This year the Black Harmony

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Black Harmony Gathering
Visible Regional
ulticultural Arts Victoria presented
a significant artistic program in
2009 with our artists and
communities both established and
emerging in partnership with a wide
range of organisations. Some of the
achievements for over the past year were:
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> The continuation of the award winning
partnership program Mix It Up!, developed in
association with the Arts Centre
> Our new corporate identity rolled out in
2009 which was created for the organisation
by distinguished design company Cato Purnell
Partners
> The recording of the VISIBLE 4, Urban Prose
and New Scool Rulez CDs - musical
snapshots of Melbourne’s many diverse
cultures both traditional and contemporary
> Further growth of the Emerge Cultural
Network supporting new and emerging artists
through the Visible mentoring program
> The creation of Emerge Cultural Regional
Hubs – in Shepparton and Ballarat
> Producing the annual Emerge Festival – a
platform for Melbourne’s freshest new
talented emerging artists
> Successful implementation of reconciliation
programs, including Black Harmony Gathering
and hosting two indigenous trainee positions
leading to pathways in the arts
> Hosting Kultour the National Multicultural
Arts Touring Company at the MAV offices
> Touring of artists nationally in partnership
with Kultour
> Auspicing Tony Yap Company (TYC) who
worked internationally in partnership with
South Korean Nottle Theatre Company to
present A Palimpsest in Melbourne and the
Necessary Stage presenting Past Caring in
Singapore
> TYC and MAV assisted in the creation and
production of the first contemporary Arts
Festival in Melaka, Malaysia
> Continuing partnership with VMC included
programming the Premiers Gala Dinner for
1,400 people and the development of Viva
Victoria for Cultural Diversity Week attended
by over 50,000
> Successfully programming the Suzuki Night
Markets which were attended by over 300,000
people
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Emerge Festival
partnership is with Kultour, and we will be
touring Mandinka Sound – One Africa and
Muhamanwe to five centres in Victoria and
twenty five destinations nationally. Their tour
> Launch of Step By Step film documentary on kicked off recently at the Footscray Community
Sudanese refugees in Melbourne at ACMI with Arts Centre. These two African groups are
great ambassadors for multicultural arts in
film maker Thomas Barecevic
Australia and are an indication of the depth of
> Presenting Music Deli concerts in
talent we have in Melbourne. We also soon
partnership with ABC Radio National, plus the
will have Zulya and the Children of the
creation of a pilot Music Deli concert at the
Underground touring as well as visual artist
new acoustically amazing Melbourne Recital
Lisa Hilli.
Centre
In March we have Cultural Diversity Week,
> Touring work to regional Victoria in
which allows us to reflect on the importance
partnership with RAV – Kavisha Mazella Trio
of eliminating racism in our community. It is a
timely reminder that we must all be proactive
> Creation of a new professional platform
in this especially given the recent events
series for emerging artists - Visible sessions
involving the Indian community. The Arts can
Live at the Black Box
play a critical role in making sure we have a
> Development of the Fresh Youth program
with forums, master classes and international cohesive community. MAV will also present
our unique Black Harmony Gathering in
guest artists- Y Love and Akil
partnership with the Warrior Spirit Art
> Participation in an international delegation
Collective in the beautiful natural setting of
to China with the Australian Multicultural
Fairfield Amphitheatre, to celebrate the
Foundation
International Day for the Elimination of Racism
> Presenting a refugee week forum in
on Sunday March 21. At the event we will
partnership with the Ethnic Communities
launch the Black Harmonies inaugural CD
Council of Victoria
supported by the Koori Justice Unit.
> Creation of Cultural Intersections Residency
MAV once again will work collaboratively with
Series for the development of new
our valued partner the Victorian Multicultural
intercultural work with the City of Yarra and
Commission to celebrate our living cultural
Ausdance
heritage in Cultural Diversity Week with Viva
> Working with Youthworx on a community
Victoria
. The Viva Victoria Festival will
development project with homeless kids who
highlight the importance and contribution to
filmed MAV events at the Arts Centre
the arts made by both established and
> Assisting accomplished band Black Jesus – emerging artists and communities in Victoria.
