The inaugural Two Fires festival of Arts and Activism was held in Braidwood in 2005. A new kind of festival for Australia’s cultural landscape, it took its inspiration from the life and work of prominent local poet, conservationist and reconciliation activist Judith wright.
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The Festival has been held biennially in Braidwood since 2005. It has consistently attracted a range of talented and inspiring performers, artists, writers and activists, and gained a reputation for providing a uniquely adventurous program with a wide range of creative and intellectual offerings. It has taken pride in exploring renewed contact with land and community.
While the Festival is locally run and organised, its impact and influence spread far beyond Braidwood. As the only (known) festival of Arts and activism in Australia, it has attracted nationally and internationally renowned speakers and performers, and a wide audience.
Three of our 2013 presenters recently received significant awards for their work – Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe each received the Prime Minister’s Literary Award (for Australian History and Young Adult Fiction respectively), and Jenni Kemarre Martiniello the 2013 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for glass sculpture, such as was shown at Altenburg & Co as part of the Deadly Art Show in 2013.
There are many challenges in creating the Two Fires Festival in Braidwood every two years, as well as many benefits to our town and its surrounds. We are keen to receive feedback from the local community as we consider possibilities for 2015. Do you have any ideas? Do you want to be involved?
Please email enquiries@twofiresfestival.org.au or write to PO Box 108 Braidwood 2622 by mid February.
Many thanks
Merrie Hamilton, Gwenna Green and Julia Green
Working Group, Two Fires Festival
