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Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)

Locality: Parramatta, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9897 5744

Address: 8 Victoria Road 2150 Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Website: http://ice.org.au

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25.01.2022 Congrats to Omar Sakr who took out the Prime Minister's Literary award for Poetry with his book "The Lost Arabs" and Leanne Mulgo Watson and Jasmine Seymour for winning in Children's Literature for "Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines". What massive achievements! We look forward to more from Omar over at the SWEATSHOP team and we celebrate Darug Knowledge Holder, Leanne Mulgo Watson! A huge congrats to all the other winners, Tara June Winch, The Gay'wu Group of Women, Christina Thompson, Tiffany Shellam and Helena Fox.

24.01.2022 Be mesmerised by the meditative works of influential artist Lindy Lee in her survey exhibition 'Moon in a Dew Drop', at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Using a spectacular array of processes, which include flinging molten bronze, burning paper and allowing rain to transform surfaces, the artist draws on her Australian and Chinese heritage to develop works that engage with the history of art, cultural authenticity, personal identity and the cosmos. https://bit.ly/2VQtBjg

23.01.2022 Do you have an idea for a podcast? Screen NSW, Create NSW, and Audible want to hear from you. Apply for the new Frequency Podcast Program where up to $30K is up for grabs. Applications close Thursday 12 November at 5PM AEDT.... Find out more: https://bit.ly/370bHkg

23.01.2022 REGISTRATIONS FOR SHARP SHORT DANCE CLOSE IN ONE WEEK! REGISTER NOW AND SUBMIT YOUR FINAL WORK BY 19 OCT!! FORM Dance Projects is calling dancers, choreographers, film makers 21 & under to submit their dance film/ recorded performance for Sydneys most exciting youth festival.... Get your camera and be ready to show the world your best dance moves, choreographic and cinematic ideas. Mentorship with experts from the film and dance industry is available. Great awards and secondment opportunities to be won!! https://www.form.org.au/sharp-short-dance-2020/

23.01.2022 Today we get a sneak peak of Jerrah Patston Music's highly anticipated debut album! "Country Song About Your Man" was released yesterday to hype you up for the album, "Sounds Like Rain" which you can get your hands on on Nov 23. For now, happy listening! Stay tuned for more info about the album! Tunes available across streaming services thanks to ABC Music Club Weld... https://open.spotify.com/track/2eGx5yTtikC3u3U4Lv44yS https://icemusic.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-like-rain Image 1, Photo | Lyndal Irons See more

23.01.2022 We're proud to announce that we have been successful in receiving funding from Screen Australia for "Diversity on Screen", a killer partnership with Diversity Arts Australia. This will be an expansion of our current Screen Cultures program that will roll out nationally and include partnership with LA-based, Film Independent. We're thrilled to continue working with creatives from underrepresented backgrounds and can't wait to see what comes from this partnership. Congrats to the other recipients! Sling Shot story development workshops with Tommy Murphy, in partnership with Sydney Queer Muslims. Photo: Barry Gamba Full announcement: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au//07-28-screen-australia

23.01.2022 Anthony Talarico recording at Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) with Dro Carey, 27/8/19

23.01.2022 Vonne Patiag and Danielle Stamoulos are screen creatives we've worked with for years at I.C.E. and we have no doubt this next project that they are writing on will be incredible. Congratulations to Vonne, Danielle and the rest of the team on "Here Out West" on receiving funding for their feature film from Screen Australia We will be watching out for this one!