Experience to tour to Ethiopia and Germany
Viva Victoria will showcase the creative depth
> Hosting forums for the City of Melbourne,
of the talent in Melbourne and beyond. MAV
APRA and professional development
will also be presenting some of our most
workshops for artists
talented artists at the Premiers’ Gala
Dinner for Cultural Diversity Week at the
And 2010 promises to be just as eventful for
MAV. We have commenced this new year, the Crown Palladium Ballroom.
> Continuation of the Visy Venue Event
Assistance pilot program, to support
multicultural activity and programs in the City
of Hume
Year of the Tiger, with two very important
ongoing award winning initiatives; the Suzuki
Night Market and the Mix It Up program.
The first Mix It Up! event for this year was the
Toumani Diabati concert held in January in
Hamer Hall with special guests Jali Buba
Kuyateh and Afrodizziact. We also worked
closely with the Australia Day Committee
and the Arts Centre to present a new initiative
at the Myer Music Bowl with the Indian
Community - Jai Ho! Another continuing
Finally and most importantly we are currently
in the midst of recording our history. We are
working with Paul Clarkson to document the
stories and the evolution of Multicultural Arts
Victoria from the Festival of All Nations into
the vibrant organisation it is now. We thank
you all for being part of the journey and
making MAV what it is today.
Jill Morgan Executive Officer
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Visible Sessions Live @ the Black Box
The Buddha My Body - tyc
& Nottle Theatre
Mix It Up! Visible Concert
MAV Staff 2008
Visible Sessions Live @
the Black Box
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BLACK HARMONY
GATHERING
eld in the heart of Aboriginal
land under the gum trees on
the banks of the Yarra River
at the Fairfield Amphitheatre, the
Black Harmony Gathering is a
unique event with the message “say
no to racism!”. Indigenous and
multicultural communities come
together in a spirit of reconciliation for
Cultural Diversity week.
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Black Harmony Gathering is a showcase
for
premium professional and talented
haBiBis
emerging Indigenous, African and
refugee artists. The Black Harmony
Gathering will feature a Cultural Stage
led by Indigenous artists Koori Youth
Will Shake Spears, Skye Taikato and
Friends, Meriki Hood, Johnny Mac and
more. With friends from our
multicultural music and dance scene the
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African Royal Drummers, Narasirato Pan
Pipers from the Solomon Islands,
Shiamak Bollywood dance group and
the soul pumping vibes of African band
Blak Roots. MC’s Shiralee Hood and
Neda.
The day will be opened with youth
forum Skillz at 12pm, coordinated by
our indigenous trainee Calca Edwards, a
traditional Welcome to Country and a
smoking ceremony followed by the
Black Harmonies CD launch and
Cultural Stage. There is a Koori BBQ of
kangaroo and emu sausages, cultural
food stalls, children’s activities,
workshops and a market place of
Indigenous and African wares. People
from all cultures come together for the
Black Harmony Gathering a positive
celebration that is very special and
important for the community. Youthworx
Joel Bennetti, our other trainee, will be
recording the day! All welcome - say no
to racism!
Black Harmony Gathering is proudly
supported by City of Yarra, Victoria
Rocks, Koori Justice Unit, APRA,
Victorian Multicultural Commission,
Besen Family and Triple R.
Kavisha Mazzella
Johnny Mac
Dya Singh
Kutcha Edwards
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BLACK HARMONIES CD
his year the Black Harmony
Gathering will launch the first
Black Harmonies CD. The ‘Black
Harmonies’ project is a powerful and
exciting new Indigenous music
initiative that will see the
development of 10 contemporary
new Australian works that fuse the
unique musical styles, cultures,
experiences and expressions of
established and emerging Melbourne
based Indigenous and culturally
diverse Australian musicians,
singers/songwriters, and emcees.
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The Black Harmonies CD will cross the
cultural boundaries to create a cultural
revolution in the Australian music scene
and features artists Kutcha Edwards,
Peter Rotumah, Casey Atkinson, Tjimba
Possum-Burns, Selwyn Burns, Ajak Kwai,
Aminata Doumbia, Michelle Belesy, Joe
Geia and Diafrix.
