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Not-for-profit arts organisation respectfully based on Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung lands

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Moments from our first Show & Tell~ Thank you everyone for coming and sharing your favourite reads ✨

#naarm #melbourne #bookmarked

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We are doing something different this month ✨ Next week Saturday the 29th we will be hosting our very first Show & Tell but in a bookish way~ Please join us and present your favourite books alongside us!! ⭐️✨

#bookmarked #bookclub #showandtell #melbourne #naarm

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Join Queer Film Club for a special evening celebrating queer storytelling through seven acclaimed short films from across the globe.

From dreamy fantasy and animation to intimate dramas and tender coming-of-age stories, this curated program explores identity, love, culture, memory and community through diverse queer perspectives.

📅 Thursday 16th July 2026
📍 Walker Street Gallery – Theatre Space in Dandenong. 5min walk from Dandenong station and parking on site
🕠 Doors: 5:30pm | 🎬 Films: 6:00pm
🎟️ Free entry

Following the screenings, stay for an open group discussion and conversation where we’ll reflect on the films, share ideas, and connect with fellow film lovers in a welcoming and inclusive space.

Feel free to bring your own snacks and beverages. Complimentary chai and tea will be served throughout the evening. 🌀🌀

Register your spot through the link in bio!

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Thank you to @connectionartsspace and CAS director @fathiahraihan for giving me an opportunity to share my craft and facilitate a Lino workshop!💕 Amazing turn out and got some good feedback 🥹🫶 Well maintained lino tools are super important and attendees have said that it was nice to pick up a medium that had originally overlooked due to blunt tools 🗡️🛡️#facilitator #lino #dandenong #emergingartist #hotsexyunderratedteacher

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Step into a dreamscape with Queer Film Club 🎞️✨

Join us for ‘Dreams’ by Akira Kurosawa, a visually stunning anthology of eight dreamlike vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s subconscious. Moving through childhood memories, haunting encounters with spirits and reflections of death, the film blurs the line between reality and imagination.

After the screening, join our 🌙 Dream Circle 🌙 - a relaxed, opened space to share your own dreams, impressions and reflections. Whether symbolic, surreal or personal, it’s a chance to listen, connect and explore meaning together.

Doors open at 5pm 🕔
Film starts at 5:45pm 🎬
🫖🍵 Chai/Tea will be provided | BYO Snacks

📍Connection Art Space, Dandenong. Located 5mins walk from Dandenong station 🚉

Come watch, unwind and share your dreams with us 🪷

Link in bio to register 🫶🏽

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Final and BTS of “Riri”
Acrylic, impasto and mixed media on canvas

This piece was created during my residency with @connectionartsspace in 2025 and exhibited at MadFest Exhibition 2025

made for my sister @brown.suga.princess ❤️‍🔥

#surrealism #magicalrealism #art #acrylic #melbourne independent streetart freestyle femme

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New work on display in the Garnar Lane Light Boxes.⁠
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Local artist, @abhijit_pal_photo explores social memory, cultural narratives and collaborative storytelling through photography.⁠
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Pal’s practice moves fluidly between documentary and conceptual forms.⁠
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Explore Pal's latest series, Mute, on display now in Garnar Lane.⁠
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🔗Link in bio⁠
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Join us for a special screening of ‘Kannathil Muthamittal’ , a powerful Tamil film by renowned filmmaker Mani Ratnam. The film follows a young girl who discovers she was adopted and travels with her family to Sri Lanka (Eelam) to find her birth mother, unfolding a moving story about identity, war, family, and belonging.

Trigger Warnings:
War/Genocide/Graphic Violence/Family displacement/Self-harm

📅 Friday 13th March
🕠 5:30pm – 9:00pm (Film starts at 6:30pm)
📍 Connection Art Space, Dandenong
☕ Chai & tea provided
🍿 BYO snacks
🎟 Free screening

Come along for an intimate evening of cinema and conversation with the Queer Film Club community.

