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VERTEBRAE: A Dance Workshop
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaTime and Date: Sunday 26 March 2023, 12—3pm Location: Footscray Community Arts, Performance Space VERTEBRAE is a program that celebrates the life and work of Germaine Acogny, a visionary dancer, choreographer, and founder of École des Sables. This is a two part program, with Part One being a dance workshop that invites participants to experience…
VERTEBRAE: A Creative Conversation
SIGNAL Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTime and Date: Sunday 2 April 2023, 1—4pm Location: SIGNAL, Flinders Walk, Northbank VERTEBRAE is a program that celebrates the life and work of Germaine Acogny, a visionary dancer, choreographer, and founder of École des Sables. In Part Two, Footscray Community Arts and SIGNAL present VERTEBRAE: A Creative Conversation, an opportunity for young First Nations,…
Sekala Niskala
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaSekala Niskala Exhibition Exhibition Date: 18 April—Sunday 25 June 2023 Cost: Free Location: Footscray Community Arts' Roslyn Smorgon Gallery Sekala Niskala (The Seen and Unseen) exhibition presents works from five Indonesian contemporary artists based in Bali. The artists include Agus Saputra, Kuncir Sathya Viku, Ni Luh Pangestu, Satya Cipta and Septa Adi, all of whom mastered elements of…
Draft Disability & Inclusion Action Plan
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFootscray Community Arts is seeking feedback on our Draft Disability & Inclusion Action Plan through an online survey. This survey asks for specific feedback on our goals and action areas and is confidential and anonymous. Our Disability and Inclusion Action Plan aims to integrate accessible ways of working, developing, and presenting art, and was created…
Cultural Vocabularies: Vitu Vya Saana
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFootscray Community Arts is excited to present Cultural Vocabularies: Vitu Vya Saana, a creative conversation curated by Collective Futures and presented by Cave_Bureau: a Nairobi-based bureau of architects and researchers charting explorations into architecture and urbanism within nature. Cave_Bureau’s creative design practice addresses and works to decode both anthropological and geological contexts of the postcolonial…
Ancestral Words
The Ian Potter Centre Federation Square, Flinders St &, Russell St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAncestral Words is a performance event that celebrates the transformative power of storytelling, which has been passed down through generations as a tool for healing and resilience. Through spoken word and poetry, Ancestral Words creates a space for diverse voices to have a platform to share their lived experiences, creating an inclusive environment where audiences…
Move Makers at Highpoint
GET YOUR GROOVE ON AT MOVE MAKERS Find us every second Tuesday from 10 October 2023 at Highpoint, 120-200 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong (View location & parking) If your little ones are aged 7—12, they're in for a treat! Learn various dance style with Afrobeats, Bollywood, and Hip Hop classes as well as African Drumming and…
Let’s Dance: African Drumming
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaLet’s Dance: African Drumming and Dance! Saturdays 10:30—11:15am Term 4: 14 October—9 December 2023 Join Fred, a Ghanaian master dancer, drummer and musician as you learn the basics of African Drumming, dance and song. Fred is a masterful storyteller and performer, who will get kids moving, singing and banging to new beats. Fred has taught kid’s…
Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua
Gabriel GalleryKal angam-kal: Stories from West Papua is a documentary exhibition that brings together Elders and Young people from the Narrm (Melbourne) based West Papuan community in a series of youth-led intergenerational interviews. Kal angam-kal is a proverb in the indigenous language of the Amungme tribe of Timika, West Papua meaning “the word has been spoken…
Teaching First Nations Perspectives
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaLearn how to embed First Nations perspectives in your classroom with Footscray Community Arts' First Nations led Professional Development Program. Teachers are encouraged to expand their knowledge of First Nations' histories and culture as well as gain the confidence to present these viewpoints in sensitive and impactful ways. These sessions will have a focus on…