October 2019 - CAN eNews No Images? Click here Kaya Wanjoo.Hello and welcome to the Kambarang edition of the CAN newsletter. Kambarang (October-November) is one of the six Noongar seasons and is represented by yellow as it symbolises the return of the hot weather. Kambarang is also known for being the season of birth. One in three Australians were born overseas and more than 300 languages are spoken in Australian homes yet Australia’s diversity is not yet fully reflected in our arts or in the organisations that make up our sector.Join us for this event on diversity with Australia Council CEO Adrian Collette, Multicultural Arts Victoria CEO Veronica Pardo and CAN's Diversity Manager Zheela Vokes. Adrian Collette will discuss the diversity strategies the Australia Council has committed to in Creativity Connects Us, why diversity has become a priority area for the Australia Council and how the Council plans on implementing strategies addressing diversity. Veronica Pardo will talk about her organisation’s state-wide strategy to create meaningful change in the sector, successes and challenges, the Diversify Your Arts program, and what an effective model for addressing diversity within the broader sector might be. Zheela Vokes will discuss best practice and share case studies from Western Australian arts organisations. Sending the City to sleep in NoongarA big thank you to everyone who supported the launch of our magical animated music video, Djinda Djinda Kanangoor. Our Noongar version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was officially launched by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, The Hon. Ken Wyatt, in Yagan Square earlier this month. Djinda Djinda was written and performed by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse as part of CAN’s Lullabies – a music, art and language program designed to help families to write their own Noongar songs. If you’d like to experience Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Noongar, it will screen every night, for the rest of the year, on the City of Perth’s outdoor screens in Northbridge and the Cultural Centre. It will also be broadcast regularly on the Yagan Square digital tower. Can’t get in to the city? You can also watch and share the video via our Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo. Check out these gorgeous photos from our launch taken by Michelle Troop. PICA’s Unfolding Acts exhibition has launched!Image Credit: Daniel James Grant, Unfolding Acts Opening courtesy of Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts What a great launch party, what great art! Featuring new works from Taipei and Perth in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Mutual Friendship between the cities, the exhibition includes CAN’s Welcome to Balardong animation made with York Noongar community members. Photographed here is Audrey Narkle Nettle with Vaughn McGuire, family, and Taiwanese artist Dondon Hounnwn with his team right after their powerful performance. Congratulations to all the artists and thanks to Audrey Nettle Narkle and Tracey Kickett who shared more York stories at PICA’s Open Day. The exhibition runs until 22 December, make sure you see it! York Noongar Artists at Taipei's Fine Art Museum We are thrilled to announce that the animation will also be part of Taipei Fine Art Museum’s Island Tales: Taiwan and Australia exhibition, and that Audrey and Tracey will be flying to Taiwan to present a storytelling session at the museum. FECCA Conference 2019Image: (L-R) Shaheen Hughes, Johnny Doan, Monica Kane, June Moorhouse and Lakshmi Jones. Report from CAN Board Member Johnny Doan Johnny joined CAN General Managers Monica Kane & June Moorhouse with Project Administrator Lakshmi Jones at the 2019 FECCA Conference. Recently, I joined as a Director of CAN, on Muwinina Country (Hobart) for the 2019 FECCA Conference organised by the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia with Multicultural Council of Tasmania. Fecca 2019 has the theme of Purpose, Leadership and Progress: 40 years and beyond. Monica Kane and Lakshmi Jones spoke about Dream Plan Do, an arts mentorship program for culturally and linguistically diverse communities. June Moorhouse and I shared CAN's Diversity Strategy for the Arts with Multicultural Arts Victoria. Shaheen Hughes from The Museum of Freedom and Tolerance was also here speaking on the Invisible Ink project and the importance of sharing unheard stories of Australia. Uncle Rodney Miller (Palawa Elder and Indigenous Right Advisor to Amnesty International) shared an important lesson of truth telling and healing; truth telling about the history, culture and wisdom of our First Nation's people, about the ongoing effects and trauma of colonisation and that healing for all communities is possible if we recognise these truths. While we can celebrate the success of multiculturalism in Australia, let's have the difficult discussions of racism, social justice and the experiences of the unheard voices in our country. Stories from the FutureImage Credit: Phoenix Eye Film Production Company Diversity Arts Australia in partnership with CAN and Regional Arts WA delivered two workshops on 24 and 25 October. By engaging with 25 culturally diverse creatives, art workers and artists in WA, the free workshops challenged participants to collectively imagine a future where all barriers to access and inclusion in the arts had been overcome by 2050. Facilitated by Dr Remy Low from Sydney University, the workshop flowed from the personal to the structural and systemic and concluded with the creation of milestones and actions along a timeline. Workshop outcomes will be shared via short films, podcasts and written works. Timelines and collective ideas from all the interstate workshops will be shared in a report by Diversity Arts Australia next year. Lotterywest Story StreetFilipino Please: Karaoke Fiesta An invitation to Filipino/Filipinx people of Perth to come together and share their stories. Storytelling Festival Dreams Will provide a space to brainstorm future community gatherings that will empower all identities, all forms of storytelling, and all languages. Human Rights Day You’re invited to join us in a discussion around how communities can work together with refugees and people seeking asylum, towards a more just future. 30 November 2019 The story of Mulka is significant for its place within the greater Noongar Dreaming, a story that has been handed down for generations. Join the Katanning Community as they bring to life the story of Mulka. This memorable event features large scale puppets, Noongar storytelling, music, film, dance and food. More details to follow. Image Credit: Caro Telfer Kep Koorliny// Poetry Readings and Workshops Call out to Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander poetry lovers! Come share a poem or yarn with family and friends in a comfy, cafe setting. Saturday 2 Nov 4.30 - 6.30pm at the Moon Cafe, Northbridge. Audience entry by gold coin donation. All welcome to listen. Featuring poets Daniel Hansen and Kim Scott. Sign up to read your poem with Cyndy Moody: cyndy@canwa.com.au Poetry Workshops In conjunction with the Kep Koorliny Poetry Readings CAN is running free poetry workshops for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members. This Weekend: Coming up: CAN acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the Bibbulmun nation as the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and honour all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of this nation. CAN is proud to work with people from all cultures, but we do so on the understanding of First Nations, first. |