23.01.2022 Our friends at Urban Theatre Projects are excited to announce the launch of M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis. Presented online from 21 - 25 September, this major new online work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. Map Boulé Home is where I lay is a play with songs telling the story of a child of immigrant parents growing up in Australia finding her identity. It explores the story of the first black-led republic of Haiti... and the personal narrative of a Haitian-Australian woman living on Gadigal land in Waterloo. Map Boulé translated to English means Im on fire in Haitian Krèole a language that was developed during the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Written by Nancy Denis and directed by Hilton Denis, Map Boulé features original music composed by Carl St Jacques with lyrics by Nancy Denis. Book your tickets online today via the link below. Link to web for more info. http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/map-boule/ Link to facebook event for more info https://www.facebook.com/events/313173389790426/

23.01.2022 Screen NSW has launched a new talent incubator program for NSW emerging and mid-career Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives to build their skills, meet and work closely with industry professionals, and generate new work through an intensive masterclass program. Deadline is 21 August! For more details and to apply: https://www.screen.nsw.gov.au//bunya-productions-indigenou

21.01.2022 Indigenous Board Member, Jannawi Dance Clan as Artists In Residence, and more Theres one week left to apply for I.C.E.s Producer, First Nations Program role. Weve highlighted some of the steps I.C.E. is taking to engage more deeply with Darug community members and develop exciting new projects lead by First Nations artists and communities.

20.01.2022 Shout out to FORM Dance Projects Check out FORMidables podcast, episode 2 with LUCKY LARTEY and AZZAM MOHAMED is up now!! https://www.form.org.au/formidables-episode-2/

20.01.2022 ICYMI: We have selected 16 emerging Australian filmmakers from diverse communities to take part in an immersive six-day Creative Producing & Pitching Virtual Workshop lead by experienced U.S. industry mentors at Film Independent

20.01.2022 Check out Bus Stop Films incredible new resource, The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit! Theyve done an amazing job!

20.01.2022 On Monday, the heavily anticipated debut album by Club Weld’s Jerrah Patston Music, Sounds Like Rain was released through ABC Music. The album was recorded in two rapid sessions at I.C.E. by Jerrah, long-time collaborator Sam Worrad and Aria-nominated producer Chris Hamer-Smith. Download the album across all streaming services, and purchase tickets to the launch party at the Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub this Friday! Read more about the album on our news page. ht...tps://ice.org.au//jerrah-patstons-debut-album-sounds-li/ @LyndalIrons "Country Song About Your Man" Jerrah Patston Biddy Maroney and Sonny Day at WBYK See more

19.01.2022 If you, or someone you know would be interested in an accessible film studies program, check out Bus Stop Films! Enrolments are open now!

19.01.2022 I.C.E. is thrilled to announce our latest appointment and partnership! Congrats Hannah Donnelly on your new position at I.C.E. and as Biennale of Sydney Curatorium member.

18.01.2022 Vonne Patiag and Danielle Stamoulos are screen creatives weve worked with for years at I.C.E. and we have no doubt this next project that they are writing on will be incredible. Congratulations to Vonne, Danielle and the rest of the team on "Here Out West" on receiving funding for their feature film from Screen Australia We will be watching out for this one!

18.01.2022 @Newagenoisecollective https://icemusic.bandcamp.com/

17.01.2022 Just a reminder that applications for two available positions at I.C.E. are open until this Friday at 5pm. Manager Marketing and Communications Development Consultant... https://ice.org.au/jobs/ Models for GTAB’s collection launch, 100% West. Photo: Alicia Scott 2020

16.01.2022 Twenty10 are hosting this series of online graphic design and printing workshops. Get in quick! https://events.humanitix.com/heart-on-my-sleeve

16.01.2022 Screen NSW in partnership with Bunya Talent, are seeking up to eight Indigenous producers, writers, writer/directors or director/producers to take part in a three-day Creative Incubator, featuring a bespoke program of masterclasses and one-to-one mentoring with experienced industry practitioners. Find out more:

15.01.2022 'Blaxcellence // we CAN BREATHE' is happening tomorrow night for those who identify as Black, Blak, African, First Nations.

