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[[Frontyard]] is a pro-active, multi-purpose space where the local arts loving community come together for practical skills-sharing, critical research, food and fun.
Frontyard is a [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/FRONTYARD/@-33.9098096,151.1563961,19.62z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12b064397001df:0x6a00c40044a29c3e!8m2!3d-33.9099202!4d151.1566589!16s%2Fg%2F11cls_3dxt?hl=en building], a [[:Category:Residencies|creative residency program]], a [[The Frontyard Library|library]], a [[The Frontyard Garden|garden]], and many other things, mostly located at [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/FRONTYARD/@-33.9098096,151.1563961,19.62z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12b064397001df:0x6a00c40044a29c3e!8m2!3d-33.9099202!4d151.1566589!16s%2Fg%2F11cls_3dxt?hl=en 228 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204].
Our aim is to facilitate and nurture collaborations between people with a mix of disciplines with a passion for culture and to build a more resilient and sustainable independent arts community for the future.
Join us on [[Slack]], [https://www.instagram.com/frontyardorg/ Instagram] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/139358427@N03/albums flickr].
== The Vibe ==
Frontyard’s [[monthly open house events]] are where open conversation takes place with the community. If you are a resident at Frontyard and one of the open house afternoons are on during your residency period, it would be appreciated if you could be there.
== In the words of others ==
[https://vernacularurbanisms.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/decommissioning-and-recommissioning-first-day-at-frontyard/ Decommissioning and recommissioning: first day at frontyard (May 2016)]
By Kirsten Seale (resident at frontyard)
Frontyard is, above all, concerned with the future of the arts as grounded, emplaced practice and theory within wider communities, and part of that involves decommissioning the arts from the discursive positions into which it has been forced by neo-liberal political and cultural economies.
Article on Frontyard from The Thousands (June 2016, now-offline)
By Jai Pyne (local artist/writer)
… Frontyard is less concerned with the product and more concerned with facilitating the making of art, involving the community in this process as well as reclaiming the arts back from the corner that they’ve been jammed into by our increasingly conservative government.
[https://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/2016/06/07/at-the-edges-of-art-and-technology/ At the Edges of Art, Technology and Democracy (June 2016)]
By Alexandra Crosby (previous resident and co-founder of frontyard)
[http://walkinglab.org/frontyard-a-starting-point/ Frontyard, a starting point (October 2016)]
By Mapping Edges (previous residents at Frontyard)
[https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/GKMC-02-2019-0018/full/html C2O and Frontyard: hacking the archives to design community spaces in Surabaya and Sydney]
By Luke Bacon, Kathleen Azali, Alexandra Crosby, Benjamin Forster
[https://archive.org/details/Frontyardoncanvas Frontyard for Canvas on FBi 94.5FM]
By Olivia Rosenman (Frontyard kimchi leader and local journalist)
== Organisation & Working Groups ==
Frontyard is organised around a series of working groups that cover the core activities and other projects, and by a committee known as the [[Janitors]] who are formally responsible for maintaining it.
Anyone is welcome to be involved in working groups and participate at frontyard. If you would like to get involved at frontyard, joining a working group that suits your interests could be a good place to start. Some As we are slowly adjusting to this relatively new model, some working groups are more established developed than others, if . If you would like to take up one of those below not yet active, get in touch.
Working groups don’t necessarily do all the work in a particular area – any special projects they take care of or initiate will still usually be offered up for anyone to join in on. For example the Building Maintenance working group might make an audit of maintenance tasks needing to be done, and then do a call out for helpers or propose a working bee to get them happening.
Each working group has a person responsible for keeping it rolling along, whose job it is simply to propose the next meeting.
! Group !! Responsible janitors
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| Residencies Working Group|| TBC
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| [[Building MaintenanceWorking Group]] || Tessa(Tender)
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| Garden Working Group || TBC
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| [[The Library & Publications Working Group]] || Tessa
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| [[Finance & fundraising Working Group]] || Ju
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| Inner West Council Connections Working Group|| TBC
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| Communications Working Group - Newsletter, Instagram, email, and so on. || TBC
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| [[Operations Working Group - Digital gardening, wiki weeding, helping things run smoothly ]] || Luke(Gardener)
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Frontyard is currently supported by a rental subsidy from Inner West Council (formerly Marrickville Council).
== Independent events at Frontyard ==
* 3 big tables
* about 20 assorted chairs
* 2 small gas oil heaters
* small kitchen with 2-burner electric cooktop, glassware, cutlery and flatware
* picnic blankets
* [[Online services used at Frontyard]]
* [[Frontyard surrounds - nearby coffee, food, beer, etc.]]
* [[Frontyard Playlist]]
