Speaker Series: Art for Liberation
Join us for a 90 minute facilitated panel discussion featuring artists who use art and creativity as a tool for social change.
Creating meaningful art in any medium requires courage, creativity, and imagination — so does resisting oppression. Join Aïsha Trambas in conversation with Narrm-based artists, Dr Paola Balla, Ruth Nyaruot Ruach and Kal angam-Kal to explore the connections between art-making and organising for justice in this free 90-min online discussion.
Our panel includes:
Guiding the conversation is Aïsha Trambas, an afro-greek poet, facilitator and arts worker.
When: Thursday 29 February 2024 – 6pm – 7.30pm AEDT
Where: Online on Zoom
Cost: Free
Our panel includes:
Guiding the conversation is Aïsha Trambas (she/her), an afro-greek poet, facilitator and arts worker. Aïsha is currently Creative Producer at Western Edge Youth Arts, and has worked across programming, production and performing with SIGNAL youth arts studio, the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, Emerging Writers’ Festival, YIRRAMBOI, Footscray Community Arts, Next in Colour, and more. In 2022, Aisha’s poetry was published by Freemantle and Djed Press in Unlimited Futures, an anthology of Bla(c)k speculative fiction.
This panel discussion is for people (16-35 years old) who want to create real change in their community, country and world, and are looking for new ideas, tactics and connections on their journey.
This event is free to access. Participants will require access to a computer and the internet to be able to watch/listen to the conversation.
This webinar will be AUSLAN interpreted and live captioned. If you have any other accessibility needs or questions, please email: munira.yusuf@fya.org.au or book a time to chat here.
For more information get in contact with Munira at munira.yusuf@fya.org.au or book a time to chat here.