FACES OF FOOTSCRAY

Date:

13 September 2023

Footscray Community Arts and Plenary Health have partnered to present Faces of Footscray, a community arts project featuring eight large-scale portraits of hospital staff, volunteers and community members.

The photographic portrait series is located on the hoarding of the New Footscray Hospital site at Geelong Road and features the work of director and producer Mika Tran and photographer Thuy Vy.

Portrait 5
Paw K’Pru Say Kaw

Paw is currently studying to be a nurse and is also volunteering at Victoria University library. She lives in Sunshine West with her family who fled Myanmar in 1990’s.

To access the series go to
footscrayarts.com/event/faces-of-footscray

HISTORIC RAILWAY BUILDING UNDER RESTORATION

BOLD HUMANS OF THE WEST – MARQY KITIONE

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