An exciting community arts program has proven that, through arts and culture, we can develop rural women's skills and build strong, cohesive rural communities.
Psychologists use art to help people sort out their problems.
Now an exciting community arts program has proven that, through arts and culture, we can develop rural women's skills and build strong, cohesive rural communities - the Uniting our Rural Communities project. This leadership training project was funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Rural Adjustment Scheme, State Governments and many local supporters, and organised by the Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women. It addressed major needs identified in evaluations of the First International Conference on Women in Agriculture by providing rural women with transferable skills to enhance their lives and confidence. It gave women skills they could use to improve their farms, businesses and communities. By focusing on an arts project, women could develop vital life skills.