Graham F Smith Peace Trust Inc

2008 Projects

The Peace Trust is very pleased to support three projects in 2008.

ActNow Theatre for Social Change, an emerging young people’s political theatre company, based in Adelaide. ActNow aims to empower young people to use theatre as a tool for social change. Peace Trust funding will support the development of two street theatre performances.

The Academy of DYI – a weekend festival of accessible arts, activism, education and collaboration. It is designed to facilitate skill-sharing and the development of strong networks amongst artists and activists. The festival will be part of the Adelaide Fringe in March 2009 and include panels, workshops, film screenings and exhibitions.

Mallacoota Strum Inc are being supported to commission Padma Newsome to compose a piece for Making Music Together for Peace as part of the East Gippsland Community Peace Project. This weekend community music festival in Mallacoota, 26-28th September 2008 will include choral, improvisation, instrumental and songwriting workshops. Padma Newsome, an ex- Adelaide resident, is a current Commissioning and Residency award recipient from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.

The Trust received applications from all over Australia this year. We were impressed by the breadth of ideas for arts projects and the diverse ways individuals and communities are Working for Peace through the Arts. We regret that we are unable to support more projects.

March 6th, 2008

Second to None: November 2007

The Peace Trust was very proud to be associated with Kurruru Indigenous Youth Performing Arts in Port Adelaide. Kurruru, meaning ‘circle’ in Kaurna language, is Australia’s only Indigenous Youth Performing arts company.

The Peace Trust funded Kurruru with a major grant in 2007, particularly to support the workshop program leading to the production Second to None, a co-production with Vitalstatistix Theatre Company which took place in November 2007.

Second to None was an outdoor, history-making performance and installation event. It included dance, installation, film and the recreation of important Kaurna ceremony. It is an outdoor, history-making performance and installation event. The audience took a bus journey through four significant sites celebrating the past, present and future of the Port.

November 18th, 2007

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Australia’s Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) is spearheading this campaign by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).

ICAN calls for a Nuclear Weapons Convention through which the ultimate goal of a nuclear weapons free world will be achieved. In ways similar to the international campaign to ban landmines, ICAN will: raise voices, educate, network and motivate individuals, professions, organisations and prominent persons around the work in its bid to achieve a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

If you would like to get involved with ICAN the contact details are:

PO Box 1379, Carlton,
VIC 3053, Australia.

Phone: +61 38344 1637
Fax: +61 38344 1638
Email: info@icanw.org

www.ICANw.org
www.IPPNW.org
www.mapw.org.au

November 13th, 2007