PAST EVENTS
SOUL SAFARI MELBOURNE 2017 COMPLETE PROGRAM
9am to 5.30pm on Friday 2 & Saturday 3 June
The Establishment Studios, 23 Grattan Street, Prahran, VIC 3181
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Friday 2 June 2017
MAKE IT OR MAKE IT HAPPEN
Vanessa Holden, Founder, Soul Safari
CREATIVE (R)EVOLUTION
Rae Ganim, Designer | Cult icon Rae Ganim rose to fame as Australia discovered it’s unique design voice in the 1970’s and ‘80’s. She has contributed as a partner, a leader, a collaborator and a champion of the ever-evolving local design scene for decades: in this keynote conversation, she’ll share her long, bright, view on where we’ve been, and where we’re headed.
SEEKING SUPERBIA
Angela Perry, Nightingale Housing + Clare Cousins, Architect | As leaders on the paradigm-shifting team behind one of Melbourne’s most innovative multi-residential developments, Angela and Clare discuss the importance of design in creating a hyper-inclusive community, and a beautifully sustainable vision for city living.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise I - Vanessa Holden
YOUR OWN TWO HANDS
Christopher Boots, Industrial Designer | Christopher shares his sensual, visceral approach to design and how remaining hands-on has allowed him to develop a fiercely independent atelier that is as much about its community as its product.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise II - Vanessa Holden
THE MAKERS' MAKER
Tamara Maynes, Slow Maker, Stylist & Creative Director | Tamara shares her lifelong love affair with craft, why she’s turn- ing her hand to slow making, and the inspiration behind her on-site collaborative art installation for Soul Safari Melbourne.
AND, SCENE
Dan Honey, Director of Special Projects & Cultural Programs, Hotel Hotel | As well as being a physical place, Hotel Hotel is also a vessel for on-going cultural and artistic creation. Dan discusses how thoughtful programming can add layers to a place and foster collaboration and creativity.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise III - Vanessa Holden
TRUE NORTH
Bonnie Ashley, Designer & Co-Founder, Bonnie and Neil | One-half of the duo behind one of Australia’s most popular independent textile studios, Bonnie shares how her and husband Neil built a business on their own terms, executing and evolving a very personal vision while continuing to make everything by hand as their small studio continues to expand as an international brand.
Saturday 3 June 2017
MAKE IT OR MAKE IT HAPPEN
Vanessa Holden, Founder, Soul Safari
AGENT FOR CHANGE
Jeremy Wortsman, Director of The Jacky Winter Group | A big-hearted, brave creative leader, Jeremy discusses the intersections between art, commerce and technology and how he traverses all three areas while keeping people, connectivity and compassion front and center.
MIX MASTERS
Beci Orpin, Designer + Raph Rashid, Food Entrepreneur | Independently, illustrator Beci and food entrepreneur Raph are integral members of Melbourne’s creative community. Together, they are one of the city’s most visible culture couples. Learn how they combine forces to balance every facet of their dynamic creative and family lives.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise I - Vanessa Holden
WINDOW TO THE WORLD
Lucy Feagins, Founder & Editor, The Design Files | Lucy unpacks how sharing her personal point of view from Melbourne shifted the lifestyle conversation globally via the stories of the people, places and products she celebrates on her site, The Design Files.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise II - Vanessa Holden
SETTING NEW STANDARDS
Anna Ross, Founder & Director Kester Black, 2016 Telstra Australian Young Business Woman | Anna explains how - in defining a new path for herself - she created new benchmarks for ethical business practices in the cosmetics industry.
STORIED SPACES
Miriam Fanning, Principal, Mim Design | Interior designer Miriam discusses the complexities of delivering a single vision as the leader of a multi-disciplinary team, and how trusting the expertise and experience of collaborators results in unexpected, beautifully realized spaces, down to the last detail.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise III - Vanessa Holden
WEAVING A WORLD
Maryanne Moodie, Maker & Artist | Fibre-obsessed maker Maryanne shares how honing her craft took her on a journey from self-taught weaver to global collaborator and entrepreneur and how she has made it her business to pass her passion and skills onto budding weavers around the world.
CURIOUSER + CURIOUSER
William Tarlo, Co-Owner Tarlo & Graham | Co-owner of one of Melbourne's most inspiring retail spaces, William unpacks how the past holds the seeds of the future, and how the hunt for objet, oddities and originals propels him, and all of us, forward.
THE MAKERS’ MAKER
Tamara Maynes, Slow Maker, Stylist & Creative Director | Celebrating our collaboration installation!
