngapartji, Belvoir Street Theatre|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/review-ngapartji-ngapartji/story-e6frev39-1111115327660|access-date=10 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927092057/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/review-ngapartji-ngapartji/story-e6frev39-1111115327660|archive-date=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref>Palmer, Dave: Ngapartji Ngapartji: The Consequences of Kindness, evaluation report, Perth: Murdoch University, 2010.</ref> *Gold (NSW, 2006–2009)<ref name="PalmerDr" /> *Northcott Narratives (Surry Hills – Sydney, 2003–2007).<ref>Palmer, Dave & Wright, Peter: 'People now know me for something Positive': An Evaluation of Big ''h''ART's work at the John Northcott Estate, Perth: Murdoch University, 2007.</ref> *Drive (Tasmania, 2008–2009).<ref>National Library of Australia. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/643231?q=big+hart&c=people Bigh ''h''ART]. Retrieved 12 November 2012</ref> *Love Zombies (Tasmania, 2009)<ref name="PalmerDave">Palmer, Dave: I'm Only Young But That's How I Will Feel Forever. The Evaluation of Big ''h''ART's Lucky Project, Perth: Murdoch University, 2008.</ref> *This is Living (Tasmania, 2007–2008).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anica Boulanger-Mashberg|website=Tasmanian Times|date=2 April 2009|url=http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/this-is-living-artswork-reviews|title=This is Living: arts@work reviews}}</ref> *Drive in Holiday & Radio Holiday (North West Tasmania, 2005–2009).<ref>Wright, Peter: 'It's Like Thinking With Both Sides of Your Brain'. Big ''h''ART's LUCKY Project: An Imaginative Intervention, Perth: Murdoch University, 2008.</ref> *Lucky<ref name="PalmerDave" /> *Junk Theory (Cronulla Shire – Sydney, 2006–2009).<ref>{{cite news|author=Yvette Barry|title=Junk Theory, a floating multimedia artwork|work=ABC Hobart|date=26 March 2009|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/03/26/2527226.htm}}</ref> *Nuff Stuff (Groote Eylandt, Tennant Creek and Tiwi Islands, 2006)<ref name="wsis-award">{{cite web|title=BIG hART|website=World Summit Award|url=http://www.wsis-award.org/winner/big-hart-57820100625|access-date=3 December 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416122126/http://www.wsis-award.org/winner/big-hart-57820100625|archive-date=16 April 2013}}</ref> *Knot@Home (NSW, Vic and Tasmania, 2001–2004).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://regionalartsnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/big_hart_jun_03.pdf|author=Rod Ainsworth & Jack Ritchie|title=North West & Far West Regions|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> *Hurt (NSW, Vic and Tasmania).<ref>{{cite web|author=Rhys Graham|website=Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)|title=Faces Etched, Scarred and Engraved Beyond Their Years|url=http://www.acmi.net.au/remembrance/r2/big_hart/artist_fs.html|access-date=3 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010440/http://www.acmi.net.au/remembrance/r2/big_hart/artist_fs.html |archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref>

==Awards== ===''Ngapartji Ngapartji''=== *Deadly Awards 2008 – Winner, Most Outstanding Achievement in Film, TV and Theatre<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bmamag.com/articles/exhibitionist/20120717-ngapartji-ngpartji/ |title=Ngapartji Ngapartji One |author=Ben Hermann |magazine=BMA Magazine |date=17 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2013 |quote=Written by Jamieson and Big hART's Creative Director Scott Rankin, the production was awarded the 2008 Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Achievement in Film, TV and Theatre... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030757/http://www.bmamag.com/articles/exhibitionist/20120717-ngapartji-ngpartji/ |archive-date=2 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Sydney Theatre Awards 2008 – Winner, Best Lead Man Trevor Jamieson<ref name=sta2008>{{cite web | title=2008 | website=Sydney Theatre Awards | date=4 March 2016 | url=http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414200014/http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2008 | archive-date=14 April 2021 | url-status=live | access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> * Sydney Theatre Awards 2008 – Nominee, Best Mainstage Production * Sydney Theatre Awards 2008 – Nominee, Best Direction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2008|title=Sydney Theatre Awards 2008|work=Sydney Theatre Awards|year=2008|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414200014/http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> * NT Innovation Awards 2008 Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnicholasgroup.com.au/stage/ngapartji-ngapartji |title=Ngapartji Ngapartji |work=Glynn Nicholas Group |date=October 2004 |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-date=20 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120162507/http://www.gnicholasgroup.com.au/stage/ngapartji-ngapartji |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{official|https://www.bighart.org/}}

Category:Culture of Tasmania Category:Community development organizations Category:Theatre companies in Australia Category:Organisations based in Tasmania Category:Indigenous Australians in Tasmania

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