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P.2 Music – PENTEKOSTARION– Nadia Elbana – Listings

P.3 Dance – The Light in theShadow – CHIKA – at Dancehouse

P.4 Word – Lella Cariddi – World Poetry

P.5 Visual Arts– Joe Maselwa Malatji

– Belonging – What’s On

P.6-7 What else – Grants

P.8 Editorial

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Prayer Bells - PENTEKOSTARIONPresented by MAV in partnership with the Antipodes Festival

The Union House Theatre, Wed 23 Mar, 7pm IHOS Opera; Composer - Constantine Koukias; Conductor - Peter Taplin,with the voices of Cantores Sumus, prepared by Stephen Grant and JohnStinson. A choral work for 3 solo cantors: Hebrew, Greek and Latin; achorus of 8 male voices with digital delay and a quarter tone set of 61specially crafted handbells. The 61 bells were specially commissionedand cast for the Centenary of Federation and were used in the premiereof the piece during the Federation Festival in Melbourne in 2001.

Pentekostarion is divided into 21 prayers, some of which are performedby bells alone. The work is based on heterophony, as opposed topolyphony or harmony. This means that the melody or chant is used tocreate a harmonic accompaniment and structure to the chant. Producedby IHOS Opera (Tas) and touring nationally as part of the AustraliaCouncil's kultour program.

Info: Multicultural Arts Victoria 9417 6777

Nadia ElbanaNadia Elbana is a singer, musician and writer from Sudan. In Khartoum,she wrote regular monthly columns for the Sudan Culture Magazine andthe magazine of the National Council for Arts and Letters; she worked asa cultural researcher and oral folklore literature collector; and sheprepared radio programs for community education. She has also workedand studied extensively in Khartoum, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Indiain family planning and social work. In particular, she has developedprograms of skills development for rural women, education, training andrecreational programs, writing, and conducting symposiums. In Australia,she is highly regarded as a performer and community leader. Sheperformed at the 2004 Refugee& Asylum Seekers Festival, andwill be performing at BlackHarmony Day on March 20,along with Koori Youth Will ShakeSpears, Kutcha Edwards, RichardFrankland, Vox Congo, Asiko, theDambai Dancers and more: atFairfield Amphitheatre,Heidelberg Rd (see listings)

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listingsBlack Harmony, Fairfield Park Amphitheatre, Heidelberg Rd Fairfield Sun 20Mar 2-6pm Free concert of Indigenous, African and Islander musicians includingNadia Elbana, Kutcha Edwards, Vox Congo, Richard Frankland and more. Info: MAV9417 6777

Prayer Bells, IHOS Opera Union House Theatre, Melbourne University, Wed 23Mar, 7pm. Tickets: $15/22 Pre sale $20. Bookings: MAV 9417 6777

Afro Beats Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne Sat 5 Feb 10am-10pmFree concerts of music from sub Saharan Africa.See www.melbourneafrobeats.com.au

ANZ Seniors Week Multicultural Concerts: featuring Ileana Posas &Andy Price, Marcello & Paulina D'Amico, Kavisha Mazzella & Irini Vela, KutchaEdwards, the Stiletto Sisters and more. Presented by the Ethnic Community Councilof Victoria.Geelong Thur 17 Mar, 12pm-1.30pm Geelong Performing Arts Centre $2 Booking5225 1200Frankston Tue 15 Mar, 11.30am-1pm Frankston Arts Centre $2 Bookings 97841060 Co-presented by Frankston City Council.Darebin Wed 16 Mar, 2.30pm-4pm Darebin Arts Centre $2 Bookings 9416 8933

Alpha Blondy and the Solar System, Metro Nightclub, 20 Bourke StMelbourne. Wed 9 Mar 8pm. Bookings: 136 100 Ticketmaster7

Womadelaide, Botanic Park, Adelaide, Mar 4-6. Featuring Daara J, KronosQuartet, Lo'Jo, Silvia Entcheva, George Rrurrambu & much more. Tickets 1300 3040 72

