The Social Model of Disability shapes our values and frames our understanding and responsibility to access. Its key principle is that a person is disabled through environmental barriers, and we are committed to continuing to listen to how we can improve access at Footscray Community Arts.
This is why we developed a Disability and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP). A public document, the DIAP addresses community feedback through a list of key goals to enhance audience and artist experience with us.
Learn more about how we are prioritising accessibility by reading our Disability and Inclusion Action Plan:
https://footscrayarts.com/about-us-overview/our-disability-and-inclusion-action-plan/
ArtLife is a program for emerging and established artists with a passion for creativity. With ArtLife, we offer opportunities for d/Deaf and Disabled artists to work towards their individual artistic goals across a variety of art forms and practices.
Our Community Van is an essential resource for connecting our ArtLife artists with the arts industry and community. Unfortunately, it's reaching the end of its life, and we urgently need your help to replace it.
At Footscray Community Arts, we're committed to access, equity, and creativity. For NDIS ArtLife artists our van is their gateway to access.
That's why we're asking for your support, every dollar you donate up to $50,000 will be matched by Creative Partnerships Plus1 support. So donate now and help keep our ArtLife artists on the road and creating!
Donate today: https://chuffed.org/project/we-need-a-new-van
We. Need. A. New. Van.
Our Community Van is in vital need of replacement, and we desperately need your help.
Double your impact with every dollar up to $50,000 matched by Creative Partnerships Plus1 support.
Footscray Community Arts is passionate about access, equity and creativity. Each year, our van supports hundreds of artists to connect with the arts industry and Melbourne’s creative communities.
For the NDIS ArtLife artists like Darren, Jay and Kathryn, the van means access.
Help keep our artists on the road and donate today!
Donate now: https://chuffed.org/project/we-need-a-new-van
ArtLife’s Open Week
Join ArtLife’s Open Week and experience our free workshops!
ArtLife is an art program for d/Deaf and Disabled artists. We are a proud community that have been running art programs for 32 years at Footscray Community Arts!
Who is it for?
- Aged 18 +
- NDIS participant
- d/Deaf and/or Disabled
- Be able to take directions and enjoy being part of a group
-Interested in art!
Learn more about our offerings at https://footscrayarts.com/artlife/.
Dates: Wednesday 26 April to Friday 28 April 2023
Times: 9am–3pm
Cost: Free, no NDIS charge
Footscray Laughs
Looking for a night of non-stop laughter? Look no further than Footscray Laughs, your premier local comedy show! We've got an all-star lineup featuring some of the funniest comedians in the game, including Sami Shah, MICF Gala performer Jude Perl, SBS and Comedy Up Late's Suren Jayemanne, Triple M's Sashi Perera, Con Coutis and Christina Schmidt.
Come on down to Footscray and enjoy a drink and dinner pack from local favourite Salamatea café while you laugh until your sides hurt. Don't miss out on this night of comedy gold. Get your tickets through the link in our bio and we'll see you there!
Book via https://footscrayarts.com/event/footscray-laughs/
When: 10 March 2023, 8—10pm
Where: Footscray Community Arts
ArtLife Makers Market 2022
ArtLife's Mixed Media artists are pleased to announce they will be participating in the Footscray Community Arts Markers Market. Prints, ceramics, original artworks, cards and interactive art packs will be on offer!
ArtLife is a program for artists with disability that offers a residency, open studio and skill-based workshops.
When: Saturday 10 December, 9am - 3pm
Where: Footscray Community Arts lawn, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
Image 1: Wade Cameron, Vase with Flowers, monoprint, 2022
Image 2: Joshua George, Poodle wearing a beret, glazed stoneware, 2022
Image 3: Hamilton Kennedy, glazed stoneware, 2022
Image 4: Alisha O'Neill, glazed stoneware, 2022
Find out more: https://footscrayarts.com/event/makers-market-2022/
Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus) is a bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen with performers and artists that will transport audiences across House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue exhibitions at Footscray Community Arts and West Space.
Tickets are available for 19 & 26 November.
Lineup
19 November 2022
10am – Tania Cañas, Bridge The Gap Choir
11:30am – wani toaishara
1:30pm & 3pm – Uncle Larry Walsh and Uncle Bobby Nicholls
26 November 2022
10am & 11:30am – Timmah Ball
1:30pm & 3pm – Beth Sometimes and Rene Kulitja
Book here: https://footscrayarts.com/event/hat-xe-buyt-singing-bus/
Videography by Simon Rose
Neighbourhood Contemporary Art Festival
Neighbourhood spotlights community: the festival will spotlight the communities that make up our social fabric - platforming their voices to create social change and shape contemporary Australian identity.
Find out more: https://neighbourhoodfest.com.au/
Wominjeka
Still Here Now!
Be immersed in the soulful sounds of Homelands, featuring First Nations artists, Charlie Needs Braces, Robert Bundle, Nathan May and Maurial Spearim, supported by Daniel J Marquez & Ann Metry, welcome ceremony by Uncle Ringo Terrick with special guest Yaraan Bundle, and performances by Maylene Slater-Burns, DRMNGNOW and SojuGang.
Wominjeka is a free event on Saturday 22 October 2022 11am-6:30pm at Footscray Community Arts. Check out the full program and RSVP: https://bit.ly/3ypiwch
Image credit: Tarryn Love, koorramook - Possum, 2022
BOLDER Launch Event: 28 September 2022, 6pm – 8pm
Launching this week: 28 September 2022, 6-8pm.
