SPECIAL EVENTS
West Side Stories - Nexus 2010 Fringe Program
11 February - 14 March
Tickets can be purchased from FringeTix, and the full West Side Stories program can be viewed online at nexusfringe.wordpress.com
Nexus Multicultural Arts Symposium 2010 - Diverse Arts: Theory + Action
Adelaide, 19 - 21 May
The Diverse Arts: Theory + Action symposium will present an invigorating and inspiring mix of keynote speakers, discussion panels and collaborative performances engaging with one or more of the symposium themes:
- Cultural Diversity - how is it driving contemporary arts practice and how is it influencing the contemporary arts landscape?
- Cultural Continuity and Cultural Development
- Community Arts versus Multicultural Arts
- Cultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship: shaping multicultural arts towards 2020
The Diverse Arts: Theory + Action symposium presents a timely opportunity to set benchmarks for multicultural arts. This symposium will provide performing arts practitioners, artistic directors, coordinators, event planners, academics, curators, programmers and writers with an opportunity to hear experts, participate in panel discussions and workshops, and view and critique contemporary performances. Specifically, the symposium will:
- Provide a theoretical context for emerging cultural practices within an international framework of multicultural arts
- Identify key emerging trends, artists and advocates
- Connect participants, presenting organisations and resource networks
- Explore the impact recent migrations have had and are having on music / dance performances as well as the visual arts
- Identify audience development and marketing strategies
The content and form of the Diverse Arts: Theory + Action symposium will place an emphasis on peer-to-peer participation and discussion. The conference will be structured around the delivery of a keynote address and presentations by up to four speakers, as well as an exhibition opening and a small number of high quality multicultural performances, creating the space for discussion and critical feedback from the audience and participants via panels and an open forum.
PROGRAM:
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 6pm-8pm:
Exhibition Opening at Nexus Gallery, Guest Speaker and Reception
Just Like Home: An exhibition, a meal, a film and a biography, this exhibition explores artist Lisa Hilli's New Guinean and Australian heritage. Just Like Home celebrates the continuation of Tolais cooking traditions, unique to the people of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, with an Aussie twist. With one simple meal, Lisa Hilli will highlight issues of assimilation and cultural adaption. Presented by Nexus Multicultural Arts in association with Kultour.
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 6pm-8pm (to follow Kultour AGM):
Candy Bower's Who's That Chik? Presentation at Nexus Gallery (75 mins)
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 8pm to late:
Public Concert at Nexus Cabaret (Free Entry for Symposium Registrants; Adult Tickets: $28; Concession Tickets: $23)
Friday, 21 May, 9am-5:30pm:
Multicultural Arts Symposium
First Session:
9am-10am: Registration
10am: Keynote Speaker
11am-11:15am: Morning Break
11:15am-12:45pm: Four "Concept" Papers of approx. 10 mins each, followed by Panel Session / Q and A Session
12:45pm-1:45pm: Lunch Break with free music performance
Second Session:
1:45pm-3:15pm: Two Discussion Papers of approx. 20 mins each, followed by Panel Session / Q and A Session
3:15pm-3:30pm: Afternoon Break
3:30pm-4:30pm: Plenary Session (discussion, responses and summary)
4:30-5:30pm: Symposium close and networking time
Friday, 21 May, 8pm to late:
After Party and Concert from various SA music ensembles at Nexus Cabaret (Free Entry for Symposium Registrants)
REGISTRATION FEE FOR SYMPOSIUM: $50.00
(Fee includes Opening Night Exhibition, free entry to Concert at Nexus Cabaret on Thursday evening, full-day Symposium, buffet lunch on Friday and free entry to After Party and Concert at Nexus Cabaret on Friday evening)
Please contact Damasque on (08) 8212 4276 or email nexus@nexus.asn.au to register.
VENUE: Nexus Multicultural Arts is a dynamic arts and social networking hub uniting creativity and cultural diversity - a place where diverse artists, communities and audiences share experiences, create artworks and tell their stories. For 25 years, Nexus Multicultural Arts has provided leadership and support to multicultural artists pursuing collaborative and creative projects in Australia. Nexus Multicultural Arts is dedicated to:
- linking creativity and community
- enriching culture and society
- nurturing originality in music, dance, theatre and visual arts
Nexus Cabaret is Adelaide's year-round home of world music and dance, providing a platform for new and emerging artists in a purpose-built, multi-use performing arts space.
Nexus Gallery is a purpose-built visual arts exhibition space, presenting approximately 10 exhibitions a year and also available for hire by artists and communities.
Read about past Special Events here
