Talking Culture - event invitation. Thur Nov 4th.

Join Monique McNamara with her Co-Director hat on for The Gertrude Association to talk about culture and gentrification with a panel of interesting people and views -  should be lively and constructive. 
Come and add to the conversation.

You are invited to a Yarra Talking Arts forum:

 The Common Cultures of Gertrude Street
Art, fashion, food, public housing, Indigenous and community services

WHEN
Thursday 4 November 2010, 6.00pm–8.00pm
WHERE
Melbourne Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation (MAYSAR),
184 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

ENTRY
Free

CHAIR
Megan Evans, Faculty of Arts, Education & Human Development, School of Communication and Arts, Victoria University

KEYNOTE
Dr Kate Shaw, ARC Research Fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

PANEL
Michael Needham, Artist in Residence, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces - Atherton Gardens Housing Estate

Monique McNamara, Founder, The Gertrude Association

Peter Wearne, Director of Services, Youth Substance Abuse Service

Glenda Thorpe, CEO, MAYSAR

John Harding, Writer, The Dirty Mile

Cr Amanda Stone, Yarra City Council

For more information, please contact Kirsty Baird, Arts and Cultural Development Officer, on 9205 5038 or at Kirsty.Baird@yarracity.vic.gov.au
Go to: www.yarracity.vic.gov.au