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…
Toddler Art
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWhen: Wednesday, 10:30—11:15am Term 4: 11 October—13 December 2023 Ages: 9 months – 5 years old. Looking for something creative to do with small children? In this class, Lucy will lead kids and their adults through various arts projects that can easily be replicated at home. Suitable for children aged 0-5 years, each 45…
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…
Kids Clay Club
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWelcome to Clay Club! An immersive clay-making class for young people (aged 6-13). Led by OPAL, embark on an exciting journey exploring texture, color, shape, and more. Foster social skills, unleash imagination, and connect with others through the captivating world of clay. Let your creativity soar in these engaging 50-minute sessions where collaborative play and…
Walking Together for Rakali Weaving Workshop
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin Isobel Morphy-Walsh (Taungurung) and Vic Morphy as we weave up a storm and reimagine how the river looks to Australia's native water-rat, the Rakali. Isobel will lead a series of workshops that will result in a communal artwork that celebrates the Rakali. Acknowledging the deep connections that First Nations community has to this species,…
AXIS
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaAn introduction to production tech for women and non-binary folk! Enrolments are now open for AXIS. Over a series of five onsite classes, develop hands-on skills development around live digital sound, PA setup, lighting and general technical support requirements to work on productions, events and festivals. Developed in response to the under-representation of female, female-identifying,…
L2R Block Party
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaL2R Dance returns this spring with a fresh edition of their iconic Block Party, unifying Melbourne's dance community with the best local crews taking to the stage on Saturday 28th October at Footscray Community Arts. From Breaking to Krump, House to Hip Hop, Dancehall to Popping and Locking, Block Party will showcase the full spectrum…
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…
Kal Angam-Kal: Panel and Screening
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a screening of documentary Land of the Morning Star (dir. Mark Worth, 2004, 55mins). Land of the Morning Star reveals the turbulent history of West Papua, swept up in the power-play of international politics. Through eyewitness accounts and rare archival film, this fascinating documentary paints a picture that is intimate in detail…