👋 UTP July News - Feminist Killjoys, Shorewell Presents, Nancy Denis, UTP Ensemble & The Quiet Discomfort 💫

UTP July News

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Welcome to our July newsletter!

In-store this month the Feminist Killjoys Reading Group are holding their July open session, Jessica recalls her recent visit to Burnie and gives us an update on Shorewell Presents, Nancy Denis is in-residence, we are gearing up to the announcement of the UTP Ensemble and we give you an update on The Quiet Discomfort!

Love UTP x

Feminist Killjoys Reading Group July Open Session

The Feminist Killjoys Reading Group has its next public session on Saturday the 27th July from 3-5pm. Held on the last Saturday of the month on Darug land in Blacktown, this group is led by a core group of five young artists working in collaboration with mentor Rajni Shah, co-ordinator Sanki Tennakoon and creative facilitator Ellen O’Brien.

This month the group invites you to join them for some rejuvenation and renewal as July comes to a close, exploring what can bring you comfort through times of shifts and unknowns. Keep up to date via their Facebook page.

Shorewell Presents Update From The Artistic Director

Earlier in the month Adam McGowan (UTP’s Senior Producer) and I found a sunny spot at Burnie Community House’s café for a chat with Tracy and Shandel.

Burnie Community House is an incredible organisation, located on a hill overlooking green fields in the heart of Shorewell Park, there is a farm that provides produce for the Veranda Café as well as a social enterprise catering business that employs 15 people plus opportunities for Job Seekers. There is also space for other people to run workshops for the community. Continue reading..

Nancy Denis In-Residence

UTP welcomes back Nancy Denis who is in-residence throughout 2019 with musician Carl St. Jacques. Over the course of this residency, Nancy and Carl will develop a work based on the term 'Jagunjagun', which means warrior in Yoruba. The work being developed is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors - a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. Both Nancy and Carl are of Haitian descent and have included in this new work the story of the first black-led republic of Haiti.

You can find out more information about this program on our website.

UTP Ensemble Update

We are excited to soon announce the UTP Ensemble members! As the next generation of young artists from Western Sydney, this group will form a new collaborative, multi-disciplinary ensemble as part of The Young Residents Program. The ensemble will work with director Amy Hardingham throughout August - September with an intensive workshop in the Spring school holidays in October.

For more information and to keep up to date on announcements of this project visit our website.

The Quiet Discomfort Update

Thank you to our extended community and everyone who supported our fundraising campaign for The Quiet Discomfort! Thanks to your support and with matched funding from Creative Partnerships Australia we raised just over $50,000. We're excited to now be meeting with key stakeholders to build the next stage of this new virtual reality experience.

We can't wait for this exciting new work to go into full production! Keep up to date on this project development via our website.

Image Credits: Feminist Killjoys Reading Group, 2018. Photography credit: Joshua Morris
Shorewell Presents, 2019. Photography credit: Michelle Dupont
Nancy Denis in Home Country, 2018. Photography credit: Heidrun Lohr
Right Here, Right Now, 2017. Photography credit: Chris Woe
The Quiet Discomfort, 2019. Photography credit: Joshua Morris