Blak & Bright 2024 Opening Night

Blak & Bright 2024 Opening Night

  • 15 Mar 2024
  • 06:30pm - 08:30pm
  • $0 - $30
  • The Capitol, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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RMIT is proud to partner with Blak and Bright First Nations Literary Festival and co-present the festival's public opening on Friday 15 March at The Capitol. ⁠

Blak and Bright First Nations Literary Festival Opening night will feature a performance by cross-disciplinary performance artist Carly Sheppard and director and playwright Kamarra Bell-Wykes, as well as an in-conversation between legendary writers Tony Birch and Kim Scott. ⁠

The annual McCraith House creative residency will again be awarded to a Blak & Bright artist as part of RMIT Culture's creative programs. ⁠

Presented in partnership with Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival and the Wheeler Centre. ⁠

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