Phone: (03) 9925 0282 / Fax: 03 9925 0284
Postal address: PO Box 48, Carlton South Victoria 3053

After 100% Berlin, 100% Vienna and 100% Vancouver, it’s now time for 100% Melbourne. Our city, on stage.

One hundred everyday Melburnians bring the demographics of Melbourne to life, in a unique part-theatre, part-game, part-reality performance. World renowned artists, Rimini Protokoll draw on the perspectives of ‘experts in daily life’ to create 100% Melbourne so each participant represents one per cent of the four million people living in Melbourne, putting our census data on stage. In a chain reaction style of recruitment, the first participant was elected then had 24 hours to recruit the next, continuing on until the cast reached 100. With casting now complete, tickets are on sale for this must-see performance.

Performances: Friday 4 May and Saturday 5 May at 7.30pm, and on Sunday 6 May at 6pm, at the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street.

Tickets: melbourne.vic.gov.au/artsparticipation
Full $20, Concession $15, Family $55 (two adults, three children under 16), kids under five are free

Further information and access requirements: Phone 03 9658 9658
100percent@melbourne.vic.gov.au

100% Melbourne is presented by the City of Melbourne and Rimini Protokoll, supported by the Victorian

Government through Arts Victoria, the Goethe-Institut Australien and the Hebbel Theatre Berlin.

The survey aims to measure current levels of employment for people with disability as artists and as employees of arts organisations. Survey results will be used to create a range of resources to help increase employment rates in the future. There are 2 surveys one each for:
arts organisation, click on this link to complete the relevant survey:
https://www.research.net/s/artsemploymentculturalorganisations
an individual artist, arts worker or employee of an arts organisation who also has a disability, click on the link below to complete the relevant survey: https://www.research.net/s/artsemployementpeoplewithdisability
Surveys are blinded and will take between 15 and 30 minutes to complete. Responses are due by 7 May 2012.
For more information, contact Natalie on 0417 412 876 or email natalie@dadaa.org.au.

2 - 4 May 2012,
Woodward Conference Centre, University of Melbourne

Presented by the Cultural Development Network and the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, Victorian College of the Arts and Music, University of Melbourne.

In recent years, culture and cultural development have become internationally recognised as important dimensions of contemporary governance and public policy. As in other policy areas (economic, social, environmental), the production of accurate and relevant data has become central to cultural policy and how the cultural lives of citizens are understood.  Conceptual and practical developments in measurement tools, such as new forms of cultural indicators, have the potential to enrich our understanding of culture’s role in wellbeing, vitality and citizenship. From UNESCO’s benchmarks for cultural freedom, through comparative measures of states’ cultural provision and creative cities indices, to indicators for community arts evaluation, diverse approaches to quantifying cultural value and measuring societal progress now exist.

But how useful are all these measures? Are they helping us to keep track of what matters? What opportunities exist to contest, refine or democratise these systems of cultural measurement?This international conference brings together diverse perspectives from international guest speakers and leading local practitioners to explore the burgeoning field of cultural and community indicators. Participants will engage in a critical dialogue on various approaches to monitoring, evaluating, planning, advocating, predicting, and simply understanding, cultural and social change. Presentations will cover a range of theoretical and practical approaches to quantifying cultural values often considered intangible, including vitality, wellbeing, citizenship, and sustainability.

VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE TO VIEW SPEAKERS’ PRESENTATIONS…

A unique forum on practice for professional artists working in community.
What we do and why it matters. A day of investigation and dialogue across artforms.

Four workshops delivered by leading practitioners Dave Kelman, Jude Anderson, Görkem Acaroğlu and Ian Pidd exploring:

• Reflective practice. Interrogating and understanding our practice at a deeper level
• What makes it a profession? What makes it art? Probing process and aesthetic
• What do you mean access? Are the arts really accessible to all community groups?
• When it all goes pear shaped! Stories of when projects don’t go according to plan. And what is learned

With a special keynote address from Rimini Protokoll, who are among the leaders of the theatre movement Reality Trend and have an extensive history in producing award winning theatre works with communities in cities across the globe.

More details on the Castanet website.

The Changing Face of Women exhibition examines the evolving role of women from the 50s to the 80s in Melbourne. Covering a period of extraordinary social upheaval, this exhibition focuses on the personal moments in our recent history through the lens of photographer Graham Southam.
Time: Exhibition is open 10-4 Mon-Fri and 12-4 Sun
Venue: Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens, 66 McCrae St, Dandenong
Cost: Free exhibition
Website: www.heritagehill.com.au

Each year, in support of United Nations World Environment Day (June 5), the United Nations Association of Australia recognises innovative and outstanding environmental initiatives and projects from across Australia through the World Environment Day Awards.
The Awards invite nominations from individuals, organisations and businesses that have taken positive steps towards sustainability and demonstrated environmental excellence in their homes, schools, communities and workplaces. In 2012, the Awards are held in support of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all and United Nations World Environment Day 2012 ‘Green Economy: Does it include you?’. For more information about the Awards, including entry criteria and nomination forms, please visit www.unaavictoria.org.au.

Concerts, workshops, films forums, kids program, dance.
Bookings: 5966 4500 www.harmonyfest.org
Email: info@harmonyfest.org
Venue: Upper Yarra Arts Centre & Warburton township

Experience one of Australia’s most picturesque landscapes under the expert guidance of acclaimed professional photographer Charlie Brown. This 1 ½ day course is the ideal opportunity to develop the skills to produce professional standard photographs using the unique alpine environment as your canvas. From its sweeping vistas and alpine peaks to the serene lakes and dramatic High Plains, Falls Creek is a photographer’s paradise! Full Package – $310 Lunch Package – $185
Book via (03) 5758 1200 NB: Course requires Participants to have their own SLR camera.

Twenty years on from the landmark Earth Summit in Rio, RMIT is collaborating with the UN Global Compact Cities Programme to bring internationally renowned experts in sustainability to discuss the future of the planet. Global Superstars such as Sigourney Weaver, David Suzuki, and Bob Geldof will be in Melbourne, speaking alongside Australian high-profile speakers including Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision, Robyn Eckersley, leading environmentalist, Ian Lowe, President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, and John Smithies, Cultural Development Network to discuss where do we go from here.
 This is a major opportunity for Melbournians to participate in a global discussion about our planet. For all the talking about sustainability, we now face a comprehensive crisis that encompasses the economic, the ecological and the cultural. Relative political stability in our part of the world, will not protect us from the momentousness of the changes that upon us.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the official website www.cpp2012.com