Port Fairy Folk Festival, 11-14 Mar, Port Fairy, Victoria. Featuring Draoicht,Janis Ian, Jali Buba Kuyateh, Raga Bliss & more. Tickets 03 55682227

World Music at the Amphitheatre, Fairfield Park, Heidelberg Rd Fairfield.Free concert series Sundays in Feb 5-7:30pm. Enquiries: the Boite 9417 1983 orwww.boite.asn.au

Global Sounds At Sunset, Melbourne Museum Nicholson St Carlton.Saturdays in February 5:30pm. Enquiries www.boite.asn.au Tickets: 13 11 02

Brunswick Music Festival, 3-20 Mar. Various venues in City of Moreland.Artists including Adel Salameh, Tony McManus, Jackie Orszaczky Trio, Lisa Miller,Kevin Welch & more. Info: 9387 3376 or www.brunswickmusicfestival.com.au

Cultural Diversity Week Gala Dinner for Parliamentarians. MelbourneExhibition & Convention Centre, Southbank Fri 18 Mar 6pm. Featuring CholloDance Group, Los Romanticos, Jasna Dolic, Radio Rhythm Orchestra, Chinese YouthSociety. Info: MAV 9417 6777

opportunitiesThe JB Seed - New grants program for musiciansAustralian musician John Butler has established a new annual grants program, withspecific categories for TPV holders and social activists, as well as professionaldevelopment and marketing. Info: www.thejbseed.com

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The Light in the ShadowA Dance Collaboration between Malaysian RiverGrass Dance Theatre andAustralian “-” Butoh Company towards a performance for the 1st MalaysianDance Festival 2005.

Mew Chang Tsing (artistic director, RiverGrass) and Tony Yap and his artisticteam have been in dialogue for the past 12 months on the idea of Light inthe Shadow. As a result Tony and his artistic team have been invited tocollaborate with Mew’s RiverGrass Dance Company.

The Australian artists include musicians Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey, anddancers Ben Rogan and Simon Ellis, and from Malaysia, two dancers and anactor.

The Light in the Shadow is a dance installation inspired by the greater andlesser signs of decay of the angel as described in a Buddhist text. Looking atthe metaphoric meanings and translating them into movements and into anarchitectural installation, The Light in the Shadow will be a journey of howone sees dying and the ideals of dying. The dance will be drawn from Butohand contemporary western styles - including Butoh and Malaysianshamanistic trance practce.

This collaboration hopes to bring the dancers/performers and musicians fromboth countries into an exchange of skills and ideas to create a performancethat challenges boundaries of the present dance practice.

Melbourne audiences will most probably be able to see The Light in theShadow later in the year.

CHIKAA Documentary Performance - by Mayu KanamoriIn association with ABC Radio National

Directed by Malcolm BlaylockLighting Design by Keith TuckerMusical Direction & Composition by Tom FitzgeraldWith Yumi Umiumare, Satsuki Odamura, Anne Norman, Toshinori Sakamoto

At The C.U.B. Malthouse, 113 Sturt St, Southbank23 – 26 February 8pm (Sat mat 2pm)Bookings: 9685 5111, Tics: $25/$15

CHIKA is a multi layered production utilising documentary images andinterviews, archival video, original music and choreography. It iscontemporary story telling, crossing the disciplines of journalism, visual andperforming arts, incorporating live music, dance, and narration, projectedimages and recorded voices. It is a documentary performance telling thestory of a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for acrime she has always insisted she did not commit.

at Dancehouse- 150 Princes St, North Carlton VIC 3054 Ph: 03 9347 2860

Dancehouse will launch its 2005 dance calendar, major programs and newbrand on Wednesday 16 February at 11am.

Delivering a program that draws upon the talent of local and internationalartists the program offers a range of artists the opportunity to develop andshowcase new works.

