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Image: Burundi youth drummer In announcing the winners for the 30th anniversary of the Award, Carrillo Gantner AO, Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund Trustees remarked:

“I am delighted by the depth and the diversity of talent that has been recognised at this year’s Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards. Once again we are reminded how important the arts are to us and how they can broaden our understanding and appreciation of the world around us. Each of the winners have been generous and passionate contributors to the arts and audiences alike and I warmly congratulate them.

SIDNEY MYER PERFORMING ARTS AWARD 2014 Jill Morgan AM with Carrillo Gantner AO A response from Jill Morgan - Winner Facilitator’s Prize Credit: Nicole Cleary / Jim Lee Photo 2014

It is a great honour to receive the facilitator’s prize the contribution that diverse artists can bring to including dance, visual arts, poetry, music and new the essential contribution our diverse communities in the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards in the arts community and audiences in Australia to media arts. It has been an absolute privilege to work have made to the vibrancy of the Australian arts its 30th anniversary. It’s an even greater honour, ensure acceptance and understanding of our cultural with all these extraordinary artists, communities industry and the capacity of our community. knowing that Sidney Myer was a Jewish refugee diversity and increased social cohesion. and organisations to facilitate systemic change in that fled Belarus to come to Australia to start a new the arts. I thank the Sidney Myer Foundation and the Awards life and made such an enormous contribution to our MAV programs currently include: Emerge, a cultural Committee. I acknowledge the other recipients community. development program for refugee and emerging I dream of having a House of World Cultures in and their enormous contribution to enriching the artists, Visible Music Mentoring program, Melbourne one day – a creative space to inspire and performing arts in Australia. Over my 25 years in the performing arts industry Piers festival – a new festival based on who we celebrate our contemporary heritage -a welcome I am proud to have facilitated opportunities for are as Victorians, the Connect Ambassadors place for alternative and diverse cultures where I would also like to acknowledge the extraordinary many refugee and migrant artists from culturally program with the Melbourne Theatre Company, dialogue and cross art form happens – where team at Multicultural Arts Victoria including the Staff and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the Arts. Black Harmony Gathering with the indigenous cultural music and diverse cultural art from around and Board whom I have worked so closely with over They have contributed significantly to making the community, and Igniting Imagination with the the world are an integral part of the program not the the past years to make a difference. contemporary arts landscape in Australia richer. Melbourne Festival. exception. Jill Morgan AM Many of these artists have gone on to the main I also worked closely in partnership with the Arts Australia’s multicultural composition is at the heart Chief Executive Officer stage, including Arts Centre Melbourne, the Recital Centre over a 5 year period on the unique Mix of our national identity and is intrinsic to our history Centre, Melbourne Festival, Womad and have toured It Up program, one of Australia’s pre-eminent and character. Participation in and access to arts Previous winners include Mary Valentine, Ian Roberts, nationally and internationally and in 2008 for our multicultural performing arts programs with the and culture by people of culturally and linguistically Paul Petran, Ian Scobie and Skinny Fish Music. Announced 25/35 anniversary over 80 culturally diverse artists primary aim to ensure access for CALD communities diverse backgrounds is vital to support. As a nation annually, the national awards are determined by a Judging opened the Melbourne Festival to celebrate our and new pathways for artists from culturally and we must foster innovation and creative community Committee chaired by Carrillo Gantner AO (Chairman of the identity. linguistically diverse backgrounds. engagement. Sidney Myer Fund) and this year they included: Paul Dyer AO (Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra), As CEO of Multicultural Arts Victoria I share the Recently we developed Mapping Melbourne, a It is also profound that I received this prize in Brett Sheehy AO (Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre ethos of giving voice and creating pathways in the new platform for independent contemporary Asian Cultural Diversity Week which celebrates our Company), Hannah Skrzynski (Director of Creative Asia) and arts for the artists and communities associated arts facilitating the exchange of artistic ideas, diversity and acknowledges the UN International Sarah Neal (Executive Producer, Malthouse Theatre). with the organisation I lead. I am passionate about practice and dialogue within the Asian region - Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination and

4 5 Seble Girma Makota

Emerge Festival May 17 - July 5 For full program details see back cover or multiculturalarts.com.au Burundian Drummers at Emerge Fitzroy

