Catch ICE on SBS!
» If you’re a watcher of SBS One TV please keep your eyes peeled for ICE advertisements from this month. Thanks to the sponsorship of the newly established SBS Foundation, ICE will be able to reach a national audience by broadcasting short advertisements about what we do and our programs. More »
Train the Trainer - Project Round-up
» ICE has recently wrapped up the Train the Trainer project – the first of six different digital storytelling workshops being held as part of the Digi Diaries project. Eleven creative and cultural leaders from Western Sydney were trained in digital storytelling production and facilitation and are now running their own workshops around Western Sydney. More »
Digital Stories on the Big Screen
» A selection of ICE’s digital stories have been selected to screen at the upcoming Parramatta Park Movie Marathon event. The digital stories will be screened in between a number of blockbuster feature films at this free outdoor event. More »
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ICE is relocating
From 22 February we will be relocating from our Parramatta premises for six months. Thanks to the support of the Federal and State Government we are undertaking a major refurbishment of our new centre. We are moving to Macquarie House, Level 4, 169 Macquarie Street, Parramattta (corner of Smith Street). Our phone and fax numbers will stay the same. More »
Job vacancy at ICE - Closes 5 March
Are you a creative and entrepreneurial leader? Do you want to work in a dynamic environment with artists, young people and communities? Are you passionate about developing employment and professional development opportunities for artists and communities? ICE is seeking an innovative and entrepreneurial manager to lead our new Creative Enterprise team. More »
Some Big Outcomes for Short Films
ICE congratulates Fadia Abboud, Gary Paramanathan and Vanna Seang who have enjoyed great success from their short films over the past few months. Fadia’s film Big Trouble Little Fish was shown at Flickerfest in January and is soon to be screened in London. Gary and Vanna’s film ‘Die’ was listed as one of the top 60 films by Tropfest. More »
Koori Stories Digital Storytelling
ICE and Cranebrook Neighbourhood Centre are partnering to run a new digital storytelling project from March through to June this year. Koori Stories will focus on the personal stories of the Aboriginal young people and their families who live in the Cranebrook area. More »
Tell your story through screen or photography
ICE invites young people (aged 12 – 17) who speak another language other than English and who have a brother or sister with a disability to come along and express themselves at a new series of exciting and fun workshops to be run in partnership with the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association. More »
IN FOCUS
Working largely on street art, Jason Wing draws out connections between his heritage and his art. More at the Artfiles website »
Digi Diaries
»» ICE’s latest digital storytelling project engages young people from Muslim communities throughout Western Sydney. Digi Diaries aims to empower young people (aged 12 – 25) with skills to make and tell their own stories and share them with broader Australian communities through public screenings, forums and on the internet.More »
The Story Exchange 2009
»» In June 2009 ICE and Penrith City Council partnered to run a series of workshops for young people from the suburbs of Londonderry, Cranebrook and Oxley Park. Participants created photographic and digital stories that explore themes of neighbourhood strength, pride in place, local identity and passion for the environment.More »
CREATE Media!
»» Create Media! is an exciting new project managed by ICE and supported by the Westpac Foundation. The project offers free targeted training and mentorship for young people from a refugee background. The training provides participipants with in depth knowledge of the A-Z of digital arts and business.More »
Parenting Stories
»» Sudanese and Central African families are invited to share their parenting stories in an exciting community media project which will open a discussion around parenting in Australia. It will look at the issues faced by recently arrived migrants as they deal with settlement, cross-cultural issues and the new legal context, as well as the resources available to assist them.More »