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Last week, we made a collaborative recording at Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre with Fathiah, Jan and Caesar. We talked about the sounds we make and the ideas we each carry to make sense of the moment; we decided how we might say or sing these together, and we taped our collective voicing. We did this as part of our preparations for a new commission to open at the gallery in early March. It was heaps of fun and it sounded great!

As we spend the next few weeks working hard on this project, we're looking for people with connections to the broader Dandenong/Springvale area, as well as Warragul, Warrnambool and Tallangatta. Is this you? Know someone else?

We're looking to make more recordings with community collaborators – either in small IRL sessions, or one-on-one. These recordings centre around ideas for living, our 'universal' truths and the words that help us make sense of the world.

Please DM us if you have a lead or would like to know more!

We also invite anybody in so-called Victoria, or with connections to the aforementioned areas, to record a voice memo for us — you can find much more info at voicememo.cargo.site, which you can also visit via our linktree.

These recordings, edited together, will be captioned. Image descriptions for this post are in alt text.

(Thank you @cityofgreaterdandenong @connectionartsspace … and AB Bakery for the goods!) Miriam, Jan and Caesar smile quietly, listening to Fathiah speaking. They're seated around a table with a microphone each; in the background, the afternoon light streams in from a high window, behind a whiteboard filled with writing.

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Thank you to @connectionartspace. Having dedicated time, space, and mentorship support has allowed me to explore a project deeply personal to me. While this teacup set is a showcase of the porcelain techniques and glaze applications I’ve explored during my residency, what I valued most was the process; learning more about my mum and being able to record a part of her history.

In the interview with my mum (my Vietnamese is not the best, but it is enough for us to have a conversation where I ask her to elaborate on vocabulary I’m not familiar with), she recalled her memories with extreme fondness. It was almost as if she’d become her own child self again.

These six cups represent different fragments of those memories. To share some of the stories behind these motifs:

Pine Trees: To remind my mum of the ones that provided her refuge from danger and firewood for cooking and heating in Lạc Sơn Village.

Mangoes: A nod to her childhood mischief. When she was young and sick with a cold, my grandmother told her not to touch the mangoes. Craving the sour green ones dipped in sugar, fish sauce, and chilli, she climbed the trees anyway. She still claims those mangoes are what actually cured her.

I hope these spark a sense of curiosity when you visit the gallery, where I can share the rest of these family histories with you in person. I would love for this to foster a sense of connection. Perhaps you also have personal stories connected to these motifs that remind you of fond times.

Venue: @connectionartspace. 1-9 Walker St, Dandenong
Open: Saturdays 11am-3pm. 17th Jan - 28 Feb 2026

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1 - My ceramic tea set on display. Photo by @abhijit_pal_photo
2 - Sketchbook explorations of wave and floral techniques.
3 - Pine trees in Lạc Sơn Village, Vietnam (Dec 2024)
4 - A photo of my mum as a child.
5-6 - A collage of mum and me at Hanging Rock, Australia, and a photo taken in Vietnam (Dec 2024)
7 - Mum and me in Vietnam (Dec 2024)

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📸 @abhijit_pal_photo

MADFEST 2025, @connectionartsspace and @wayovertherecollective

1- Market Festival, ft. Clothing I made during my residency
2- exhibition ft. My art (the large piece on left I made during residency for my queen sister)
3- Me and my fabulous mentor @mel_ao2 from @mestizx_lab 🌸🩷
4- supporters of the local market (and supporters of creatives⭐️)
5- exhibition

Studio Worlld 4 lyf 🩷 couldn’t have done it without the mentions above🩷🥰

#surrealism #southasian #art #acrylic #melbourne independent streetart freestyle femme

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Photo credits: Sara @muse.pdf and @abhijit_pal_photo

My mentor: @nya_marx

Huge thanks to @connectionartsspace @creative_vic, and @cityofgreaterdandenong for the incredible residency opportunity! 🎨 It was a privilege to connect with such a kind community of artists.
The 8 weeks allowed me to transform 4 sleeping files on my hard drive into fully rendered works. I recommend this program who want direction in their art career. I also thank my friends and family for coming to support me <3
Thank you!!!

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