Australian Centre for Photography
257 Oxford Street
Paddington NSW 2021
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Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri 12.00pm – 7.00pm
Sat & Sun 10.00am – 6.00pm
Workshop Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-6.00pm
General Enquiries
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The House welcomes Bhenjamin for 2 days of Vogue…..in Sydney at the National Center for Indigenous Excellence in Redfern…..the beautiful black heart of Sydney!
The 2 day classes provide an opportunity to work your self up for our next ball in November. Come and werk on your moves….. Gold coin donation for the classes.
Bhenjamin moved to New York City as soon as he finished high school on sponsorship to the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. He has performed in and around New York with various companies such as the Martha Graham Dance Company and Ko-ryo Dance theatre, as well as displaying his own work at such venues as the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Merce Cunningham Studios and Joyce Theatre Soho.
He was introduced to vogue through friends of the LGBT community of New York and soon found his niche in the style and scene. He learnt what he knows from members of the vogue community, sometimes practicing on the streets of New York and the historical Chelsea Piers. He has also been taught by the legendary Benny Ninja.
Register online@houseofblackstar.com
House of BlackSTAR
Is hosting a series of Vogue dances movement classes, in the lead up to the next Ball.
We are offering classes to werk your mind your body and your soul.
Registrations now open for “Those” of you who like to Vogue!
Register online@houseofblackstar.com
Dates: 28th and 29th August
Vogue instructor: Bhenjamin Ra (NYC)
11am – 3pm each day
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SATURDAY JULY 24
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The original GOODGOD dancehall is back with a night of bashment vibes: dancehall, hip-hop and UK funky! LADY CHANN (UK) Everyone that copped the ridiculous Major Lazer / Skerrit Bwoy dancehall in January knows you don’t miss a Goodgod bashment! This time it’s the ladies edition with the UK’s #1 Dancehall Queen LADY CHANN and our local royalty KILLAQUEENZ set to “break the rules”! Lady Chann, has been part of North West London’s vibrant Suncycle Crew since it’s conception, and now she’s branching out alone bringing her unique talent to a wider audience. In 2010, Chann has been deep in the studio with some of the UK’s hottest producers, working on tracks for her debut album. First out of the traps is “Sticky Situation” a killer collabo with UK super producer Sticky (Ms Dynamite, Stush, Tubby T), which is already blowing up dancefloors and radio shows across the UK. Having served her apprenticeship as part London’s premier dancehall crew she is a true microphone controller, her husky voice and trademark flow setting her apart from the pack, and tearing up the hottest clubs across the UK and beyond. $20 on door / 9pm until late Presented by Grindin’ and Goodgod +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
“THE SAPPHIRES”
Barrett Casting is searching for 4 Indigenous girls 16 – 28 years old to play lead roles in a new Australian feature film called “THE SAPPHIRES”, to be directed by Wayne Blair and produced by Goalpost Pictures, shooting early 2011.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – just a keen interest in acting and film.
Submissions can be made via the website www.sapphiresopencall.com, or please send photo along with age, location and contact details to general@barrettcasting.com.au
For more information,
please call Natalie on 02 9699 1377
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week and its acronym has since become the name of the week itself. To find out more about the origins of NAIDOC Week, visit NAIDOC history.
Each year, a different city hosts the National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball. The host city, National NAIDOC Poster Competition and the NAIDOC Awards winners are selected by the National NAIDOC Committee.
Local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week are encouraged and often organised by communities, government agencies, local councils, schools and workplaces.
Please note that permission is not required to fly either the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flag. However, if you want to reproduce either flag (for example, on a flyer or poster), you will need to seek permission. More information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags including contact details to gain permissions is available on this site.
For many years, the Australian Government has supported national NAIDOC celebrations as well as providing grants through.Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs) to fund local celebrations.
Wherever you live, you can take part in NAIDOC Week celebrations. To find out about NAIDOC Week activities in your area, contact your nearest ICC on free call 1800 079 098, except Nhulunbuy (1800 089 148), Kalgoorlie (1800 193 357) and Kununurra (1800 193 348).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia’s longest running GLBTIQ & Sistergirls support group OUTBLACK are celebrating NAIDOC 2010 like never before. Featuring a Blak & deadly line up that will celebrate brothers & sisters from all over Blak Australia.
Featuring:
Ana Mae (WA)
The Chad (Vic)
Constantina Bush (NT)
Deena Deadly (Qld)
DJ Broke Black Mount ‘Em (NSW)
Foxxy Empire (NT)
Miss Ellaneous (NT)
Mr NAIDOC 1995 (Vic/NSW)
Poleeshya Pearl (Vic)
Pynk Sugah (Vic)
Sarah Moany (SA)
…and other mob we’re still trying to Blak track down.
$10 pre-sale* | $15 at-the-door | ELDERS Free
*Pre-sale tickets available at VACCHO (5-7 Smith Street, Fitzroy) or Hares & Hyenas (63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy).
Come and celebrate NAIDOC Week 2010 with Pride!
Blak, Pink, Blue, White – All Welcome!
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Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 7:00pm
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Friday, July 9, 2010 at 1:00am
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the Glasshouse Hotel
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51 Gipps Street
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Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
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Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Presents
Jeffrey Samuels and Willurei Kirkbright on show at Boomalli this weekend.
This stunning collection of mixed media works on paper entitled ‘Being’ by Jeffrey Samuels and photographic portraiture entitled ‘Skin’ by young artists Willurei Kirkbright are engaging us in a new conversation about Aboriginal Art.
Samuels has a long standing association to Boomalli and New South Wales. One of his signature works Brolga was used for the ACON Aboriginal projects ‘However You Wanna See Me, I’m Just Me
Stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gay Men, Lesbians and Sistergirls.
Boomalli Gallery, 55-59 Flood St, Leichhardt 2040 02 9560 2541
please feel free to distribute to your networks.
Press enquiries please contact Bronwyn Bancroft 0412 495 120
bronwynbancroft@hotmail.com
Samuels work ‘Brolga’ symbolises the grace, beauty and strength of our gay, lesbian and sistergirl people.
For a copy of this resource visit: http://www.acon.org.au/communities/aboriginal
Song cycles
Sally Howland, Ebony Williams Australia Council for the Arts
31 May 2010A joint research project of the Australia Council for the Arts and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), which shows that attitudes, physical distance, training and education are among the significant barriers that prevent Indigenous artists from reaching wider audiences.
As the first research project of its kind, Song Cycles suggests ways to combat the challenges of training, playing live, recording, airplay, distribution and touring faced by Indigenous musicians. The research suggests this could be done by creating an environment that fosters artistic development, ensures fair compensation to composers, song writers and music artists, improves access to the mainstream market and develops a touring festival network.
‘People sometimes criticise Aboriginals and their culture saying, “You’re not very political. You’re not strong in a white culture way.” But the white way has made our culture very political and it is so strong. Especially in the way we express ourselves through our arts. We never did write our stories in books; we told them, sang them, painted them and danced them. The white fellas sold them or put it all in their museums: ours is a living culture that’s still practised and maintained today, but in a black contemporary way.’ David Page
| Publication type | Report |
| Publisher Type | Government or Gov agency |
| Coverage | Australia |
| Permanent URL | http://www.apo.org.au/node/21486 |