The Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.TheAhead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.
In partnership with Cinespace, Multicultural Arts Victoria presents the Ahead of the Curve Film Mentorship program. Four emerging filmmakers will be paired with four mentors from three filmmaking disciplines—producing, writing, and directing. From October to December 2022, the mentees will receive one-on-one mentorship and teaching sessions in the field of their own choosing.
Drawing on their own stories, cultures, traditions and contemporary influences, the women including Ane Fotu, Ree Peric, Shakilla Naveed, Eman Alabbassi, Yusniza Yusoff, Leaisa Pele and Agoness Kuol, have collaborated with artist Jamie Lewis, to explore and exchange food cultures and to develop this special program of participatory cooking, eating, storytelling and food culture experiences at St Paul’s African House on 13 and 14 May.
Health promotion, community, local government and settlement service workers in Greater Shepparton – you are invited to gather with colleagues, bring a healthy lunch and take a deep dive into the Shepparton Culture Kitchen project! You are invited to participate. This will be livestreamed on Thursday 12 May, from 12:00pm
Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) has received a grant of $1 million to conduct new programs, one of which will be in Shepparton.
The two new programs, Duniya Behter and Ahead of the Curve, made possible with $1 million in funds from the Victorian Government’s recent Priority Response to Multicultural Communities During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Program, focus on building digital content skills, generating new community specific forms of transmission, and developing creative enterprise models.
These programs will create significant employment opportunities and position young people, women and creatives from culturally diverse backgrounds living in Melbourne, Bendigo and Shepparton.
As part of its new Channel 21 program, Multicultural Arts Victoria is offering a business start-up opportunity for 8 migrant women or groups of migrant women from new and emerging communities in the Greater Shepparton region.
“Never pick wet apples! They’ll rot faster!” Nothing could speak better to the journey that lies ahead with Under the Trees, a compelling new multimedia theatre work being developed in Shepparton by local Pasifika arts collective Know Your Roots Inc and Melbourne-based Pasifika creatives from Pacific Island Creative Arts Australia.
Set in present-day Shepparton, this seminal new work will delve deeply into the history of migrant Pasifika farm workers and will bring to life their stories along with those of their children who have grown up far from their Island homelands.
“With its rich history and vibrant dwellers, we can’t wait to see what will unfold from the Shepparton stories once they’re ready for picking. I can’t wait for the next stage of this project” says Asalemo Tofete who recently spent the weekend in Shepparton along with his colleagues from Pacific Island Creative Arts Australia meeting and hearing from local community.
Multicultural Arts Victoria warmly invites you to join us from wherever you are in the world for the online launch of SUBMERGED a new collaborative exhibition featuring digital artworks by two women of colour living in Shepparton, Mimi Leung and Ree.
Vic Health recently featured the Shepparton Culture Kitchen Program in an article around what can happen when partnerships place community in the driver’s seat. Everyone has to eat, and food is a great connector to bring people together and create change.
In Collaboration with PICAA Inc. and Multicultural Arts Victoria we would like to invite our Local Pacific & Maori Community to be part of the Fiafia Project.