Indigenous Arts -- Alive In Western Sydney
Australian Indigenous Arts in Western Sydney: What’s Happening?
SEMINAR & PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 6 March
6.00-8.30pm
Max Webber Function Centre,
Level 1, Max Webber Library,
Cnr Flushcombe Rd and
Alpha St, Blacktown
(5 minute walk from
Blacktown train station,
free parking nearby)
PROGRAM
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Aunty Edna Watson is a Darug elder from the Boorgerongal Clan and is also an internationally respected artist.
CHAIR
Lily Shearer, Indigenous Performance Broker
SPEAKERS
Corroboree: organising Indigenous artists and voices in Western Sydney
Lily Shearer, Performance Broker. Lily works at the Performance Space and has performed with the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre. She is a founding member of the Corroboree Indigenous Arts Collective.
Working locally and regionally with Indigenous artists
Kon Gouriotis OAM, Executive Director, Casula Powerhouse & Liverpool Regional Museum. Kon has worked extensively with Indigenous artists and communities and was the founding curator of Casula Powerhouse.
An artist’s perspective
Aroha Groves, Indigenous Artist. Aroha is an emerging installation artist based in Liverpool and is the coordinator of the Made on the Kitchen Table project.
Income generation through partnerships for Indigenous and Pacific Arts
Simon Wellington, General Manager, Urban Theatre Projects. Simon has over 12 years experience in arts management. UTP has experience in running successful theatre projects with Australian Indigenous communities in Western Sydney.
PERFORMANCE BY COL HARDY
Dubbed the ‘the gentle giant of country-soul’ and the first Aboriginal person to win a Golden Guitar at Tamworth Country Music Festival.
UPCOMING ORIGINATE SEMINARS:
SEMINAR 2: Tuesday 13 March – Music for Community Transformation
SEMINAR 3: Tuesday 20 March – Desperately Seeking Funding
SEMINAR 4: Tuesday 27 March – Trials, tribulations, and triumphs: Managing Your Own Project.
All seminars will be held at the Max Webber Library, Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown.
The Originate Seminar Series is open to everyone and is a component of the broader Originate Program, a professional development mentorship and digital arts training program for artists and emerging community arts workers from Australian Indigenous and Pacific Communities.
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