November 2006

Emerging City: Visions For Parramatta

Artfiles Inbox

» ARTFILES: The Arts Directory For Western Sydney has commenced a new weekly e-bulletin – providing the latest info on Western Sydney’s arts and cultural events, exhibitions, performances, screenings, as well as grants and employment opportunities. More »

Voice of the Nile - one year on-air

» Voice of the Nile, a radio program for the Sudanese community in Sydney supported by ICE’s Emerging Communities Media Initiative (a partnership with ACL) celebrates a year on the air on Sunday December 10. More »

German DJ shares sonic electronica

» Hans Nieswandt, renowned and influential German DJ, producer and author conducts a FREE WORKSHOP exploring sounds and developments in German electronica for Western Sydney DJs – 2-5pm Saturday, 25th November in Granville – presented by ICE in partnership with the Goethe-Institut. DJ Hans will also be conducting a talk at the Goethe-Institut on Friday 24 November. More »

Emerging City: Visions For Parramatta

What future for the new, creative Parramatta? An exhibition exploring digital possibilities – featuring architectural designs by Graduate students of the University of Sydney. 6-19 December 2006 More »

Minto stories on the way

After collecting stories, memoirs and writing from residents of Minto, the Remembering Minto project has now gone into production phase of compiling these stories into a book and webite. More »

African Soundz set to sizzle

African Soundz is a free 6 week community music program for unemployed young people (15-25 years) from African communities who live in Western Sydney. Providing training in computer music skills, lyric-writing and beatmaking, African Soundz also connects to traditional musicians and practices – linking hip-hop with sounds and stories from the African continent. More »

Lost in the Waters

Lost in the Waters: Sights, Sounds and Stories of Parramatta River is a multimedia exhibition running from 4 – 17 November bringing together works from 10 artists across Greater Western Sydney that explore environmental, spiritual, historical and political aspects of Parramatta River. More »