Public art has the power to transform how we experience everyday spaces, and few understand this better than Rebecca Townsend, founding Director of Creative Road, a Byron Bay–based organisation connecting artists with communities, businesses and places. We spoke with Rebecca about the heart of Creative Road’s work, the importance of collaboration, and what it takes to keep an artist’s vision at the centre of complex projects.

This month, we have the privilege of speaking with Bindimu—a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose expansive practice spans fibre art, sand painting, DJing, soundscapes, cultural dance, and works on canvas and bark. Grounded in the preservation and continuation of Indigenous creative practices, her work speaks to survival, resistance, and deep connection to Country.

This month we’re featuring Naima Brown, a writer whose creative and professional life has spanned continents, cultures, and mediums. Now based in Ballina on Bundjalung Country, Naima draws on a rich tapestry of experience—from growing up in Northern California to living in Yemen and Afghanistan, and working across news, current affairs, and documentary.

Eddie is a creative studio founded by Elke Gill and Drew Magnum in 2019. Based in Murwillumbah, behind a bright pink door, Eddie brings together a collective of multi-disciplinary creatives working across branding, interior architecture, storytelling, content creation, photography and copywriting—just to name a few. Their work spans across the Northern Rivers and Southeast Queensland, and we love them because their work is fresh, happy and pretty cool. Today, we're chatting with Elke to hear more about her journey as a creative and the story behind Eddie.

This month, Northern Rivers Creative spotlights poet and performer Sarah Temporal, a Murwillumbah-based spoken-word artist whose work explores raw, deeply personal themes with striking honesty. We spoke to Sarah about her creative process, the magic of live performance, and the thriving poetry community she’s helping to grow in the Northern Rivers.