This unique and innovative new pilot
project brings together indigenous and
non indigenous artists who have
demonstrated outstanding talent and
skill in their genre, working
collaboratively and to provide a shared
voice for their respective communities.
These new creations address, in
particular, the commonalities within the
struggle. Black Harmonies artists explore
common threads which connect these
communities, their shared aspirations,
visions and dreams.
The 10 new Australian works have been
workshopped, developed and recorded
as part of a new CD compilation Album
called ‘Black Harmonies’ which will be
launched at the Black Harmony
Gathering in 2010.
Neda Rahmani
Diafrix
Ajak Kwai
Sudeep Lingamneni
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development and advocacy and MAV’s
leadership role in developing strategies to
engage with diverse communities, artists
and ethnic organisations.
2009 saw the presentation of seven music
concerts and one theatre production under
the Mix It Up! program. They were; Gypsy
Kings, Tinariwen, Cafe Rebetika, Eleftheria
Arvanitaki, Visible, Sounds of Colombia and
Djan Djan & Dya Singh. In addition to these
exciting main-stage acts, MAV programmed
a series of local artists as a part of the
‘Public Program’ attached to Mix It Up!
events. As well as providing free local
entertainment to audiences, the Public
Program also included traditional food
stalls, visual art and craft exhibitions and
sales, CD sales and cultural
demonstrations.
2009 MIX IT UP!
OVERVIEW
Mix It Up! is a joint project of Multicultural
Arts Victoria (MAV) and the Arts Centre
designed to engage with and reflect the
cultural diversity of Victoria. It aims to
increase individual and community access
and participation in the vibrant artistic and
cultural life of Victoria. Multicultural Arts
Victoria and the Arts Centre developed a
unique partnership during 2006 to create
and deliver the inaugural Mix It Up!
program which has continued to 2010,
becoming one of the core program streams
at the Arts Centre.
Mix It Up! highlights the Arts Centre’s
leadership role in community access and
engagement, program presentation,
audience development, professional
development for artists, creative
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The Public Programs is to provide
opportunities for our local artists to
develop professionally. The primary aim of
the program is to build access for
communities and new pathways for artists
from CALD backgrounds. This is supported
by the Australia Council for the Arts
Community Partnerships, Arts Victoria and
the City of Melbourne.
The program focus for 2009 included a mix
of emerging and established communities.
An important aspect was continuing to
build connections within and between
communities, including community cultural
groups, high profile artists, consulates and
the arts community. This assists in the
development of community and cultural
leaders who will then in turn contribute to
the cultural development of their own
community and other communities. The
content was an evolutionary build on the
2008 Mix It Up program that offered a
dramatic and long over due departure from
the regular or mainstay offer at the Arts
Centre. We are looking forward to bringing
you another exciting and dynamic Mix It
Up! program in 2010!
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Fine Blue Thread
‘Talanoa; Walk
the Talk VII
‘Talanoa’ in Samoa generally is translated
as a process of discussion between two
parties finding mutual grounds through
exchange of ideas.
Between May and June 2010, multimedia
and performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara
will work in partnership with several
cultural performance groups/communities
to explore intercultural dialogue - Talanoa
– by staging live collaborative public
performances in Melbourne as part of her
Talanoa: Walk the Talk II commissioned by
Multicultural Arts Victoria and supported
by Festivals Australia Funding as part of
the Emerge Festival.
Shigeyuki Kihara is a Japanese/Samoan
artist who engages across multiple
disciplines including visual arts and
theatre. Over the last year she has
embarked on an ambitious series of public
performances based on a Samoan concept
of talanoa which loosely translates as ‘to
chat or converse’ and it is also a practice of
talking through matters of cultural and
social importance. Kihara’s project seeks to
develop platforms for inter-cultural
discussion by bringing together musical or
dance groups from diverse cultural and
religious grass roots communities across
Australia and New Zealand to develop
performances in public spaces.
Some of her previous collaborations
include Scottish highland pipe band and
Chinese dragon dancers, Brazilian samba
and Cook island drummers, Hindu singers
and Christian singers, Australian Aboriginal
didgeridoo players and Scottish highland
drummers and the most recent, Chinese
dragon dancers and Cook island
drummers, commissioned by Gallery 4a for
Sydney Festival. The upcoming Talanoa VI
is commissioned by Auckland Triennial,
March 2010 (NZ) and Talanoa VII is
commissioned by Multicultural Arts
Victoria, June 2010 (AUS).
