COMMUNITY SPHERES
Creative arts workshops building community and hope for the future.
““Community Spheres is one of the best creative experiences I have had.”
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WORKSHOP CONTENT
We make art, move and dance together.
We share our stories, cultures, languages and food.
We converse and contemplate our shared place on the planet.
We explore identity, belonging, home and future.
Most importantly its about seeing great creativity in action!
Workshop content is delivered over six sessions, we build group trust, we share stories with each other and our invited communities.
Participants own all rights to their visual art and dance works created in the workshops.
OUR ARTISTS
Workshops are facilitated by professional dance and visual artists.
Program Director | Annalouise Paul
Artist-Facilitators | Natalie Tso, Imogen Ross, Thi My Le, Giordano Biondi, Dorcas Maphakela, Renata Commisso, Jiawei Zhu.
OUR PARTNERS
Mother Tongue® Community Spheres is championed by Adès Family Foundation.
Funds have been received by the NSW Government, Multicultural NSW with support from SEVA International, Australian Cultural Foundation and STARTTS.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
WALKER STREET GALLERY & ARTS CENTRE, DANDENONG - OCTOBER 2023
BLUE MOUNTAINS CULTURAL CENTRE, KATOOMBA - JULY 2022
CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE - WOW FESTIVAL - SEPTEMBER 2022
MID MOUNTAINS NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, LAWSON - OCTOBER 2022
HOUSE OF WELCOME, GRANVILLE - OCTOBER 2022
BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE - SEPTEMBER 2020
BANKSTOWN ARTS CENTRE - SEPTEMBER 2020
““It was beautiful to feel free. I enjoyed the whole process of looking at movement as a communication form.”
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““You’re building Social Capital through Dance. I don’t know anyone else who is doing that.””
Photography Credits: Nicola Bailey, Robert Knapman, Paula Majstorovic- Ninkovic.
Videography Credit: Nick Addison Photography
