Key Dates

Date: 29 May, 2021

Time: 1pm-4pm

Where: Canning River Eco and Education Centre

Guest Speakers: Aisha Novakovich and Gauri Thanasingam

What 

Half the Sky – WA’s new cultural organisation that supports gender equality – in collaboration with the City of Canning Hillview Intercultural and Community Centre initiative invite women of all backgrounds and experiences to participate in a Think-In and contribute ideas to a new Festival of Women

This was a  FREE event.  

RSVP by Monday 24 May

For further information contact: 

Wendy Martin

wsm@halfthesky.com.au

The event has concluded and was very successful with over 30 women attending.  Information gathered will inform the Festival of Women event and the Hillview Intercultural and Community Centre program.

Story Threads: Connecting Culture to Country is a partnership with Sister Kate's Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation to create a public artwork that will reflect and connect the diverse cultural backgrounds of Canning into one artwork. The final artwork will be incorporated into the glass doors of every space in the Hillview Intercultural and Community Centre.

The project is also part of the Council’s activation of its Reconciliation Action Plan that recognises and acknowledges Canning’s diverse history and heritage.

Sister Kate’s led  two creative workshops to create a Community Story artwork that reflects the  diverse cultures of the Canning region.

Workshops took  place in the following locations (all in 2021):

• Burrendah Primary School: 2 and 9 August.
• Bentley Primary School: 16 and 23 August.
• Turkish Islamic Association of WA: 6 and 13 September
• Bentley Library: 20 September and 4 October 

This project has now concluded. We thank everyone for their participation and look forward to unveiling the final work in January 2022. 

Workshops are FREE thanks to a Lotterywest grant. The WA Government, through Lotterywest, supports community projects like this one, helping to build a better WA together.

A series of focus group conversations to discuss the new  Hillview Intercultural and Community Centre.  We will be finding out what an inclusive space means to you and how you would want to use the space in order  to connect, learn from each other and contribute to the vision of a welcoming and thriving City.

We will be running two  (2) sessions as follows:Thursday 12 August 2pm-3pm and 5pm-6pm at Bentley Library

This event is now closed and we thank everyone who participated. 

An  interactive project consisting of two components – one physical component and one online component. The physical component is an artwork, an embroidered map (created by artist Vesela Crossley, pictured below) that invites participants to  simply use the provided needle and thread to stitch a knot of coloured thread through the spot on the map where they were born. The tour dates for the artwork are:

• Bentley Library Tuesday 28 September – Tuesday 12 October
• Cannington Leisureplex Wednesday 13 October – Tuesday 26 October
• Cannington Library Wednesday 27 October – Tuesday 10 November
• Willetton Library Thursday 11 November , Tuesday 23 November
• Riverton Library Wednesday 24 November – Thursday 16 December

The online component of the project can be found by clicking on the Story Threads: Where in the World? tab below. We invite you to tell us where you were born, where you call home today and why. The aim is to amplify the breadth of individual's journeys, highlight intercultural nature of communities and celebrate Canning's diverse voices. 

Community Arts Network and Annette Carmichael Projects invite all women * from diverse communities across Perth to join CHORUS, a community dance project that unites women against violence. 

Find a time and location near you and register now!!

*The term ‘women’ is used inclusively, and refers to women and non-binary people.

Canning Library:   4.30pm-6.30pm, Wednesday 3 November 

Willetton Library: 10.30am-12.30pm, Saturday 13 November

Riverton library:    2.00pm-4.00pm, Sunday 28 November

Celebrate the upcoming opening of Hillview Intercultural Community Centre. Featuring  a talented  line up of Perth's top multicultural artists  with a delicious sample of international cuisine, prepared by the World Music Cafe team.