Streets Alive is auspiced by the Interweave Arts Association Inc. Incorporated in 1999, Interweave was created with the aim of promoting arts, education, culture and community and it's members have been integral to the on-going success and artistic program of each Streets Alive festival.

Mission

Interweave empowers communities through the creation of innovative art processes.  These reflect the specific needs of Youth and people with Disabilities through a combination of community cultural development, arts and health practices.

Snap Shot

Interweave’s main market is youth and people with disabilities  between  the  ages  of  4  to  65  years, servicing approximately 9,000 Northern Tasmanians directly  every  three (3) years through art workshops and projects, including:

• Streets Alive triennial youth arts festival which provides opportunities for young people to express their ideas, opinions and concerns through positive, creative engagement with the community.
• Access Arts Link arts and enterprise program providing people experiencing disabilities access to 45 weeks of arts and cultural projects. 
• Manic Productions ia a youth arts based collaborative creating opportunities for emerging artists, coordinated and driven by young people.

Interweave provides arts for the youth and disability sector.

• Across Northern Tasmania, Interweave is working within local and regional communities.
• Interweave's Access Arts Link is expanding in response to the growing population of artists with disabilities.
• Interweave is the largest Arts organisation in Northern Tasmania, and is the only Arts organisation offering programs to youth and people with a disability on an ongoing basis.

Current Programs Supported by Interweave

The Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival

The Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival has been held four times since 1999 and continues to grow from strength to strength. The festival is not only for young people, but also actively engages them in every aspect of the Festival’s development.

Each festival has presented a variety of programs highlighting issues of significance to young people and directly involves over 10,000 youth.

Manic Productions

Is a group of young artists in Launceston that creates mixed art-form projects aimed at creating opportunities for emerging artists. Past projects range from exhibitions, installations, workshops to performance and circus events. Manic Productions believes practical experience is an essential pathway into the community arts sector.

Access Arts Link

The Access Arts Link is a community program supported by Interweave Arts, The Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery and TAFE, for the purpose of encouraging the integration of people with disabilities into the creative, artistic and social life of Tasmanian communities.

It aims to do this through:

• An ongoing studio-based program staffed by practising artists who provide support and assistance to artists with disabilities who wish to continue to develop their artistic skills.
• An ongoing exhibitions program where work is promoted locally, nationally and internationally across a wide variety of exhibiting contexts including public institutions and commercial galleries.
• Extending services to include the provision and auspicing of activities in other locations, consultancies in program development and exhibition design, corporate rental of work, and the facilitation of seminars and lectures related to art and disability.