The communities who will be engaged in
the Talanoa VII include new and emerging
African
communities,
Indigenous
Australians and Pacific communities in
Melbourne. ‘Talanoa’ will provide a much
needed natural platform for these
communities to share through oral
literacies,
music,
movement,
storytelling/oratory and true respect and
love for family, culture, identity and
community. Talanoa VII will create
interaction
between
international
renowned artist Shigeyuki Kihara, the
identified communities and the Melbourne
wider community.
The public performance will take place at
the 2010 Emerge Festival on 20 June
2010.
‘When you see two different cultures with
their distinct cultural contexts, beliefs and
philosophies coming together, it is not
only about them, it is also about the
audience’ Shigeyuki Kihara
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PREMIER’S GALA
DINNER
he Crown Palladium Ballroom
was the setting for the 2009
Premiers Gala Dinner where
over 1,400 people were treated to
an entertainment extravaganza
showing local artists from Victoria.
For Cultural Diversity Week 2010,
Multicultural Arts Victoria is again
working closely in partnership with the
Victorian Multicultural Commission to
program the cultural entertainment for
the dinner. It will be a feast of talent for
an evening that celebrates our unique
diversity and community harmony. The
line up this year includes some of our
best culturally diverse artists in
Melbourne.
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The Premiers Gala Dinner has proven
over and over to be a great platform to
showcase the hard work and creativity
of our many diverse and talented artists
throughout Victoria. It’s their
performances which brings life and
excitement to this sell out annual event.
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There are still many wonderful
community groups who have not had
the opportunity to be part of this event
so let’s hope it continues for many years
to come!
a range of exciting performers including
Israeli music from Camoon, Sudanese
group Eshak Awi with Fula Band and
Eastern European music from
Babaganoush guaranteed to get
everyone up and dancing.
VIVA VICTORIA
Food stalls with tasty treats from all
corners of the world will be open
throughout the day, featuring our
multicultural origins. There will also be
stalls selling a wide range of handmade
products and unique traditional crafts.
Inspired by cultures from around the
world, these artists and traders draw on
Victoria’s global connections.
iva Victoria, presented by the
Victorian Multicultural
Commission returns to
Federation Square to celebrate
Cultural Diversity Week in 2010.
Viva Victoria is an inclusive festival
featuring music, dance, food, art
craft and design from the many
diverse cultures in our State.
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There will be two stages filled with nonstop music throughout the day,
programmed by Multicultural Arts
Victoria. Artist on the main stage
include the stunning Ottoman Turkish
Mehter Band, Slijvovitz Serbian
Orchestra, Sol Nation with Laloran East
Timorese Choir and Public Opinion Afro
Orchestra. The Beer Deluxe Stage, down
by the banks of the Yarra, will also host
Around the world, the word ‘viva’ is
used as an expression of goodwill, long
life and best wishes. At Viva Victoria,
people from all walks of life can come
together to support community
harmony, promote mutual understanding
and respect and to celebrate our
wonderful cultural diversity. Viva
Victoria! Thanks to the VMC.
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TYC/MAV IN
MELAKA FESTIVAL
he site-specific Melaka first Art
and Performance Festival took
Melaka (MAP), it seems, by
surprise. MAP 09 received a huge ready
audience because of the Hari Raya
weekend and school holidays. The events
were free and everyone was welcomed
to all events.
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The key events, ‘Budak Melaka’ and
‘Eulogy for the Living’ transformed the
ruins St Paul Church into a magical
experience with intergrated dance,
music, performance art and video
images like a living fresco on the walls
and ceiling. Even nature provided a full
moon as a lantern from the celestial sky.
15/15 Film festival was screened in the
open with deep inspirations for budding
filmmakers or anyone with a video
camera and a story to tell. In 2010 the
team will teach anyone how to make a
short film of their own for the
international circuit of 15/15. A
Malaysian sector has taken roots.
