Thursday, November 5, 2009

Media Release: BEMAC hosting Multicultural Arts Round Table

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

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