KP11: Producing Communities - Now Touring
» The KP11: Producing Communities exhibition features work from 11 Australian arts and cultural development organisations, including ICE, that receive Key Producer funding from the Australia Council. The national tour of this fabulous exhibition has kicked off at DADAA’s Freight Gallery in Fremantle WA and will be on exhibit until 31 July. More »
Fairfield Stories Showcase Launched
» The Fairfield Stories showcase was successfully launched on Saturday 20 June at the Cabravale Leisure Centre in Cabramatta. Over 130 people attended the launch which featured more than 20 vivid, moving and thought-provoking digital stories from the initiative. See a selection of images from the launch… More »
Yallah! Let's go to the Movies!
» Yallah! Let’s go to the Movies! This year’s Arab Film Festival Australia will be taking place from 2 – 5 July at Riverside Theatres Parramatta. Join us for the official opening (film and party) on Thursday 2 July at 8pm for the Australian Premiere of Captain Abu Raed – the first Jordanian Feature Film to be screened in Australia. More »
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Switch Academy Workshops at Rouse Hill
Switch Academy will be running a series of workshops this July at Vinegar Hill Memorial Library and Community Centre. The four workshops in digital photography, video, scriptwriting and editing are being held over four days from the 14 – 17 July, 10am – 3pm. More »
Refugee Flicks in Fairfield
As part of Youth Refugee Day at Fairfield High School, MC Trey presented Digital Stories created by ICE’s Refugee Allstars. An audience of over 250 young people and community members celebrated the event which was presented by Fairfield High School Intensive English Centre and the NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance Inc. More »
Lena Nahlous named Creative Catalyst
ICE Executive Director Lena Nahlous has been named as one of Sydney’s key Creative Catalysts as part of the inaugural Creative Sydney festival. ICE collaborators Ali Kadhim and Matt Huynh were also named in the list, selected from over 700 people suggested by creative leaders. More »
UK Artist drops in and switches on
International music artist and producer Spider Johnson is in Australia as part of Brian Eno’s Luminous Festival, performing with Lee Scratch Perry at the Sydney Opera House. He’s taken some time out of his hectic schedule to record music with some of the young music artists from ICE’s Urban Music Project. More »
We have moved!
Our much anticipated move has come and gone! This week ICE staff have been busy unpacking boxes in our new space at 8 Victoria Road, Parramatta. We’re still in the process of getting everything organised so there may be short delays in responding to enquiries. We ask that you bear with us during this transition time. Please note that our phone and fax numbers, as well as our mailing address will remain the same. More »
IN FOCUS
Fairfield artist Ali Abbas Hamadi works to reconstruct and create his own story about everyday life through a sensual aesthetic vision. More at the Artfiles website »
Fairfield Stories
»» Part of the ‘Digital Storytelling: Sustainability and Community Media in Western Sydney’ project, Fairfield Stories tells tales of journeys, love, struggle and hope as experienced by people of Cambodian and African backgrounds.More »
CREATE Media!
»» Create Media! is an exciting new project managed by ICE and supported by the Westpac Foundation. The project offers free targeted training and mentorship for young people from a refugee background. The training provides participipants with in depth knowledge of the A-Z of digital arts and business.More »
Parenting Stories
»» Sudanese and Central African families are invited to share their parenting stories in an exciting community media project which will open a discussion around parenting in Australia. It will look at the issues faced by recently arrived migrants as they deal with settlement, cross-cultural issues and the new legal context, as well as the resources available to assist them.More »
Changing Lives
»» Changing Lives is a project engaging Arabic speaking young people with digital arts and community cultural development. The project empowers young people with skills to make and tell their own stories and share them on the internet.More »
DigiTales
»» ICE is the first Australian partner in the global digital storytelling project – DigiTales. This collection of unique local tales made by Sydney’s emerging media talent is now online.More »
Youth Digital Cultures
»» A three-year youth digital arts and skills development project driven by creative and diverse young people from all corners of Western Sydney. More »