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When the weekend ended memories of
the magic lingered and taken home by
artists and audiences alike – some with
profound meanings and others inspired
to express themselves with new creative
models of possibilities.
MAPFest 09 was made possible from the
support of E-plus Entretainment
productions Malaysia, tyc and MAV.
www.melakafestival.com
Buddha Body Series
RASA SAYANG
In April tyc will present the final of Tony’s
solo dance series. Rasa Sayang dances
the trace of something no longer present:
the suspension of a sublime essence
within the paradox of positive and
negative form.
This compelling performance continues
within the form of an extended
installation established through Tony's
long-term partnership with visual artist
Naomi Ota and musicians Madeleine
Flynn and Tim Humphrey.
4 Shows only!
Bookings: 9662 9966
Dates: Thursday-Sunday
21-23 August 8pm
Where:
Fortyfivedownstairs 45
Flinders Lane, Melb
tyc
tyc (Tony Yap Company) has just successfully received
emerging key producers funding from the Dance Board
of the Australia Council for the Arts and is partnered with
Multicultural Arts Victoria. tyc foster and continue artistic
and creative collaborations in the Asian region and to
profile Asian Arts in an international context.
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KULTOUR PROGRAM
2010
MAV in partnership with Kultour
will be taking the best of
Victorian CALD arts nationally.
Zulya and the Children of
the Underground
Multi award-winning Zulya Karmalova
is the leading proponent of Tatar and
Russian music in Australia as well as
one of the most versatile and
accomplished vocalists on the world
music scene today. The Children of the
Underground have a profound influence
on Zulya’s own compositions as well as
providing unique arrangements of
traditional songs.
Just Like Home
Just Like Home is an exhibition, a meal,
a film and a biography, which explores
artist Lisa Hilli’s New Guinean and
Australian heritage. With one simple
meal Hilli highlights issues of
assimilation and cultural adaption. The
video documentary is a portrayal of her
mother, Cathy, preparing I gir (e geerrra), literally meaning ‘to steam with
hot stones’. Drawing inspiration from
her mother, Hilli’s banana tree
sculptures are shining monuments to
the continuation and adaptation of the
Tolais cooking tradition within
Australia, and a celebration of a
culture’s capacities to respond to
shifting circumstances.
Lisa Hilli
One Africa
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En Trance
From her many performances of The
Burlesque Hour around the globe to her
infamous Butoh Cabaret DasShoku
Hora!!, Yumi Umiumare’s electrifying
performance style is in demand the
world over. In this bold new work,
Umiumare is set to detonate her
extraordinary vision from the
international to the other-worldy as she
thrusts us into the twisted corridors of
the un-living. At times brutally visceral,
the performance is counterbalanced
with the purity of digital painting
produced live with her collaborating
artists, Bambang Nurcahyadi and
Naomi Ota.
MANDINKA SOUND
Kicking off in Victoria at the Footscray
Community Arts Centre, the Mandinka
Sound tour will then head off interstate
to NSW, ACT, Qld, NT and WA.
Mandinka Sound features two
extraordinarily talented Melbourne
based West African acts, Muhanamwé
and One Africa. Through music, dance
and song, this unique show takes
audiences on a journey that traces West
African culture in contemporary
Australia back to its roots in the ancient
Mandinka empire of West Africa. The
tour also includes high-energy
drumming, song and dance workshops
for all ages at selected venues.
The show begins with a warm and
intimate acoustic set from One Africa
which brings together two of
Melbourne’s most loved West African
performers, King Marong and Lamine
Sonko. A subtle fusion of traditional
West African culture and contemporary
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Ottoman Mehter Marching Band
3rd Commonwealth Bank
Turkish Pazar Festival
On Sunday 28 March between 10am – 4pm, the
Queen Victoria Market will be transformed into a
traditional “Turkish Pazar”, Pazar being the Turkish
word for both Sunday and market.
Yumi Umiumare
Australian influences, One Africa
creates a hypnotically soulful repertoire
of original songs. Providing the rhythm
and groove, King Marong has been
performing professionally since the age
of 12 and since arriving in Australia in
1998, has built a reputation as a master
of many African drumming styles and
instruments. Providing vocals and
guitar, Lamine hails from a famous
Senegalese griot musical family and has
performed internationally alongside
such greats as Youssou Ndour, Vivianne
Ndour and Fatou Nguewel Diouf.
