Emerging Cultural Leaders 2015
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 2015 participants!
Aphrodite Feros-Fooke
Aphrodite is a visual artist, currently working with video art, film, projection, projection mapping and installation.
Muma Doesa
Muma Doesa is an MC/ Vocalist/ DJ of South African heritage, who specialises in live performance and recording.
Florence Tupuola
Florence ‘FTRIANGLE’ Tupuola is a self-taught Australian contemporary visual artist of Samoan descent, currently lives in Melbourne.
Antonio Moreira
Antonio Moreira is a Melbourne-based Artist and Creative Cultural Producer with passion for the arts, music and sharing his rich Brazilian culture.
Justyn Koh
Justyn Koh is a Melbourne-based photographer who has covered a variety of events including theatre performances.
Didem Caia
Didem Caia is an Australian emerging playwright who has had worked produced through NIDA, the Griffin Theatre Company, Theatre 503 and La Mama Theatre.
Natasha Phillips
Natasha Phillips was born in Hong Kong and grew up in both Hong Kong and Australia.
Jose (Pepe) Inostroza Aqueveque
Jose (Pepe) Inostroza Aqueveque is a Chilean Psychologist, Personal Development Facilitator, Psychodramatist and Actor based in Melbourne.
Sungkey Chalernkhun
Sungkey Chalernkhun is an international student currently undertaking diploma of community development.
Hiroki Kobayashi
Hiroki Kobayashi recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre studies at The University of Melbourne and was a participant in Playwriting Australia’s Lotus Asian-Australian Playwriting Project.
Bigoa Chuol
Bigoa Chuol is a South Sudanese up and coming spoken word artist based in Melbourne who is re-discovering her love for writing and passion for poetry.