Meeting Place, Keeping Place: FREE EXHIBITION

George Adams Gallery, the Arts Centre, 7 July - 8 October 2006, Open until late

The Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria presents as part of MIX IT UP presents Meeting Place, Keeping Place. A free exhibition celebrating contemporary local artists from diverse cultures Meeting Place, Keeping Place is a free visual art exhibition celebrating Victoria’s cultural diversity and the vitality that different cultures bring to the visual and performing arts. Showcasing a fascinating cross-section of established and emerging visual artists, working across a range of media, including painting, printmaking, photography, installation & new media.

Download Brochure; Download Program of entertainment, talks & activities

Kate Beynon, credit line (pic courtesy Sutton Gallery, Melbourne)

The artists included in the exhibition are: Sutueal Bekele Althe, Kate Beynon, Angela Cavalieri, Renato Colangelo, Raafat Ishak, Ellen José, Magda Matwiejew, Georgia Metaxas, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Naeem Rana, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Emmanuel Santos, Melinda Schawel, Renee So, Susan Wirth and Mami Yamanaka.

FREE ENTERTAINMENT, George Adams Gallery, Fridays, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

A range of FREE public events have been created to bring to life the ethos of Meeting Place, Keeping Place. These include free performances from musicians and artists from culturally diverse backgrounds.

7 July	Ileana Posas Price - El Salvadorian jazz Vocal, double bass & keyboard
14 July	Wang Zheng Ting - Exquisite classical chinese
21 July	Jali Buba Kuyateh - Senegalese kora & percussion
28 July	Ananke - Classical with a twist
4 August	Lou Bennett & the Sweet Cheeks - A sweet, cheeky combination of harmonies.
11 August	Ria Soemardjo, Adrian Sherriff and Jeremy Dullard - West Javanese music
18 August	Fadil Suna & Julian Swinnerton - Music from Kurdistan:sas and oud
18 August	Fadil Suna & Julian Swinnerton - Music from Kurdistan:sas and oud
25 August	Valanga Khoza & Andrea Watson - African rythmns and voice from Soweto
1 September	Anthea Sidiropoulos with George Iliopoulos & Tony Iliou - Original mediterean music
8 September	Rosamel Burgos & Orietta Seguel - Music from the Andes
15 September	Ernie Gruner & Phil Carroll - Bohemian nights (klezmer, jazz, middle-eastern)
22 September	John Norton & Michael Kontochristos - Acoustic flamenco and middle-eastern tunes
29 September	Etienne Dinanga & Rene Sephton - World folk fusion & congolese rhythms
6 October	Jenny Thomas Trio - Adventurous Australian Folk

FLOOR TALKS, George Adams Gallery, 12:30pm

Join curator Steven Tonkin and a panel of artists for a discussion of their work.

Thu, 31 August, 12.30pm	Sutueal Bekele Althe, Angela Cavalieri & Emmanuel Santos
Thu, 28 September, 12.30pm	Renato Colangelo, Naeem Rana and Melinda Schawel

My World, My Victoria, My Home

Open daily: What does cultural diversity mean to you? Young people throughout Victoria were asked to draw, paint or illustrate their interpretation of My World, My Victoria, My Home. See their results in this joyous selection of artworks. Mezzanine level above the George Adams Gallery & throughout the Arts Centre

Sunday Soapbox

Meet the artists as they compare their diverse cultural backgrounds & artistic sources at the first Sunday Soapbox for 2006 . Sunday Soapbox continues with a different topic each week until 8 Oct visit www.theartscentre.net.au for the full program.

When: 7 July - 8 October 2006 OPEN DAILY Mon - Sat: open 9am until late / Sun: open 10am until after the last show (Free Admission)
Where: George Adams Gallery, the Arts Centre

More information:

Download Media Release

www.theartscentre.net.au/mixitup

www.multiculturalarts.com.au

Painting by Sutueal Bekele Althe