14.01.2022 Pacific Noir creative Taofia Pelesasa went back to New Zealand last year to work on this awesome project. We love to see Pasifika Stories like SIS on screen! Were excited for what Taofia will do with I.C.E. and Pasifika Film Fest as part of Pacific Noir in the future! http://www.comedycentral.com.au//heres-your-first-look-at-

14.01.2022 If you haven’t checked out Carpark Clubbing on iView, this is a sign that you need to. The team behind Carpark Clubbing have taken home a STACK of awards and nominations recently, including; Winner, Best Writing (Sophea Op, Monia Kumar, Tasnim Hossain), and nominated for Best Actor (Monica Kumar) at Stareable Fest, Winner, Best Ensemble Cast and nominated for Best Production Design (Emma Bourke) at Die Seriale, Finalist, Best Comedy at Melbourne Web Fest as well as making it into the official selection for New Zealand Web Fest and Pilot Light UK. Congrats to the team! These are incredible achievements, and definitely a reason to put watching this series on your to-do list tonight!

13.01.2022 Our friends at Utp are going live at 1pm on Wednesday 16th December for the sixth episode of their Dream Sequence series, this time staring artist Claudia Nicholson. "An old spelling of my name, reconfigures personal archived video footage to examine the role of memory in the diasporic position. Following the presentation of the work there will be a Q&A between the artist and Curator Ivan Muñiz Reed.

13.01.2022 Blaxcellence // we CAN BREATHE is happening tomorrow night for those who identify as Black, Blak, African, First Nations.

12.01.2022 A Beautiful read on our friends, Jannawi Dance Clan

11.01.2022 5 days left to apply for the WestWords-Copyright Agency Western Sydney Emerging Writers Fellowships! Apply now: https://www.westwords.com.au//2021-ca-westwords-western-s/

11.01.2022 New music video from Club Weld'sJonathan Yung! This track will feature on the upcoming album, "Yellow Green Minor". More from Club Weld on the way!! This video was made by Naomi Oliver!

10.01.2022 Bus Stop Films has launched Inclusion in Action, a unique screen industry focused workshop aimed at production companies and screen industry practitioners with a focus on gaining a better understanding of the rights and capacity of people living with disability. The dynamic but relaxed workshop explores pathways to employment and engaging people living with disability within organisations and productions and is underpinned by the principles of inclusive filmmaking, complement...ing Bus Stops` The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit. Inclusion in Action was inclusively developed by industry professionals with lived experience of disability and is being delivered FREE during a pilot program, with the first of a suite of online sessions starting from Tuesday 15th September. For more information about Inclusion in Action and to register for a workshop head to the link below:

10.01.2022 Club Weld is back in session! Follow the link for an update https://ice.org.au/2020/08/club-weld-back-in-session/ Nina Gotsis by Sam Worrad, 2020.

09.01.2022 Jerrah Patston, "Sounds Like Rain" out NOW! https://abcmusic.lnk.to/SoundsLikeRain

09.01.2022 Massive lineup at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for Great Southern Nights https://www.casulapowerhouse.com//mu/great-southern-nights

09.01.2022 "Its just full of staunch, strong Aboriginal excellence." We spoke with drapper DOBBY about his powerful track I Cant Breathe.

09.01.2022 Our friends at Urban Theatre Projects are excited to announce the launch of Map Boul by Nancy Denis. Presented online from 21 - 25 September, this major new online work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. Map Boul Home is where I lay is a play with songs telling the story of a child of immigrant parents growing up in Australia finding her identity. It explores the story of the first black-led republic of Haiti... and the personal narrative of a Haitian-Australian woman living on Gadigal land in Waterloo. Map Boul translated to English means Im on fire in Haitian Krole a language that was developed during the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Written by Nancy Denis and directed by Hilton Denis, Map Boul features original music composed by Carl St Jacques with lyrics by Nancy Denis. Book your tickets online today via the link below. Link to web for more info. http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/map-boule/ Link to facebook event for more info https://www.facebook.com/events/313173389790426/