'In delivering this program, says Dianne Reid, Artistic Director, I havesought to bring an innovative and exciting mix of performance that willengage, entertain and challenge.'

The program for 2005 includes:

The Dance Card - A live mix of dance, sound and light.

Ten solo artists over ten nights, each evening presents a different mix oflocal, interstate and international soloists. Five artists per performance.

Five dancers sit as a part of the audience to wait their turn to perform. Thefirst dancer takes to the floor, performing in conversation with the liveaccompaniment and the close proximity of the audience. Each offers aglimpse of a particular character, a physical and emotional trace, beforeleaving the floor for the next soloist to enter. For an audience, the intimacyof watching at close hand combined with being able to see othersexperiencing the same thing is a unique and exciting dance experience.

10-minute dance solos, performed with an overlay of improvised, live,sound and light, by Bob Eisen (New York), Helena Yuk (Korea), Vicky Kapo(New Zealand), Alice Cummins, (NSW), Kimberley McIntyre (NSW), TimHarvey (Vic), Sheridan Lang (Vic), Bronwyn Ritchie (Vic), Luke Hockley (Vic),Sela Kiek (Vic).

The Dance Card from 9 - 20 Mar, Wed - Sat, 8.00pm, Sun 5pm. Tics:$15.00/$10.00 Bookings: 9347 2860

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Lella CariddiLella Cariddi is a freelance writer, literary editor, screenwriter, andcommunity development practitioner. She has undertakenextensive ethnographic research on the life of immigrant women inAustralia since the early seventies. The profile of the life ofimmigrant women, frequently inform her prose, poetry, andscreenwriting. She has pioneered a number of creative artsprojects and community writing projects, and three of her projectshave received grants from the Australia Council for the Arts. Hercreative and ethnographic writings have been published in manypublications and anthologies including, The Australian Womens'Book review 1994, The Health of Immigrant Women 1995,Swyntex 1999 and Across the Margin 2000. She has editedand/or co-edited several professional and literary publications, andthe vast body of her creative work has been profiled in severalmainstream publications, including Beyond The Glass CeilingCollins Dove, 1993 and in Healthy Women Choice Books, 2001.Since 2004, together with Janna Hilbrink, under the auspices ofMAV, Lella has been undertaking the pioneering work needed toestablish the Festival of Poetry in Translation to be held at theCentre for Ideas in Melbourne, on 12, 13, 14 Aug 2005.

Pomegranate Lips

Mother's heaving breast-bone is a dome roofing corroded arteries.With each fillet of pain she draws a long cough,a ball of phlegm loosens from its moorings.

The ward manager, a vulture in flight with a mobile in each hand, exits the lift,kinks an eyelid, draws me to her and demands:“Has your mother had the last rites?” Thenturns, fixes an angry stare on a subordinate,and declares: “I'm desperate to free-up a bed tonight.”

At dusk, swathed in gardenia scented sheets,the woman who crossed the ocean to preserveher marriage, moistens her pomegranate lipsand holds court with inconsolable grand-children.Go home darlinHave nice sleepMe get better, you see.

Word2005 Melbourne Emerging Writers' FestivalFri - Sun, 6-8 May, Victoria Hotel, Melbourne

The 2nd annual Emerging Writers' Festival, presented by ExpressMedia in conjunction with the Victorian Writers' Centre, in the artdeco splendour of Melbourne's centrally located Victoria Hotel.Writers from 16 to 60 talk about their work. Panels, readings,workshops, forums and trade fairs covering everything from poetry toprose, screenplays to weblogs, and journalism to zines. Share yourexperiences with editors, publishers, agents, and your fellow writers.

Contact/Bookings: Express Media, Richard Watts, Artistic Director,

(03) 9326 8367 or email artisticdirector@expressmedia.org.au

World PoetryThis is the name under which the former Australian Association forthe Promotion of Poetry in Translation now operates.

