Events in July

EVENTS IN JULY 2009

bemac in association with brisbane powerhouse presents:

planet – mars melto & a french butler called smith

Saturday 4^th July 2009

Location: Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse, Street, New Farm

Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm

Cost: FREE

For more information contact BEMAC on bemac@bemac.org.au, or phone us on 07 3391 4433

Acoustic sessions

Saturday 4^th July 2009

Location: BEMAC, ‘Yungaba’, 120 Main Street , Kangaroo Point, BRISBANE

Time: Doors open 7pm drinks and nibbles available

Cost: $ 10 .00 Entry Fee

The first in what will be a series of regular acoustic shows which will celebrate stringed instruments from around the world... This week we feature the guitar, and BEMAC favorite, ‘Anthony Garcia’, who will be joined by ‘Mars Melto’, visiting from Vanuatu and local emerging artists "Nes and Sammy J".

For more information contact Tom on 0402 542 132 or Jo on 0404 602 081

pulse – talkin the drum

tichawona, spankinhide, zormiwasa

Saturday 4^th July 2009

Location: Kurilpa Hall, 174 Boundary Street, West End

Time: Doors open 7pm drinks and nibbles available

Cost: $ 15.00 Entry Fee

For more information please email talkinthedrummaillist-bounces@talkinthedrum.com.au

salaam exhibition launch

Saturday 4^th July 2009

Location: Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street , Brisbane , Level 2

Time: Library Hours

Cost: $ 15.00 Entry Fee

For more information email salaamproject@gmail.com

QPAC BU$K

Saturday 4th July 2009

Location: Top of Queens Street Mall,

Time: Auditions are from 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Cost: please see link provided…

For more information and to register please click on the provided link: http://www.qpac.com.au/busk/?utm_source=qtix&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Busk

Colombia independence Day CELEBRATIONS…

BEMAC are pleased to be supporting a huge weekend of celebrations for Columbia Day, kick off on the Friday night.... read below for more details:

COLOMBIAN FESTIVAL

Friday 17^th July 2009

Location: The Valley Hotel, Level 2, 388 Brunswick Street , Fortitude Valley

Time: 8:00pm – 5:00am

Cost: $ 15.00 pre-sale, $18.00 at the door

FOOD FESTIVAL

Saturday 18^th July 2009

Location: BEMAC Outdoors, 120 Main Street , KANGAROO POINT

Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm

Cost: FREE by purchasing Friday’s ticket otherwise $7

Children under 12 y/o Free

Live Latin dance and music is booming worldwide and has now hit Australian shores in a big way! Capturing the attention of Australians through its exuberant rhythm, sensuality, passion and exotic hip movement, no one can deny that Latin culture is growing more and more popular each day!

For more information on bookings & Information contact: Elkin on 0401 241 777, 0432 153 336.

bemac in association with brisbane powerhouse presents:

‘Party under the Bridge celebrating Colombia ’ Independence Day

Saturday 18^th July 2009

Location: BEMAC Outdoors, 120 Main Street , KANGAROO POINT

Time: 7:00pm – 12:00 midnight!

Cost: $10.00

Price includes half an hour authentic salsa-merengue lesson

Audio Visual

Excellent Music with Master DJ Carlos

Drinks available

For more information please contact Carlos or Haydee on 07 3808 8678 or 0402 175 288 or visit their webpage www.allatin.com.au.

WORKSHOPS

One 4 All 09

If you are a young person aged 12-17 and are interested in music or drama, then One 4 All is the program for you. Participants can elect to develop their skills in any of the FOLLOWING areas, including: African Drumming, Drama, Songwriting, Singing, Guitar, Spoken Word/MCing, Indigenous instruments, etc. There will be weekly workshops (at a location near you!) and then once a month all the participants from across SEQ will come together at BEMAC to exchange creative ideas and create new works. The program will culminate in a show at Brisbane Powerhouse on the 16th October

For more information, contact Jo or Ema on 3391 4433 or turn up for the information session at BEMAC on Saturday 11th July from 12-4pm

bemac is proud to present:

mars melto

Wednesday 8^th July 2009

Meet and Share stories with the internationally renowned story teller

Author, poet, storyteller, playwright, producer, musician, songwriter, and artist, Marcel Meltherorong, or Mars Melto, as he is known in the Pacific has traveled the whole world captivating young people with his stories and music.

