What are your co-ordinates of belonging? This has been a guiding question for the MAV team as we reflect on the last 50 years, through our program Retrospection and at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Tuesday, 28 May 2024.

The MAV Board are pleased to announce Effie Nkrumah, Daizy Maan, Neda Rahmani and Sandeep Agrawal as elected Board Directors for 2024.

As the incoming Acting CEO at MAV, I take deep pleasure in sharing our journey over 2023 with you, our valued community of artists, supporters, and friends.

MAV is looking forward to hosting it’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our new headquarters in the Melbourne Polytechnic Preston campus. It is a chance for you to catch up with what’s been happening at MAV over the last year, meet the operational staff and board, and check out the new office and possible art-making spaces that will soon be available for members to use.

MAV are pleased to announce 22 nominees are confirmed to stand for the 2024 Board of Management elections, to be held at our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 28 May 2024.

The Hate Race stands as a profound exploration of the intergenerational struggle faced by Black and brown parents, tasked not only with survival, but searching for belonging and acceptance.

Best-selling, award-winning memoir by Caribbean-Australian writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, The Hate Race just had its theatrical premiere at the Malthouse on 28th February. It’s a play based on Maxine’s experiences growing up in Western-Sydney in the 80’s. Through vignettes, we see Maxine’s journey from primary school to high school, and how she navigates her very white world.

MAV’s curation of creative hoardings for the Metro Tunnel Creative Program. Photo by Kit Edwards.