Friday 25th November to Saturday 10th December
With the focus on transforming Brisbane into the lead up to the Olympic Games, Chrysalis Projects is laying down the challenge; let’s make Brisbane the safest city for women and children in the world by leading an Arts Against Gender Based Violence alliance.
The Brisbane’s arts community is bolstering the fight against gender-based violence targeting women and children in a unique programme, YOUR INNER CIRCLES, aimed at creating safer communities for Brisbane’s women and children.
Arts Against Gender Based Violence is an alliance led by Chrysalis and co-founders, Carmel Haugh and Bec McIntosh who want people to know that the arts has a multifold power in making major social change, using it to tackle Gender Based Violence.
YOUR INNER CIRCLES, addresses violence against women which has been threaded throughout our art history and we need a fresh approach to how we tell these stories.
“There is a lot to unpack and deconstruct around the depiction or portrayal of violence against women in all art forms.”
“At its worst, the canon of western arts has been glorifying violence, and at the least, normalising it. We want to change that story. As strong women working in the arts our whole lives, we want to lead a conversation with our inner circles to make Brisbane safer for women and children.” said Carmel of Chrysalis Projects.
Chrysalis will launch their YOUR INNER CIRCLES campaign activities in line with the annual United Nations Women’s 16-days of Activism which starts on Friday November 25 and ends Friday 10th of December.
Campaign highlights include the “Circles Fiesta” a micro-festival on Saturday 3 November at the Judith Wright Contemporary Art Centre where the arts community will host fearless and artful conversations that promote safety and equity in our city and its’ cultural and community places. Tickets for this are now on sale here.
“We all have the right to feel safe and we want Brisbane to be the safest place in the world for all women and children. Our arts inner circle will mark the UN Women’s Global 16 days, calling for Brisbane to become a safe place for women and children.” Chrysalis Projects Rebecca McIntosh says.
INNER CIRCLES has the support and participation of Micah Projects, which operates in Brisbane as a not-for-profit organisation committed to providing a range of supports to Brisbane women and children, to ensure they feel safe and free from fear of domestic, family and sexual violence.
INNER CIRCLES is also supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. INNER CIRCLES will officially launch at QPAC on Friday 25th of November with the event highlight of the program being;
KEY DATES
14 November: Program for the 16 Days launched online.
22 November: INNER CIRCLES Product Launch with Dangerous Females at Openhouse.
23 November: Zonta Fellowship Walk 25 November: Official INNER CIRCLES Launch – QPAC – Reflections in a Tea Cup.
25 Nov – 10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism – Arts Against Gender Based Violence
3 December: Circles Fiesta – Judith Wright Contemporary Art Centre 10am – 6pm
- Formidable Females Live Art Performance and Exhibition -Jacqui Stockdale will create a series of live portraits, capturing the faces of some of the most formidable females in our city. four days of live painting in the window of the Chrysalis Projects office on Brunswick St which will be transformed into a stunning Salon installation. Here passersby will be able to witness the two-hour sittings.The Formidable Females include Former Lord Mayor Sally Anne Atckinson, Wanita Honky-Tonk Queen of Australia, Artist Bianca Beetson, CEO Micah Karyn Walsh and artist ATOMIX. As part of Circles Fiesta
- Shatter the Silver Screen Short Film Festival – A Short Film Festival that is a platform for inclusive story-telling for women & LGBTQIA+ IDENTIFYING Community – As part of Circles Fiesta
- Cultural Circles – The Institutions Panel – What role can the arts play in making Brisbane a safer city for Women and Children? Hosted by Bec Mac of Chrysalis and to include Yolande Brown Bangarra Alumni & independent practitioner, Geraldine Barlow, Head of International Curatorship, QAGOMA, Amanda Jolly, CEO, Queensland Theatre Company, Patrick Nolan, Artistic Director/CEO, Opera Queensland. As part of Circles Fiesta
- Circles in the City Panel – Designing our city for, and with, women and children. Panel will be hosted by Carmel Haugh of Chrysalis and include Kate Gould, CEO/Artistic Director Brisbane Powerhouse, Urban Planner, Sara Burgess of Plan C & Brisbane Urbanistas and Jacqui Grinzi, Director at Qmusic. As part of Circles Fiesta
- Craftivism/starting the conversation – Who Needs Care? – Craftivism: Creating a circle of support for people with disabilities through collective French Knitting and conversation run by Donna Toussiant. As part of Circles Fiesta
- Fierce Females – Self Defence – Created by women, for women, we utilise a multimodal approach, creating an experience like no other .More than “punching and kicking”, our female trainers know how it feels to be the smaller individual in conflict.Our holistic solution to violence provides the tools and knowledge needed to plan, prepare and act in the face of fear and danger. As part of Circles Fiesta
- Your Inner Circles Merchandise – A Tee Shirt partnership with Dangerous Females with artwork by Mona Ryder a senior artist, who is a significant artist of our times. An artist now in her 70’s, Mona’s work is described by curators of the major focus exhibition at QUT Art Museum as a “strategy of domestic agitation to challenge gender roles, in social and political structures”.Other arts merchandise by local artists Mia Boe, Michelle Xen and designed by Nat Kitzelman will including tote bags, earrings and tea towels. Products are available for purchase from Open House, West End from the 22nd of November.
Money raised from the Project will be donated to Micah Projects.
The Arts Against Gender Based Violence campaign will be running on Chrysalis Instagram @chrysalisprojects & Facebook: /ChrysalisProjects throughout the month of November and December, as well partner’s social media platforms prompting the key dates, locations and events happening throughout Brisbane.
Get Involved. Look out for the Project. Register and Join Events. We invite you to provoke, subvert, unsettle, inspire, empower and start the conversation within YOUR INNER CIRCLES.
For more information visit the links:
https://www.chrysalisprojects.net/your-inner-circles
https://micahprojects.org.au/#who-is-micah
https://16dayscampaign.org/
Social Media Links to keep an eye on throughout the project:
https://www.instagram.com/chrysalisprojects/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/micahprojects/?hl=en
#yourinnercircles
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