June, 2010
Expressions of interest are now being sought for key contractor positions to work alongside the This Is Not Art Festival Coordinator: Paid positions: (1) Bar Manager/Licencee (to manage the Festival Club and Crack House bars). To be advertised in July. (2) Volunteers Coordinator (recruit and supervise a team of volunteers to assist in the lead up to the festival as well as over the 5 days of the festival in early October 2010). Applications extended to Friday 9 August 5pm. For more info, contact Simone Sheridan, This Is Not Art Festival Coordinator: admin@thisisnotart.org. |
Octapod has deductible gift recipient (DGR) status - this means that donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. Making a donation to Octapod is a great way to support local creative projects! We act as a resource base for the local community as well as produce key projects such as the This Is Not Art Festival and culturehunter.org. Make a donation before 30 June and claim it back on your tax! To make a donation contact Christina on 4927 0470, email podadmin@octapod.org or pop in during public access hours (Wed/Thurs/Fri, 10am-5pm). |
There has been a change of guard with a few board members moving on, and some new members stepping up! We farewell outgoing President, Reichil Cheetham, who is now enjoying the sun in Malta as well as general members Damian Castaldi and Justine Lloyd. We thank them for their contribution to Octapod and will no doubt see them around town! We welcome new recruits - Dwuan La Trobe, a member of Kumera Soup Kitchen (one of Octapod's residents) as well as Bernadette Smith, who first got involved with Octapod through our weekly filmmakers group. We are still looking for a couple more board members - people with ideas, enthusiasm and experience in the arts, community and business sectors are most welcome to get involved. For more info, contact Christina Robberds on 4927 0470 or podadmin@octapod.org
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Octapod has received a small grant from the Community Relations Commission to run a series of digital storytelling workshops with young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. We have linked up with the Multicultural Neighbourhood Centre in New Lambton as well as Waratah High School to offer ten Year 9 students the opportunity to learn how to produce a short digital story on the theme of 'friendship'. The project will run for consecutive weeks in June/July 2010 and will be featured on culturehunter.org in August. |