City Canvas, Public Art and Creative Sport

Co-hosted by Art/Play/Risk and Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate (SkateCER)

The City Canvas, was an interdisciplinary symposium that envisions the city as a dynamic playground, where public art and creative urban sports converge to create rich potential for urban play, with a special focus on the needs of young adults and other non-traditional users of public space.

Co-hosted by ART/PLAY/RISK, led by artist and academic Dr. Sanné Mestrom with Nadia Odlum, in partnership with the Skate, Create, Educate, and Re-Generate initiative, led by skateboarder and scholar Dr. Indigo Willing, this event challenges us to transcend traditional boundaries and reimagine our urban landscapes.

Free Registration (tickets sold out)

Program / Intro at Art/Play/Risk

Presenters and Speakers (including from arts world)

SkateCER Sponsored Speakers (emerging leaders in skate and creative sport communities with full bios)

Community and Research Informed Policies and Planning for the Cities of the Future

Photos of various invited speakers from the skateaboarding world including Simon Bogalo, Lead designer from Convic Skateparks, Aaron Christiansen, landscape architect 2nd year student UNSW, and the SkateCER invited speakers listed here

Additional Events by SkateCER

In addition to co-hosting the symposium as an event partner, SkateCER sponsored events included the ‘Meet the Spinifex Team‘ on Thurs 17th October at Passport Store and Gallery, and Boardworld and World of Wheelcraft on Sat 19th October.

Another key event was the Grey Spaces, Urban Play and Public Places panel for Festival of Urbanism and with a demonstration of skateable art at 4pm and panel at 5.30pm. Read more here

SkateCER would like to thank all our partners and supporters from The University of Sydney, (USYD) the skate community and skate industry – all listed here

Special thanks to SSSHARC at USYD and the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Gary Bouma Grant awarded to Dr Willing for funding the ‘In conversation – Skating, Creating, Educating and Regenerating from Subculture to Olympic Sport’ session on Day 1 and the 8 community and research presentations on Day 2.