27 SEPTEMBER 2012, 7.30PM ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, WHY EMERGE FESTIVAL? HAMER HALL

Victoria is currently Australia’s most multicultural The Emerge program encompasses Visible With every new wave of migration to Australia, practical terms. It also supports the objectives of state and is continually enriched by a significant mentoring, development of new work, community Emerge is at the forefront discovering and the2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and population of refugees who have fled their arts, leadership, advocacy, trainee-ship, plus produces connecting new talent whilst facilitating the promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, homelands due to conflict, upheaval and fear of a range of well profiled Emerge Festivals showcasing development, renewal, interaction and preservation which states the need to create the conditions persecution. Our refugee communities boast an the creative process and the extraordinary arts and of world cultures within the Australian community. for cultures to flourish and to freely interact in a incredible diversity of cultures and extraordinary diverse talents of participating refugee artists and mutually beneficial manner- Emerge does this you artistic talents many of whom have been successful communities. While the Emerge program respects tradition it will be amazed at all the new talent you will see and renowned artists in their countries of origin also recognises that tradition is expressed in a unearthed over the coming months! Enjoy Emerge. Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Emerge program Over its nine years Emerge has had sustained and contemporary environment that has the ability to responds directly to this untapped or invisible artistic real impact facilitating connections, pathways, give rise to new forms of innovative expression and “Emerge is the only festival of its kind, talent and provides skills development, support employment and representation for refugee artists the power to transform culture, imagination and and unearths the incredible talents people have bought to Australia from their home and real pathways into the arts for our emerging and communities. Emerge has unearthed some identity in the Australian Arts industry. It also has countries. Often these refugees and their refugee artists and communities settled now in amazing talents and connects to the mainstream meaningful outcomes at a social level, nurturing famlies have had to show significant Victoria. Emerge is also community driven, achieving arts industry with exciting new artists and diverse role models who are champions of racial tolerance, courage, ingenuity and creativity in their significant artistic and cultural development new audiences. understanding, intercultural dialogue & inclusion. lives to survive” outcomes. Emerge also creates a framework through which Anita Larkin, Artistic Program Manager, parts of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights Multicultural Arts Victoria and Responsibilities Act 2006 can be delivered in

Lamine Sonko 8 9 KEEPING HAZARA CULTURE ALIVE The Hazaragi Project & Omagh Celebrations Although Hazaras are Afghanistan’s third largest “Omagh is really important for our community. There ethnicity, comprising of about 20 percent of the are many Hazara people now living in Australia and population, they have faced centuries of persecution. we have our own culture, our own tradition, our own Despite the international military presence in music, our own traditions and language. Because Afghanistan in recent times, the number and extent of Australia is a multicultural country, like other cultural abuses, from assassinations to executions of Hazara groups, we need to be able to practice and share our civilians has not decreased. As a result over 1 million culture so we can keep it alive. Hazara people have Hazara continue to seek asylum outside of their home been living in Australia for 15 years any there has land. There are 2 to 3 million Hazara refugees in Iran, never been a festival like Omagh, presenting, sharing and 1 to 2 million in Pakistan. Approximately 20,000 and showcasing Hazaragi culture, Omagh is the first! Hazaras now live in Australia, with an estimated 9,000 We want to bring awareness and confidence to the living in Melbourne concentrated mostly around the Hazara community that they have rights in Australia, city’s Southeast suburbs of Dandenong, Narre Warren the same as other communities, to respect our culture, and Cranbourne. practice our culture and keep it present. We belong to a minority ethnic community in Afghanistan that has After enduring centuries of persecution and the denial been persecuted. For a long time the people ruling in of basic civil rights, Hazaras have demonstrated Afghanistan have destroyed our culture, our language incredible strength, ingenuity and creativity. The and our traditions and have forced us to accept and Omagh Celebrations will pay tribute to an enduring follow their culture. This cultural genocide now means and rich Hazara culture, while revitalizing traditional that many of my people do not like or are embarrassed arts. The festival will feature professional artists from about our culture. Now we are free in Australia it is the Melbourne’s Hazara community, including musician time to celebrate our beautiful culture here and keep Taqi Khan, poet Farkhonda Akbari, photographer, it alive”. filmmaker and journalist Barat Ali Batoor and actor and theatre maker Bashir Bakhtiari. They will perform Taqi Khan alongside the participants they have been mentoring “Now we are free in Australia, it is the time The Omagh Celebrations will be held on Sunday 22 as part of The Hazaragi Project, an initiative of to celebrate our beautiful culture here and June, 6-10.30pm at Springvale Town Hall. artist Taqi Khan who has been supported through keep it alive” The Omagh Celebrations is produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Emerge Program. in partnership with the Hazaragi Project & supported by Australia Taqi Khan Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria & City of Greater Dandenong.

