QPAC First Nations in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Performance & event venue

QPAC First Nations

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3840 7444

Address: QPAC, Cnr Grey and Melbourne Sts, South Bank 4101 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.qpac.com.au/first-nations

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24.01.2022 Last week QPAC and La Boite Theatre Company were able to finally get into a creative development space with Anita Heiss - Author to begin the writing-to-stage process for Tiddas. The creative team were joined by an ensemble of deadly actors including Chenoa Deemal, Veronica Neave, Shari Sebbens, Colin Kinchela, Kylie Bracknell - Kaarljilba Kaardn, Shakira Clanton and Justine Clarke, who were able to zoom in and do a couple of reading sessions of the work in progress. This was the first draft and the start of a new journey so we are excited to see what builds over the coming year! Stay tuned for more updates, but in the meantime, read more about what happened last week.

24.01.2022 Last week we got to hang out with the Digi Youth Arts crew (Emily and Alethea) and dance (YES DANCE!) to the sweet tunes of Aishya and the Beddy Rays!!! What's on this week??? Stay tuned for another deadly night of First Nations music, live at Green Jam!!!

23.01.2022 Yellamundie Festival 2021, Call for submissions! Presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts, Yellamundie Festival identifies, develops, and presents new First Peoples stories that display potential for further development and/or production. Yellamundie is a Darug word meaning storyteller.

23.01.2022 Movement by Waniki Gibuma-Marr and spoken word by Aurora Liddle-Christie, this piece captures the essence of dreaming in the many ways it manifests. Created in response to the theme ‘Room for Dreaming’, it is a meditative exploration that takes us from Meanjin (Brisbane) to the Quandamooka Coast (Redland Bay Coast). With Brisbane Writers Festival

19.01.2022 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Online. In 2020 a new and interactive, digital festival platform will deliver CIAF to the world through a series of live stream presentations, performances, webinars, workshops, community spotlights, virtual gallery exhibitions and conversations. Check out the program here: https://ciaf.com.au/program

19.01.2022 Get to know Kamarra Bell-Wykes. A descendent of the Yagera and Butchulla people of South-East Queensland, Kamarra has twenty years’ experience as a playwright as well as a Bachelor of Teaching and Learning. Her works include award winning health-education shows Chopped Liver, Body Armor and North West of Nowhere. These plays were written specifically for prison, school and Aboriginal community audiences and combined have toured over eleven years and have been seen by more than 50,000 people across Australia. Over the last three years Kamarra has begun developing a First Nations approach to directing, devising and dramaturgy. Kamarra is a strong proud black woman who is doing amazing things on and off stages around the country! https://hothousetheatre.com.au/five-questions-with-kamarra/

19.01.2022 Pryce Centre for Culture and Arts is Indigenous Australian owned and operated, and a place of creative and cultural innovation. They work with a wide range of clients from grass roots to corporate level and have extensive experience in cultural maintenance and creative arts development. They offer quality programs that create real outcomes and encourage hope, pride and leadership in community through capacity building.

17.01.2022 Sparks has officially kicked off!! Our six writers joined dramaturg and playwright, Alex Bayliss, to learn the ins and outs of writing for stage. We are all very excited to see this deadly group of writers progress!

16.01.2022 A new fund has been set up to help support Bla(c)k, Indigenous and POC theatre performers in Australia. The Artists of Colour Initiative (AOC) will award six scholarships in total. Find out more here:

15.01.2022 QPAC Executive Producer Nadine McDonald-Dowd joins the line-up of artists and creators talking about marketing and presenting performance work in the next APAM - Australian Performing Arts Market wire conversation on Wednesday 16 September at 2pm. Register now through APAM’s website: https://lnkd.in/gSWqfvU

15.01.2022 Today is Indigenous Literacy Day and Anita Heiss is hosting a virtual event today at 12:30pm. What a great way to celebrate!

13.01.2022 Check out this year's nominations for the National Indigenous Music Awards. Make sure you tune in to NITV or one of the other awards broadcasters on 8 August to hear the winners announced!

12.01.2022 In case you haven't heard - our incredible Ensemble in Residence JADE New World Collective will perform as part of our Queensland Seniors Week online morning tea event 'Drawn Together'. JADE features Indigenous didgeridoo musician David Williams, Japanese koto master Takako Haggarty Nishibori, Nepalese tabla virtuoso Dheeraj Shrestha, and Australian guitarist Dr Anthony Garcia - Sounds Across Oceans. Catch them in our 'Drawn Together' stream this Sat 15 Aug at 10.30am Find out more https://atqp.ac/dt

12.01.2022 Here is what the six new First Nations playwrights had to say about the Sparks program as they embark on their playwriting journey.