Join us for the launch of Steven Tran’s latest interdimensional exhibition BOLDER. Building on his debut exhibition, BOLD in 2021, BOLDER uses Steven’s drawings and paintings and takes these to new realms with Augmented Reality (AR) and expanded sensory experiences.
Steven invites each and every person to step into his imagination and journey through spooky staircases, where structures evolve and explode.
RSVP: https://footscrayarts.com/event/bolder-steven-tran/
Launch Date: 28 September 2022, 6pm – 8pm
Exhibition date: 15 September – 30 October 2022
Footscray Community Arts, Roslyn Smorgon Gallery
As part of our Behind the Screens filmmaker development program, three filmmakers were selected to screen their short films as part of the 2022 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival.
See here a trailer for ‘I AM NOT A VIRUS’ by Jackie Dixon, screening at ACMI on 4 May as part of the ‘Homegrown Shorts’.
Behind the screens is supported by Film Victoria and facilitated by Santilla Chingaipe.
A Bell Rings Across the Valley is now open!
An exhibition presented as part of the upcoming PHOTO 2022:International Festival of Photography. Five artists from across South Asia and its Diaspora present newly created works - their first Australian premieres - exploring complex experiences of identity, heritage and change.
Artists: Ashfika Rahman (Bangladesh), Indu Antony (India), Sheelasha Rajbhandari (Nepal) / Nepal Picture Library, Devika Bilmoria (Australia), Shwe Wutt Hmon (Myanmar). Curated by Shivanjani Lal.
A Bell Rings Across the Valley
12 April – 26 June 2022
Footscray Community Arts, Roslyn Smorgon Gallery
✨Launch event: Saturday, 30 April, 2 – 4pm
RSVP: https://footscrayarts.com/event/photo2022-a-bell-rings-across-the-valley/
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A Bell Rings Across the Valley is an official exhibition of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography.
Image credit: Devika Bilmoria
School Holiday Arts Program Starts Next Week
We're the perfect place for arty kids these school holidays! Kicking off Tuesday 12 April, our three-day School Holiday Arts Program features creative workshops that encourage exploration and expression - designed to enhance connectedness and well-being among children. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3KnCZlL
Video by Jackie Dixon
Take a look behind the scenes at our inaugural First Nations Perspectives excursion with St John's Primary School. Presented as part of our new Schools Program, Grade 1 students had a great time learning with Kurnai / Wotjabaluk musician, artist and storyteller Norm Jurrawaa Stanley.
You can enquire about our schools program here: https://bit.ly/37fHNuM
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Footscray Laughs
This Thursday 24 March!
Footscray Laughs brings you the best local comedy acts! Next up we have Annie Louey and her hilarious friends Margot Tanjutco, Oliver Hunter and Sunanda Sachatrakul, who will leave you drunk on laughter.
Get your tickets now: https://footscrayarts.com/event/footscray-laughs-annie-louey-friends/
Video: Footscray Laughs, 28 January 2022. Featuring The Beastie Girls, Vidya Rajan, Valencia, Hot Department and Scout Boxall. Video by Tash Khan.
BOLD: Meet Steven Tran
Steven Tran, the artist behind BOLD, speaks to us about what inspires his work, and his fun and colourful signature style.
It's the last weekend to see Steven's solo exhibition BOLD. Make sure to come down to Footscray Community Arts before it closes this Sunday 20 February.
Find out more about the exhibition: https://footscrayarts.com/event/bold/
Video by Jackie Dixon.
Benched by Jamila Main
Benched by Jamila Main is a one-on-one performance that ruminates on athleticism within a disabled body. This weekend at Footscray Community Arts, join Jamila on the bench for a moment of one-on-one storytelling, exploring athleticism, childhood, and disability.
Find out more: https://footscrayarts.com/event/benched/
Presented by Midsumma Festival and Pillow Fight in association with Footscray Community Arts.
Video by Ren Williams.
Wrapped in Culture 360° Virtual Exhibition
The digital iteration of Wrapped in Culture is now online! Check out the 360° virtual exhibition and videos featuring artists Maree Clarke and Mitch Mahoney, as well as Footscray Community Arts Elder-in-residence Uncle Larry Walsh.
View the exhibition: https://footscrayarts.com/event/wrapped-in-culture/
Tender gestures, loud voices: Jeremy Eaton and Madé Spencer-Castle
Curators Jeremy Eaton and Madé Spencer-Castle share the concept behind Tender gestures, loud voices, a multi-sensory exhibition recently presented at the Footscray Community Arts Centre. Jeremy and Madé chat about celebrating community, collectivity and kinship in a time of isolation.
Due to Victorian COVID-19 restrictions, Tender gestures, loud voices is closed. For those who couldn't make the exhibition, we will be sharing exhibition highlights on our Facebook and Instagram – stay tuned!
Find out more about the exhibition: https://footscrayarts.com/event/tender-gestures-loud-voices/
Videographer: Jackie Dixon
Captions by: Maximiliano Lara-Oneto
School Holiday Arts Program: the indirect Object
Meet Mike from the indirect Object! After a sold-out holiday program last term, our artists are back and ready to make big, bold and fun art with your kids! Construct sustainable, wearable art with the Indirect Object, dance with Deepasheni Thirumoothy, and create artworks inspired by Keith Haring with Jessica Ibacache.
Our School Holiday Arts Program is running Tuesday 29 June to Thursday 1 July.
Find out more: https://footscrayarts.com/event/school-holiday-program-extreme-arts/
