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Meet Rachelle Esaid and San May, the artist facilitators who created roots, a series of creative hangouts for Palestinian youth 🍉 We are excited to present the program they dreamed up as emerging CACD (Community Arts and Cultural Development) practitioners, living on unceded Dharug land with a deep connection to Western Sydney. Rachelle Esaid(@reshellved ) is an artist and arts worker with a Bachelors in Visual Arts from University of Wollongong and a Cert IV in Arts Administration. She has worked in a variety of roles in arts organisations from venue management, gallery assistant to producing programs/events. Their artistic practice focuses on creating joy for her child self whilst acknowledging the difficulties she has with her current self. She expresses this through a variety of mediums, character designs and bright colours on a sullen image. San May(@sndrmy ) is a creative producer, community artist, and professional daydreamer who completed a Bachelors in Creative Arts for Film and Television Production from JMC Academy. Since 2017, they have been working in Western Sydney to deliver creative and artistic programs alongside community. San has experience in art education, event producing, festival design, and stop-motion animation. A strong advocate of human and social rights, San hopes their work inspires others to broadcast diversity in the arts. They will be bringing their passion and skills to the free workshop series, running from March - August on Saturdays. 💌 Expressions of Interest open until 15 March. Link in bio. Stay tuned to see who will be joining them as guest artists 📢 🎨 Artwork by Rachelle Esaid #utp26 #rootsutp

Where Shadows Sleep was held at Fairfield City Museum & Gallery in October 2025. The night acted as a conduit for spiritual conversations through making, performance, and most importantly rituals. Rituals we’ve brought from our homelands that continue to live within us. There’s still a highlight reel to come but for the meantime enjoy some sneak peeks of the evening. Thank you to all the artists and contractors involved, and thank you to the shadows who are always with us. Videos by @sivani_finalcut

2025 was such a great year for me both professionally and personally, I’m once again proving that I stand on BUSINESS 🫡 (only cried twice and that was from the stress of learning to drive so a win is a win) inshallah next year is full of good food, boundless creativity, and continuing to make memories with friends 🥹 2025 highlights (not in order) 1. illustration from @zannaa_94 for my birthday 2. me falling in love with Vietnam 3. being in awe of Kaytranada’s concert production 4. breakfast board from artisanal cafe that I dream about every night 5. start of the creative Khmer stream in my life 6. Good fruit harvest from the backyard 7. @ebonywightman Makers Space making me feel like a spy kid 8. Making pickled olives with @reshellved 9. The bin chickens of Merrylands 🫡 10. Unlocked a new section of western Sydney 11. Museum dates with my parents @saarah.jpeg @sivani_finalcut 12. Sound gardens 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 13. Not heard: pitbull blasting on seacliff drive 14. Happy Tyler tour year to those who celebrate 15. I used to make these and now I’m on one??? 16. @sokla.bel ’s beautiful performance for Where Shadows Sleep 17. Me forgetting that you can’t see behind lights and letting this performance go on longer 18-20. Started a new side quest in Blacktown with art from @msunflowerartist

What I have in common with Laos and Thailand are that we’re all fully sick 🤧🤙🏽

when the activity is so good it got its own post

cảm ơn Vietnamese people, I love your country 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

the shadows are waiting, will you meet them?  watch experimental performances, share a cup of tea, dabble in divination, and leave with a piece of magic or protection.   where shadows sleep, happening this saturday at fcmg, 6-9pm  register via the link in bio / 🎥: @sivani_finalcut

full program announcement! you’re invited to a night of rituals and ceremonies with some of western syd’s finest artists. full program and registrations can be found via the link in bio. tread lightly as you enter the place where shadows sleep 🎥: @sivani_finalcut

where shadows sleep / 25.10.2025 / 6-9pm a night of ghost stories, rituals, and ceremonies. fairfield city museum & gallery will turn into a place of exploration as we ask ourselves what folklores and fairytales shaped us growing up, and where do shadows go when they sleep. register via the link in bio 🎥: @sivani_finalcut

The Gardens by the Kids is going to be a project that I hold so close to my heart 🥹 It was so fun to be guided by amazing 11/12 year olds and the inner child in me is so happy, kicking their feet in excitement. Thank you @claudiachidiac_ for allowing me to be a part of the village and giving permission for a child pushing 30 to play 🌷🌸🌿🌻🪴🐝🌳

The Gardens!!! They’re being curated by the kids!!! 🌿🍂🪴🌷🌵🌸🌳🌻 I spent the past couple of months making cool music and video works with some really cool kids from Erskineville and Granville. Over five weeks, I lent my camera and microphones to six kids and asked them to record everything they like to do in a garden. The result is a funky colourful music video filled with everything 11/12 year olds like. If you’re free this Saturday or next come have a picnic with us and let us know what you like to do in amongst the trees 🐝🐞🦋🐌🐦 More info can be found at @thevillage_works