Location: LOGAN

Cost: FREE

Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

For more information contact: Mel @ 0412 564 053

PHOTOGRAPHIC COURSE FOR BEGINNERS

6 weekly sessions

This course is in basic photo techniques for the beginner.

Location: BEMAC “Yungaba” 120 Main Street Kangaroo Point.

Cost: $12 per session

Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm, start date tbc.

For further information please contact: Richard McLaren phone, 0429 485 921 or email, zouchai4@bigpond.net.au Limited number of places available.

Theatre Workshops at BEMAC

Every Monday – 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Location: BEMAC, ‘Yungaba’, 120 Main Street , Kangaroo Point, BRISBANE

Cost: $20 per session

The philosophy of this workshop is that performance is for everyone, not just skilled professionals.

The focus throughout is on nurturing each participant’s personal creativity in a theatrical environment. Through practicing simple group, duet, and solo improvisations, we will explore different ways of telling a story, and build relationships with our fellow performers, our audience and our environment.

For further information or to reserve a place, contact: mircha.mangiacotti@gmail.com

ARTMIK ART WORKSHOPS

Art workshops and classes

A r t & writing mentoring

Art tours

For further information please email info@artmilk.com.au or visit their website www.artmik.com.au.

BOLLYWOOD DHAMAKA

Learn Rich & Vibrant Bollywood Dance with Asha Shah

Services Offered:

Bollywood Themes Parties

Kids Birthday Party

Wedding Dance Party

Corporate Dance Workshop

Bollywood Fitness Workshops

Bollywood Costumes on SALE & HIRE

Bindi’s & Bangles for sale.

For further information contact Asha on ash.bris@gmail.com or call her on 07 3470 1683/0431 183 146.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

B150 CELEBRATIONS – Sunday 6^th September

JOIN BEMAC and come be apart of 150 years of Brisbane ’s Independence with the ‘B150 CELEBRATIONS’. This is ‘ Brisbane City Council’s’ largest event for 2009, and BEMAC will be providing a journey throughout the History of Brisbane ’s CULTURAL migration through MUSIC, DANCE, and PERFORMANCE. This will start from the Aboriginal settlement and migration from Indonesia, New Guinea and Melanesia, to the Colonial Settlement with British migrants, the arrival of continental Europeans, Chinese, and Germans, to Post War Jews, Irish, Greek, Italian, Yugoslavian, and Dutch, New Zealanders, refugees from Spain and Portugal, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, post 1960’s – South American Countries, Asian Countries, to the 21^st Century migrants from the Middle East and Africa.

If you feel that you have a group/or would like to opportunity to celebrate your culture in this event, please contact ema at ema@bemac.org.au or phone 07 3391 4433. Please note that this will be a free performance, however, it is a special event to celebrate your coming!!!

GIVE AWAYS!!!

COME celebrate COLUMBIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY with us, be in first to receive the free offers below:

To ALL BEMAC MEMBERS, we have:

5x free tickets to the All Music and Dance night in the Valley, tickets are worth $18.00.

20x free food Festival tickets worth $7.00 each

5x free tickets to the ‘Party under the Bridge’ worth $10 each.

Please email: ema@bemac.org.au

Watch this space for BEMAC’s next month’s E-Newsletter!!!

