We are thrilled to announce our new creative residency with Brimbank City Council’s Bowery Theatre in 2023-24. Through this residency, we will develop our newest PICAA initiative – a Pasefika Theatre Festival taking place in 2024. This project will be led by two of our PICAA Creative Associates Asalemo Tofete (Creative Director) and Gina Tafea…
Delsa Tuitea – Recipient of the 2023 New Voices for the West commission
PICAA wishes to congratulate our very own Delsa Evotia Tuitea in landing an exciting creative opportunity! Delsa is the recipient of the 2023 New Voices for the West commission at Western Edge, an initiative that is made possible by Western Edge Youth Arts and Creative Victoria. You may recall Delsa’s debut as a Samoan playwright…
Join us on stage in 2023!
We are hyping ourselves up for another big year of Pasefika creative arts on the stage! As we have done in previous years, it’s time to get the band back together for another round of MOOMBA and PASIFIX performances. The Moomba Parade has been a major feature in PICAA’s timetable for the past 5 years…
PICAA in 2021 – Malo ‘aupito!
Another big year for us, another year of creative arts in lockdown, and another opportunity to reflect and celebrate our PICAA family. As we wind down our working year for 2021, we want to acknowledge our PICAA family – our creatives, our leaders, and our young people – for coming forward to take part in…
Reach out for help, Pasefika!
Since the beginning of Melbourne’s lockdown in 2020, we have been rolling out emergency relief to Pasefika families-in-need. A much-needed service for our people who are doing it tough. This week we want to reach out to our Pasefika community and remind them that times are still tough – and we understand that. We have…
Know the signs of gambling harm, and reach out for help!
It is Gambling Safety Awareness Week (18-24 Oct). and this week, we have launched the first of our reducing gambling harm resources for our Pasefika communities. In 2020 we were invited into a partnership with VASA Consultancy and the Brimbank City Council to bring awareness to gambling harm. Brimbank City – home to many Pasefika…
“Under the Trees“ theatre project
Calling our Victorian-based Pasefika young creatives!! We are back in the zone with our Pasefika youth theatre project: UNDER THE TREES. Currently a work-in-progress, the theatre work will be directed and written by PICAA Theatre Director Asalemo Tofete. For this project, we are working in partnership with Know Your Roots Inc who are based in…
Melbourne Lockdown Extension
Yup! We’re back there again. In fact, we didn’t make it out of the 7 days! We got slapped with a lockdown extension instead. At the time of writing this blogpost, we have 6 more days left to go and then hopefully – Hoooppppefully Looooord Jesussssss! – we can return to some kind of normality….
Stay connected Melbourne Pasefika!
In response to a new covid outbreak cluster announced last week, Melbourne has been imposed with yet another 7-day lockdown (we are in day 5 today!), and with a growing list of exposure sites things are looking a bit hectic out there! So just in case we get hit with an extension, or we come…
Creative Pasefika Kids!
A few months ago, we decided to work with our local Pasefika kids in a creative video project that would highlight the fun side of music. We called out for video submissions of kids dancing or jivin’ to the “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” song, recorded in Samoan/English by our friends The Melbourne Samoan Choir….
Pacific Island Creative Arts Australia Inc. 