This month, enjoy a panel discussion featuring artists Ngino Amum, Sam Kariotis, Dean Adams and moderator TagaBarrio who will explore the current condition of Queer/LGBTQIA+ Creatives in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. Join us as we discuss the challenges, wins and what we would like the future to be.

Panellists

Ngino Amum

During this workshop, join Ngino from Tweety’s Apparel in creating splashes of watered down paint on paper or material that flows throughout the page to produce random spills. From there, we will use our imagination to design what we can see within in the page.  
 
Let your imagination run wild with this Spill Art workshop! 
 

For this workshop you will need: 

Come connect IRL after a gruelling 2021 to share in a reflective space:

• What did you write in your notes app late at night?
• What have you always wanted to get off your chest?
• What do you talk about in those 3.00 am chats with friends?

Focusing on reflection and language, this cyclical experience provides an opportunity to write your reflections, present them (or have an Agitator present them) over spoken word, to finally shred the paper and transform it into new paper: to start afresh. Celebrating cycles and the power of words.

Holiday Island is a unique experience crafted specifically for the Bunjil Place Plaza. Like a silent film, the stage action is captured via a live camera feed onto the large screen. Using colourful props and a humorous twist the performers show their imagination on screen whilst simultaneously interacting live with the audience.

Plus don't miss the Holiday Island Clowning Workshop on Tuesday 12 and Thursday 14 April

The workshop involves making a miniature vessel (urn) out of a soft, biodegradable, sculpting medium. The material is non-toxic and very easy to manipulate so all skill levels and levels of dexterity can participate. The vessel becomes a portrait of the maker and a catalyst for discussing the participant’s final resting place.

image: ‘Facing Death Creatively' workshop lead by Catherine Bell at Shepparton Art Gallery, 2019. Photograph by Catherine Bell.

Accompanying the film program will be series of pre-film DJs and live performances as well sensational food and drink offerings to slip you into that lazy summer mood.

Enjoy the MIFF hand-picked films on our Outdoor Screen for only $7.00 per person with each ticket including an ice-cream or pop-corn treat from our festival candy bar.  

For the final film of the MIFF Summer Screenings we are celebrating Waitangi Day with the New Zealand musical film Daffodils.

Accompanying the film program will be series of pre-film DJs and live performances as well sensational food and drink offerings to slip you into that lazy summer mood.

Enjoy the MIFF hand-picked films on our Outdoor Screen for only $7.00 per person with each ticket including an ice-cream or pop-corn treat from our festival candy bar.  

For our Friday night film we are presenting multi-award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, CODA.   

Accompanying the film program will be series of pre-film DJs and live performances as well sensational food and drink offerings to slip you into that lazy summer mood.

Enjoy the MIFF hand-picked films on our Outdoor Screen for only $7.00 per person with each ticket including an ice-cream or pop-corn treat from our festival candy bar.  

In a disconnected world, spoken word has the power to reach out, touch hearts and give purpose.  

The physical and social distancing of the last two years has meant that our deeply human need to continue to connect meaningfully with others has forced us online – and made us innovate.  

Connecting Worlds with Words is a new grassroots-led spoken word event and collaboration between three major urban public spaces: Fed Square in Melbourne, Bunjil Place in Casey and Herald Theatre in Auckland.  

Join us for the launch of our quarterly late-night opening of Bunjil Place. Arts lovers rejoice in a new evening to experience the premier arts precinct in Melbourne's south-east.