Our survey of translators and of poets writing in languages other thanEnglish is progressing well. To date we have had over 50 poets andtranslators registering with us. The languages represented are:indigenous Australian languages, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Dutch,French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish,Malay, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, Russian, Tamil and Vietnamese. Thereis a lot happening out there! The deadline for answering the survey is28 February, so if there are any readers still interested in registering(or know of someone who might be), please ring (03) 9486 8483 fora survey form to be sent.

The preparations for our inaugural festival In Other Words, to be heldthe weekend of 12, 13 and 14 Aug 2005, are well under way. Thethemes of the festival are Language, Place and Identity.

Funding for the survey and for community consultations was receivedfrom the Victorian Multicultural Commission. We also received a grantfrom the City of Melbourne for promotion and publicity and are in thethroes of preparing submissions to go to other funding bodies. Weare very pleased to announce that we are working in closepartnership with the Centre for Ideas at the Victorian College of theArts and we greatly appreciate the continued support from ourauspice body, Multicultural Arts Victoria.

Authors: Janna Hilbrink and Lella Cariddi

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Joe Maselwa MalatjiMany people may know Joe as a professional musician with his band,Thula Sana. He is talented not only in music, but also in visual art.

Joe Maselwa Malatji was born in Mahlabatse near Thabazimbi in SouthAfrican 1952. In 1975 Joe went to Botswana as a refugee. When hereceived a scholarship to study motor mechanics in Nigeria from 1977for three years, he also shared his time with art studies. In this period,his talent began to manifest itself. Since 1979 Joe has exhibited hisworks in Germany, Sweden, Holland and in the National Museum andArt Gallery of Gaborone.

Joe uses many different materials and techniques in his art tocommunicate with his fellow beings. But his paintings are surely hisvery personal way of doing African art.

Since his arrival in Australia in 1985, he has concentrated on his musicas a new opportunity to express his cultural roots. He has recently takenpainting back into his life as it has always stayed close to his artisticspirit. In 2003, he designed the concert program and the T-shirt for“Nongoma - The Melbourne Millennium Chorus” at Melbourne ConcertHall organised by the Boite. He has been invited to exhibit his work atthe State Museum of Pretoria in South Africa in September 2005. JoeMalatji's powerful and warm paintings are expected to be exhibitedhere in Australia in the near future.

Belonging - Recent works by Sam Neves Kitoko

1 - 12 Feb 05, Tues - Fri: 11am -5pm, Sat: 12 - 4pm45 Downstairs, 45 Flinders Lane,Melbourne.Opening Tuesday 1 Feb 5 - 7pm Performance by Carlos Panguana(Mozambique).

We all have the desire to belong to aparticular culture, religion, family, orto a certain region of the world. Asense of belonging enhances ourself-esteem, and allows us to feelloved or attached to a certain groupwhere we feel valued. Sam drawsinspiration from the artefacts of theancient Kongo kingdom, dating back to the fourteenth century. His workis underpinned by a theme of reciprocity: the discovery of a new way oflife in a new society and the sharing that ensues.

Sam Neves Kitoko was born in Mbanza Kongo in the northern tip ofAngola, the youngest of four children of Pedro & Ana Diya Kitoko. Hespent his formative years in Kimpese, in southern Congo, where he waseducated first by his brother, then at a Belgian Mission School. In 1984Sam was awarded a UN scholarship to complete tertiary studies inAustralia. He has previously exhibited at Overlaps group exhibition atDarebin Arts & Entertainment Centre, Preston, Melbourne, 2003; Sololaat Barbukka, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 2003; Multiculturalism group show,Perth, WA 2000; Reconciliation day group show, University of WesternAustralia, 1999; and others.www.fortyfivedownstairs.com Contact: nkitoko@yahoo.com.au

What’s on

Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander ArtAwardFeb 05, Mon - Fri: 11am - 5pm, Sat: 2 - 5pmRMIT Gallery RMIT Storey Hall, 344 Swanston st Ph: 9925 1717The triennial tour includes work with reference to traditions such as bark paintingand fibrework as well as avant-garde painting and sculpture.

