Contact Us
IKARA Celebratory Events
BN: 98441530
ABN: 88 873 385 642
PO Box 244
Bangalow
NSW 2479
Australia
Tel: +612 412 089 402
email: info@ikara.com.au
Principle Associate Artist
Phillip studied community celebration at Charles Sturt University (Theatre/Media) specialising in site specific theatre, large scale street puppetry and lantern construction. He has worked both here and overseas on major festivals and with theatre companies. Phillip was instrumental in the development and production of the MASCON mid-winter festivals (1997 to 2002) and over the past 20 years has worked with a wide range of events and festivals throughout regional NSW.
In 2007 he formed IKARA Celebratory Events, a company specialising in lantern parades, fire events and site specific theatre.
Felicity is a Sydney artist living in the inner west who has been working in community cultural development for about 20 years and as a practicing artist for over 15 years. Felicity’s sculpture is in private and corporate collections both here and overseas.
Felicity worked as a community artist for City of Sydney Council From 2000-2006 which included teaching art and cultural programs and facilitating large scale lantern constructions and performances at community festivals and events. This included coordinating performances for the Woolloomooloo Community Festival 2000, Children’s Day (Redfern Park) 2000 and Mascon 2000,2001,2002 and the Smart Arts Youth Festival 2003-2004, Surry Hills Festival.
Associate Artist
Nicole is a Arts Facilitator with 25 years of experience in community events. She works as a casual arts teacher in Sydney's inner west specialising in after school care for young children and art classes for senior citizens.
She is a practicing artist with a broad based practice utilising drawing/collage, painting, craft, and photography, specialising in printmaking in which she has a Masters Degree from COFA.
She finds that art gives people a chance to explore their dreams, and the sense of accomplishment achieved though the making of art fulfills these dreams.
Nicole has worked for Ikara since mid 2011. Events she has participated in include Mounties Chinese Festival, Carols on Norton and the Wollongong Australia Day Lantern Parade.
IKARA Creative Team
Stacy is a British born Artist and Teacher who has recently moved to Australia and is a practicing Artist on the south coast of NSW. She works as a casual High School Teacher part-time and as an Artist from home in her coastal studio in Kiama. Stacy studied Ceramics and Glass at University and has several years of experience working with a variety of 3D materials including cardboard & clay. She is currently a Resident Artist at a newly opened gallery in Gerringong and demonstrates a broad skill-base in her mixed media Artwork, focusing on texture, line, pattern and colour. Stacy really enjoys exploring and experimenting with unconventional techniques and materials and feels she is constantly learning and challenging her creativity with every Artwork.
Stacy joined Ikara last year after volunteering at the 2018 KISS ARTS Festival in Kiama. She was involved with creating one of the large-scale lanterns for the street parade and clearly demonstrated her 3D construction skills. She has since been involved with an Australia day Lantern workshop in Wollongong and is also working in local schools to facilitate teachers with Lantern making skills.
Associate Artist
Associate Artist
Emmie Colins, festival director and community arts teacher. She studied fine arts at Sydney University and brings over 30 years experience with community development, combining environmental education through creative practice.
