RISING Melbourne

We sure danced! 💙 Thanks to all the artists, our partners, and you, Melbourne. Special shout out to Creative Victoria and Visit Victoria who make RISING possible, City of Melbourne, and our major partners Up and VIA Architects //. Video credit: Silky Jazz Fed Square, Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation (MAP Co), Arts Centre Melbourne, University of Melbourne, The Howey Hotel, Bodriggy Brewing Company, Alpha Box & Dice Winery, Readings, Museums Victoria, State Library Victoria, The Substation, RMIT University, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Goethe-Institut e.V., British Council, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Triple R Broadcasters Ltd, Broadsheet Media, Concrete Playground, Rock Posters, ACMI, Marriner Group, Festival Hall - Live Nation Australia Venues.

We've just released our 2024 Annual Review. Here are a few highlights. Check out the full review: https://lnkd.in/gAUXtRM3

VOTE FOR US: Friends and festival buddies, we need your help! We’re finalists in The Anthem Awards, the social impact arm of The Webbys, for two projects: First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams and mX RISING. In a special two-edition run dedicated to the arts, we got inky fingers reviving MX, Melbourne/Naarm’s favourite commuter paper for RISING. We also welcomed six incredible new First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams to the tracks.   We did it because we believe the arts should be out there, freely available and entwined with the life of the city. As finalists, we’re also in the running for a publicly judged Community Voice Award! To get us over the line, follow the link, scroll to First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams and click 'celebrate’. https://lnkd.in/ev_kwhfz Voting closes Friday 1 November. Together we can shout about the arts louder than a Dickensian paperboy!

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is on the road touring Big Name, No Blankets in prisons across Victoria and the Northern Territory, supported by The Balnaves Foundation. And the Butcher brothers’ story of Warumpi band is resonating with inmates. Rachael Maza, Ilbijerri Artistic Director: “The people inside are just so hungry for something beyond those four walls. For a moment, we transport them out of that place, and it’s such an incredible, joyful thing.” https://lnkd.in/gjCSJf7j Big Name, No Blankets, by Andrea James with Anyupa Butcher and Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher, has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by RISING, Sydney Festival, Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival and Adelaide Festival. #firstnations #FirstPeoples #warumpiband

Me in The Monthly on RISING Melbourne, Lucy Guerin and Carolina Bianchi (there were supposed to be two, but I cheated) https://lnkd.in/gpdxV6hf

This Melbourne Art Tram is a tribute to the late artist Ellen José (Torres Strait Islander) and her work ‘Reach out and touch – distance and time’.     As told by the artist, “Reach out and touch – distance and time emphasises the enduring impact of war on everyone involved, not just those on the frontlines but also their partners, children, families and friends back home.”  The artwork highlights the 50th Anniversary of the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea.     Search for Tram #3023 on the tramTRACKER app to find Ellen’s tram along routes 109 and 48.    Curated by Jarra Steel (Boon Wurrung/Wemba Wemba) and presented by RISING in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria.    #ArtTrams2024 #FirstPeoples #FirstNations Joshua Toscano Department of Transport and Planning 📹: Breakfast Video    

This Melbourne Art Tram titled ‘Arrears Window’ features the work of the late trailblazing First nations art icon Dr Destiny Deacon (Ku Ku/Erub Mer) – who is remembered as a pioneer of the Melbourne Urban Indigenous Art movement. The work offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Melbourne’s public housing tower residents and uses evocative imagery to highlight the individual narratives and struggles within these communities. Destiny’s tram rides routes 1, 16 and 19. You can find it on the tramTRACKER app by searching Tram #5012. 🚃 Curated by Jarra Steel (Boon Wurrung/Wemba Wemba) and presented by RISING in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria. #ArtTrams2024 #FirstPeoples #FirstNations Department of Transport and Planning 📹: Breakfast Video

Join the RISING team! We're looking for a Partnerships Account Manager. If this sounds like you, apply via our Jobs page: https://lnkd.in/g6nbSeKJ.

RISING would like to acknowledge the sad passing of Kunmanara (Tiger) Yaltangki and send our condolences to his community, Iwantja Arts and all of those who loved him. We were honoured to have worked with Mr Yaltangki on the monumental work ROCK N ROLL for Shadow Spirit in 2023. His work brought so much joy with his brightly coloured paintings and love for rock and roll, bringing a smile to everyone’s faces through sharing his passion and his culture for all of us to connect too, he has left an incredible legacy.

Thomas Day’s (Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta/Wemba Wemba) Melbourne Art Tram design ‘Karween Mooroops (Dancing Spirits)’ offers a viewpoint through his cultural lens of the world, in the spirit world. 💫 Look for Tram #3532 on the tramTRACKER app to find this tram along routes 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72. Curated by Jarra Steel (Boon Wurrung/Wemba Wemba) and presented by RISING in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria. #ArtTrams2024 #FirstPeoples #FirstNations Department of Transport and Planning 📹: Breakfast Video