Curate Space

11/05/2023

We are a Melbourne Fringe Festival venue again this year. Tonight is the match making event where the venues and performance producers meetup to plan the program. Chloe Beevers is ready for a big night of conversations at the CURATE Space networking corner.

26/04/2023

Food and green waste is collected from CURATE Space by bicycle courier and turned into compost for community gardens. We’ve been part of the Good Cycles Good Butler program for over four years now. We explain the system at every event we host, which raises awareness of the initiative and how venues and hospitality can be part of the solution to landfill problem. Our venue now averages only a kg of landfill each week, made possible in part through this initiative.

18/04/2023

We hosted the network of XR developers tonight, as venue partner hosting the series of VR/AR project sessions with Immerse Australia and Melbourne Metaverse

07/04/2023

Map of central Melbourne showing the location of brick houses, mud buildings, public buildings, boarded houses [and future site of CURATE Space].
J. Williamson, c. 1839, map.

04/04/2023

Last night at CURATE Space we hosted an engaging discussion on ‘Atlas of Human Rights - Violations and protections in Australia and abroad’. CEO of Human Rights Law Centre, Caitlin Reiger and CEO of Reichstein Foundation, Rachel Ball joined Folio Collective in unpacking the important topic.

Human rights are universal principles that apply to all people, regardless of their race, gender, religion, or any other characteristic. They are the foundation of a just and equitable society, ensuring that every individual is entitled to basic freedoms and protections.

Unfortunately, human rights violations are all too common in many parts of the world. From discrimination and inequality to censorship and repression, millions of people suffer every day from abuses of their basic rights. However, it is not just a problem that exists outside of Australia. Even within our borders, there are ongoing issues with systemic discrimination, the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and the protection of Indigenous rights.

Together, we will explore topics such as the role of international law in protecting human rights, the challenges of enforcing human rights in practice, the intersectionality of human rights issues, and the importance of community activism in promoting change. By coming together and engaging in thoughtful dialogue, we hope to increase awareness and understanding of human rights issues, and inspire action towards a more just and equitable society.

https://www.folio.org.au/event-5219140

04/04/2023

Tonight: Hosting a Folio Conversation Event on Human Rights.

Human rights are universal principles that apply to all people, regardless of their race, gender, religion, or any other characteristic. They are the foundation of a just and equitable society, ensuring that every individual is entitled to basic freedoms and protections.

Unfortunately, human rights violations are all too common in many parts of the world. From discrimination and inequality to censorship and repression, millions of people suffer every day from abuses of their basic rights. However, it is not just a problem that exists outside of Australia. Even within our borders, there are ongoing issues with systemic discrimination, the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and the protection of Indigenous rights.

Together, we will explore topics such as the role of international law in protecting human rights, the challenges of enforcing human rights in practice, the intersectionality of human rights issues, and the importance of community activism in promoting change. By coming together and engaging in thoughtful dialogue, we hope to increase awareness and understanding of human rights issues, and inspire action towards a more just and equitable society.

https://www.folio.org.au/event-5219140

16/03/2023

27/02/2023

Our founder Chloe Beevers served as MC for the Ethical Enterprise Conference last week! We are proud to be represented at such a forum of aligned and impactful delegates

10/02/2023

Hosting hybrid training and meetings

02/12/2022

Yesterday we hosted and produced a hybrid full day conference at CURATE Space for a national industry network. We ensure everyone is seen heard and engaged, be they participating in the room or online from across the country. Tech production includes multiple microphones and two cameras. We remove barreris to participation. Producer: Presenting Chloe Beevers

09/11/2022

We are committed to delivering sustainable events, with systems designed to have a positive impact on the planet and to minimise waste. So much so that our venue only generates 1-2kg of landfill a week, which is mostly what guests have brough into the space! People exclaim “wow real cups!” when making a coffee, which should/could be the norm rather than the exception! Our coffees are made with freshly ground, organic, fair-trade beans and food waste is collected by bicycle courier to be turned into compost for community gardens. We continue to refine our system to deliver sustainable events.

19/10/2022

Last night we hosted and produced a hybrid AGM and panel session for SENVIC, the Social Enterprise Network of Victoria. With participants both in our venue and online, everyone across the state had opportunity to be seen, heard and engaged. Removing barriers to participation is our purpose. Even though our physical facilities are based in the Melbourne CBD, it is from our founder’s own lived experience of living in a remote community (in an extinct volcano!) that this service was launched six years ago. “Having to travel to the city to participate or have a voice as a change maker is a barriers to participation. For over twenty years I’ve worked to make collaboration, engagement and learning more inclusive.” Says Chloe Beevers “so in curating the experience for SENVIC we are ‘on purpose’ and delighted to be of service to the changemakers and social entrepreneurs who are delivering impactful work across their communities.” Congratulations to SENVIC and team for your leadership in sector development, community development and systems change.

11/10/2022

Congratulations John C H Perry for your engaging poetry recital this evening. ‘The Dance of The All and The Nothing’ performance was part of Melbourne Fringe. The experience was hybrid for audiences both in venue and online.

09/10/2022

Tonight is the last performance in a four night season of ’The Idea Is Love’. A spoken word show written and performed by Brendon Cameron. Proudly presented as part of Melbourne Fringe.

