Projects
Education, Training and Professional Development
ENGAGE – 2010 is a big year for increasing the capacity of Queensland’s culturally diverse artists. BEMAC are pleased to make available a special program delivered in partnership with Q Music, which will increase the capacity of our musicians to compete on the local, national and international stages, with focussed training provided in key aspects of the music industry. In addition, A newly formed partnership with HOPE’s 180 project will give artists access to state of the art recording, film and graphic design services, to develop the marketing materials to assist in their promotion.
Go Pro - very similar to our music indusrty based Engage program, Go Pro has its focus on the business development of contemporary hip hop dance crews. Working along-side AusDance, this program is an awesome opportunity for these young people to Go Pro!!!
Art 4 All
Community engagement with the arts – BEMAC is committed to engaging communities, discovering emerging artists and growing audience for multicultural arts. Our Art 4 All program is a valuable part of what we do as an organisation. 2010 will be a big year for BEMAC’s art in communities program.
One for All, an Australia Council for the Arts – Art in a Multicultural Australia Initiative is in its final year, with the best of the best of the original compositions from the past two years of the project to be recorded and music video’s made, under the direction and tutelage of some of Queensland’s best industry professionals. A group of young people will get to explore the art of film-making, learning some basic techniques of filming and editing. In addition, some the amazing stories that have emerged over the past two years of the project will be told through a compilation of auto-biographical journeys. This collection will be complemented by a photojournalistic documentation after the participants have undergone some basic digital photography training.
The Sharing Stories project will engage with women of Muslim backgrounds in a project that explores place, past and present for the participants; using storytelling and short story, poetry, drama and song to engage with Muslim women from across Brisbane City from a range of communities, including but not limited to Iranian, Afghani, Somali and Sudanese; in the creation of a lasting work which can be shared across Brisbane and Queensland. The Sharing Stories project will use established artists to engage with the women to explore and document their “stories” and experiences, both before migration and since arriving in Australia.
Smart Art – Small Business and Social Enterprise Development
Multicultural Arts & Craft Social Enterprise Development Project – Social enterprise development project around traditional arts and crafts of a diverse range of communities. This project has an intergenerational focus, with cultural maintenance, cultural exchange and enterprise development at its heart. Workshops and mentoring will be supported by the provision of space for exchange and creation.
Music Industry Business Development project – working in the Logan area, this program is a targeted training project which will assist in the development of associated small businesses in the music industry, ie promoters, booking agents, labels, distributions, media and design, etc. Training and work experience are the heart of the model.