Multicultural Arts Victoria Folio 92

FOLIO 92 JUN- AUG 2014

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Image: Burundi youth drummer

In announcing the winners for the 30th anniversary of the Award, Carrillo Gantner AO, Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund Trustees remarked: “I am delighted by the depth and the diversity of talent that has been recognised at this year’s Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards. Once again we are reminded how important the arts are to us and how they can broaden our understanding and appreciation of the world around us. Each of the winners have been generous and passionate contributors to the arts and audiences alike and I warmly congratulate them.

SIDNEY MYER PERFORMING ARTS AWARD 2014 A response from Jill Morgan - Winner Facilitator’s Prize It is a great honour to receive the facilitator’s prize in the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards in its 30th anniversary. It’s an even greater honour, knowing that Sidney Myer was a Jewish refugee that fled Belarus to come to Australia to start a new life and made such an enormous contribution to our community.

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the contribution that diverse artists can bring to the arts community and audiences in Australia to ensure acceptance and understanding of our cultural diversity and increased social cohesion.

Over my 25 years in the performing arts industry I am proud to have facilitated opportunities for many refugee and migrant artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the Arts.

They have contributed significantly to making the contemporary arts landscape in Australia richer.

MAV programs currently include: Emerge, a cultural development program for refugee and emerging artists, Visible Music Mentoring program, Piers festival – a new festival based on who we are as Victorians, the Connect Ambassadors program with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Black Harmony Gathering with the indigenous community, and Igniting Imagination with the Melbourne Festival.

Many of these artists have gone on to the main stage, including Arts Centre Melbourne, the Recital Centre, Melbourne Festival, Womad and have toured nationally and internationally and in 2008 for our 25/35 anniversary over 80 culturally diverse artists opened the Melbourne Festival to celebrate our identity.

I also worked closely in partnership with the Arts Centre over a 5 year period on the unique Mix It Up program, one of Australia’s pre-eminent multicultural performing arts programs with the primary aim to ensure access for CALD communities and new pathways for artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

As CEO of Multicultural Arts Victoria I share the ethos of giving voice and creating pathways in the arts for the artists and communities associated with the organisation I lead. I am passionate about

Recently we developed Mapping Melbourne, a new platform for independent contemporary Asian arts facilitating the exchange of artistic ideas, practice and dialogue within the Asian region -

Jill Morgan AM with Carrillo Gantner AO Credit: Nicole Cleary / Jim Lee Photo 2014

including dance, visual arts, poetry, music and new media arts. It has been an absolute privilege to work with all these extraordinary artists, communities and organisations to facilitate systemic change in the arts.

I dream of having a House of World Cultures in Melbourne one day – a creative space to inspire and celebrate our contemporary heritage -a welcome place for alternative and diverse cultures where dialogue and cross art form happens – where cultural music and diverse cultural art from around the world are an integral part of the program not the exception.

Australia’s multicultural composition is at the heart of our national identity and is intrinsic to our history and character. Participation in and access to arts and culture by people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is vital to support. As a nation we must foster innovation and creative community engagement.

the essential contribution our diverse communities have made to the vibrancy of the Australian arts industry and the capacity of our community.

I thank the Sidney Myer Foundation and the Awards Committee. I acknowledge the other recipients and their enormous contribution to enriching the performing arts in Australia.

I would also like to acknowledge the extraordinary team at Multicultural Arts Victoria including the Staff and Board whom I have worked so closely with over the past years to make a difference.

Jill Morgan AM Chief Executive Officer Previous winners include Mary Valentine, Ian Roberts, Paul Petran, Ian Scobie and Skinny Fish Music. Announced annually, the national awards are determined by a Judging Committee chaired by Carrillo Gantner AO (Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund) and this year they included: Paul Dyer AO (Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra),

It is also profound that I received this prize in Cultural Diversity Week which celebrates our diversity and acknowledges the UN International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination and

Brett Sheehy AO (Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company), Hannah Skrzynski (Director of Creative Asia) and Sarah Neal (Executive Producer, Malthouse Theatre).