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Local jewellery trader Lamine Sonko, Ousmane Sonko & Seydou Sow

EMPOWERING LOCAL TRADERS THROUGH THE ARTS Emerge in the West Over the last decade or so the concentration of African They replied that it is an important opportunity for businesses in Footscray – in hospitality, groceries, Africans to improve the perception of Africans by the hair and cosmetics, travel agencies, money transfer broader community - to present positive images of agencies, clothing and housewares – has grown themselves and to show that as well as being great enormously. With over 100 African run or owned performers of exciting music and dance, they are skilled businesses, including more than 20 restaurants, the crafts people, competent managers and successful area is definitely developing a strong African facet to its business people. This festival presents an opportunity multicultural identity. for the broader Australian community to come and meet Africans in a positive atmosphere and see for In 2014 Emerge in the West, on Saturday May themselves what African cultures have to offer. For 17, 12 – 5pm, focuses on the African community of the benefit of both parties, the African traders need Footscray. The festival celebrates the wide range of access to mainstream consumers. If the traders can African cultures represented in Footscray by presenting make a success of their businesses they will be able a free concert of traditional and contemporary music to participate more fully in Australian society. For Local spectators and dance on stage in Nicholson St between Irving and example, they will be able provide their children with Paisley Sts. There will also be satellite events at nearby whatever is needed by way of technology or services or cafés including more music, theatre and spoken word supplements to their education. They and their children poetry. will feel proud of their cultural heritage and be pleased to share it. It will become unremarkable to see African In the lead up to this festival there have been several restaurants filled with non-African customers – such as well-attended community meetings. This has enabled we see in Vietnamese and Indian restaurants. the festival to maximize local involvement and take direction from the community. Two active members Emerge in the West is produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria. who have helped liaise with the local businesses are Sponsors, Partners and Supporters: Maribyrnong City Council, Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, Office of Multicultural Yasseen Musa and Mohamed Abdulrahman. They Affairs and Citizenship were asked why it was important to involve traders in a cultural festival.

12 13 Dombai Dancers with the audience WORDS OF HOPE Career pathways for refugee youth

The 2014 Inaugural Arts and Cultural Development Scholarship for Refugee Youth made possible through the bequest from the Estate of Beverley Shelton and her late husband, Martin Schönthal was presented to Fablice (Diodone Manirakiza) on March 12, 2014. Fablice is a former child soldier from Burundi who has been calling Australia home since 2007.

As the first recipient of this scholarship award, Fablice will receive unique mentoring and on-the-job training by Multicultural Arts Victoria’s team of industry professionals. This paid role will provide Fablice with unparalleled access to artists and communities and the opportunity to develop high-level professional networks. It is anticipated that after the GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE scholarship appointment Fablice will have the qualifications, experience Practitioner’s Voices and industry contacts to forge a rewarding career in the arts.

