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As we emerge out of lockdowns, reconnecting and care has never been more important for our communities.
Out In Public is an online exhibition featuring the stories of 6-8 Queer Blak, Indigenous and People-of-Colour (BIPOC) and their relationship with Naarm’s local cruising spots, also known as “beats.”
In this recorded conversation, Tasnim and Florence shared the inspiration behind the idea of developing a children’s picture book together with special guest Hunhak Matt Gale.
Intergen is a series of artist-led interventions that critically reflect on modes of intergenerational knowledge making and sharing.
‘Practicing Utopias’ results from a dialogic writing approach unpacking the ongoing pandemic and state of crisis with artists
High Rise High Five is a children's guide to staying healthy and safe during Covid-19, developed with and for public housing communities in Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond.
Transomatics is a series of exercises developed by dancer and artist Sumarlinah Winoto. Transomatics is an alternative offering through creating an all-trans space for people in the community to explore what it means to sink deeper into...
Honesty Policy is a series of workshops and public showings — part music jam, part open mic and performance dialogue, hosted by Musican Sirak Keeghan. Honesty Policy will unpack experiences of lockdown and post-lockdown in...
Black Wattle is a keeping place: a collection of poetry, photography, collage and illustration developed by this mob arts collective over the last 12 months.
Arts Gen hosted VietSpeak for a discussion of Steve McQueen's Small Axe (2020) film series. The panel reflected on parallels and resonances between the films and the contemporary climate of Melbourne’s West.
Young Eritreans hosted an afternoon in Edinburgh Gardens, with food, games, henna, painting and crafts.
Dichōtomi is a cultural archive dedicated to holding space for multidimensional experiences of black creativity. Dichōtomi serves as the bridge between seemingly opposing worlds existing simultaneously in one space...
Sisters and Brothers (S&B) is a schools-based program that explores race-based discrimination with children and young people in Grades 3 to 9. The program uses critical hip-hop pedagogy to engage young people in meaningful...
Stir it Up was a youth-led project which fostered intercultural connections and dialogues between young people from Pacific and African backgrounds based in the cities of Brimbank, Wyndham and Melton. Stir it Up commenced in...
'They Did Didn’t They' is a podcast series about community, creativity, care and culture. Across 10 episodes this podcast series draws on a wealth of community knowledge and experience to explore and unpack the many ways to build community wellbeing from the ground up rather than problematic top-down approaches.
Performing Statelessness is a creative and practice-led research initiative that foregrounds stateless communities’ voices and lived experience to investigate what it means to be stateless in the context of Australia.
Three Fold Rise created by artist John Mashar, is a spoken word video-art piece that captures of both the individual and collective experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this work, John Mashar explores the theme of resilience...
Benchmark is a free arts and cultural program for young people in Melbourne’s West. Our Facilitators support participants in a range of skill development including songwriting, recording, production...
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