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Emerge Festival May 17 - July 5

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For full program details see back cover or multiculturalarts.com.au

WHY EMERGE FESTIVAL? Victoria is currently Australia’s most multicultural state and is continually enriched by a significant population of refugees who have fled their homelands due to conflict, upheaval and fear of persecution. Our refugee communities boast an incredible diversity of cultures and extraordinary artistic talents many of whom have been successful and renowned artists in their countries of origin Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Emerge program responds directly to this untapped or invisible artistic talent and provides skills development, support and real pathways into the arts for our emerging refugee artists and communities settled now in Victoria. Emerge is also community driven, achieving significant artistic and cultural development outcomes.

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27 SEPTEMBER 2012, 7.30PM ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, HAMER HALL The Emerge program encompasses Visible mentoring, development of new work, community arts, leadership, advocacy, trainee-ship, plus produces a range of well profiled Emerge Festivals showcasing the creative process and the extraordinary arts and diverse talents of participating refugee artists and communities.

Over its nine years Emerge has had sustained and real impact facilitating connections, pathways, employment and representation for refugee artists and communities. Emerge has unearthed some amazing talents and connects to the mainstream arts industry with exciting new artists and diverse new audiences.

Burundian Drummers at Emerge Fitzroy

With every new wave of migration to Australia, Emerge is at the forefront discovering and connecting new talent whilst facilitating the development, renewal, interaction and preservation of world cultures within the Australian community.

While the Emerge program respects tradition it also recognises that tradition is expressed in a contemporary environment that has the ability to give rise to new forms of innovative expression and the power to transform culture, imagination and identity in the Australian Arts industry. It also has meaningful outcomes at a social level, nurturing role models who are champions of racial tolerance, understanding, intercultural dialogue & inclusion.

Emerge also creates a framework through which parts of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 can be delivered in

practical terms. It also supports the objectives of the2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which states the need to create the conditions for cultures to flourish and to freely interact in a mutually beneficial manner- Emerge does this you will be amazed at all the new talent you will see unearthed over the coming months! Enjoy Emerge. “Emerge is the only festival of its kind, and unearths the incredible talents people have bought to Australia from their home countries. Often these refugees and their famlies have had to show significant courage, ingenuity and creativity in their lives to survive�

Anita Larkin, Artistic Program Manager, Multicultural Arts Victoria

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“Now we are free in Australia, it is the time to celebrate our beautiful culture here and keep it alive�

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KEEPING HAZARA CULTURE ALIVE

The Hazaragi Project & Omagh Celebrations Although Hazaras are Afghanistan’s third largest ethnicity, comprising of about 20 percent of the population, they have faced centuries of persecution.

Despite the international military presence in Afghanistan in recent times, the number and extent of abuses, from assassinations to executions of Hazara civilians has not decreased. As a result over 1 million Hazara continue to seek asylum outside of their home land. There are 2 to 3 million Hazara refugees in Iran, and 1 to 2 million in Pakistan. Approximately 20,000 Hazaras now live in Australia, with an estimated 9,000 living in Melbourne concentrated mostly around the city’s Southeast suburbs of Dandenong, Narre Warren and Cranbourne.

After enduring centuries of persecution and the denial of basic civil rights, Hazaras have demonstrated incredible strength, ingenuity and creativity. The Omagh Celebrations will pay tribute to an enduring and rich Hazara culture, while revitalizing traditional arts. The festival will feature professional artists from Melbourne’s Hazara community, including musician Taqi Khan, poet Farkhonda Akbari, photographer, filmmaker and journalist Barat Ali Batoor and actor and theatre maker Bashir Bakhtiari. They will perform alongside the participants they have been mentoring as part of The Hazaragi Project, an initiative of artist Taqi Khan who has been supported through Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Emerge Program.

“Omagh is really important for our community. There are many Hazara people now living in Australia and we have our own culture, our own tradition, our own music, our own traditions and language. Because Australia is a multicultural country, like other cultural groups, we need to be able to practice and share our culture so we can keep it alive. Hazara people have been living in Australia for 15 years any there has never been a festival like Omagh, presenting, sharing and showcasing Hazaragi culture, Omagh is the first!

We want to bring awareness and confidence to the Hazara community that they have rights in Australia, the same as other communities, to respect our culture, practice our culture and keep it present. We belong to a minority ethnic community in Afghanistan that has been persecuted. For a long time the people ruling in Afghanistan have destroyed our culture, our language and our traditions and have forced us to accept and follow their culture. This cultural genocide now means that many of my people do not like or are embarrassed about our culture. Now we are free in Australia it is the time to celebrate our beautiful culture here and keep it alive”.

