Summer Associate Artist
Are you interested in producing digital media? Do you have a passion for Pacific stories? Talanoa is looking for exciting new storytellers to join our team over the summer! We have four summer associate artist positions available for digital storytellers based in Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia...
Reclaiming the meaning of representation: how Oceanic artists are taking up space in the fashion world
The year is well & truly underway and Pacific Runway has announced that they’re accepting applications after another hugely successful year. Talanoa’s associate artists, Taofia Pelesasa & Sela Vai, went along to the 2019 runway to connect with designers, models, audience & small businesses to...
Generating a positive future for health literacy in Papua New Guinea: Lavau Kwalam Ngaluc
PNG Health Project was founded in 2017 by Eve Golma to address an ongoing gap in health literacy. Each year, a group of medical students travel to Papua New Guinea and reach out to over 2000 students to provide a foundational understanding of various facets of...
“We can’t move into the future without knowing the past for ourselves and our families”
Multi-disciplinary artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby shares with us how through artistic expression she uses tools of oppression to empower and heal and the importance of acknowledging the South Sea Islander comunity and their contributions to Australia's history.
Stanley Nalo
Stanley Nalo is an emerging hip-hop dancer, born in Nouméa and raised in Vanuatu. After college, he came back to Nouméa where he danced with break dance crews. He competed in various hip-hop battles in France including Battle of the Year 2011 (6th place), Juste...
Rukshana Afu
As technology continues to connect our globalized community it is also helping our Pacific community to shift our perceptions of beauty after years of being subjected to Western ideals and standards. Rukshana Afu is a Samoan Fijian-Indian woman determined to make her mark in the...
A Pacific without NCDs for our children, is it a dream Beyond the Stars?
The impact of non-communicable diseases is more than an alarming statistic for people across the Pacific. For many of us, it’s a scary reality. Illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer touch our parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins, and friends. Around 70-75% of...
Completing the Circle of Pacific Storytelling: Our Home, Our People
Last year, I had the privilege of listening to and writing the incredible stories of four seemingly every day Fijians, who are living on the forefront of the impacts of climate change. Stories of resilience, courage, concern, adaptation and pure love – vei lomani –...
Introducing Emele Ugavule, Talanoa’s Creative Director
I’m thrilled to introduce you to Emele Ugavule, Talanoa’s Creative Director! Emele is taking over the management of Talanoa over the next 12 months as I pursue full time study, storytelling and communications in non-profit across Australia and the Pacific. My role in Talanoa as...
Vei Lomani: Rupeni’s story
On 20 February 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston, the most intense (category five) tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, struck the mainland of Fiji, killing 44 people and injuring countless others. Hundreds of people lost their homes, with others seriously damaged, including Rupeni Vatugata’s,...
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