TILDE: AFTRS PRESENTS WOMEN ON SET
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaConversational Panel Consent educator, intimacy coordinator and performer Bayley Turner (Neighbours, Krystal Klairvoyant) sits down with leading actresses for a frank in-conversation about how we as a community can play a critical part in supporting trans women to thrive in the film industry. Featuring screen icon Ramon Te Wake (The Boy, the Queen & Everything…
TILDE: OUR DESIRE LINES – COMMUNITY NIGHT
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaScreening & Panel Discussion A cinematic pairing that provides refreshingly honest perspectives on sex and relationships through a trans masculine lens. It is a rare occurrence to feel seen and understood, hopeful and motivated, deeply grateful for and connected to community, whilst also entertained and aroused, all at once. Opening this session is the short…
Chinese Restaurant Playground
Entrance Gallery & Gabriel Gallery 45 Moreland St, Footscray, Victoria, AustraliaChinese Restaurant Playground by Steffie Yee 余淑婷, is an exhibition about childhood, imaginative play, and finding joy within the frenetic settings of her parents’ Chinese restaurant. The exhibition presents a multimedia collection of finished works, and works in progress, exploring the artist’s experience growing up in the regional NSW town of Branxton. Through multilingual animations,…
Sutures
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFootscray Community Arts is delighted to present Sutures, an exhibition by Sophie Cassar that explores the sexual politics of disability through photography, text, and artist books. Sutures emerges from Cassar’s research into online archives of disability-based fetish material. These works confront the often-blurred lines between medical intervention and non-consensual touch. In her artist books, Cassar…
Toddler Jam
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWhen: Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30—11:15am Term 3: 18 July—20 September 2024 Ages: 9 months—5 years old. A weekly music party for toddlers & pre-schoolers to ROCK OUT with parents and care-givers! Bubs and children 1—5 years are welcome to join in, exploring singing, dancing, percussion, Auslan and self-expression. Created by Razz Mussen, this class is…
In Place
Amphitheatre VIC, AustraliaIn a society turned upside down who will lead us? In Place is a journey of hierarchy told through acrobatics and grounded in cultural connection. The culmination of 12 months dedication, this world-premiere performance erupts into Footscray’s outdoor amphitheatre with a subversive and challenging First Nations led circus. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have…
Black Wealth Connect Women’s Summit: Metamorphosis
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaABOUT THE SUMMIT: The Black Wealth Connect Women’s Summit: Metamorphosis will be a powerful day of empowerment, enlightenment, and celebration dedicated to the resilience and strength of women from the African diaspora. Our focus on financial literacy highlights economic empowerment as a key driver of personal and collective transformation. Through a carefully curated program, attendees…
Home Bound
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaIn Home Bound, diverse rope materials and practices are woven together to create a massive social tapestry. Members of different communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate to build a giant rope installation. As the fibres intertwine, Home Bound enacts the social entanglement of life in Naarm/Melbourne. It is a choreography of…
First Nations Emerging Music Industry Community Gathering
Footscray Community Arts is hosting a First Nations Emerging Music Industry Gathering, with talks, food and conversations with music industry professionals and allies. Create new networks and gain insights into festival programming, promotion and branding, artist management, and bookings. The day will begin with Ceremony led by Footscray Community Arts Elders in Residence Uncle Larry…
ArtLife Studio – RESONANCE
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFootscray Community Arts proudly presents RESONANCE, a celebration of creative expression from the incredible artists of ArtLife Studio! Running exclusively from 30 November to 14 December, 2024 in the Roslyn Smorgon Gallery at Footscray Community Arts, immerse yourself in a showcase featuring acrylic, watercolour, printmaking, and digital works. Each piece tells a story of artistic…