Taqi Khan The Omagh Celebrations will be held on Sunday 22 June, 6-10.30pm at Springvale Town Hall.

The Omagh Celebrations is produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria in partnership with the Hazaragi Project & supported by Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria & City of Greater Dandenong.

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The Fabric Local jewellery trader

EMPOWERING LOCAL TRADERS THROUGH THE ARTS Emerge in the West

Over the last decade or so the concentration of African businesses in Footscray – in hospitality, groceries, hair and cosmetics, travel agencies, money transfer agencies, clothing and housewares – has grown enormously. With over 100 African run or owned businesses, including more than 20 restaurants, the area is definitely developing a strong African facet to its multicultural identity.

In 2014 Emerge in the West, on Saturday May 17, 12 – 5pm, focuses on the African community of Footscray. The festival celebrates the wide range of African cultures represented in Footscray by presenting a free concert of traditional and contemporary music and dance on stage in Nicholson St between Irving and Paisley Sts. There will also be satellite events at nearby cafés including more music, theatre and spoken word poetry.

In the lead up to this festival there have been several well-attended community meetings. This has enabled the festival to maximize local involvement and take direction from the community. Two active members who have helped liaise with the local businesses are Yasseen Musa and Mohamed Abdulrahman. They were asked why it was important to involve traders in a cultural festival.

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They replied that it is an important opportunity for Africans to improve the perception of Africans by the broader community - to present positive images of themselves and to show that as well as being great performers of exciting music and dance, they are skilled crafts people, competent managers and successful business people. This festival presents an opportunity for the broader Australian community to come and meet Africans in a positive atmosphere and see for themselves what African cultures have to offer. For the benefit of both parties, the African traders need access to mainstream consumers. If the traders can make a success of their businesses they will be able to participate more fully in Australian society. For example, they will be able provide their children with whatever is needed by way of technology or services or supplements to their education. They and their children will feel proud of their cultural heritage and be pleased to share it. It will become unremarkable to see African restaurants filled with non-African customers – such as we see in Vietnamese and Indian restaurants.

Emerge in the West is produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria.

Sponsors, Partners and Supporters: Maribyrnong City Council, Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship

Lamine Sonko, Ousmane Sonko & Seydou Sow

Local spectators

Dombai Dancers with the audience

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GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE Practitioner’s Voices On 3 May 2013, MAV presented the youth-focused session Making the Journey from Participant to Practitioner: Talking with the Next Generation, as part of the Practitioners’ Voices Forum at Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Designed to promote the voices of young people, as both community arts participants and practitioners, a diverse panel included: • Fablice Manirakiza, musician and recipient of MAV’s Arts and Cultural Development Scholarship for Refugee Youth. Fablice is of Burundian heritage and performs as part of Melbourne hip-hop duo FLYBZ. • Calca Edwards, theatre technician and MAV Indigenous Cultural Development trainee. Calca grew up in regional Victoria (Gippsland).

• Claire Marston, Anglo-Australian visual arts student involved in arts activities in Gippsland, where she lives.

• Sukhdeep Singh, aka L-FRESH The LION, musician and Youth Coordinator at Songlines Aboriginal Music Corporation. Sukhdeep was born and raised in Sydney as a member of Australia’s diverse Sikh community.

• Ayel Akot, young South Sudanese dancer, performer and teacher who works with young people at Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy.

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Discussions covered the opportunities and challenges available to young people in the arts in Victoria, including how young people can become involved in community arts, how the arts sector can be more effective at offering young people opportunities for networking and scoping for arts-based work, the diversity of arts mediums in youth community arts project and leadership opportunities for young people in the arts.

The session was co-facilitated by Bree McKilligan, formerly Arts and Culture Coordinator from the Centre for Multicultural Arts (2009-12), and Fablice Manirakiza.

CMY staged 2010 and 2012 pARTicipation Forums focusing on young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in community arts. The forums revealed the need that young participants and artists, arts producers and arts organisations expressed for more opportunities to critically discuss community arts practice. This PV14 session sought to build on the learning’s of the pARTicipation Forums and hear what the young speakers had to say in terms of engagement, leadership, stereotyping and accessing arts pathways beyond the community arts model.