12.01.2022 Jarjum Stories Live! is a State Library of Queensland online program featuring First Nations storytellers, authors and creatives who share a First Nations story via SLQ kuril dhagun’s Facebook page. The sessions include a First Nations storybook reading followed by a creative, performative, or informative session such as an age-suitable talk, dance, song or creative workshop aiming to showcase the diversity of storytelling in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.... Jarjum Stories Live! was born from a desire to support schools during COVID-19 closures ensuring family opportunities to embed First Nations stories into ‘school from home’ and general lockdown periods encouraging children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to continue to take part in literacy activities. Join Des and Michelle as they share the children's book Original Girl, written by Michelle Witheyman-Crump and illustrated by Vicki Duncan. The Original Girl is based on stories from Des and Michelle's daughter Emily’s childhood. It shares the story of an Australian preschool girl who looks for different ways to become an original girl until she discovers that she already is a Gamilaroi (Ab)original girl. Sharing a message of cultural strength and identity, in Gamilaraay and English.

10.01.2022 Our first Sparks Writer's Room has begun! Our Sparks crew have been undertaking workshops to build their writing skills over the last month, but they have officially started work on their own play! We are very excited to give the dedicated time and space for their creative work. Can't wait to see what they produce. For more info: https://www.qpac.com.au/first-nations/seedlings-sparks/

07.01.2022 Meet one of our Deadly Koori sisters, working in the finance team here at QPAC, Andrea Prestidge. She spoke with us about the importance of staying connected, especially in these times when we have not been able to travel to see our families and connect with country.

07.01.2022 Listen as David Williams morning tea guest and JADE New World Collective musician performing as part of our ‘Drawn Together’ online event shares a special memory about his Elder, his Grandma. Don’t forget to reach out to the significant elder in your own life and share morning tea with them this Saturday as we kick start Queensland Seniors Week. More information: https://atqp.ac/dt

06.01.2022 Applications are now open for Cherish II and First Nations Contemporary Music Program. In addition to the range of investment opportunities for individuals and organisations available through the Australia Council, there are a number of additional opportunities now open for First Nations arts practice. Cherish II applications close 6 October. Follow the link to apply.

05.01.2022 If you haven't heard it yet, check out The Ancient Bloods new single ANCSTR that dropped early last week. Follow them on Facebook to keep up with their latest music and gigs around Queensland. Listen here open.spotify.com/album/3Lg6Bx7AXkyi1CsSB4qLBT

03.01.2022 The Australian Institue for teaching and school leadership (AITSL) is exploring how teachers and leaders in schools across Australia can be supported to enhance their Indigenous cultural competency. It is exciting work but, to be truly effective, it requires your input. Get involved by sharing your views on their latest discussion paper, Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teaching workforce.

02.01.2022 Digi Youth Arts presents a collection of performances across music and spoken word in response to Uncle Richard Bell’s Embassy; a public space for imagining and articulating alternate futures and reflecting on, or retelling, stories of oppression and displacement. remake-regenerate-reclaim

02.01.2022 Our blak social family have put together a deadly program this Saturday online...free...and full of deadly blak artists!!!! Streaming from 7pm, make sure you connect!!!

02.01.2022 The First Nations Commissioning Fund is for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural practitioners, organisations, collectives or communities to commission and deliver uniquely Queensland Indigenous stories, arts and cultural experiences, products and celebrations. Up to $100,000 towards large scale commissions. Up to $30,000 towards small scale commissions.

02.01.2022 These two. QPAC Elder in Residence Aunty Colleen Wall shared some Fun Facts with us about her relationship with her nine year old granddaughter Josephine. They are part of our special online morning tea event ‘Drawn Together’ being streamed this coming Saturday as part of Queensland Seniors Week My murung or totem is a Goanna and Josie’s is a Butterfly and we love bushy plants with lots of flowers because they feed our Nation murung the bee and provide us with food and ...shelter. We love having High Tea especially with Josie's Great Grandmother who is 93 in October and going to coffee shops. We love gardening and making bonsai gardens with fairies and tiny animals. Our favourite shop is Bunnings. More information about ‘Drawn Together’ atqp.ac/dt

01.01.2022 If you're an emerging artist interested in theatre, sign up for the Ilbijerri Theatre Company Ensemble Join other like-minded mob share and help each other grow strong together!