On 3 May 2013, MAV presented the youth-focused Discussions covered the opportunities and challenges "It has been 5 months since I started being part of session Making the Journey from Participant to available to young people in the arts in Victoria, Multicultural arts Victoria Family, since I started working Practitioner: Talking with the Next Generation, as including how young people can become involved at MAV, everything has become very handy and easy to part of the Practitioners’ Voices Forum at Footscray in community arts, how the arts sector can be more achieve for me. I have been lucky enough to hold a youth Community Arts Centre. effective at offering young people opportunities for office position in Cultural and Development, which gave me networking and scoping for arts-based work, the an opportunity to stay in touch with a lot of youth and Designed to promote the voices of young people, as diversity of arts mediums in youth community arts mostly new arrivals from third world countries, which makes both community arts participants and practitioners, a project and leadership opportunities for young people my dream of changing the world to a better place visible. diverse panel included: in the arts. Being able to help others out it has opened my mind widely • Fablice Manirakiza, musician and recipient of to know that we all the same. MAV’s Arts and Cultural Development Scholarship for The session was co-facilitated by Bree McKilligan, Refugee Youth. Fablice is of Burundian heritage and formerly Arts and Culture Coordinator from the I have already worked on series of events, such as performs as part of Melbourne hip-hop duo FLYBZ. Centre for Multicultural Arts (2009-12), and Fablice Practitioner’s voices and Black Harmony 2014 which was an Manirakiza. event celebrating the diversity and unity between African • Calca Edwards, theatre technician and MAV Mobs and Indigenous Mobs. Indigenous Cultural Development trainee. Calca grew CMY staged 2010 and 2012 pARTicipation Forums up in regional Victoria (Gippsland). focusing on young people from migrant and refugee I am also working on a steering committee group, which is • Claire Marston, Anglo-Australian visual arts student backgrounds in community arts. The forums revealed a group of young people from different backgrounds. The aim involved in arts activities in Gippsland, where she lives. the need that young participants and artists, arts of it is to hear what young people want. We are meeting producers and arts organisations expressed for more up regularly and have already started to discuss the issues • Sukhdeep Singh, aka L-FRESH The LION, musician opportunities to critically discuss community arts that might be affecting young people, as well as ways of and Youth Coordinator at Songlines Aboriginal Music practice. This PV14 session sought to build on the developing leadership qualities in them. Corporation. Sukhdeep was born and raised in Sydney learning’s of the pARTicipation Forums and hear what as a member of Australia’s diverse Sikh community. the young speakers had to say in terms of engagement, I have also learnt multi skills in the arts, such as where to leadership, stereotyping and accessing arts pathways look for a grants, who to talk to about the grants and how • Ayel Akot, young South Sudanese dancer, performer beyond the community arts model. to complete and submit a grant. It is a dream working at and teacher who works with young people at Atherton Multicultural Arts Victoria" Gardens in Fitzroy. Presented by Castanet in partnership with Footscray Community Recipient: Fablice Manirakiza Arts Centre and supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria Fablice Manirakiza 14 15 ALL TOGETHER NOW FOR RECONCILIATION Black Harmony Gathering & Forum

Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Black Harmony other and build a future together. Discussion Gathering promotes reconciliation, diversity, focused on the personal stories of speakers, social inclusion, respect and the breaking down culminating in musical performances that of racism. The gathering provides a chance for illuminated speakers’ experiences. Held during people from all cultures to make music together, Cultural Diversity Week (15-23 March 2014), the sing, dance, learn about each other, showcase and Black Harmony Forum embraced the principles of be proud of their culture, hear each other’s stories reconciliation, diversity, social inclusion, respect and make long-lasting cross-cultural connections and the breaking down of racism. and friendships. The Forum was co-facilitated by Rebecca March The first gathering in 2004, held in Melbourne’s and Calca Edwards, niece of iconic indigenous northern suburbs, saw a small group of local musician and Black Harmony Gathering founder, Koories, South Africans and Somalis come Kutcha Edwards. Catering for the Black Harmony together at a neighbourhood BBQ, to share Forum was supplied by Mission Australia’s ideas about how to help each other overcome indigenous youth training social enterprise, discrimination. Over time, the BBQ has evolved Charcoal Lane. to become a popular and important feature of Melbourne’s cultural calendar and has showcased "It was a blessing to be involved in hundreds of established and emerging indigenous organising and facilitating the Event as and it multicultural artists and crafts people. This well as Mcing on the day. The event year’s Black Harmony Gathering was held on the was a learning curve and I was able to 16th of March at the Faifield Amphitheatre. overcome my fear as an Mc. Organising all of the artists, learning how to plan Entitled From Convicts to Boat People: an event and helping my team to make Colonisation, Migration and Historical this day beautiful was fantastic. It was Hypocrisy, MAV’s Black Harmony Forum on wonderful to see people getting along Wednesday 19 March, at the Fitzroy Town Hall. and watching from the heart of the Speakers included: Robbie Thorpe, indigenous amphitheatre, the amazing reactions on activist from the Krautungalung people of the people when witnessing a performance Gunai Nation; Taqi Khan, celebrated Hazara they had never seen before. On behalf of (Afghan) musician and former asylum seeker; myself and MAV would like to say thanks Peter Rotumah, Gunditjmara/Bunitj pioneer of to all those who participated, to those the Aboriginal protest song; Jessie Taylor, human who helped on the day - our volunteers rights barrister, refugee advocate and film maker; our stage managers, artists, and stall and Carroll Karpany, founding member of South holders and the loving people who came Australian band Us Mob and star of 1981 film and made the day" “Wrong side of the Road.” Calca Edwards, MAV Trainee With a strong commitment to respecting indigenous beliefs, values and customs, people Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria is association with Warrior Spirit Art Colective, supported by City of Yarra, of all cultures were invited meet, learn from each Victorian Multicultural Commission and PBS 106.7FM Calca Edwards 16 17 CELEBRATING OUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY Premier’s Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria Festival Another Cultural Diversity Week has passed, with inspired with workshops, competitions, activities, an abundance of exciting events and activities a dedicated children’s area and performances you presented and an important opportunity for just have to move to. This way, visitors to the space everyone to come together to share aspects of become immersed in many cultures and feel part their culture, faith and language, and celebrate of the culturally diverse community. Despite the the benefits multiculturalism brings to our state. slightly chilly weather to begin with, over 40,000 MAV enjoys working closely with the Victorian people took part in the festival and enjoyed food Multicultural Commission each year to present a from around the globe and market stalls of the unique entertainment program for the Premier’s world Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria. All Victorians are encouraged to participate in an The Premier’s Gala Dinner is always a spectacular established event, or to organise their own activity start to the celebrations and once again our to mark the week. If you’re interested in presenting extraordinary local talent amazed the audience. your own event or activity to celebrate CDW 2015 This prestigious event brings together many and you are looking for support go to communities in the Crown Palladium Ballroom multicultural.vic.gov.au celebrate each other’s cultural traditions and of Premier’s Gala Dinner and Viva Victoria Festival are presented course, hit the dance floor at the end of the night! by Victorian Multicultural Commisssion and programmed by Multicultural Arts Victoria Federation Square is a dynamic place where people come to meet, engage, enjoy and participate and so provides the perfect setting for multicultural festival, Viva Victoria. The entertainment program is specifically designed to get people involved and

