Call of the Running Tide a show stopper

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RADF Committee Chair, Councillor Abigail Noli. Image: Supplied.

Douglas Shire’s impressive list of supremely talented artists have been presented with the opportunity to deliver a collection of powerful artwork for the 2021 Call of The Running Tide event.

The Environmental Sculpture and Multimedia Festival will be held in Port Douglas and Mossman from 15 September to 1 October.

Call of the Running Tide Environmental Sculpture and Multimedia Festival is a biennial arts festival located in the Port Douglas area. Its aim is to respond to local, regional and global environmental issues.

Thanks to Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) funding, Douglas Shire Council was awarded almost $50,000 towards 12 local projects, including six which will be showcased at the environmental sculpture and multimedia festival in Port Douglas and Mossman from September 17 to 27 this year.

The other six successful projects range from book research to art workshops.

RADF Committee Chair, Councillor Abigail Noli, said she was excited to see how the various projects progressed.

“This year’s applications were of a very high calibre, for a wide range of projects.

“Through this RADF grant program, Council are able to support emerging and established creatives in the Shire with funds to develop and produce new works,” said Clr Noli.

She said the RADF program is also able to assist community art groups gain training, host workshops and build their capacity.

“Upcoming art events in 2021 will be a great showcase for our local talent.”


Inaugural event


The inaugural Call of the Running Tide event was held for 10 days at indoor and outdoor Port Douglas and Mossman sites in October 2019. Thirty artists supported and guided by an experienced curator, created spectacular and thought-provoking sculptures, multimedia art, night-time projections and installations that responded to the region’s unique environment.

The festival attracted 6,000 visitors and had widespread acclaim from the local community, intrastate, interstate and international visitors.

A small and committed team of artists through Port Douglas Artists developed CRT. Rosey Cummings (Co-Ordinator) and Jill Chism (Curator), a local, nationally renowned, Environmental and Public Art practitioner, led the team and brought the CRT concept into fruition in 2019 with the Inaugural CRT Festival.

Funding was obtained through several arts organisations and grant bodies. Douglas Shire council made significant in kind and monetary contributions.

Local Artists and their Call of the Running Tide projects:

  • Jill Chism – ‘Marine Flowering’ & ‘Can You See The Trees?’
  • Tim Ellis – ‘Melting Earth’
  • Victoria Park – ‘Alien Landscape’
  • Danielle Piat – ‘Microfibre Pollution’
  • Rosey Cummings – CoTRT Festival Marketing
  • Andrea Collisson – 2 x Artworks for CoTRT 21

Other successful artists and their projects:

  • Douglas Studio Arts Gallery (DAB) – Screen-printing Workshop
  • Mossman Support Services – Youth Music Enrichment – Music Lessons
  • Pamela Willis Burden – ‘Beneath Tropic Skies’ – Book Research
  • Chrissie McLaughlin – Art Event Hosting
  • Gail Shaw – Tropical Sketchfest Event, 2021
  • North Of The Daintree River Arts Society Inc. – ‘Stop in the name of art’- Art Classes

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