JOY BLOG

5 Sep 2013

The 3rd annual Northside Bizarre

Help raise much-needed money for two of Melbourne’s very important organisations: The David Williams Fund & JOY 94.9. Northside Bizarre is an annual fundraising event that includes a BBQ, performances and the most important part of the day: the fundraising auction.

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Each year the event is hosted by the Laird Hotel, who put much time and effort into the day. This event just wouldn’t happen without their support. The Laird Hotel will be transformed into an auction house where everyone from the diverse GLBTIQ communities is welcome (18+ of course!).

Download the Northside Bizarre auction list and be sure to keep checking the Northside Bizarre website for updates!

Newsflash: Auctioneers announced!

Our fabulous auctioneer Tex McKenzie has fallen and broken parts of his body, so he can’t be there on Sunday (GET WELL SOON TEX!), so we have recruited a whole bunch of people to step in to take his place :

Auction Block A: hosted by Michael D from The Royal Daltons & Wes Snelling from Tuesday drive
Auction Block B: hosted by David & Sue from Friday drive
Auction Block C: hosted by Dean Arcuri & Nik Willmott from Wednesday breakfast

Newsflash: New auction item released

‘Dance of Union’ 90 x 60 print on canvas.

Hailing originally from Lyon, France, Dito Kadum (aka Dove Kador) moved to Paris to study Art History. Inspired by the work of others, Kadum began creating his own unique and eclectic pieces. Today, Kadum continues to experiment in a range of digital media including, though not limited to sound and video design , digital drawing and image manipulation. In his most recent work, Kadum explores the twin phenomenon as a pseudo erotic metaphor of the cosmogony (creation of the universe).

Discussing his latest instalments, Kadum states “I just take simple photos of people and transform them into something else. It is as if I can discover their real identity; what they try to hide from society”.

Thanks to:

RTIST Gallery
27 St Edmonds Rd, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
(03) 9533 2794 | 0410 590 799 | admin@rtistgallery.com

The David Williams Fund

The David Williams Fund was established in 1987 to provide emergency financial assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who are experiencing financial hardship. For hundreds of PLWHA living below the poverty line this fund is their lifeline. Not only does it assist with basic essentials such as food, shelter and utilities but it also strives to assist with items that enhance life quality in a way that most people take for granted. For example, assistance with the purchase of a video or TV has greatly improved the day-to-day enjoyment of people who are too sick to leave their house. Assistance with re-training has enabled people to return to the workforce, increasing self-esteem and confidence. Assistance with burial costs has allowed people to maintain a sense of dignity while burying the ones they love. Contributing to the purchase of a fridge has prevented people from having to live out of an esky and compromising their health. None of this would have been possible without the compassionate support from all the people who have so generously contributed to the fund over the years.

The David Williams Fund provides financial assistance, financial advice and support for returning to study. Recently the focus of the David Williams Fund has changed from being purely a “hand out” based program to a “hand up” program that addresses people’s needs holistically. Most of our funds come directly from MAC cosmetics through the sales of Viva Glam, but your help is also needed!

JOY 94.9

JOY 94.9 is Australia’s only dedicated, full-time gay and lesbian targeted radio station with over 329,000 listeners each month in Melbourne alone. Another 20,000 listeners use the JOY 94.9 app on their smartphone every week.

JOY’s first broadcast to Melbourne was on World AIDS Day, December 1, 1993. Initial broadcasts were conducted under short-run test licences until JOY was awarded a full-time broadcasting licence in 2002. Since then JOY 94.9 has acted as a beacon, a referral and information service and a conduit for discourse of interest to Melbourne gays and lesbians, from news and current affairs to culture and beyond.

JOY at a glance

Australia’s largest gay and lesbian community group, with over 2000 members
More than 250 volunteers work for 48,250 hours to deliver 8,760 hours of broadcasting every year
A diverse weekly schedule of over 70 shows
One of Australia’s largest and most successful youth media training programs
One of Australia’s largest community service announcement programs, accessed for free by more than 90 organisations, with 2 minutes of announcements broadcast hourly, 18 hours a day

At the heart of JOY’s operations lies our mission statement to provide a voice for the GLBTI community, ‘enabling freedom of expression, the breaking down of isolation and the celebration of our culture achievements and pride’.