{"product_id":"boatbird","title":"Boatbird","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoatbird\u003c\/em\u003e is an illustrated allegory of journeying created by Jo Pollitt and Lilly Blue, the makers of \u003cem\u003eBIG Kids Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. With multiple readings for children and adults, \u003cem\u003eBoatbird\u003c\/em\u003e offers a poetic way of telling stories that can be difficult to hear. At a time when we are seeing an alarming increase of displacement worldwide, along with a a rise in anxiety and disconnection, \u003cem\u003eBoatbird\u003c\/em\u003e encourages listening with compassion and care. \u003cem\u003eBoatbird\u003c\/em\u003e was created through a responsive process where the words and images of Pollitt and Blue were cut and choreographed to arrive at a co-authored work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA limited edition art book for adults and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerously supported by The Adès Family Foundation.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the authors:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJo Pollitt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis an artist scholar and Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow with the Centre for People, Place \u0026amp; Planet and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University. Her research is grounded in a twenty-year practice of working with improvisation as methodology across multiple performed, choreographic, curatorial and publishing platforms. She was an inaugural Forrest Creative and Performance Fellow, is convenor of Dance Research Australasia and co-lead of #FEAS: Feminist Educators Against Sexism. Jo co-founded BIG Kids Magazine and The Ediths, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe dancer in your hands\u003c\/em\u003e. Her current research ‘Staging Weather’ focuses on expanding meteorological weather knowledges to address the instability of climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLilly Blue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and researcher working with feminist curatorial practices, artist literacies and multigenerational participatory practice. For over 30 years she has developed practice-led pedagogies that harness non-didactic, open-ended, entangled methods. Currently Head of Learning and Creativity Research at the Art Gallery of Western Australia she conceives and collaborates on projects that amplify the experience of children and marginalised groups as critical and valuable in activating ethical futures. Lilly was instrumental in the development of The Creativity Framework at Sydney Opera House, is co-founder of contemporary arts publication BIG Kids Magazine and a current PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42238584422455,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/Boatbird-Pollitt_J-Blue_L-9780645984033_COVER03-scaled.jpg?v=1779074760","url":"https:\/\/upswell-publishing.myshopify.com\/products\/boatbird","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}