An uplifting assembly of performance, installation, conversation, and expression that traverses artforms and lines. Bear witness to impulse creativity and radical acts of unity, situated on one of the world’s oldest meeting places.

Art Souk is a multi-arts celebration, curated by MzRizk and presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV). This vibrant two-day event in Naarm includes a free public exhibition and a ticketed evening performance featuring Halo Vocal Ensemble, MO’JU, and MzRizk joined on Friday night by thndo and KOKORO by Julie Ann Minaai and Noriko Tadano. And on Saturday night by Te Ara Hononga. The live performances will be interspersed with short films by Gabriela Isabel González, and Bexx.

Conversations and workshops will invite people in through knowledge-sharing and a witnessing of space to spark meaningful dialogue on art, culture and identity.

The Art Souk will be open from 6:30PM on Day One, and 4:00PM on Day Two.

Free tea and snacks will be on offer for those who wander through the Art Souk, served with the warm hospitality of Onur Kurt of O’Khave.

Those with tickets to the Evening Performance shall enter The Show Room for an electrifying night of performance from 7:00PM onwards.