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 After
21 years of presenting the Brunswick Music Festival and associated
events the Moreland City Council in May 2009 officially handed over
responsibility for these festival events to a new Moreland arts
company, Performing Arts Moreland. This community company
is limited by guarantee and will remain funded primarily by the
Moreland City Council, and Across The Borders event management team
will again produce the festival events for 2009/2010.
The municipality of Moreland is located in the inner northern suburbs
of Melbourne, Australia. Neighboring municipalities are: Melbourne
& Yarra to the South, Moonee Valley to the West, Hume and Whittlesea
to the North and Darebin to the East.
There are 12 suburbs in the City of Moreland: Brunswick, Brunswick
East, Brunswick West, Coburg, Coburg North, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae,
Hadfield, Oak Park, Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South.
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Cultural Objectives
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promotes Indigenous,
ethnic, traditional and acoustic music of the highest
artistic merit, |
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increases the profile,
exposure and audience base of these musical genres in
Australia, |
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generates long term
employment opportunities for artists |
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contributes to a more
diverse range of artistic opportunities and choices for
both artists and audiences, |
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provides artists with
a range of opportunities to improve the standard of their
work and explore new directions and playing combinations, |
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operates in the arts
marketplace in a way that challenges and tests the existing
limits of that market, |
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promotes diversity,
quality and innovation in artistic endeavour and |
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promotes the work
of new and emerging artists, preference being given to
Moreland based artists, in a professionally managed environment. |
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Cultural Principles
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Understanding and
expression of the area's indigenous culture is fundamental
to the integrity of the City |
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The cultural identity
of the City is based on the recognition, understanding
and support of the many cultural heritages of its people |
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The recognition, awareness
and celebration of the ever-evolving diversity represented
in the City is a cornerstone to building and nurturing
a strong and shared cultural identity for Moreland |
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Active participation
and representation by the City's diverse community in
the City's cultural life is an important ingredient in
developing and promoting wellbeing, a sense of place and
belonging for all citizens |
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Arts and cultural
expression have the potential to engage, to educate and
to challenge, and therefore to strengthen and contribute
to the development of individual and community identity
as well as to a shared culture across the municipality |
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Artists and arts organisations
producing and presenting quality work within the City
play an important role in contributing to Moreland's economic
and social vitality. |
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Ongoing discourse
and debate are vital to the health and vitality of arts
and culture within Moreland. |
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Moreland City Council Website: Arts and Festivals |