Melbourne Bhangra Regiment 18 CULTURE SPARKS Asi Suena Colombia- Colombia Sounds Like This @ Moomba

Over Labour Day long weekend (8-10 March), There was one response by a woman who happened Moomba Festival became the home of Colombian to walk past the main stage as the concert was sounds as nationally touring roadshow Asi Suena happening, she was very pleased to encounter a type Colombia brought a unique showcase of the very of music she “had never been exposed to”. best contemporary Colombian music, drawing on Colombian rhythms of yesteryear reviving and See the full coverage and video in our vimeo channel: reinterpreting folkloric forms with electronica, funk, https://vimeo.com/92005321 rap, dub, opera and DJ culture. It’s a powerful thing to spark surprise amongst Produced by Pura Vida Roadshow in partnership Melbourne audiences. MAV is committed to creating with MAV, Asi Suena Colombia offered Moomba unique experiences that connect and develop audiences a feast of Colombian music by local and audiences through successful partnerships with international bands, including Bogota based Frente leading organisations. We recommend you check out Cumbiero, Brussels based La Chiva Gantiva, local the recently launched study Audience Atlas Victoria outfits Cumbia Cosmonauts and Miss Colombia. commissioned by Arts Victoria and undertaken by This three-day party formed part of Moomba’s 60th Morris Hargreaves McIntyre. It is the most detailed celebration. and comprehensive profile of arts audiences ever undertaken in Victoria. Cumbia is a universally loved music genre that originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Go to http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/Research_ Panama as a courtship dance among the enslaved Resources/Research_Program/Audience_Atlas_ African populations. Over its almost 200 year history, Victoria_-_2014 this style has exploded in popularity and can now be heard within the repertoire of bands across the globe, Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Moomba Festival and PuraVida Roadshow with the support of The Embassy of often fused with local and contemporary influences. Colombia in Australia, City of Melbourne and Wallonie - Bruxelles MAV did a full coverage of the program and collected International. reactions from diverse audiences. Frente Cumbiero Fiesta Creole 21 Minh Phan

