February 2010

ICE is relocating

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 »

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 »

Parenting Stories Hits the Studio

The team from ICE’s Parenting Stories project are busy in the studio recording a series of plays in English, Dinka, Juba Arabic, Arabic, Swahili and Lingala. Once completed, these radio plays about parenting experiences will be broadcast on SBS and community radio and distributed to community organisations around Western Sydney. More »