Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival: Pacific Arts and Culture Forum
The CPAF forum series brings together critical thinkers, creative practitioners, academics and arts industry professionals whose work engages with the contemporary Pacific.
The program will include three discussion panels around the following themes:
Addressing the Archive – Pacific collections in Australian museums and galleries
Who Will Claim Me – Authenticity and identity in contemporary art of the Pacific diaspora
Mobilizing Pasifika – Intersections of art, activism and community
Panel speakers include Jacob Tolo, Kirsten Lyttle, Lia Pa’apa’a, Namila Benson, Taloi Havini and Sana Balai.
Each panel discussion will run for 90 minutes and will conclude with an audience Q&A.
Date: Friday 5 April 11:30 am – 5:30 pm
Venue: The Basement Theatre at Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia, 3011
Free. Book online here. For further details see the FCAC website
The Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival has been assisted by the Maribyrnong City Council and is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria, and Deakin University.
