Octapod is a resource base for creative projects in the Hunter region.

Our purpose is to inspire new ideas in arts and media practice and support a creative and diverse arts sector. Our program includes:

CULTURAL RESOURCES - where we provide resources and services to the local community:

• Information, advice and referrals
• meeting/workshop space for Octapod members
• Media Space (offering low cost film making and editing equipment for Octapod members)
• nationally significant Zine Library
• Residency Program (offering 24/7 access to shared office space)  
• grant auspicing service  

For more information about the resources and services that Octapod can offer, contact Christina via admin[at]octapod.org or call 02 4927 0470.

KEY PROJECTS - where we provide leadership, governance, management and operational supervision for a limited number of key projects:

• This Is Not Art Festival - an annual 4 day festival of independent, emerging and experimental arts and media: www.thisisnotart.org
• Culturehunter.org - a website dedicated to arts and culture in the Hunter region: www.culturehunter.org
• PODspace Gallery - an artist-run-initiative, supporting emerging and established artists: http://podspacegallery.blogspot.com/

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS - where we work in partnership with community organisations or artists to deliver arts based projects.

2012 projects are:

• Art Counts - exhibition and workshop series for people with a disability, produced in partnership with the Disability Network Hunter.
• Hunter Arts Access Network (HAAN) - a Hunter wide network supporting accessible arts.

PAST PROJECTS
 

• SeedPod - Octapod's Community Cultural Development (CCD) Program - designed to support artists to work with communities on creative projects. The 2011 SeedPod recipients were: Tara Jones and Helen Hopcroft.
• More Past Projects coming soon...