On November 22nd, PICAA Inc. was invited to share in the blessing and acknowledgement ceremony of the newly-opened ART OF THE PACIFIC gallery at National Gallery of Victoria. Upon invitation by NGV’s First Nations Art’s Senior Curator, Dr. Jessica Clark and Contemporary Art’s Curator Sophie Oxenbridge, we blessed the new display with a spiritual and…
Category: Pasefika Arts and Crafts
We’re excited!
Our PICAA crew is busy with a few events and programs. We kick started our Tuiga Program in October and have enjoyed working with our 7 class participants who have begun work on their own Tuiga creations. We post updates on our IG/FB stories while in class on Friday nights so be sure to look…
Tuiga Program 2025 – EOIs open
Talofa lava! It’s time to get our popular Tuiga Program rolling. Our Tuiga Program 2025 is suitable to those Samoan/Pacific community members who are looking to create their own tuiga for family and ceremonial use. Therefore we invite our PICAA followers/subscribers to send us an expression of interest by doing the following: Send us an…
Join Steve Tafea (MC) at the Oceania Market this Friday!
This Friday, PICAA creative associate Lelili’o Steve Tafea will emcee the Oceania Market hosted by the Melton City Council. A night of food and entertainment, live performances will take place at the Amphitheatre, and cultural workshops will be on the lawn across from the Melton Library with Food and market stalls nearby. A passionate performer…
Share your creative knowledge
We are coming up to the end of the third school term, so it’s time to get our school holiday program hats on. This year, we’ve designed a program specifically for our Pasefika Youth, called Performing Arts for Pasefika Youth (PAPY). We’ve been facilitating arts programs for youth since the beginning of PICAA in 2016…
PROJECT TATAU with Sulu’ape Skinz
In October/November this year, we fulfilled a sacred Samoan cultural project that involved a partnership between PICAA and NZ/Hawaii-based SULU’APE SKINZ, led by Samoan Master Tattooist Su’a Peter Sulu’ape. In Project Tatau, 11 members of our Melbourne Samoan community received the tatau (men) and malu (women) from Sulu’ape over a period of 2 weeks. PICAA’s…
Pacific Island Creative Arts Australia Inc. 