06/10/2022

Yes CURATE Space is a venue for Melbourne Fringe ! The festival season opening yesterday with hundreds of experiences on offer. Here at CURATE we are serving as a salon for spoken word poetry, check it out: https://lnkd.in/gpfUJYFp

02/09/2022

Did you know we are a Melbourne Fringe Festival venue?! Tonight we are celebrating the program launch and 40th birthday party for the festival. Watch the launch live:

26/08/2022

Congratulations Steven Bailey - Treatment Denied-Australia for your compelling talk, sharing your lived experience toward making policy change.

23/08/2022

The pandemic was a challenging time, in particular for social enterprises that balance trading with supporting their communities. So now it’s for those who support others to receive some support! This Thursday join this free well-being program for social enterprise practitioners. We are delighted to be hosting and holding space for this gathering

📣 Final day of Creative Connections this Thursday!

🎟️ Don't miss out! book your ticket now - Bring a friend to the final celebratory session!

Joining us is:
Vivian Qiu who will run a gratitude workshop, guaranteed to be a lot of fun and engaging.

David Titeu, founder of Linkmate and winner of the Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition in 2021 who will share his story.

💃 What a wonderfully reinvigorating series of music, dance and laughter this has been. We are sad to see Creative Connections coming to an end.

https://senvic.org.au/events/

17/08/2022

For love or money … why not have both!? Tonight at Curate Space Dovetail presents a social enterprise program empowering partnerships between grass-roots charities and small-to-medium size businesses

19/09/2021

Our roadmap, aligned with the Victorian roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions: While CURATE Space is unlikely to open for groups or public gatherings this year, it IS likely in coming weeks/months that WE WILL OPEN for fully vaccinated cast/presenters and crew for filming/live-streaming to online audiences. We are ready with staff vaccinated, trained in infection control, installed hygiene stations, HEPA air filters, and even an AI Marshal which automatically checks visitors for temperature and mask before allowing entry. The space has been optimised as a live streaming production studio and for video conferencing as core services. In the meantime, we support organisations to deliver authentic and engaging experiences online, be it workshops, training, meetings, AGMs, forums, web summits.
Both our opening and the roadmap are projections, subject to variation, pending how well we as a society mitigate these ongoing risks to public safety.
Vaccines will be mandatory for all authorised workers, teachers, childcare workers, parents of childcare workers, hospitality workers and hospitality patrons as Victoria moves to reopen schools and businesses, under the state government’s road map.

29/08/2021

Having been invited as a speaker at the Global Emerging Innovation Summit, CURATE is recognised as leaders in innovative participant engagement and online collaboration systems.

29/08/2021

Our founder Chloe Beevers is a speaker and panelist at the GLOBAL EMERGING INNOVATION SUMMIT - 2021. As a panellist discussing 'Tech and Business innovations', and later in the program talking about 'Pandemic disruption driving digital innovation for online engagement' and how to be future-proof through hybrid and online systems. Join the meeting of minds!

Join us today for the GLOBAL EMERGING INNOVATION SUMMIT - 2021, part of the Victorian Government's Digital Innovation Festival. As well as being a panellist discussing 'Tech and Business innovations', later today I am also presenting a talk on 'Pandemic disruption driving digital innovation for online engagement' and how to be future-proof through hybrid and online systems.
https://dif.vic.gov.au/event/13978440-a/emerging-innovation-summit-2021

27/07/2021

Congratulation Victoria for being resilient through lockdown #5! From 28/7 CURATE Space reopens for group bookings up to 10 people + unlimited online participants. We curate a covidsafe experience with our covid marshal certified in infection control.

The Victorian Government advises that:
- Public gatherings will be allowed with up to 10 people, however masks will continue to be mandatory.
- The density quotient of 1 person per 4 square metres applies in non-seated areas of the venue and COVID check-in marshals must be on site to ensure attendees check-in.

14/05/2021

At CURATE we actively refine our systems and services to be sustainable and have a positive impact. Since 2019 our green waste from catering and coffee machines is collected by bicycle couriers and transformed into compost for community gardens. Watch this ABC documentry about this world first initiative we are proud to be part of https://youtu.be/k2sFAX0mSvo

In Melbourne, the Degraves Street Recycling Facility takes food waste from laneway cafes and restaurants and turns it into wastewater! ...

13/05/2021

Theatre curtains are being installed all around the room to manage sound, light and temperature. They will span wall to wall and floor to ceiling.
SOUND: The acoustic curtains block external noise coming in and absorb excess noise in the room when we have a rowdy crowd of excited participants. Even when the curtains are open for natural light, they will have the effect of acoustic panels in the room.
LIGHT: We have excellent natural light through the heritage listed art deco windows. However during some events and filming, lighting needs to be managed and the variable natural light blocked out. The curtains provide these options.
TEMPERATURE: We are wrapping the venue in a woolen blanket! The thick wool curtains will keep us cozy in winter and cool in summer - insulating to more sustainably maintain a comfortable temperature.
IMAGE: a stencil is being made of the curved wall behind the stage to ensure a perfect fit for the acoustic curtains, customising the shape of the track to the shape.