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West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing is a street partner dance taught exclusively in Canberra by Audacity Dance

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✨Happy International Day of People with Disabili

✨Happy International Day of People with Disability! ✨This I-Day, we are so proud to launch Connect Collective, our new podcast series celebrating the diverse hobbies and passions of people with disabilities.Join Ruth O’Brien in conversation with Ben Zarew, Moira Nelson, Edward “Woody” Menzies, Megumi Kawada, Jenelle Outhwaite and Craig Wallace as she discovers more about these extraordinary members of our community.Explore the full series online: link in bio.This project is supported by the ACT Government as part of their 2021 International Day of People with Disability celebrations.Image: Ruth O'Brien and Moira Nelson@ruth.m.v.obrien #internationaldayofpeoplewithdisability #connectcollective #belcoarts #belconnenartscentre #actofficefordisability #cbrarts

A huge congratulations to Linda, Sammy and our awe

A huge congratulations to Linda, Sammy and our awesome Canberra arts colleagues whose practice was recognised at the 2021 Canberra Critics Circle Awards this week! 🥳Linda Buck, our amazing Technical Manager, took out a theatre award for her lighting design on the Belco Arts production, "Mess" and Sammy Moynihan, Live Programs Officer at Belco Arts with his team at @rebustheatre were acknowledged for the great work they've been doing over the past year.We'd also like to congratulate @liz19lea on her award for "The Point" that premiered at Belco Arts earlier this year and @stephenharrison1963 for his award for the exhibition "You Want It Darker" presented in the new Pivot Gallery at Belco Arts.And finally, a big congratulations to Palawa writer and dramaturg @dylan.r.vdb took home two awards including the Helen Tsongas Award for Excellence in Acting. We are so excited to be working with Dylan as the writer for our upcoming production, "Ngadjung" 😍

Introducing Melanie Lane, one of the awesome new a

Introducing Melanie Lane, one of the awesome new artists in the UC and Belco Arts Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies program!Melanie is an Australian choreographer and performer of Euro/Javanese heritage and has been selected as the Mid-Career/Established Artist-in-Residence for Digital Innovation. She has collaborated with artists from film, visual art, theatre and music, creating works that tread between performative forms and contexts. Her independent work has been presented at international festivals and theatres in Europe. USA, Indonesia and Australia.UC and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies for Cross-Sector Engagement and Digital Innovation are programs that model distinct ways to cultivate long-term relationships and professional development, which can have an enduring impact for participating artists and organisations.Learn more about Melanie and the other residents at belcoarts.com.au/recovery-residencies This project is part of the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program.@melahhnee @uc_cccr @artsact_#creativerecoveryandresilience #creativerecoveryandresilienceresidencies #belconnenartscentre #belcoarts #uccccr

We are so excited to announce that Kirsten Wehner

We are so excited to announce that Kirsten Wehner has been selected as one of our Creative Recovery and Resilience Residents! Kirsten is an Australian relational artist/designer, cultural producer, curator and writer and will be joining us as the Cross-Sector Engagement (Mid-Career/Established) Artist in Residence.Her practice centres on collaborating with human and non-human communities to create art installations, speculative designs and participatory experiences that celebrate, sustain and transform people’s connections to and care for natural environments. Current projects include walking investigations of urban drains/creeks and imagining co-living structures (habitectures) for people and insects.UC and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies for Cross-Sector Engagement and Digital Innovation are programs that model distinct ways to cultivate long-term relationships and professional development, which can have an enduring impact for participating artists and organisations.Learn more about Kirsten and the other residents at belcoarts.com.au/recovery-residenciesThis project is part of the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program.@kirsten_wehner @uc_cccr @artsact_ #creativerecoveryandresilience #creativerecoveryandresilienceresidencies #belconnenartscentre #belcoarts #uccccr

Miriam (they/them) is a Canberra based Queer inter

Miriam (they/them) is a Canberra based Queer interdisciplinary artist who will be working with us in our new UC and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies. Miriam works primarily with theatre, comedy and live art and has been selected as the Emerging Artist-in-Residence for Cross-Sector Engagement.With an Honours in Visual Arts from the Australian National University, their work is often concerned with Queer identity, representation and community. They have won numerous Fringe Awards with their comedy duo Sweaty Pits, as well as Little Dove Theatre Art’s 2019 performance of Evangeline. They have performed and directed nationally and internationally, most recently working with Brisbane’s physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo. Their current practice aims to explore identity and performance activism through combining digital media and live performance art.UC and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies for Cross-Sector Engagement and Digital Innovation are programs that model distinct ways to cultivate long-term relationships and professional development, which can have an enduring impact for participating artists and organisations.Learn more about Miriam and the other residents at belcoarts.com.au/recovery-residenciesThis project is part of the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program.@miri.yamyam @uc_cccr @artsact_ #creativerecoveryandresilience #creativerecoveryandresilienceresidencies #belconnenartscentre #belcoarts #uccccr

And we're back!! Thank you to everyone who visited

And we're back!! Thank you to everyone who visited today to enjoy our new exhibitions, we are so excited to see everyone back in the building 🙌The much anticipated "Other Worlds: Exploring the Universe of @graemebase " is one not to be missed and with complementary exhibitions from @hoondoctor , @byrdeined and @thetombuck be sure to head over to Belco Arts soon.✨#belcoarts #belconnenartscentre #graemebase #otherworlds

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