Presented by Castanet in partnership with Footscray Community Arts Centre and supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria

WORDS OF HOPE Career pathways for refugee youth The 2014 Inaugural Arts and Cultural Development Scholarship for Refugee Youth made possible through the bequest from the Estate of Beverley Shelton and her late husband, Martin Schönthal was presented to Fablice (Diodone Manirakiza) on March 12, 2014. Fablice is a former child soldier from Burundi who has been calling Australia home since 2007.

As the first recipient of this scholarship award, Fablice will receive unique mentoring and on-the-job training by Multicultural Arts Victoria’s team of industry professionals. This paid role will provide Fablice with unparalleled access to artists and communities and the opportunity to develop high-level professional networks. It is anticipated that after the scholarship appointment Fablice will have the qualifications, experience and industry contacts to forge a rewarding career in the arts.

"It has been 5 months since I started being part of Multicultural arts Victoria Family, since I started working at MAV, everything has become very handy and easy to achieve for me. I have been lucky enough to hold a youth office position in Cultural and Development, which gave me an opportunity to stay in touch with a lot of youth and mostly new arrivals from third world countries, which makes my dream of changing the world to a better place visible.

Being able to help others out it has opened my mind widely to know that we all the same.

I have already worked on series of events, such as Practitioner’s voices and Black Harmony 2014 which was an event celebrating the diversity and unity between African Mobs and Indigenous Mobs.

I am also working on a steering committee group, which is a group of young people from different backgrounds. The aim of it is to hear what young people want. We are meeting up regularly and have already started to discuss the issues that might be affecting young people, as well as ways of developing leadership qualities in them.

I have also learnt multi skills in the arts, such as where to look for a grants, who to talk to about the grants and how to complete and submit a grant. It is a dream working at Multicultural Arts Victoria" Fablice Manirakiza

Recipient: Fablice Manirakiza

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ALL TOGETHER NOW FOR RECONCILIATION Black Harmony Gathering & Forum

Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Black Harmony Gathering promotes reconciliation, diversity, social inclusion, respect and the breaking down of racism. The gathering provides a chance for people from all cultures to make music together, sing, dance, learn about each other, showcase and be proud of their culture, hear each other’s stories and make long-lasting cross-cultural connections and friendships.

The first gathering in 2004, held in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, saw a small group of local Koories, South Africans and Somalis come together at a neighbourhood BBQ, to share ideas about how to help each other overcome discrimination. Over time, the BBQ has evolved to become a popular and important feature of Melbourne’s cultural calendar and has showcased hundreds of established and emerging indigenous and it multicultural artists and crafts people. This year’s Black Harmony Gathering was held on the 16th of March at the Faifield Amphitheatre.

Entitled From Convicts to Boat People: Colonisation, Migration and Historical Hypocrisy, MAV’s Black Harmony Forum on Wednesday 19 March, at the Fitzroy Town Hall.

Speakers included: Robbie Thorpe, indigenous activist from the Krautungalung people of the Gunai Nation; Taqi Khan, celebrated Hazara (Afghan) musician and former asylum seeker; Peter Rotumah, Gunditjmara/Bunitj pioneer of the Aboriginal protest song; Jessie Taylor, human rights barrister, refugee advocate and film maker; and Carroll Karpany, founding member of South Australian band Us Mob and star of 1981 film “Wrong side of the Road.”

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other and build a future together. Discussion focused on the personal stories of speakers, culminating in musical performances that illuminated speakers’ experiences. Held during Cultural Diversity Week (15-23 March 2014), the Black Harmony Forum embraced the principles of reconciliation, diversity, social inclusion, respect and the breaking down of racism.

The Forum was co-facilitated by Rebecca March and Calca Edwards, niece of iconic indigenous musician and Black Harmony Gathering founder, Kutcha Edwards. Catering for the Black Harmony Forum was supplied by Mission Australia’s indigenous youth training social enterprise, Charcoal Lane.

