KulchaJam is an incorporated association with its activities focussed in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales and with active members from Brisbane to Melbourne, along the east coast of Australia.
Artfully jamming up cultures to generate mutual understanding and respect
Forging shared pathways to peaceful, vibrant, healthy and sustainable communities and peoples
| KulchaJam Missions:
1. To promote and support artistic endeavours, cultural interactions and production and consumption patterns that integrate action for sustainability and social justice 2. To support and strengthen grassroots culture and create opportunities for trade, exchange relationship building and learning amongst differing cultures, knowledge and value systems |
KulchaJam Objectives:
1. Activate and develop a model of production and consumption that reflects principles of sustainability, creativity, cultural vibrancy and social justice 2. Support and promote the work of artists and culture workers whose work seeks to integrate sustainability and justice principles and cross cultural understandings in their endeavours 3. Create opportunities for cross cultural and cross media interactions that enable knowledge, technology and cultural sharing that promotes sustainability, social justice and deepens cultural understandings and connections 4. Facilitate community education and awareness of pathways to sustainability through artistic and cultural endeavours 5. Develop a leading practice model for cross cultural democratic, participatory and cooperative artistic and cultural endeavours |
Partners and links:
We are members of Friends of the Earth Australia (affiliate) www.foe.org.au and the Plant Free Alliance.
We have or are working in partnership with other organizations including Island Vibe Festival, the Rainforest Information Centre, the Mineral Policy Institute, Australian Student Environment Network, and the Asia Pacific unit of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
We are grateful to the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Queensland (through Island Vibe Festival), APE-UK (www.apeuk.org through the Mineral Policy Institute) and the Rex Foundation (rexfoundation.org) for financial support that has made our projects possible.