Monday, November 9th 2009
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2pm-6pm
Multicultural Arts and Mobility: A Queensland Perspective
BEMAC are honored to announce that they will be hosting a Multicultural Arts Round Table at Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts next Monday, November 9th 2009.
The theme for the roundtable is “Multicultural Arts and Mobility: A Queensland Perspective”
In attendance will be delegates from around Australia that make up the board of Kultour (the national touring body for Multicultural Arts) alongside representatives from government agencies including Brisbane City Council, Logan City Council, Arts Queensland, Australia Council for the Arts, regional Queensland, venues and presenters.
The roundtable has been designed as to provide a key opportunity to air and discuss the issues and opportunities that Queensland's culturally and linguistically diverse artists face. This is in conbination with the opprtunity for artists to ask questions of and listen to a panel of key industry representatives and artists with a range of touring experiences.
It is anticipated that this mini-conference will open up the dialogue for Multicultural Arts here in Queensland and that
some on-going relationships and opportunities will develop that see Queensland artists with more national and international opportunities.
The event will also feature showcase appearances by some of Qld’s finest multicultural artists inclduing “Dheeraj” Showcase (music), “Paradise” Showcase (theatre), “Anthony Garcia” Showcase (music), “Walisuma” Showcase (music) and “Baala Baajo” Showcase (music), as well as photography and visual art from Salaam Elmerebi and Tewodros Fekadu. Panelists will include:
Anthony Garcia (Musician) - MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD AND ACCESS
Salam Elmerebi (Visual Artist) - MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD AND ACCESS
Tanya Martin - Brisbane Powerhouse – PARTERNERSHIP MODEL FOR MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD
Sebastian Flynn – Events Manager, Department of Communities, Director, Qld Multicultural Festival – FESTIVALS AND CULTURAL PLATFORMS FOR CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTS IN QLD
Ruth Hodgman – Director, The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts – DIVERSITY IN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Jo Pratt – Director, BEMAC – ROLE OF BEMAC AS PEAK BODY – REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN
Michael Whiticker - Artistic Director, Music Centre North Queensland – REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE MULTICULTURAL ARTS
Denise Foley – CEO, Q Music – FUNDING and other support, TOURING, Q Song, AWME etc
Jill Morgan – CEO, Multicultural Arts Victoria – GETTING OUT OF QLD
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
World by Night
BEMAC (Brisbane ENTERPRISING MULTICULTURAL ARTS Centre) is proud to announce its inaugural WORLD BY NIGHT FESTIVAL. Held 6pm till 10pm, Fri Nov 20th in the beautiful world heritage listed waterfront gardens @ Yungaba in Kangaroo Point, World By Night is a free entry, family friendly festival featuring contemporary world music, dance, cuisine and craft.
Performances: The View From Madeleine's Couch, Vessels, Tibet 2 Timbuk 2, Walisuma
Workshops: Beat Boxing, Latin Salsa Dance, African Drumming, Mordern Contemp Dance w Black Dove, Tai Chi - QIGONG and Bollywood Dhamaka dance.
Held under the stars, World By Night will see the historic waterfront gardens and buildings underneath the Story Bridge come to life for the last time before private development; with music, dance, workshops, foods stalls, arts & crafts and information stalls in an exquisite celebration of the important arts, cultural and cuisine benefits that migrants and refugees have brought to Queensland culture.
Stalls will feature foods from around the world, including Pacific, African, Asian, western European, Eastern European, and the America’s. There will also be a fresh food stall which stock unusual foods from Indian spices to exotic vegetables and fruits. Stalls will have information available on the dishes sold about the ingredients and their origins, how these traditional dishes might have been made 150 years ago and how they might have changed to suit the Australian version.
Art and Craft stalls will also feature across the market’s with high quality diverse craft from numerous world cultures on display- the perfect Christmas shopping alternative!! There will also be free Henna Tattooing all night.
The festival opening also will feature an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and a welcome to country from the local indigenous community.
FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER
6PM – 10PM @ Yungaba
120 Main St, Kangaroo Point (Free Entry Family Event)
Performances: The View From Madeleine's Couch, Vessels, Tibet 2 Timbuk 2, Walisuma
Workshops: Beat Boxing, Latin Salsa Dance, African Drumming, Mordern Contemp Dance w Black Dove, Tai Chi - QIGONG and Bollywood Dhamaka dance.
Held under the stars, World By Night will see the historic waterfront gardens and buildings underneath the Story Bridge come to life for the last time before private development; with music, dance, workshops, foods stalls, arts & crafts and information stalls in an exquisite celebration of the important arts, cultural and cuisine benefits that migrants and refugees have brought to Queensland culture.
Stalls will feature foods from around the world, including Pacific, African, Asian, western European, Eastern European, and the America’s. There will also be a fresh food stall which stock unusual foods from Indian spices to exotic vegetables and fruits. Stalls will have information available on the dishes sold about the ingredients and their origins, how these traditional dishes might have been made 150 years ago and how they might have changed to suit the Australian version.
Art and Craft stalls will also feature across the market’s with high quality diverse craft from numerous world cultures on display- the perfect Christmas shopping alternative!! There will also be free Henna Tattooing all night.
The festival opening also will feature an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and a welcome to country from the local indigenous community.
FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER
6PM – 10PM @ Yungaba
120 Main St, Kangaroo Point (Free Entry Family Event)
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