Vic McEwan is the Artistic Director and co-founder of The Cad Factory, an artist-led organisation whose work and practice aims to enrich broader conversations about the role the arts can play within our communities.

Vic is a leading practitioner in the field of socially engaged practice and joins us to discuss how this guides his work and The Cad Factory’s professional development and mentorship programs dedicated to exploring the ethics and expanding the community of practice around socially engaged work. 

He shares some of The Cad Factory’s impactful projects around community preparedness in the regional communities of Falls Creek and Menindee, and discusses the leadership opportunities for arts organisations to navigate a changing world and facilitate nuanced explorations of complex community issues.

Links and resources:

The Cad Factory

https://www.cadfactory.com.au

From Menindee: Project description and short documentary 

https://www.cadfactory.com.au/from-menindee 

CASE Incubator 

https://www.cadfactory.com.au/case-incubator 

Socially Engaged Art Practice: A Responsibility Towards Care, Vic McEwan for Arts Hub

https://www.cadfactory.com.au/_files/ugd/a2d021_4548711a50084d29a60957f72f37ace9.pdf 

The Clontarf Academy

https://clontarf.org.au/

Produced by Scotia Monkivitch and Jill Robson, edited and mixed by Tiffany Dimmack.

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