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Published by: Walker Street Art Gallery | 16-Oct-2018
City of Greater Dandenong's annual exhibition, HOME, has announced six shortlisted national artists from a refugee or asylum seeker background. Their artworks will be on display at the Walker Street Art Gallery from 18 October "“ 24 November 2018 and all artists will receive $1000 each from sponsor IKEA Springvale, to support the development of new work.
Venue: Walker Street Art Gallery
Address: Corner of Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong
Date: 18th October - 24th October
Time: Tuesday to Friday, 11am"“5pm and Saturday, 11am"“3pm
Ticket: Free
EMail: council@cgd.vic.gov.au
Call: +61 3 8571 1000
City of Greater Dandenong's annual exhibition, HOME, has announced six shortlisted national artists from a refugee or asylum seeker background. Their artworks will be on display at the Walker Street Art Gallery from 18 October "“ 24 November 2018 and all artists will receive $1000 each from sponsor IKEA Springvale, to support the development of new work.

Selected by a panel of specialists from within the Creative industries, curator David O'Halloran is excited to announce the national shortlisted artists: Amir Tehrani, Tadros Hanna, Mirwais Janbaz, Lobsan Dhoyou, Zia Atahi and Elyas Alvi.

All six shortlisted artists will be provided with professional development opportunities in the creative sector.

Now in its fourth year, HOME is a celebration of the City of Greater Dandenong's cultural diversity, with the city now designated as the most culturally diverse community in Australia. Over half of Greater Dandenong's residents were born overseas. Residents come from 157 different birthplaces and speak more than 200 languages.

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