SOUL SAFARI SYDNEY 2017 COMPLETE PROGRAM
9am to 6pm on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May
The School, 85 Dunning Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Friday, 26 May, 2017
MAKE IT OR MAKE IT HAPPEN
Vanessa Holden, Founder, Soul Safari
A PIVOT TO PURPOSE
Liane Rossler, Artist, Designer, Curator and Creative Advisor | How can we design our lives for maximum impact? Liane discusses her hands-on approach to sustainable design at Superlocalstudio and how her personal balance of art, culture and the environment extends into her everyday.
SETTING NEW STANDARDS
Anna Ross, Founder & Director, Kester Black, 2016 Telstra Australian Young Business Woman of the Year | Gamechanger Anna explains how, in defining a new path for herself, she created new benchmarks for ethical business practices in the cosmetics industry.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise I - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
THE SUM OF US
Kate Hurst + Elke Kramer, Co-Creative Directors, Common Knowledge | Explorers beyond the borders of typical studio practice, learn how Elke and Kate apply a uniquely multi-disciplinary approach to divergent projects and find magic in the mix.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise II - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
FORAGING THE FUTURE
Tracey Deep, Sculptor and Installation Artist, Floral Sculptures + Richard Unsworth, Garden Designer, Garden Life | Tracey and Richard share their patient, persistent and deeply personal expression working with ephemeral nature – growing and gathering their creative spirits as they create transportive living environments.
GET IT, TOGETHER
Ngaio Parr, Multidisciplinary Illustrator, Designer, and Curator, Founder of Make Nice | Ngaio and her Make Nice team are creating an online and real-life platform for, by, and about creative women to meet, support each other, make plans, and make it big. We talk why women, why now, and what 2017 will bring.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise III - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
LEADING BY LEARNING
Indira Naidoo, Founder, The Edible Balcony | Indira shares the story of how her own edible garden and insatiable curiosity triggered her transformation from a broadcast presenter to the trailblazer of a global community.
FOLLOWING A VISION
Jason Grant, Interior Stylist & Author | Taking a clear personal point of view and completing a vision, Jason shares how he translated his sunny Bondi attitude to the global market.
MAKE YOUR MARK
Elliott ‘Numskull’ Routledge, Artist | Artist Elliott shares how changing an environment changes attitudes, and how his high-vibe public murals have changed the pulse in places across Australia and around the world.
Saturday, 27 May, 2017
MAKE IT OR MAKE IT HAPPEN
Vanessa Holden, Founder, Soul Safari
LIVING COLOR
Louise Olsen, Designer and Co-Founder, Dinosaur Designs | Quiet icon Louise on the soft sensuality and enduring appeal of the handmade, her love affair with color, and her drive to make everyday moments beautiful by infusing artfulness into the everyday.
A STUDY IN SIMPLICITY
Henry Wilson, Industrial Designer, Henry Wilson Studio | With patience and precision, Henry discusses how he has built an exceptionally beautiful business on his own terms by rethinking, reinterpreting and elevating utilitarian objects.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise I - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP
Pepa Martin + Karen Davis, Co-Founders, Shibori Textiles | Pepa and Karen share the story of how an afternoon crafting session turned into a textile agency with a personality, momentum and following all its own.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise II - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
ALWAYS BE TRUE
Dion Horstmans, Designer and Do-er | A big heart with a big vision and bigger spirit, Dion discusses why inspiration is no substitute for getting in it and getting it done, how happiness is when it’s happening.
NICE WORK
Louise Bannister, Publisher, We Print Nice Things, Frankie, Lunch Lady | Making the choice to work with great people to produce beautiful things takes muscle, and manners. Louise shares how a positive attitude and an optimistic spirit informs every aspect of her studio, We Print Nice Things, and inspires great work from collaborators around the world.
DESTINATION: YOU
Exercise III - Megan Morton + Vanessa Holden
ACCESS ALL AREAS
Jo Pretyman, Founder, I-Manifest | Changemaker Jo talks about her work in breaking through barriers for a new generation, providing pathways for young people to pursue sustainable careers in the creative industries.
MENTORS MATTER
Kenya Peterson with Georgina Brown, Karina Pires + Megan Morton | Emerging Sydney creative - and high school student - Kenya shares how seeking encouragement, support and guidance has shaped her art practice, garnered an international following, and expanded her vision for her future.
COMING HOME
David Clark, Design Editor and Curator | An insightful and influential observer and creator of design trends, David discusses finding new horizons beyond publishing, and how exploring outside editorial enabled him to pursue deeper passions, and build bigger narratives.
MAKE YOUR MARK
Elliott ‘Numskull’ Routledge, Artist | Installation collaboration: in process + in conversation.