THE BOND OF FAMILY Minh Phan’s story

Minh Phan was born in Vietnam and fled to “One of my aims is to find a way of showing Australia on a boat at the age of seven with his how the Australian viewer can engage in the father and older brother after the war ended in refugee debate and the first thing that came 1975. They were sponsored to Australia in 1980 to me was that the most common thing to all refugees and all Australians: the bond of and reunited three years later with the rest of their family” family. Minh grew up in Richmond and studied Medicine at Melbourne University. He loved to Minh Phan (Interview, Books and Art Daily, draw from an early age and decided to keep his ABC radio) Visual Arts studies while studying Medicine. Minh is a painter and he is one year from completion MAV has supported Minh to progress in his of a Master of Contemporary Arts at the Victorian professional career as a visual artist through College of the Arts and also works as a part time facilitating pathways to showcase his talent and general Practitioner in Coburg. Minh was the creativity. From the 8-17 May 2014 he displayed winner of the 2013 Heartlands Refugee Art Prize, the installation ‘Cases for forgetting’ in the group a national award open to artists from refugee exhibition Vietnam/Australia Voicing the backgrounds and also won second prize in the Unspoken organized by MAV in partnership with Heartlands Prize in 2012. the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival. ‘Cases for forgetting’ evokes memories that can be placed, Minh’s work is inspired on his story of coming to removed, and replaced. Other participating artists Australia as a refugee from the Vietnam War and included Khue Nguyen, Quan Tre, Thanh Duong his new life in Australia. His works highlights the and Phuong Ngo. The exhibition was curated by importance of family bonds despite difficulties and Damian Smith and coordinated by Trinidad Estay. separation and evokes memories from childhood. When talking about is Heartlands 2013 winning work ‘Two Views’. 22 Two Views by Minh Phan 23 STAND UP FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS BECOME A MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA MEMBER

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The aim of MAV’s Social Enterprise is to facilitate high quality and diverse cultural performers and artists work opportunities for our members and highlight available for concerts, events, festivals, educational the excellence of our local culturally diverse artists, programs and children’s parties. groups and communities in a professional setting. We act as a conduit between two groups which otherwise “Thank you so much for arranging the wouldn’t know how to connect with each other. performers today. Lamine and Seydou were amazing, they had all the children’s attention Government organisations, education and early learning straight away, and they were confidently playing facilities, venues and corporates contact MAV with a drums and dancing in the garden, it was a range of requests throughout the year for small and wonderful party atmosphere, and even the large scale performance opportunities which range youngest stayed engaged and joined in”. from school incursions, to gala dinners, to football Feedback from The Harbour Family and matches at Etihad Stadium. With strong connections to Children’s Centre multicultural communities in Melbourne we are able to source the perfect performer whether it be Samoan For an artist booking or more information contact: body percussion, Middle Eastern “khaleegy” dance or [email protected] Ethiopian dance and circus skills. 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We represent an extensive list of inspiring 2013. or visit us: Level 1, South Melbourne Towh Hall, 208-220 Bank Street South Melbourne VIC 3205 24 25 Multicultural Arts Victoria Staff Chief Executive Officer: Jill Morgan AM BECOME A MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA MEMBER Artistic Program Manager: Anita Larkin THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY. Finance, Office & ICT Manager: Hung Nguyen TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Admin, Publicity & Design: Deshani Wickremasinghe MEMBERSHIP FORM Marketing & Development: Claudia Escobar Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is made up of generous people who live and work to make sure that Philanthropy and Fundraising: Kat Vane Tempest new and established communities are warmly encouraged to participate in a very broad, lively Arts scene. 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Or visit us: Level 1, South Melbourne Town Hall, 208-220 Bank Street South Melbourne VIC 3205 MAV is not for profit and is the only organisation of its kind in the State of Victoria, Australia and provides significant leadership for the advancement of multicultural arts locally, nationally and internationally 27 EMERGE FESTIVAL 2014 PROGRAM SAT 10 MAY - SAT 28 JUNE Africa Day Celebrations

SATURDAY 17 MAY Emerge in the West, Nicholson St, Footscray

FRIDAY 23 MAY Koné Express Album Launch, Bella Union, Trades Hall

SATURDAY 31 MAY Visible Biz Presents MC MoMo in Conversation, South Melbourne Town Hall

SUNDAY 8 JUNE Emerge Under the Big Top, Dandenong Market

SUNDAY 15 JUNE Emerge Festival Main Event, Fitzroy Town Hall

FRI 13 JUNE – FRI 27 JUNE Michal Adonai: I Did Not Choose to be a Refugee, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre

THU 12 JUNE – SUN 22 JUNE Heartlands 2014: A Day in the Life of the Hazara, Footscray Community Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE ReMastered Myths, Iwaki Auditorium

THURSDAY 19 JUNE Restoring Hope – A Creative Refugee Week Performance, Footscray Community Arts Centre

SUNDAY 22 JUNE Omagh Celebrations, Springvale Town Hall

FRIDAY 6 & 20 JUNE ReMastered Myths @ Kindred Studios

FRIDAY 20 JUNE Inti Raymi, The Celebration of the Sun, HiFi Bar

SATURDAY 6 JULY Burundian Independence Day, South Melbourne Town Hall

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