Negin Chahoud is a Visual Artist who explores her emotional journey as a refugee from Iran in her practice. She gives voice to her story through multi-layered, mixed media artworks on paper and paintings and creates intricate, semi-abstract artworks with a strong narrative. Each piece not only showcases part of her history but also reflects on her journey to healing and the inspiration she draws from her natural surroundings.

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What’s on:

Wellbeing Through Art https://aarts.net.au/news/wellbeing-through-art/

Sarah Blasko and Eliza Hull on tour in Victoria https://www.sarahblasko.com/shows

Music Sample: Eliza Hull – Lilac Dreams https://elizahull.bandcamp.com/track/lilac-dreams

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Van Badham is a writer of plays and novels, an activist and columnist for The Guardian Australia. In the last years she’s been diagnosed as having ADHD. Join us for this special episode of Sideshow where Van examines her past through this new lens, while we acknowledge her brilliant work as a writer.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/van-badham

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What’s on:

Em and Maddie Solve Your Problems

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KhkpfnlbsiHajDVHj1lHw

Arts Project Australia – Devoted to You

https://www.artsproject.org.au/exhibitions/devoted-to-you/

Music Sample: Charlie Lane – Gold Drips

https://charlielane.bandcamp.com/track/gold-drips-2

Charlie Lane with her iconic fusion of devastating lyrics and energetic music has carved out her niche in the Melbourne music scene.

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Ahead of the Sydney Festival opening, Anthea chats to the brilliant Ali Murphy-Oates, a Ngiyampaa Wailwan person who is both Senior Manager, First Nations Strategy & Engagement at Create NSW, and at Sydney Festival as Producer - First Nations.

You can access a transcript of this episode here.

• Sydney Festival: Vigil-Gunyan: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/vigil-gunyah

What’s on:

TarraWarra Museum of Art, Intimate Imaginaries exhibition from Arts Project Australia

https://www.twma.com.au/exhibitions/intimate-imaginaries/

Arts Project Australia

https://www.artsproject.org.au/

Back to Back Theatre: Multiple Bad Things https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/multiple-bad-things

Music Sample: Magnets: Speak https://musicbymagnets.bandcamp.com/music

MAGNETS, the solo project of Naarm-based disabled artist and advocate Siobhan McGinnity

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This month Anthea Chats brilliant artists Amy Claire Mills about the joys of unsolicited advice and quilting. https://www.amyclairemills.com

Amy’s upcoming exhibitions:

This Will Only Hurt for a Second, Outer Space Gallery Brisbane https://www.outerspacebrisbane.org/program/this-will-only-hurt-for-a-second

Art Gallery of NSW – Art After Dark, yet to be announced but keep an I on their events page for January. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/art-after-hours/

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What’s on:

Telephone: Sans Souci Festival

https://sanssoucifestival.org/

Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/arts/dance/dance-and-audio-description.html

Eliza Hull

Here They Come

https://elizahull.com/

https://elizahull.bandcamp.com/album/here-they-come-ep

Music Sample: Malaika Mfalme, Good Man https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rzuVVOUOqEDbq9I5CreTL?si=fd4Ai8JJT5euuN7h2icrtA&nd=1

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Kiruna Stamell is an Australian actor and dancer. Sydney born she’s trained in both the UK and Australia and has appeared in films like Moulin Rouge, on TV in shows like Serpent Queen and on stage. She’s even been on Play School. Currently she’s playing Kirsty Millar on British Soap, Doctors.

This month Kiruna and Anthea discuss actor training and development, Kiruna’s international career and advice she has for emerging actors.

What’s on:

• Sheltered by Kathryn Hall https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/sheltered/
• DEAF ENOUGH by Nathan Borg https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/deaf-enough/
• Kinetic Light - Decent https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kineticlight
• Music Sample: The Psychotic Reactions https://thepsychoticreactions.bandcamp.com/

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Liz Martin is a powerhouse in Disability Arts. This month the musician and CEO of Accessible Arts NSW talks with Anthea about all things music, inclusion and how to use crip ideals to make great art.

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What’s on:

~~~~~ “...derelict in uncharted space...” An intrepid homage to a Star Trek fan club through intersensory movement and space-time translations. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/derelict-in-uncharted-space/

Burranba-y

Fashion and art combined in a showcase of work from First Nations, and disabled, female creatives. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/burranba-y/

Music Sample: Anthony from The Liz Martin Band

https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/

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This month Anthea talks all things access with Jo Simpson, the access coordinator at the Sydney Fringe.

https://sydneyfringe.com/

What’s on:

Limitless:

https://sydneyfringe.com/limitless/

The Hen House

https://pyt.com.au/the-hen-house/

Anti Festival – With This Body I Remember, With This Body I Re-wild

https://antifestival.com/en/programme/with-this-body-i-remember-with-this-body-i-re-wild-2/

Music Sample: I Don’t Care by Sweat https://sweatbandgals.bandcamp.com/

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This month Anthea talks with Michelle Ryan about disability on stage, being a dancer and acquiring disability mid-career and her work as the Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre, ahead of Restless’ tour to Sydney and Hobart

https://restlessdance.org/

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What’s on:

Telethon Kid: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/tickets/malthouse-theatre/telethon-kid/

One + One Makes Three: https://kineticlight.org/three

Music Sample: Honestly by Machine on a Break: https://www.machineonabreak.com/

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