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Joshua Santospirito
Joshua Santospirito is a multimedia artist, musician, and comics author…
DiscoverTour: The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors
Join Joshua Santospirito on tour across Australia to celebrate the launch of The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors. Click through to book tickets where relevant, and more information is available at Joshua's website.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
June 28 ~ Darwin @ performing The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors at Bustard Town, 7pm prompt start (an event as part of Wild North Comics Con) Tickets
June 29 ~ Darwin, at NT Writers Festival GALA performing The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors
Dates for Tennant Creek tba
July 4 ~ Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Epilogue, Todd mall, performing The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors. Tickets
July 6 ~ Saturday, 10-12pm Book Signing at Red Kangaroo Books in Mparntwe / Alice.
TASMANIA / LUTRUWITA
July 12 ~ Nipaluna/Hobart 6pm BOOK LAUNCH of The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors. Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, FREE ENTRY, ALL WELCOME to EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE, Booksigning. To be launched by Nunami Sculthorpe-Green. Facebook event
VICTORIA
July 23 ~ Melbourne Bing/Santospirito performing @ Make It Up Club, Bar Open, Fitzroy
July 25 ~ Melbourne @ Museo Italiano for NAARM/MELBOURNE LAUNCH of The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors. EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE, Booksigning. To be launched by Bernard Caleo. Limited capacity, RSVP HERE
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
July 28-29 ~ Perth Comic Arts Festival market day is on the 29th.
TASMANIA / LUTRUWITA - regional tour
August 9 ~ New Norfolk, 9b Studios, presented by Derwent Valley Arts. Tickets
August 16 ~ Queenstown, PressWEST, details tba
August 17 ~ Devonport Regional Gallery, details tba
August 18 ~ Ulverstone @ The Hive performing The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, 2 shows Tickets
NEW SOUTH WALES
August 31 ~ Dangar Island, Hawkesbury River, details tba
September 3 ~ Sydney @ Read To Me, Knox Bar Chippendale, performing The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors
This project was made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. It was also supported by Arts Tasmania through an Artsbridge grant.
The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors
The beautifully hand-drawn true story of artist Joshua Santospirito’s visit to the Aeolian Islands of Italy with his parents to seek out past connections and family roots.
Joshua and his father hope to locate the burial place of Joshua’s great-great-grandfather on the island of Salina. But it’s not always so easy to find the past you’re looking for, nor to travel with your parents.
As Joshua learns more about the sun-drenched volcanic archipelago, its people, and their history, he also explores the mysteries of family — and the magic of creating your own place in the world.
This is a tale of…
