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This chapter addresses community engagement presented through a large local, inner urban project held in the City of Fremantle in 2009. It was an ambitious project with many challenges. This is a timely reflection on the benefits and pitfalls of a project of this scale, which included a large community-based exhibition presented in sites throughout the city and a closing event that became an interactive performance engaging both exhibitor and viewer. The project was carried out within a very tight time frame of 5 months from conception through to completion, and required the coordination of a complex set of inter-related tasks associated with the securing of funding, liaison with key stakeholders and general management of the processes associated with working with community and the presentation of a range of events that, on reflection, represented a mini festival.
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Kidogo Art House is located on the small beach, Bathers Beach, that defines the edge of the city of Fremantle and housed the bamboo works created by visiting international artist, Maria Blaisse for the duration of the Fremantle on the Edge exhibition.
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Farren, A., Spanbroek, N. (2014). Fremantle on the Edge: A Community Collaboration. In: Tiwari, R., Lommerse, M., Smith, D. (eds) M² Models and Methodologies for Community Engagement. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-11-8_9
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