MRC ArtsThe MRCSA conducts cultural development projects to encourage people of humanitarian background to participate in creative arts. These projects affirm cultural identity, increase awareness of the arts industry, and encourage cross-cultural understanding.
Projects are delivered through partnerships with arts organisations that support participation of young people, their families and communities.
MRC ARTS coordinates cultural development programs supported by Arts SA and the Australia Council for the Arts, Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, Come Out Youth Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival. The arts program works closely with young people and the MRCSA community programs teams to facilitate youth arts projects.
Current Projects
JAMBA Africawith ARTS SA, Come Out Youth Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival
Journeya performance work in progress
‘Hand in Hand’- Reconciliation Projecta project to build a dialogue between refugee and Indigenous young people
Refugee Week 2011The MRCSA convenes Refugee Week in South Australia, which is held each year to coincide with World Refugee Day on 20 June. More than 80 South Australian organisations come together to organise more than 40 events celebrating the contribution of new Australians of refugee background to the cultural, social, economic and community life of South Australia. This year, SA Refugee Week will be launched on Monday 20 June 2011at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre. For more information about SA Refugee Week and/or a registration form, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
SpiritSong!Performers from South Australia’s newest communities are developing a celebration of music, dance, song, comedy and visuals from around the world. It will be a feast of traditions and styles showcasing the new face of multicultural Australia, featuring performers from many communities, including Rwandan, Sudanese, Bhutanese, Afghan, Kurdish, Burmese, Burundian, and Uzbek communities.
SA Refugee Week Schools Poster Award ProjectAs part of a program to engage young art students, the MRCSA, in partnership with the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia, is hosting a poster award and exhibition. Through their schools, young artists will be invited to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the UN International Refugee Convention by designing a poster communicating how refugees are welcomed, become part of, and/or contribute to the Australian ‘family’. The SA Refugee Week Schools Poster Award will become an annual event.
This year’s finalists will be exhibited at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia, from 14 June to 13 July 2011. The exhibition launch will be held on World Refugee Day, Monday 20 June. The exhibition will then tour to regional and metropolitan galleries. The MRCSA invites classes and individual students to register their interest to participate. For a copy of the rules of entry and a registration form, contact the MRCSA (tel.) 08 8217 9510 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
UnderXposed ExhibitionUnderXposed is available for touring on request (email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
The 2011 tour dates for UnderXposed are:
3 December 2010 – 2 February 2011 Marion Civic Centre Gallery
17 February 2011 – 14 March 2011 Light Square Fringe Festival project (Digital Images only)
22 February 2011 – 12 March 2011 Port Augusta Cultural Centre Gallery
19 March 2011 – 17 April 2011 Barossa Regional Gallery Tanunda
2 May 2011 – 27 May 2011 Riverland Gallery Berri (Country Arts)
15 June 2011 – 15 July 2011 UnderXposed at Anglicare City
Here and Now ExhibitionThe 2011 tour dates for Here and Now are:
15 June – 15 July 2011 5EB1 FM, Byron Place, City
For more information about MRC ARTS, please contact the MRC ARTS coordinator (tel.) 08 8217 9510.
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