"It was a blessing to be involved in organising and facilitating the Event as well as Mcing on the day. The event was a learning curve and I was able to overcome my fear as an Mc. Organising all of the artists, learning how to plan an event and helping my team to make this day beautiful was fantastic. It was wonderful to see people getting along and watching from the heart of the amphitheatre, the amazing reactions on people when witnessing a performance they had never seen before. On behalf of myself and MAV would like to say thanks to all those who participated, to those who helped on the day - our volunteers our stage managers, artists, and stall holders and the loving people who came and made the day" Calca Edwards, MAV Trainee Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria is association with Warrior Spirit Art Colective, supported by City of Yarra, Victorian Multicultural Commission and PBS 106.7FM

Calca Edwards

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CELEBRATING OUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY Premier’s Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria Festival Another Cultural Diversity Week has passed, with an abundance of exciting events and activities presented and an important opportunity for everyone to come together to share aspects of their culture, faith and language, and celebrate the benefits multiculturalism brings to our state.

MAV enjoys working closely with the Victorian Multicultural Commission each year to present a unique entertainment program for the Premier’s Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria.

The Premier’s Gala Dinner is always a spectacular start to the celebrations and once again our extraordinary local talent amazed the audience.

This prestigious event brings together many communities in the Crown Palladium Ballroom celebrate each other’s cultural traditions and of course, hit the dance floor at the end of the night!

Federation Square is a dynamic place where people come to meet, engage, enjoy and participate and so provides the perfect setting for multicultural festival, Viva Victoria. The entertainment program is specifically designed to get people involved and 18

inspired with workshops, competitions, activities, a dedicated children’s area and performances you just have to move to. This way, visitors to the space become immersed in many cultures and feel part of the culturally diverse community. Despite the slightly chilly weather to begin with, over 40,000 people took part in the festival and enjoyed food from around the globe and market stalls of the world All Victorians are encouraged to participate in an established event, or to organise their own activity to mark the week. If you’re interested in presenting your own event or activity to celebrate CDW 2015 and you are looking for support go to multicultural.vic.gov.au Premier’s Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria Festival are presented

by Victorian Multicultural Commisssion and programmed by Multicultural Arts Victoria

Melbourne Bhangra Regiment

Frente Cumbiero Fiesta Creole

CULTURE SPARKS Asi Suena Colombia- Colombia Sounds Like This @ Moomba Over Labour Day long weekend (8-10 March), Moomba Festival became the home of Colombian sounds as nationally touring roadshow Asi Suena Colombia brought a unique showcase of the very best contemporary Colombian music, drawing on Colombian rhythms of yesteryear reviving and reinterpreting folkloric forms with electronica, funk, rap, dub, opera and DJ culture.

Produced by Pura Vida Roadshow in partnership with MAV, Asi Suena Colombia offered Moomba audiences a feast of Colombian music by local and international bands, including Bogota based Frente Cumbiero, Brussels based La Chiva Gantiva, local outfits Cumbia Cosmonauts and Miss Colombia.

This three-day party formed part of Moomba’s 60th celebration.

Cumbia is a universally loved music genre that originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Panama as a courtship dance among the enslaved African populations. Over its almost 200 year history, this style has exploded in popularity and can now be heard within the repertoire of bands across the globe, often fused with local and contemporary influences.

MAV did a full coverage of the program and collected reactions from diverse audiences.

There was one response by a woman who happened to walk past the main stage as the concert was happening, she was very pleased to encounter a type of music she “had never been exposed to”.

See the full coverage and video in our vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/92005321 It’s a powerful thing to spark surprise amongst Melbourne audiences. MAV is committed to creating unique experiences that connect and develop audiences through successful partnerships with leading organisations. We recommend you check out the recently launched study Audience Atlas Victoria commissioned by Arts Victoria and undertaken by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre. It is the most detailed and comprehensive profile of arts audiences ever undertaken in Victoria.

Go to http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/Research_ Resources/Research_Program/Audience_Atlas_ Victoria_-_2014 Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Moomba Festival and PuraVida Roadshow with the support of The Embassy of Colombia in Australia, City of Melbourne and Wallonie - Bruxelles International.

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Minh Phan

THE BOND OF FAMILY Minh Phan’s story

Minh Phan was born in Vietnam and fled to Australia on a boat at the age of seven with his father and older brother after the war ended in 1975. They were sponsored to Australia in 1980 and reunited three years later with the rest of their family. Minh grew up in Richmond and studied Medicine at Melbourne University. He loved to draw from an early age and decided to keep his Visual Arts studies while studying Medicine. Minh is a painter and he is one year from completion of a Master of Contemporary Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts and also works as a part time general Practitioner in Coburg. Minh was the winner of the 2013 Heartlands Refugee Art Prize, a national award open to artists from refugee backgrounds and also won second prize in the Heartlands Prize in 2012.