Anglo Indian Stories - A Passage From India 13 Feb Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne10am -5pm daily Ph. 03 9927 2700While this exhibition celebrates the more famous aspects of Anglo-Indian life - suchas curry and hockey - it also examines the complex issues faced by Anglo-Indiansin Australia. Drawing on cultural artefacts, images and interactive audio-visualmaterial, the exhibition depicts a vivid portrait of the Anglo-Indian community inAustralia.

Printemps ÈTÈ - Akira Isogawa27 Mar, National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, corner of Russel andFlinders streets, Mon - Sun: 10am - 5pmAkira Isogawa is one of Australia's most distinctive and respected contemporarydesigners. This exhibition focused on the creative process that Isogawa embarkedupon over a five month period in the lead up to the presentation of hisspring/summer collection in Paris in October 2004.

SILENT VOICESAn exhibition of works by Sutueal Bekele Althe and Joe Malatji

Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria and the City of ManninghamAt Manningham Gallery, Manningham Council Municipal Offices699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster, Victoria.15 Mar – 9 April 2005, Opening Wed 16 Mar 2005Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 2pm-5pm

Featuring two internationally recognised artists never before exhibited in Australia,Joe Malatji, from South Africa, and Sutueal Althe, from Ethiopia, highlighting CulturalDiversity Week (Mar 17 – 23). For information, call MAV 9417 6777.

Artholes Gallery presents Displacementa group show of photography by four artists:ANNIE LYNCH, CONSTANCE LIAPIS, ROB YOUNG and CASSIE DUCKWORTH.

Opening Fri 4 Feb until Wed 16 Feb 2005.Artholes gallery 114 Gertrude St. FitzroyGallery hours Tuesday to Saturday 10-5Tel 9419 8727 www.mirrorframes.com

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Professional artists recognised The Australian Taxation Office has formally recognised professional artists,meaning they can claim tax deductions for materials. Tamara Winikoff, theexecutive director of the National Association for the Visual Arts, whichspearheaded the campaign, said the ruling affected artists, writers, performers,composers and choreographers.

"It's very important for artists across all mediums because for the first time theyhave a leg to stand on with the tax office that they make the claims they do for avery good reason," she said.

The ruling, which could affect at least 80,000 professional artists, would haveimplications for insurance and benefits such as social security, she said.

"Previously, claims were very much dependent on the interpretation of anindividual tax assessor or commissioner."

What Are Melbourne's True Colours?At Craft Victoria, we're thinking ahead to winter and the third annual MelbourneScarf Festival, which is set to colour Melbourne's Flinders Lane precinct from 30June to 3 July, 2005.

The theme of this year's Festival is True Colours. Master classes, demonstrationsand in-gallery forum discussions will focus on tribalism and the different ways inwhich colours can be worn to proclaim allegiances. Festival favourite, the ScarfLane Market and exhibition, will offer the usual visual and tactile feast of diversetextures and techniques, as well as the opportunity to explore the relationshipbetween colour and personality. What are the tribes of Melbourne? How are theyrepresented through colour?

As we program the 2005 Melbourne Scarf Festival, we'd love to hear yoursuggestions. The call for expressions of interest for makers wishing to submitscarves for the Scarf Lane Market will be circulated at the beginning of March,2005.

The Melbourne Scarf Festival is a “knowledge at hand” event which is part ofCraft Victoria's package of tangible programs.

