This e-bulletin will help keep you informed of current events and upcoming opportunities in the City of Maribyrnong and the wider Victorian arts community. We hope you enjoy the sharing of information this will provide and we welcome you to use our service to promote your activities. Arts Bytes will be issued on the first Tuesday of every month, so if you would like to contribute please email me on tanya.whitehurst@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au by the 15th of the month.

Cultures Will Collide at the Opening Weekend Party

Big Backyard is the big bash that celebrates the many cultures and artists who make the west side of Melbourne their home and, for many a home away from home.  Cultures will collide in true Footscray fashion in the Big Backyard, a free event for all staged in the Footscray Mall and Maddern Square on Saturday 21 November, 2009.

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To the Dog Theatre for being awarded the ‘Best Venue – 2009’ from the Melbourne Fringe Festival.  Quite a recognition for one of our local venues from a pool of over 140 venues.  Well done to all involved.

A photo media exhibition by artist Karenne Rees has opened at effemmera gallery 66 Napier Street and runs as part of the Big West festival until 24 November.  Gallery hours are Thursday - Sunday 1-5pm.

From 20-29 November 2009
Big West Festival, Melbourne’s premier community-based contemporary arts festival of the west presents ten days of installations, events, music, song, film and live performance exploring life, the domestic, home, dispossession and possession.

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NAVA welcomes the announcement by Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett that at their meeting on 9th October, all members of the Cultural Ministers' Council endorsed the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. The Code aims to set minimum ethical standards and define terms of trade and rights and responsibilities in the sale and management of Indigenous artworks.

To read more about NAVA's position on the Code and to see the Code please visit
http://www.visualarts.net.au 

A Gourmet Banquet of Creativity …Degustation Menu
Presented by 2009 Big West festival and Raw Materials – The Studio

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Do you know someone who selflessly donates their time to help others and support the growth of the local art community?

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The 2009 Open Studios is a chance for local artists and makers of suburban Melbourne to showcase their work and offer the viewer an insight into their influences and the surroundings that inspire them. 

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A journey through the worlds of seven Vietnamese-Australian artists and their families.

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Looking for space, or perhaps you would like to be a part of Giant Art....

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The Inter-Arts Office of the Australia Council for the Arts will support new interdisciplinary research and creative development projects with grants of $75,000. The ArtLab initiative is for rigorous experimentation and collaboration between artists from multiple disciplines to explore new artistic practices. It supports substantial, long-term research and development projects, with an emphasis placed on innovation, risk taking, artistic integrity and the creation of new ideas.
Deadline 7 December 2009.
For further information contact r.peach@australiacouncil.gov.au or visit the website http://www.visualarts.net.au/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2413&qid=180663

The Art Omi International Artists Residency is a three-week residency program for visual artists in upstate New York. Art Omi provides artists with a studio, living quarters and meals at no cost to the artists. However, artists are responsible for their travel and art materials. The Residency takes place for three weeks during the month of July. They do not offer residency for visual artists at any other time of the year. Each year, a different critic-in-residence lives on campus with the artists and they lead discussions and make one-on-one studio visits.
Applications close 11 December 2009
For further information please contact ccannizzaro@artomi.org or visit the website http://www.visualarts.net.au/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2420&qid=180663

The Substation is an exciting new community arts centre located in Newport in the inner west of Melbourne. Housed in a soaring industrial heritage space, The Substation provides multipurpose studios, workshops, performance and gallery spaces and is fast becoming a focal point for the visual and performing arts and a catalyst for arts and cultural development.

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Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts is calling for entries to its annual Postcard Show. The Linden Postcard Show is an open entry award exhibition featuring small format contemporary work. The Postcard Show derives its name from the tradition of selecting 6 works to be reproduced and sold as Linden Postcards. Entry Forms now available for 2010 Linden Postcard Show with $12,000 value in prizes.
Applications close 7 December 2009.
For further information please go to <a href=SiteLink.asp?link=http://www.visualarts.net.au/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2417&qid=180663>http://www.visualarts.net.au/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2417&qid=180663</a>

Provided by The Australia Council.
For further information please go to http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/

Provided by Arts Victoria, total pool $25,000.
For further information please go to http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/content/Public/Funding_Programs/Indigenous_Travel_and_Professional_Development.aspx

Provided by NAVA. Minimum per grant $500, maximum per grant $1,000.  Applications close 15 November 2009.
For further information please go to http://www.visualarts.net.au/grantsprizes/vcags

Provided by the Australia Council.
For further information please go to http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/

Provided by Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.  Maximum grant per individual $2,500 and groups or organisations $5,000.
For further information please go to www.ppca.com.au/ppca_trust.htm

Provided by the Australia Council.
For further information please go to http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/

Provided by Arts Victoria.
For further information please go to http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/content/Public/Funding_Programs/Victoria_Rocks.aspx

Maribyrnong City Council Arts and Cultural Services welcomes contributions to this bulletin. If you wish to advertise your events, if you have changed address, or no longer wish to receive this e-bulletin, please contact us: tanya.whitehurst@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au 

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