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Firstdraft

Locality: Woolloomooloo

Phone: +61 2 8970 2999

Address: 1317 Riley Street 2011 Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://firstdraft.org.au

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25.01.2022 Say hello to the 2021 Program.

25.01.2022 We are delighted to announce the 202122 Firstdraft Board of Directors: Laura Couttie, Holly Farrell, Dennis Golding, Karen Golland, M. Sunflower, Gillian Kayrooz and Heather Tralaggan. Meet our new Directors below.

24.01.2022 Wollie Gela; Butchulla, Gubbi Gubbi, Darnley (Erub), Boigu, Kaurareg @official_balawolz on Instagram @ official_balawolz on TikTok In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson.... Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC #naidocweek See Wollie's new video for NAIDOC Week here.

23.01.2022 'I’ve learned how I engage in space and how space exists in me.' Kirtika Kain's new exhibition Lustration expands printmaking into public and private worlds beyond the silkscreen. Read her interview online now: firstdraft.org.au/news/kirtika-kain-on-measuring-the-sacred Kirtika Kain. Photo: Jeff Liu. Courtesy CJ Picture.

23.01.2022 Firstdraft is excited to announce the 2021 Program, featuring 45 artists, curators, writers, collectives and organisations supported to present work across 14 exhibitions, 3 curator-led projects and live events, and 4 writing residencies and online programs. The programmed participants are based across Australia and around the world and represent diversity across disciplines, generations and experience, and include: Sonya Holowell (NSW), James Hazel (NSW), Lisa Myeong-Joo (NS...W), Tanaporn Norsrida (NSW), Jana Ortanez (NSW), Natalie Tso (NSW), Sineenart Meena (NSW), Edwina Green (VIC), Laetitia Olivier-Gargano (VIC), Morgan Hogg (NSW), Bad Fiji Gyals (NZ, USA), Holly Anderson (QLD), Trent Crawford (VIC), András Cséfalvay (SK), Kalanjay Dhir (NSW), Alex Gawronski (NSW), Vande Grey (NSW), David Haines and Joyce Hinterding (NSW), Emma Hamilton (VIC), Estee Sarsfield (NSW), Greg Stanford (NSW), David Suyasa (NSW), NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (USA), Tim Marvin (NSW), IchikawaEdward (VIC), Sofiyah Ruqayah (NSW), Amelia Skelton (NSW), Georgia Morgan (TAS), Spence Messih (NSW), Harrie McKay (SA), Blake Lawrence (NSW), J Bi Li Chan (NSW), Lou Garcia-Dolnik (NSW), Somayra Ismailjee (WA), Melody Paloma (VIC), ANTE (NSW), Hanna Cormick (ACT), Lost All Sorts Collective (NSW, VIC, NT), Jamila Main (SA), Daniel Savage (ACT), Riana Head-Toussaint (NSW), Julia Bavyka (NSW), Shireen Taweel (NSW), Marian Abboud (NSW), and Matthew Clarke (VIC). Hannah Cormick, The Mermaid, 2018, live performance. Photo: Shelly Higgs (Novel Photographic). Courtesy the artist

23.01.2022 Take a break this weekend on Susan Hawkins' chaise and listen to the sirens, bells, and buskers of Paris. Recorded in early 2020 while on residency at the @citedesartsparis, just before the global lockdowns: https://firstdraft.org.au/program/the-perceiving-of-sound

22.01.2022 'How many people do you think used expired yeast during COVID?' Matt and Aiden from @hungup.au podcast stopped by A call to rise, curated by Eleanor Zurowski, to chat pie crusts, Lord of the Rings and expired yeast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QTdoWmecrTGreroips50N

20.01.2022 Andrew Lopez; Gamilaraay, Wiradjuri. @andrewfyplopez on Instagram @andrewfyplopez on TikTok See Andrew’s new video for NAIDOC Week here: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZS4Hn7dV/... In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson. Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC

18.01.2022 Firstdraft is looking for passionate people to join our Board of Directors for 2021 and 2022. The board is made up of a diverse range of artists, writers, curators and arts workers, whose skills and knowledge are key to realising the success of its vision. Applications close 11.59 pm Sunday 6 December.

16.01.2022 Alicia Johnson; Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba, Wakka Wakka. @8983aj on Instagram @nooone2204 on Tik tok See Alicia’s new video for NAIDOC Week here: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSV2H51G/... In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson. Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC #naidocweek

14.01.2022 Sunshine and students! Email [email protected] to organise your next school visit

14.01.2022 Eisha Anderson; Kaurna. @eishaanderson on Instagram @eishaanderson on TikTok See Eisha’s new video for NAIDOC Week here: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZS4gX6eS/... In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson. Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC #naidocweek

12.01.2022 Firstdraft is closed 25 April for the Easter break, and will re-open neggs Wednesday 7 April. Wishing everybunny a safe and hoppy long weekend. That's all, yolks! Athena Thebus, Bunny, 2021, leather, metal studs, steel scaffolding, rope, 240 155 100 cm (approx.), installation view (detail), No Show, Carriageworks, Sydney. Close Contact Commission, curated by Firstdraft. Photo: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy the artist.

10.01.2022 Force Majeure’s world premiere The Last Season at Sydney Festival, 610 January Celebrated dance theatre company announce the world premiere of their new work THE LAST SEASON as part of Sydney Festival in 2021 at Carriageworks. Using Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as a departure point, it brings together theatre legends Paul Capsis, Olwen Fouéré and Pamela Rabe together with its new youth company for a truly epic new production. #forcemajeure #thelastseason #sydfest #carriageworks #australiandance #dancetheatre Premiering at Sydney Festival from 6-10 January 2021. Book your tickets now.

08.01.2022 Nicholas Richie; Darnley (Erub) and Sailor Family. @nichtopher on Instagram @nichruchie on Tik tok See Richie’s new video for NAIDOC Week here: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSV22136/... In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson. Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC #naidocweek

07.01.2022 Screen printing sindoor pigment directly onto the gallery wall and floors, Kirtika Kain has developed a site-specific drawing using the imprint and proportions of her own body. Open now all weekend. Kirtika Kain, Lustration, 2021, screen printed sindoor pigment, Lascaux paste, glue, hand-painted stencils, dimensions variable. Photo: @zanwimberley. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney.

05.01.2022 let’s be fronds

02.01.2022 In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2020, Firstdraft presents For You, a series of First Peoples-led TikTok commissions curated by Barkindji, Latjilatji, Birri Gubba and Wakka Wakka woman Emily Johnson: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZS4HxEBN/ Named after the ubiquitous #ForYouPage hashtag (the gateway to the front page of TikTok), For You features 8 First Peoples creators who have been invited to respond to this year’s NAIDOC ...Week theme: Always Was, Always Will Be. Every day from 815 November, Firstdraft will premiere a creator’s new video on our social media, alongside a selection of their own personally curated TikTok highlights. #alwayswas #alwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC