# 157 What Can We Learn From Activist Artists in Australia? Part 1

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Podcast: [ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/art-is-change-strategies-skills-for-activist-artists-cultural-organizers-917696)
Published: 2025-12-24T11:45:00+00:00
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When I describe BIGhART to folks in the U.S. they accuse me of making it up. What if telling a story could rewrite history, heal generational trauma, and reclaim a community’s stolen legacy? In a world where the voices of marginalized communities are often silenced or distorted, this episode explores how the arts—through projects like BIGhART and the Ngapartji Ngapartji and Namatjira initiatives—can become powerful instruments of cultural justice, truth-telling, and transformation. If you’ve ever wondered how creativity can confront systems of power and elevate unheard voices, this story offers living proof. In this episode we: Discover how a small arts organization in Australia sparked a global movement for Indigenous rights, language preservation, and youth empowerment. Learn how performance, storytelling, and community-led creativity dismantled colonial narratives and reclaimed stolen intellectual property. Be inspired by Scott Rankin’s vision of sacred, process-centered artistry that goes beyond performance to become a force for healing, justice, and deep social change. BIO Scott co-founded Big hART with friend John Bakes in 1992. As CEO and Creative Director, Scott leads the overarching vision for all Big hART projects – from pilot through to legacy. A leader and teacher in the field of social and cultural innovation, Scott provides daily mentorship and knowledge transfer to all Big hART staff so that they can in turn lead our projects with confidence. An award winning writer and director in his own right, Scott’s works have been included many times in major arts festivals. His reputation is built on a quarter of a century of work, creating, funding and directing large-scale projects in diverse communities with high needs, in isolated settings. Big hART is Scott’s…

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