09.01.2022 Dreamy Wytchings single premiered on FBi Radio

09.01.2022 If this opportunity sounds right for you, please get in contact!

08.01.2022 We are so proud of all of the designers and musicians that are making 100% West happen! Tickets are SOLD OUT, but you can catch the livestream with a small donation! Registration essential! Going live tonight, 7pm! ice.org.au

08.01.2022 SWEATSHOP is organising a charity auction of a collection from fifteen of Australias most celebrated writers of Arab backgrounds to raise money in support of those effected by the explosion in Beirut. We encourage those to place a bid if you are able https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/402356636646

08.01.2022 New tracks from Melodiqa https://soundcloud.com/melodiqa/blind-you/s-tAhQulzvf0j

07.01.2022 We couldn’t be more grateful for our relationship with Dharug custodians, Julie Clarke-Jones (Webb), Peta Strachan and Dubs Yunupingu Yesterday to celebrate #NAIDOC #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe I.C.E. spent some incredibly valuable time listening to Dharug custodians, and beginning the process of learning how to walk beside them. In the morning, Julie, Peta and Dubs held a water cleansing ceremony for us with a performance by Peta, followed by an incredible series of conversations and finishing with a movement workshop. Thank you for everyone who joined us. We are so proud to work with you all and excited to learn more together.

07.01.2022 Thanks everyone for joining in Thursday's session "The Business of Development" with Justine Flynn. These sessions are a MUST for emerging screen practitioners! For those joining "Where Are Your Peeps" on Thursday, see you soon! @DiversityArtsAu @ScreenAustralia @ScreenNSW

06.01.2022 ICYMI, We recently welcomed Dharug Traditional Custodian and Knowledge Holder, Julie Clarke-Jones (Webb) as a Board Member, and were so happy to have her involved! On her appointment, Julie said; Im extremely excited to have an opportunity to further strengthen and build relationships between my people, communities and I.C.E. I am looking forward immensely to guiding and informing practice and protocols to assist I.C.E. in achieving its vision in the First Nation arts and culture space. You can find out more about Julie on our Who We Are page, https://ice.org.au/about/who-we-are/ Julie Clarke-Jones (Webb) by Morgan Graham 2020

06.01.2022 ICYMI: We recommend this huge track from DOBBY and Barkaa Important listening!

05.01.2022 Recently, we had the privilege of working with the cast of Taofia Pelesasas two projects Deity and Parramatta for their first rehearsals! Both projects are supported through Screen Cultures Pacific Noir program, which is a partnership between I.C.E and Pasifika Film Fest, supported by Screen NSW and Screen Australia

04.01.2022 Our friends at Utp are going live at 1pm on Wednesday 25th November for the fifth episode of their Dream Sequence series, this time staring with screenwriter, director, and absolute gossip Enoch Mailangi. Dream Sequence is a monthly series of digital artist residencies, experimental live broadcasts, and artist conversations. The title references the dystopian surrealist state we currently live in, while invoking a hopeful way forward into the future. Link to web for more inf...o. http://urbantheatre.com.au/ Link to facebook event for more info https://www.facebook.com/events/778955879551563/ #EnochMailangi #DreamSequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects See more

04.01.2022 Keep the love coming!

04.01.2022 Check out Bus Stop Films incredible new resource, The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit! They've done an amazing job!

04.01.2022 Thanks everyone for joining in Thursdays session "The Business of Development" with Justine Flynn. These sessions are a MUST for emerging screen practitioners! For those joining "Where Are Your Peeps" on Thursday, see you soon! @DiversityArtsAu @ScreenAustralia @ScreenNSW

04.01.2022 We spoke to writer/producer Ravi Chand about his experience in the recent Greenlight pitching lab presented by I.C.E., Diversity Arts Australia and Compton School Project Greenlight. Ravis heartfelt documentary-in-development Five Year Grandma received the top vote from the participating wise crowd.

03.01.2022 "Its just full of staunch, strong Aboriginal excellence." We spoke with 'drapper' DOBBY about his powerful track 'I Can't Breathe.'