SOUL SAFARI GUIDES & SIGNS
SUNDAY, 5 JUNE, 10 AM - 2 PM AT THE SCHOOL
Saturday's events have been sold out for weeks and Sydney is overflowing with inspiration, so we've added a lo-fi, high-vibe Sunday Session to the program from 10am to 2pm. "SOUL SAFARI Guides & Signs" features six pioneering Australian Creative women:
Jess Scully, lead curator of VIVID Ideas on gathering and guiding global conversations
Fiona Caulfield of Love Travel India on travel as a trigger for change
Sculptor Anna-Wili Highfield with Megan Morton on building and finding your path from a singular vision
Architect Hannah Tribe & executive coach Helen Tribe on mentoring, mothering and female entrepreneurship
Plus, Beci Orpin's extraordinary art installation continues. Come help make it happen and stay to celebrate with us at our first-ever Soul Safari Instameet at 3pm! Find your fire - you'll leave inspired!
SOUL SAFARI SYDNEY: COMPLETE PROGRAM
VIVID IDEAS AT VIVID SYDNEY
SAT 4 - SUN 5 JUNE, 2016
THE SCHOOL, 85 DUNNING AVE, ROSEBERY NSW 2018
Saturday, 4 June, 2016
9.15am - 10am
MAKE IT OR MAKE IT HAPPEN
Vanessa Holden shares the story of her creative life and the power of making and traveling outside yourself to create transformative work.
9.15am - 10am
10am - 11am
ENDURING CREATIVITY WITH KEN DONE
A candid, colorful look back, and forward, with one of Australia’s brightest creative heroes.
10am - 11am
11am - 12pm
CHANGE/MAKING: PASSION MEETS PURPOSE
Sasha Titchkosky, of Koskela, on the extraordinary collaborative work that she's doing within and in support of indigenous communities in Australia - how that work began, and the impact that it has had on her personally, as well as the communities in which she works.
11am - 12pm
1pm - 2pm
STYLE SAFARI: SIBELLA COURT
Stylist, shopkeeper, and scene-maker Sibella Court on how her curiosity and passion for global handcrafts and craftsmanship have lead to a remarkably diverse career and extraordinary adventures along the way.
1pm - 2pm
2pm - 3pm
CRAFT + COMMERCE: THE BUSINESS OF MAKING
Author and commentator Karen McCartney, along with designer Khai Liew and Sarah O’Neill, of Small Spaces, discuss the realities, risks and the rewards of starting out, building a business, and establishing a successful career as a maker executing your own vision.
2pm - 3pm
3pm - 4pm
SOUL TRIBE: THE NEST CREATIVE SPACE
Bettina McIlwraith, along with members of The Nest Creative Space, share the story of how they came to work together, what that looks like in practice, and why they believe that collaborative work amplifies your creative process and impact.
3pm - 4pm
4pm - 5pm
A CLASS IN CONNECTION: THE STORY OF THE SCHOOL
Megan Morton, of The School, along with Jacqueline Fink, of Little Dandelion, on how they’ve built a global community, one class at a time, extending the reach of The School beyond its classroom and across the world, using technology with a personal touch to connect people around their passions.
4pm - 5pm
5pm - 6pm
CATALYTIC CREATIVITY: THE ALCHEMY OF INSPIRATION
Artist and designer Beci Orpin on inspiration - how to seek its spark, make it richer through research, and build on it to bring big ideas to life.
5pm - 6pm
Sunday, 5 June, 2016
10am - 2pm
SOUL SAFARI Guides & Signs
We're thrilled to host an additional Soul Safari SYDNEY session on Sunday. SOUL SAFARI Guides & Signs features six pioneering Australian creative women. Listen and learn with those who are digging, delving and developing new creative frontiers.
10am - 2pm
JESS SCULLY, CREATIVE CURATOR
Jess Scully, lead curator of VIVID Ideas speaks on gathering and guiding global cultural conversations.
FIONA CAULFIELD, LOVE TRAVEL INDIA
Fiona Caulfield of Love Travel India talks about travel as a trigger for change, and travelling outside yourself to connect with your creativity.
ANNA-WILI HIGHFIELD, SCULPTOR & MEGAN MORTON, THE SCHOOL
Sculptor Anna-Wili Highfield and Megan Morton discuss building from a singular vision and how they each found their own, decidedly different, path.
HANNAH TRIBE, ARCHITECT & HELEN TRIBE, EXECUTIVE COACH
Architect Hannah Tribe and executive coach Helen Tribe talk mentoring, mothering, female entrepreneurship and balancing bold careers with big hearts.
3pm
LIVE ART & INSTAMEET WITH BECI ORPIN
Beci Orpin’s extraordinary art installation continues - come help make it happen, and stay to celebrate with us at our first ever Soul Safari Instameet at 3!
3pm