Please direct all enquiries and suggestions to Anna MacDonald atamacdonald@craftvic.asn.au or (03) 9650 7775. Visit www.craftvic.asn.au

opportunities

South 2: The JourneyResidencies and Networks - Laying foundations for cultural exchangeIn 2005 the South Project is focused on developing residencies and collaborativeexchange opportunities for the extensive network of artists and cultural workersthat has developed since the initiation of this project. The residencies are open toarts and crafts practitioners from through out the southern hemisphere. Fordetails see the residency outlines on the website:http://www.southproject.org/residencies.htm

Saraswati arts ProgramThe Australia Indonesia Institute, the Government's council for supporting people-to-people links between the two countries, has teamed with Australia Council forthe first time to launch a new program to support more collaborative ventures forartists in both countries. It provides up to $20,000 for up to 10 projects perannum to organisations and individuals.Enquiries: Bill Richardson, Director Australia Indonesia Institute on (02) 62613827 www.dfat.gov.au/aii

Australian Photographic Portrait Prize 2005The Art Gallery of New South Wales invites photographers to submit works incompetition for the Citigroup Private Bank. Australian Photographic Portrait Prize,to be awarded to the best photographic portrait as determined by the judges. ThePrize winner will be announced at the same time as the Archibald, Wynne andSulman prizes on Friday 29 April 2005 and the exhibition held in conjunction withthe Archibald Prize.Info: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/art_prizes/cpbapppemail entries@ag.nsw.gov.au or call: (02) 9225 1700

Spark - mentoring programSpark is a national program that supports young and emerging artists to developa mentoring partnership with a professional artist of their choice. Through supportfrom Australia Council's Theatre and Dance Boards, Spark is open to youngtheatre artists and young community dance artists and artsworkers fromanywhere in Australia.Application close: 28 Feb, Info: (07) 3252 5115,email: pm@yaq.org.au web: www. yaq.org.au

Grants

Funding Rounds due:Arts VictoriaArts Innovation program Applications close 1 April 2005Creative Companies for companies operating on a financial year calendarApplications close 15 Mar 2005Creative Enterprises for companies operating on a financial year calendarApplications close 15 Mar 2005 Artists in Community Applications close 15 Feb 2005Community Liaison Officers and Professionals in Residence Applications close15 Mar 2005Creative Community Partnerships Applications close 15 Feb 2005Local Festivals Applications close 15 Feb 2005Public Art Galleries Applications close 11 April 2005 International program Applications close 15 Mar 2005 for projects commencingfrom 1 June '05Music For The Future Contemporary Music Sector Development andContemporary Music Recording Application close 15 Mar 2005

Australia CouncilIt has just been determined that the Community Cultural Development Boardwill offer part of the normal grants program for the first half of 2005. The followingcategories will be available for community cultural development projects:Closing Date: 1 April 2005> Ros Bower Award> Young Leaders Award> Partners AwardClosing Date: 15 April 2005> Skills and Arts Development> New Work> FellowshipsAt this stage, information about how the applications will be assessed and bywhom is not available. Information about grants and grant categories. In thesecond half of the year is also not available at this stage. The Australia Councilwill be releasing a 6 month handbook covering information on grants from allBoards. This will be available on-line by mid-end of February and in hard copy byMarch. It has also been decided that the CCDB staff will continue with advocacytravel in early 2005. In summary, CCDB staff will be hosting information sessionsand conducting meetings in the following locations around Australia:Victoria> 21 February -Bairnsdale> 22 February -Melbourne> 24 February -WarrnamboolFull details, including times and venues will be available from CCDB Staff within10 days and on the Australia Council website www.ozco.gov.au. This informationdoes not supercede the proposed dissolution of the Community CulturalDevelopment Board, the formation of a Key Organisations unit and other recentlyslated changes which remain part of the restructure plans. There is informationabout the proposed restructure available on the Ozco website.

Regional Arts Victoria Fund Grants Applications Close: Mon 7 MarThe Regional Arts Fund (RAF) is an initiative of the Australian Government,supporting the arts in regional, rural and remote Australia. The Regional Arts Fundis designed to support arts and cultural projects that offer long-term impact,sustainability and skills development opportunities. The Fund has been created tosupport arts projects that demonstrate partnerships between professional artists,arts & cultural groups, businesses, local government and the wider community.Projects must demonstrate how they contribute to the development of the arts as

well as appropriate consultation with project partners in the development process.

