# Big hART
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{{Short description|Australian arts company}}
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'''Big ''h''ART''' is an Australian arts and social-justice company based in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania).
==History==
Big ''h''ART was founded in 1992 by playwright and director [Scott Rankin](/source/Scott_Rankin) and John Bakes[{{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}}] in [Burnie](/source/Burnie), north-western Tasmania,[{{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}}] with the aim of countering [disadvantage](/source/disadvantage) and a spike in crime following mill closures in the town.[{{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}}]
==Work==
The company initiates large scale, long-term [community cultural development](/source/Community_development) projects in disadvantaged communities in urban, regional and remote Australia.[{{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}}] 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).[{{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}}]
*Yijala Yala (Roebourne, 2010–).[{{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}}]
*[Namatjira](/source/Namatjira_Project) (Ntaria, 2009–) .[{{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}}]
*Smashed (Tasmania, 2010).[Wright, Peter: Evaluating Big ''h''ART's SMASHED project: Building Bridges for Personal, Social and Institutional Change. Perth: Murdoch University, 2011.]
*Nyuntu Ngali (Ernabella/ [Alice Springs](/source/Alice_Springs), 2009)[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.]
*''[Ngapartji Ngapartji](/source/Ngapartji_Ngapartji)'' (Alice Springs and surrounds, NT & SA, 2004–2009)[{{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}}][Palmer, Dave: Ngapartji Ngapartji: The Consequences of Kindness, evaluation report, Perth: Murdoch University, 2010.]
*Gold (NSW, 2006–2009)[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.]
*Drive (Tasmania, 2008–2009).[National Library of Australia. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/643231?q=big+hart&c=people Bigh ''h''ART]. Retrieved 12 November 2012]
*Love Zombies (Tasmania, 2009)[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.]
*This is Living (Tasmania, 2007–2008).[{{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}}]
*Drive in Holiday & Radio Holiday ([North West Tasmania](/source/North_West_Tasmania), 2005–2009).[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.]
*Lucky[{{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}}]
*Nuff Stuff (Groote Eylandt, Tennant Creek and Tiwi Islands, 2006)[{{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}}]
*Knot@Home (NSW, Vic and Tasmania, 2001–2004).[{{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}}]
*Hurt (NSW, Vic and Tasmania).[{{cite web|author=Rhys Graham|website=[Australian Centre for the Moving Image](/source/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}}]
==Awards==
===''Ngapartji Ngapartji''===
*[Deadly Awards 2008](/source/Deadly_Awards_2008) – Winner, Most Outstanding Achievement in Film, TV and Theatre[{{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 }}]
* [Sydney Theatre Awards](/source/Sydney_Theatre_Awards) 2008 – Winner, Best Lead Man Trevor Jamieson[{{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}}]
* Sydney Theatre Awards 2008 – Nominee, Best Mainstage Production
* Sydney Theatre Awards 2008 – Nominee, Best Direction[{{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}}]
* NT Innovation Awards 2008 Finalist[{{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 }}]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.bighart.org/}}
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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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