Peter Wright, Ph.D. (2003), is Associate Professor of Education at Murdoch University. He is an award winning researcher working at the intersections of Education, the Arts, and Health with a commitment to learning in, with, through, and for the Arts.

Barry Down, Ph.D. (1992), is Professor of Education at Murdoch University. His research interests include young people's lives in the context of shifts in the global economy and escalating levels of poverty, student dis/re/engagement, teachers' work and school change.

This book provides a unique insiders account of Big hART, one of Australia's leading participatory arts organisations. Drawing on the experiences of young people, elders, artists and community activists it maps a series of cultural learnings, transformation and social change