After One Africa’s captivating
performance, Muhanamwé take the
stage with an electrifying set of
traditional Guinean music and dance.
Muhanamwé, meaning culture, has
emerged from the dense and vibrant
undergrowth of Melbourne’s world
music scene as one of the freshest and
most exciting West African percussion
and dance ensembles. With compelling
rhythms, raw vocal harmonies, rippling
balafon melodies, stunning costumes
and superhuman dance moves,
Muhanamwé not only draws from its
deep roots in West Africa but also updates
and brings new life to an ancient
musical and cultural tradition. Please
visit multiculturalarts.com.au for more
information and a full tour itinerary.
Highlights of the Festival will include the ‘Ankara
State Turkish Folk Music Choir’ from Turkey, the
Ottoman Military Band (Mehter), performances of
traditional Turkish folklore, music and dance, a
wandering minstrel, and a taste of modern music
from Turkey.
EARTH – Drawing on Nature
Muhanamwe
New Star Art School will exhibit student’s
“EARTH —- Drawing on Nature” exhibition at
Manningham gallery to celebrate the Cultural
Diversity Week of Victoria 2010.
17 March to 10 April 2010
Manningham Gallery, 699 Doncaster Road,
Doncaster
MOTIFS
A Celebration of Life through the Ukrainian
Art of Pysanka and Embroidery.
15 March to 10 April 2010
Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, 141 Queen St,
Melbourne
All events are proudly supported by MAV.
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Folio Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief Jill Morgan
Sub-Editors
Music Jayne Lovelock
Dance Tony Yap
Visual Arts Naomi Ota
Word Lella Carridi
Theatre Meg Larkin
Multicultural Arts Victoria Staff
Executive Officer Jill Morgan
Finance Officer Hung Nguyen
Admin & Publicity Coordinator Jayne Lovelock
Project Officer Claudia Escobar, Anita Larkin, Anne
Harkin, Andrea Makris
Youth Officer Catherine Sweeney
Events & Operations Coordinator Meg Larkin
Graphic Design Tony Yap
Photos Bill Poon, Georgia Metaxas, Josh
Robenstone, Natasha Blankfield, Claudia Sangiori
Dalimore, Damian Vincenzi, Ferne Millen, Pam
Kleeman, Susannah Wimberley - courtesy Shineyuki
Kihara and 4A Centre for Comtemporary Asian Art.
kultour CEO Magdalena Moreno
Multicultural Arts Victoria
Fitzroy Town Hall
201 Napier St Fitzroy
PO Box 1402 Collingwood VIC 3066
P 9417 6777
F 9416 3342
E office@multiculturalarts.com.au
W www.multiculturalarts.com.au
Multicultural Arts
Victoria History
his year at MAV we are
putting our important
and dynamic history into
book form, documenting the
communities and projects we
have been involved in
throughout our 36 years.
Written by Paul Clarkson, author
of the recently published
Melbourne International Arts
Festival biography and former
Director of Arts Victoria, the
book will be a written and visual
history of MAV’s development as
an organisation. We are delving
into our archives and pulling out
fascinating information about
MAV and multicultural arts in
Victoria. MAV are very excited to
be able to put the pieces
together and tell our story about
our artists and communities.
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Multicultural Arts Victoria is the
successor to the Festival of All
12
Nations (FAN), which was
established 10 years earlier, in
1973. The FAN created a
cultural revolution in the
conservative, mono-cultural
Australia of the early 70s. Not
only did it encourage the
development of many
multicultural festivals across the
nation, but it also set the scene
for the establishment of Spoleto
(the predecessor to the MIAF)
and the Fringe Festival.
We are currently collecting
information on the Festival of All
Nations (1973-1982), Piccolo
Spoleto Festival and MAV. If you
have any information that you
think might add to the telling of
our history, including programs,
fliers and documents, we would
love to hear from you. Please
contact Jayne at the MAV office
on 03 9417 6777.
Proudly supported by the Sidney
Myer Fund & the Myer
Foundation and Arts Victoria.