1. Project Grants for organisations and individuals, up to $15,000 is available forprojects involving professional artists in a project that has a public outcome in thecommunity in which it is based.2. Assisted Grants for organisations only, up to $5,000 and the assistance of a RAVstaff member for organisations that have not had any previous success in applyingto the regional arts fund.3. Regional Cultural Partnerships for organisations only, up to $30,000 is availablefor the development of long term partnerships between RAV, Arts Victoria and theApplicant. Details of this fund will be available from 1 December 2004.4. Quick Response for individuals and organisations, up to $1,500 for small-scalecultural development and arts initiatives, and up to $1,000 for professionaldevelopment in regional Victoria. Applications may be lodged at anytime. Decisionswill be made within 48 hours and notified within 5 working days of receipt ofapplications.See www.rav.net.au

Emerge Yarra Cultural Network is for cultural groups and artists fromemerging communities from all over Melbourne to find out about opportunities andto continue their cultural heritage in Melbourne's wider multicultural community. Thenext meeting is on Tues 15 Feb 6.30pm-9.30pm at Yarra Community Youth Centre,156 Napier St Fitzroy. Enquiries: Anita 9417 6777 orprojects@multiculturalarts.com.au

“not just for art's sake”Community Arts Working and Thinking Conference Fri 4 Mar, St Kilda TownHall 9am-5pm. A conference to explore and develop community art as a conduit tocreating ownership for all members of our community. Including discussions ondifferent media and performances, exhibitions and special guest Arnold Zable. Formore info call Kate Daddo 9534 0777/0424 102 592.

Mentor Program:SPARK is a national program that supports young and emerging artists to developa mentoring partnership with a professional artist of their choice. Through SPARK,young artists will get money to work on their own creative projects, as well assupport, training and advice to fast-track an emerging career in the arts. In 2005,through support from Australia Council's Theatre Board and Dance Board, SPARK isopen to young theatre artists and young community dance artists and artsworkersfrom anywhere in Australia. For more information and application form go towww.yaq.org.au or call YAQ on 07 3252 5115 or email pm@yaq.org.au.Application closed: 28 Feb 2005 SPARK is the Australia Council's national mentoring program for young artists intheatre and community dance. It is managed by Youth Arts Qld and is a part of theAustralian Government's Young and Emerging Artists' Initiative.

Folio Editorial TeamEditor and Chief Jill MorganSub-EditorsMusic Jill MorganDance Tony YapVisual Arts Naomi OtaWord Angela Costi

Multicultural Arts Victoria StaffExecutive Officer Jill MorganFinance Officer Anna LuzzaAdmin Officer Elda Koro/Miriam AbudProject Officer Anita Larkinkultour SW/C Jane Carew-Reid

Graphic Design Tony Yap

Multicultural Arts VictoriaFitzroy Town Hall201 Napier St FitzroyPO Box 2179 Fitzroy DC 3065P 9417 6777F 9416 3342E office@multiculturalarts.com.auW www.multiculturalarts.com.au

editorial

In 2005 Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) will continue to produceand support high quality, well-profiled artistic practice and advocatefor systemic change to ensure the development of increasedmulticultural arts content and infrastructure.

Our 2005 program follows on from a remarkable December programwhich included the successful, Unidos Human Rights Concert atBMW Edge and Unidos Exhibition at Space 39 and Eureka 150workshops program in Ballarat, Emerge project, CALD consultationsand Round Table held at the Arts Centre.

The Round Table was part of a state wide needs analysis undertakenby MAV in close partnership with the Victorian MulticulturalCommission (VMC). Nine consultations were held acrossmetropolitan and regional Victoria in 2004. All consultationsstimulated lively and constructive discussion and were well attendedby a broad cross section of the multicultural arts and widercommunity. The final stage of the analysis was a Round Table heldat the Arts Centre held on December 14th on Arts in a MulticulturalVictoria.