03.01.2022 First in our Produce w Me series! See how Equalizer 24K flips an ad with Ableton Live

03.01.2022 Storytellers: Khyati Gathani and Ruchi Gupta Story based on the book, My House by Nandini Nayar. Spellbound Storytime is a creative enterprise of the Multicultural Womens Hub supporting women from linguistically diverse backgrounds to become bilingual storytellers and share their love of stories with children and families. Being originally from South Asia, the women are passionate about storytelling and sharing their cultural heritafe with broader Australian society. A project of the Multicultural Womens Hub, Parramatta. The Multicultural Womens Hub is supported by the NSW Government through Multicultural NSW. https://ice.org.au/project/spellbound-storytime/

03.01.2022 Facilitators from New Age Noise Collective are running a workshop in the Hills Shire in January! It's aimed at High School aged people, and don't forget to Register!

02.01.2022 Indigenous Board Member, Jannawi Dance Clan as Artists In Residence, and more There's one week left to apply for I.C.E.'s Producer, First Nations Program role. We've highlighted some of the steps I.C.E. is taking to engage more deeply with Darug community members and develop exciting new projects lead by First Nations artists and communities.

02.01.2022 Were proud to announce that we have been successful in receiving funding from Screen Australia for "Diversity on Screen", a killer partnership with Diversity Arts Australia. This will be an expansion of our current Screen Cultures program that will roll out nationally and include partnership with LA-based, Film Independent. Were thrilled to continue working with creatives from underrepresented backgrounds and cant wait to see what comes from this partnership. Congrats to the other recipients! Sling Shot story development workshops with Tommy Murphy, in partnership with Sydney Queer Muslims. Photo: Barry Gamba Full announcement: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au//07-28-screen-australia

02.01.2022 Mark it in your diaries the National Art School 2020 Open Day is on Saturday 26 September from 10am4pm. This year, NAS Open Day has been reimagined so visitors can walk through the safely to meet teachers and students and watch live demonstrations in different artistic disciplines. Places are strictly limited, registration essential. Head to nas.edu.au/open-day to book.

02.01.2022 Queer Screen Film Fest will be on more screens than ever! Online Australia wide. Plus three very special social but safe screenings, including a drag queen drive-in double feature! Full Program Announced Sep 3 #QSFF20 | 17-27 Sep. www.queerscreen.org.au

01.01.2022 Yesterday Biennale of Sydney released its first announcement of participants for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rvus. Situated along the waterways of the Gadigal and Burramattagal people, the Biennale of Sydney in 2022 will be articulated through a series of conceptual wetlands and imagined ecosystems populated by artworks, public programs, experiments, research and activisms, following the currents of meandering tributaries that expand into a delta of interrelated ideas. Thos...e invited to take part in the Biennale will be known as ‘participants’ rather than ‘artists’, reflecting their diverse talents, skills, practices and modes of being that extend beyond the realm of the visual arts. The participants announced today live across six continents and 33 countries such as Cameroon, Cuba, Venezuela, Slovenia, Taiwan, Tonga and the Netherlands. We’re so excited to see this incredible lineup or participants including Dharug artist, Leanne Tobin whose work is pictured here. Hannah Donnelly, I.C.E.'s Producer, First Nations Program is representing I.C.E. on the curatorium, alongside Talia Linz, Curator, Artspace, Anna Davis, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Paschal Daantos Berry, Head of Learning and Participation, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Artistic Director, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, José Roca. rvus will be open to the public from 12 March to 13 June 2022 http://biennaleofsydney.art/ Leanne Tobin, It Starts Here Now, 2015, performance documentation, _Blacktown Native Institution Artist Camp #2_, 2015, Oakhurst, NSW, co-commissioned by C3West on behalf of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Blacktown Arts Centre on behalf of Blacktown City Council, and UrbanGrowth NSW, image courtesy and the artist