enCounter: a book of regional museum inspired short stories
enCounter is about museums. It’s about the experience that museums can provide, whether it’s a deep dive into our media landscape, flights of fantasy about disappearing crafts, childhood views of dusty cabinets, ancient tales weaving through modern landscapes or revealing chats with staff, museums offer a myriad of ways for visitors to react to what the museum offers. This book captures just some of those possibilities. It also captures the wealth of creative drive in regional NSW. Writers, curators, mentors and artists have combined to bring about a multi-disciplinary project that includes this book, two installations, 11 museums and 14 creative practitioners. Stories are by Helena Pastor, Catherine Moffat, Val Clark, Jason Richardson, Deborah Henley, Jamie Derkenne, Margaret (Peggy) Aitken, Alex Rosenblum, and Leah Szántó.
$15 for local pickup (Dubbo/Wellington)
$20 per book posted (covers postage and handling within Australia only)
This project is an outcome of Orana Arts’ Volunteers. Artists. Museums. Program (VAMP), that seeks to develop innovative programs that connect museums to artists, communities and visitors in new and exciting ways. enCounter is an Orana Art’s project supported by South East Arts and West Darling Arts. It has been funded by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
