2004 Art is... A CHANGING LAND
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Festival Manager: Shiree Pilkington
© Art Is Festival 2015. Site Design by Davpat Designs and Studio 8 Design 
The Young Voice choir involved grade 2-6 children from across the region working with local music teacher Gemma Roberts and guest artists Jane Thompson and James Rigby to help write lyrics to the theme song based on the "changing land". They also featured in the opening performance titled From Fields to Fiesta, and the Big Voice concert - with Fay White, Blackwood, Sweet Monas (Ballarat) and the One Voice choir.
The Maori-Koori feature performance, Creation involved Wallup Mara and Sunset Dreaming dance groups, Ruatau Maori Culture group and Koori and Maori visual artists. Large scale projections supported the performers along the banks of the Wimmera River and pyrotechnic company, Artistri provided a community workshop, creating huge fire sculptures to represent each culture, and the union of the two.
Workshops saw hundreds of school children, footy players and even Councillors learning to be fearsome haka warriors.
From Fields to Fiesta, directed by Emily Taylor, brought a range of local and guest performers into the main street of Horsham on a Friday night. The colour, BannerLink banners, and atmosphere transformed the Horsham CBD into a very vibrant performance space, with Chinese fan dancers, trampolinists, Irish dancers, youth rock bands, Slap Happy body percussion and gumboot dance, tai chi and even twirlers supported by a bagpipe soloist!
The Gyuto Monks of Tibet were back, running more workshops and again drawing people in from around the state with their sand mandala and second match of cricket. The festival closed with a performance by Ruatau Maori Culture Group.