For any further information on BEMAC events and workshops, please contact us on the below details, if you are wanting to contact BEMAC in regards to the ‘Expressions of Interest’ doc attached, please email ema@bemac.org.au

Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre (BEMAC)

Phone: 07 3391 4433

Fax: 07 3391 2802

PO Box 7299

East Brisbane QLD 4169

Hello from the new Director Jo Pratt

Hi everyone, welcome to the new Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre - BEMAC Many Cultures One Heart blog. For those of you whom I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting and those who are new to BEMAC, HELLO! I have been operating in the Director's chair since the 1st of March, and must say I love it, what an incredible place to work! I come to BEMAC with a background in community development with both Indigenous and Pacific Island communities and more recently 4 years in the contemporary music industry, in artist and event management. I hope the skills I bring to the table will add to the rich 22 year history this organisation has. Well enough on me, this month I would like to draw your attention to a number of key things we have going on, and invite you to become a part of the BEMAC family by becoming a member.

B150 celebrations 6th September - This is the day all of Brisbane will head to the city's extensive CBD parklands to celebrate our birthday! BEMAC are hosting one of the main stages in the Botanic Gardens and are looking for expressions of interest from artists to help us celebrate the amazing contributions of our migrant communities to this city's cultural diversity. We are programming the stage to reflect the patterns of migration into Brisbane . The Lord Mayor will open the celebrations on our stage early in the day and we will party on until it finishes. (pls note this is not a paid performance, but a coming together of the community to celebrate!)

Planet - I am very excited to announce this awesome program. BEMAC has developed a partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse to bring WORLD MUSIC to the city on the first Saturday of every month free on the Turbine Platform. In addition, there will be a number of ticketed shows throughout the next 12 months with key artists from around the globe. BEMAC members get discounted ticket prices!

World By Night - As part of this years Q150/B150 year long party, BEMAC are putting on a special celebration of world music, dance and food under the stars! To be held on Saturday 20th of November. We are looking for performers and stall holders, both fresh produce, prepared food, and arts and crafts. The evening will take the form of night markets and entertainment.

BEMAC - many cultures, one heART!

Jo Pratt

Refugees cast in stone at South Bank Parklands

As refugee communities across Queensland celebrate World Refugee week, the Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre (BEMAC) and South Bank Parklands joined forces to erect a tangible acknowledgement of the contributions of those communities to our beautiful city. On World Refugee Day on the 20th of June, four permanent sandstone sculptures were unveiled at a small celebration in the Cultural Forecourt of the South Bank Parklands.

This installation is the culmination of a year long project with artists, Karen Shapcott, Catriona Holland, Candy Soller and Pete Mac Farline working with young people from a range of Brisbane communities, exploring identity through visual art. This community engagement process identified 3 incredibly talented young people who have a passion to pursue visual art in a more focused way; Amhad Shah Nazari ( Afghanistan ), Samsun Joseph ( Sudan ) and Amal Suleman ( Sudan ). Further workshops were spent with these 3 young people, identifying what THEY felt were important aspects of their stories.

The artwork represents ‘Memory Boxes and suitcases’ that convey the stories, memories, hopes and dreams of three refugee students that have undertaken remarkable journeys to become valued members of our community. The four pillars follow the stories of each young person, from their childhoods in far off homelands to their dreams for the future in Brisbane , from their childhoods in their country of origin to exile, transit and finally life in Australia and their bright futures.


This installation isthe first example of art representing multiculturalism in the South Bank Parklands, and the work not only provides a voice to the experiences of our refugee community members, but will hopefully also encourage understanding in the greater community. The installation acknowledges the contribution of refugee and migrant communities in Queensland and the vibrant diversity they bring to the social, cultural and artistic fabric of Queensland .

Funded through Arts Queensland's art+place program, the works were one of the outcomes of BEMAC's One 4 All project, an Australia Council for the Arts funded, Art in a Multicultural Australia initiative. This 3 year project works with young people from diverse cultural backgrounds, such as Indigenous, Pacific Island , Iranian, Afghani, Sudanese and Somalian; using various art forms as a means of exploring identity and culture in the context of their past, present and futures as new Australians.

This visual art component of the project sits alongside a music development program and concert with facilitator and Brisbane musician, Roz Papalardo of Women in Docs; to be held at the Brisbane Powerhouse on the 16th October this year.

For more information about the installation, the artists and young people, please contact Jo Pratt, the Director of BEMAC on 07-33914433 or 0404 602 081.