APAPORIS Arts Collective & 4DIVERSE Space evolution in Byron Bay

We 4Diverse and Apaporis art Collective aim to activate and renovate the Playground Byron Bay venue for a weekend of art workshops, screen printing, and life drawing classes for the community, involving artists and teachers on the second week of November 15th, 16th, 17th. Located in Byron Industrial, this event will take place after securing necessary funding and business sponsorships.
' First project face- this part will involve the continuation of the activation process of our space. We have been working on the space for around 3 months now, have cleaned most of it, built half of the roof, created a shop, workshop space and gallery space. We need resources in order to continue the building of our creative hub, and fully re-activated also our non profit organization 4Diverse and complete all our new memebers.
Thats why we are applying to this grant. After we do so, we will invest the resources in making the space apt for the activities that are part of face two -
After our space is apt and ready to go, we will then undertake our plan to start the series of workshops, classes and exhibitions.
Our first major event after the activation of the space is called Weaving Ancestral Wisdom Through Art-
Our proposed project aims to collaborate with Bundjalung wisdom keepers and artists to create illustrations that celebrate and preserve Bundjalung cultural heritage. Focusing on the use of food as medicine,the ancestral recognition and use of medicinal plants.
These illustrations will be adapted to screen printing (serigraphy) techniques, and workshops will be conducted to empower Bundjalung youth by teaching them these skills while connecting them with their ancestral knowledge through art. Helping them foster a deeper connection with their territory and plants as well as learning an art form and developing expression techniques. At the end of the project we will curate an exhibition with the finished artworks in different mediums to be exposed in our gallery space, bringing the community and artist together