Emerging Cultural Leaders 2014
Our Emerging Cultural Leaders (ECL) program is a five-month skills development and mentoring program for emerging artists and cultural facilitators from Melbourne’s west. Past graduates have gone on to forge their own careers in community cultural development as artists and producers. Meet the 2014 participants!

Joseph Chetty
Joseph Chetty is a Fiji born multidisciplinary artist living in Melbourne, where singing and songwriting and theatrical performance feature strongly in his practice.

Marion Fallah
Marion Fallah was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa and migrated to Australia in 2004.

Azlan Petra
Azlan Petra is an emerging cultural facilitator; community support worker and an advocate for anti-racism and human rights.

Rosie Kilvert
Rosie Kilvert is a practicing visual artist with a preferred medium of paint, she is currently working on a community project ‘Footscray Animated Wall Mural’ as a co-designer and painter.

Sajeewa Gayan Amaraseela, Anthigngna Marakkala (A.K.A Saj)
Sajeewa was born in Sri Lanka and has had a great passion for music since he was a child, learning music and keyboards from 5 years old.

Michelle Graham
Michelle currently works with school communities supporting young people to explore educational opportunities available a er secondary school.

Suzanne Nguyen
Suzanne Nguyen (based in Western Sydney) is a story collector and artist; she founded The Two Chairs, an online platform that cultivates an open creative conversation to openly discuss race and racism.

Ignacio Rojas
Ignacio is a PhD student, studying History and Visual Arts, as well as a painting and drawing teacher.

Celine Yap
A folk musician and activist, Celine writes and performs in support for social and environmental justice.