Transformative Justice - Arts law forum

Transformative Justice - sentence kids to art not jail - Arts/Law forum and provocation around design leadership

Featuring Rachel Barnard

Co-Founder, Executive Director Young New Yorkers

Join us for this topical discussion about young people, the justice system and the power of the arts to transform lives 

Rachel Barnard is an architect, project manager and public artist. On graduating from Columbia University with a Masters of Science (Advanced Architectural Design) in 2011, Rachel was awarded the Goodman Fellowship for her public art proposal, Young New Yorkers, aiming to give voice to 16- and 17-year-olds who are sentenced classified as adults in New York State. Thanks to an incredible team Young New Yorkers is now an alternative to incarceration, yet secretly Rachel still leads it as a world-changing public art project.

Panelists:

o Rachel Barnard, Co-founder, Exec Director - Young New Yorkers 
o Professor Pam O’Connor, Head of USC Law
o Damian Atkinson, Barrister, Chair of Youth Advocacy Centre
o Jandamarra Cadd, Artist, Archibald Prize Finalist

Showcase Artist: Asher Chapman

Tickets: $25 for SCCA members, $30 non-members
Date/Time: Thursday August 18th evening 6.00pm for 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Place: University of the Sunshine Coast lecture theatre LT3

Join us in the USC Art Gallery afterwards for nibbles and music, cash bar available

Surplus funds going to AIME - Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience 

Sponsors & partners

Principal Sponsor: Sajen Legal
Hosting Partner: University of the Sunshine Coast
Event Partners: Deicke Richards, Sunshine Coast Architecture Network, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance & Young New Yorkers