25/09/2025
✨💛 My Heart Is Full ✨
I am overflowing with gratitude and pride after witnessing what we created together through the Kwabo Art Incubator last week end.
Friday night’s performance was more than a show, it was a celebration of joy, creativity, resilience, and community. Our incredible Kwabo participants poured their hearts into their art, and in the process, we built something bigger than the stage: new friendships, a family, and a home where culture and stories are honoured.
That spirit carried through the entire 3-day Kwabo Festival. From the breathtaking performance night, to the intimate and powerful community day, to the joyful finale at the Arts Centre Melbourne and our Photography Exhibition "Our Tribe".
Every sacrifice, every late night, every early morning was worth it to see this vision come alive and to see them shine.
To our Kwabo artists: you are the heart of this journey, thank you for joining the program, trusting the process and supporting each other.
To our mentors, volunteers, and interns: I love you all, your care, generosity, and commitment made this vision possible.
To our partners : thank you for your relentless support and generosity.
To our community, near and far: thank you for showing up, for cheering us on, sending the love and for believing in the power of culture as connection.
We came together to celebrate art, but what we discovered was family, belonging, and a future we are building together.
This is not the end, it’s only the beginning.
Friday & Sunday events supported by City of Melbourne, Cypher Culture, Arts Centre Melbourne. MAV
Saturday event supported by Mav and Dancehouse
