The recipient of both the NSW Premier’s Literary Book of the Year Award, and Multicultural NSW Award, Safdar Ahmed speaks on his graphic novel Still Alive: Notes from Australia’ Immigration Detention System, Twelve Panel Press (2021). He’s an artist, writer, academic and community art worker and a leading-light on the issues people of an asylum seeker or refugee background experience. His insights are confronting and a catalyst for change.
Safdar’s work with the Refugee Art Project, a small not for profit community art organisation dedicated to supporting people of an asylum seeker or refugee background through art workshops and collaborations has been a catalyst for his graphic storytelling.
The Refugee Art Project began through facilitated art workshops in the Villawood Detention Centre in 2011 and is now based in the Thirning Villa Studio in Ashfield, Sydney.
Refugee Art Week is on this month from the 19th – 25th June. For more information on how you can get involved visit https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/
Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.
Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.
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Flock :: Bold Dream Flock UK
Bheki Mseleku :: Cosmic Dance Beyond The Stars Tapestry Works UK
Blacktown Arts and Blacktown City Council present Made in Blacktown; a temporary public art takeover of the Blacktown CBD. :: Blacktown City Temporary Public Art – 31 July 2022 Featuring works by Emily Johnson, Coda Jade, Western Sydney Murals, Kevin Vo and Leila Frijat, Made in Blacktown reimagines how art can transform our city, making culture a part of our everyday lives. https://blacktownarts.com.au/blacktown-city-art-walk/
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Wednesday, 8 June 2022 :: Blue Water Summit Australia 2022 A virtual summit with a program in celebration of UN World Oceans Day For the program and to register visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-water-summit-2022-tickets-3
Maya Youssef :: An Invitation To Day Dream Finding Home London UK
Soccer96 :: Gatekeepers (ft. Rozi Plain & Simbad) Inner Worlds London UK
Ruth Goller :: Often they came to visit, even just to she was (M1) Skylla London UK
Omar Musa :: Fuck / Batman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS3wBCGugRI Killernova, published by Penguin
mejiwahn :: Heart String Special feat. LIV.E EP Oakland, California
Mouth :: Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Emotional Rescue UK
Ensemble Offspring :: Another Future: 4 female composers Casula Powerhouse, Saturday, 4 June, 60 minutes https://tickets.casulapowerhouse.com/Events/Another-Future
Safdar Ahmed: https://safdarahmed.com :: Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System Twelve Panel Press Refugee Art Project: http://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/living-arts/local-creatives/refugee-art-project