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Minh’s work is inspired on his story of coming to Australia as a refugee from the Vietnam War and his new life in Australia. His works highlights the importance of family bonds despite difficulties and separation and evokes memories from childhood.

When talking about is Heartlands 2013 winning work ‘Two Views’.

“One of my aims is to find a way of showing how the Australian viewer can engage in the refugee debate and the first thing that came to me was that the most common thing to all refugees and all Australians: the bond of family” Minh Phan (Interview, Books and Art Daily, ABC radio) MAV has supported Minh to progress in his professional career as a visual artist through facilitating pathways to showcase his talent and creativity. From the 8-17 May 2014 he displayed the installation ‘Cases for forgetting’ in the group exhibition Vietnam/Australia Voicing the Unspoken organized by MAV in partnership with the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival. ‘Cases for forgetting’ evokes memories that can be placed, removed, and replaced. Other participating artists included Khue Nguyen, Quan Tre, Thanh Duong and Phuong Ngo. The exhibition was curated by Damian Smith and coordinated by Trinidad Estay.

Two Views by Minh Phan

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The Pinata Lady’s workshop

HIGHLIGHTING THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS MAV Social Enterprise The aim of MAV’s Social Enterprise is to facilitate work opportunities for our members and highlight the excellence of our local culturally diverse artists, groups and communities in a professional setting. We act as a conduit between two groups which otherwise wouldn’t know how to connect with each other.

Government organisations, education and early learning facilities, venues and corporates contact MAV with a range of requests throughout the year for small and large scale performance opportunities which range from school incursions, to gala dinners, to football matches at Etihad Stadium. With strong connections to multicultural communities in Melbourne we are able to source the perfect performer whether it be Samoan body percussion, Middle Eastern “khaleegy” dance or Ethiopian dance and circus skills.

In 2013 our artists were provided with over 500 work opportunities through MAV’s Social Enterprise including events such as Moomba, Flavours Festival, Summer Night Markets, Viva Victoria and monthly Sunday Markets at Arts Centre Melbourne. You can help support and promote our local artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds by booking through our artist agency. We represent an extensive list of 24

high quality and diverse cultural performers and artists available for concerts, events, festivals, educational programs and children’s parties.

“Thank you so much for arranging the performers today. Lamine and Seydou were amazing, they had all the children’s attention straight away, and they were confidently playing drums and dancing in the garden, it was a wonderful party atmosphere, and even the youngest stayed engaged and joined in”.

Feedback from The Harbour Family and Children’s Centre For an artist booking or more information contact: programs@multiculturalarts.com.au

MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Monday May 28 at 6.30pm Theatrette, Ground Floor, South Melbourne Town Hall (enter via fishely St)

Join us and the Minister for the Arts, The Hon. Heidi Victoria to reflect on an inspiring 2013.

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EMERGE FESTIVAL 2014 PROGRAM SAT 10 MAY - SAT 28 JUNE

Africa Day Celebrations

SATURDAY 17 MAY

Emerge in the West, Nicholson St, Footscray

FRIDAY 23 MAY

Koné Express Album Launch, Bella Union, Trades Hall

SATURDAY 31 MAY

Visible Biz Presents MC MoMo in Conversation, South Melbourne Town Hall

SUNDAY 8 JUNE

Emerge Under the Big Top, Dandenong Market

SUNDAY 15 JUNE

Emerge Festival Main Event, Fitzroy Town Hall

FRI 13 JUNE – FRI 27 JUNE

Michal Adonai: I Did Not Choose to be a Refugee, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre

THU 12 JUNE – SUN 22 JUNE

Heartlands 2014: A Day in the Life of the Hazara, Footscray Community Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE

ReMastered Myths, Iwaki Auditorium

THURSDAY 19 JUNE

Restoring Hope – A Creative Refugee Week Performance, Footscray Community Arts Centre

SUNDAY 22 JUNE

Omagh Celebrations, Springvale Town Hall

FRIDAY 6 & 20 JUNE

ReMastered Myths @ Kindred Studios

FRIDAY 20 JUNE

Inti Raymi, The Celebration of the Sun, HiFi Bar

SATURDAY 6 JULY

Burundian Independence Day, South Melbourne Town Hall

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