News & Blog
Logo Design Competition
“Wivim Nesen Tugeta” Logo Design Competition Further Arts invites you to participate in the Wivim Nesen Tugeta Logo Design Competition. The winning entry will be awarded the cash prize of 25,000 Vatu. IMPORTANT DATES Open: 11 JuneClose: 9 July, 4pmJudging dates:...
Protect Our Languages "Holem Taet Lanwis" a film by Kireni Sparks-Ngenge
In this documentary video, Kireni Sparks-Ngenge, an inspiring young Melanesian woman, presents a discussion on the importance of indigenous languages, making the connection between experiences of language loss from a First Nations tribe in Canada and within...
CALL FOR INTERNS
The Further Arts internship program is back and we are ready to recruit for 2020! Do you want to develop your skills in media, research, facilitation, reporting, communications or community engagement? An internship placement with us means you can work alongside our...
Intern in Santo
Sunshine Coast University student interns on traditional wisdom and arts projects with Further Arts in Santo Lenize with children from Waisine Village, South Ambae, at their second home in Bellerue Village, northeast Santo. Lenize Panovsky hailing from the University...
Artists a highlight of Luganville’s July celebrations
It all started in January, when ten children and their parents attended a “Creative Arts Pikinini” workshop. Inspired by their own cultures and backgrounds and guided by local artists, they used seashells, stones, twigs, seeds, paint and driftwood to produce...
New Photographic Essay Published in Langscape Journal
Further Arts is proud to announce the publication of a stunning photographic essay in an international journal. One of the Further Arts projects is called TEKS - Traditional Entertainment Kastom Support. This TEKS project is the initiative of a young woman in Santo by...
Message from the Chair
"To all our friends and families around the world, As you know, on March 13, 2015, Vanuatu was smashed by a monster cyclone - TC Pam. There was massive damage done to the Further Arts office. Up until now, we have not set up a direct donation page for Further Arts....
Wivim Nasen Tugeta
Supported by the Commonwealth Foundation, we are embarking on this innovative project towards increasing participation of women in Vanuatu’s National Parliament, Provincial Government Councils and Municipal Councils by 2024. Expect to see and hear some exciting...
Remix
Partners: Fondation Suzanne Bastien and Vanuatu Cultural Centre Remix is a project researching and supporting practices and protocols surrounding creative reuse of traditional knowledge in contemporary creative arts in the Pacific and Australia. Taking Vanuatu as the...
Ambae Intangible Cultural Heritage and Pandanus
2017 to present Funders: Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia, UNESCO Partners: Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Luganville Kenu, Mont-Dore Further Arts facilitated an innovative programme to mitigate the effects of relocation on 10,000 displaced residents from the...
Som shell money of northern Vanuatu
The shell money of the Banks Islands in northern Vanuatu is a complex value and exchange system that works like currency. Further Arts and partners (The Planet Spins, Lokol Eyes and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre) have recently discovered that some people are still...
Save Komuniti
2018 – 2019 Funder: Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator The Save Komuniti project is a collaboration between Further Arts Nesar Studio, the communities that we work with, partners and creative collaborators. The project introduces cloud-based storage...
Pacific Island Food Revolution Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
2019 Pacific Island Food Revolution uses the power of reality TV, radio, and social media to encourage a love of eating local, healthy food. Pacific Island Food Revolution (PIFR) was developed by celebrity chef Robert Oliver. The Revolution will activate local cuisine...
Vanuatu Women represented at Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam
Vanuatu is participating at the Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam to present a session on ‘Women in culture’ at the forum of Culture, Arts and Sustainable Development in the Pacific to be held at Adelup in Guam from 30 May to 1 June. The Festival of Pacific Arts is a...
Post-Cyclone Creative Recovery
2015 to 2017 Funder: Commonwealth Foundation This project was designed in response to the devastation to Vanuatu caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015. TC Pam lifted the roof off the Further Arts office and studio damaging equipment and on-site records, books,...
Traditional Entertainment and Kastom Support (TEKS) Program
2013 to 2018 Funder: The Christensen Fund Partners: TEKS Unit, Canal Studio and local communities To support the Traditional Entertainment and Kastom Support (TEKS) Unit in Santo, Vanuatu, to build a strong foundation to undertake its key activities in the field of...
SouthPlanet
2013 to 2015 Funder: European Union Partners: Africultures, Alliance Française de Port-Vila, Pacific Arts Alliance, Moresby Arts Theatre The Southplanet (Sudplanète) portal was created in 2006 to meet the specific needs of artists and cultural operators. Developed by...
Vanuatu Women’s Water Music DVD
2012 to 2015 Funders: Wantok Musik Foundation, Further Arts, and The Christensen Fund The film titled Vanuatu Women’s Water Music is Further Arts’ second documentary feature film. The first film, Lon Marum (2013) was a finalist in the Asia Pacific New Documentary...
Music Bridges
2012 to 2014 Funder: ACP-EU Cultures+ Partners: COSV, Music Crossroads Mozambique The project linked FA with COSV which is an Indigenous solidarity organization based in Italy with a history of projects in Africa. The African partner to this project is based in...
Voices for Change
2012 to 2013 Funder: European Union Partners: Fest’Napuan, Canal Studio, Lukaotem Gud Santo Festival, Youth Against Corruption Vanuatu, Youth Justice, VANGO, The Change Agency, Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs, This project provided organizational support for...
Women in Music Project
2010 Funders: AusAID, the Australian High Commission, Fest’Napuan, Southern Cross University, Further Arts, Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre, Griffith University, The Christensen Fund In 2010, Further Arts and Fest’Napuan initiated the Women in Music Project....