The Round Table was attended by 45 prominent Victorians includingrepresentatives from the Arts industry, Arts Victoria, education,business and corporate sectors, representatives from Senator RodKemp's, Mary Delahunty's, John Pandazopoulos', MurrayThompson's office, Bruce Mildenhall and Hong Lim from theVictorian Parliament, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria,Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs, DIMIA, ABAF, Victorian MajorEvents, Department of Victorian Communities, AMES, AustralianMulticultural Foundation, Commonwealth Games, VicHealth, MAVBoard members and the Australia Council.

There was recognition through the Round Table and the communityconsultation process that barriers do exist for our culturally andlinguistically diverse (CALD) artists and communities. This currentlyinfluences both the level of participation of CALD Victorians in thearts as well as the ability of cultural institutions, companies andorganisations to distribute resources and offer opportunities to CALDcommunities and artists.

This community research and needs analysis will help to facilitateparticipation for culturally and linguistically diverse artists,communities and audiences and it demonstrates that MAV inpartnership with the VMC are key leaders in improving access to theArts for all Victorians.

MAV strongly supports diversity in the arts and works in partnershipwith many artists and communities in realising their dreams; SamNeves Kitoko will be holding his first solo exhibition in Melbourne at45 downstairs at 45 Flinders Lane in the City. The exhibition titledBelonging will be opened by Hass Dellal on Feb 1 so if you are inthe City, please drop in to the gallery to see some fine work fromone of MAV's up and coming artists.

In March, Victoria will celebrate DIVERSITY WEEK (17-23 March). Aspart of Diversity Week in March, MAV with the support of the VMC,

will be showcasing two visual artists in ajoint exhibition Silent Voices at the City ofManningham gallery. The exhibition willshow the works of South African born JoeMalatji and Ethiopian born Sutueal BekeleAlthe, who have never exhibited inAustralia. The work of both artists isdynamic and the exhibition will run fromMarch 15th - April 9th.

On March 23, MAV will be working in partnership with AntipodesFestival to present Pentekostarion (Prayer Bells) produced by IhosOpera Theatre. Pentekostarion was first commissioned by JonathonMills as part of the Federation Festival in 2001 and is now touringas part of kultour, the national touring program dedicated to touringquality multicultural arts.

Emerge the Yarra Cultural Network project is continuing in 2005.This is a significant project that is bringing together artists from newand emerging communities to create a framework to ensure newpathways for artists from these communities. We have held oneconsultation in December and the next consultation is on Feb. 15th.Ring Anita at MAV for more details.

This year MAV again will be assisting the Ethnic Communities'Council of Victoria to present three concerts for the Victorian SeniorsFestival held on March 15, 16 & 17. These concerts are funded byANZ and the Department of Human Services. The ANZ Concerts area great opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the contributionmade by the mentors in our community.

On Sunday March 20 (Harmony Day) MAV has been funded by theCity of Yarra and the Victorian Multicultural Commission to presentBlack Harmony on the banks of the Yarra at Fairfield Park. BlackHarmony will uniquely bring together indigenous and non-indigenousblack cultures. Artists and elders from the Aboriginal and emergingAfrican communities will work in partnership to present aprofessional concert program which will include the young in theircommunities to promote on Harmony Day to the local and widercommunity, that racism in any form is unacceptable.

The harmony concert will be free, so pack a picnic and join us atFairfield Park to say No to Racism!

MAV would like to congratulate Tony Yap and his artistic team(Maddie, Tim Ben and Simon) who are currently in Malaysiacollaborating with RiverGrass Dance Theatre through the support ofArts Victoria. RiverGrass Dance Theatre is a progressive dancecompany that ventures to the roots of cultures to seek itscontributions to contemporary Asian arts. MAV looks forward to theartistic outcome of this collaboration which will be performed at theMy Dance Festival in Malaysia later in the year.

Jill MorganExecutive Officer

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