Looking to get more into the Indonesian arts scene?
Denpasar is the place to be next month for Indonesian up and coming writers and other types of artists and activists thanks to the three-day Bali Emerging Writers Festival (BEWF).
The three day annual literary festival will bring together the edgiest and freshest voices from across Indonesia for learning, discussion, and collaboration in a series of workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, and other community events.
Writers, poets, songwriters, filmmakers, environmentalists, social activists, journalists, photographers, musicians, you name it, and they will be there, ready to freely express themselves and feed off each others inspiration. So why not get in on that for yourself?
And it’ll very much be a learning atmosphere: students and teachers from across Bali’s and Indonesia’s universities and schools (89% of past attendees were students), along with key staff representatives from embassies in Jakarta will be in Denpasar too. BEWF is not just about the arts for the sake of beauty (though beauty is much appreciated), as the festival has cited 44 percent of its former attendees as active in social and environmental movements (which of course there are no shortage of in Indonesia, just take your pick).
Because it’s all about Indonesian voices and that archipelago perspective, all BEWF workshops and sessions will be held in Indonesian. So exciting to see a movement among young Indonesians towards reading more and engaging in the arts. Yuk!
The festival will be held at Danes Art Veranda, Jl. Hayam Wuruk on April 24-26. Since 2011, BEWF has attracted over 2,000 attendees and no doubt shows no signs of slowing.
If all this creativity and inspiration flowing around the festival isn’t enough to draw you in, know that the festival is affiliated with Bali’s most famous festival of festivals: the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), so rest assured that these people know how to run events and get the right people together.
BEWF also partners with Melbourne’s Emerging Writers’ Festival, so you can expect some Aussies in attendance as well, representing the world’s only two festivals dedicated solely to emerging writers.
So what are you waiting for? Dive in for three full days of the “Indonesian voices you need to hear” and get yours heard as well.
Questions? BEWF is active on social media, go ahead get at them on Facebook or Twitter. In fact, the festival even says 65 percent of festival attendees have proved to be active followers of BEWF on Facebook and/or Twitter.
Semoga beruntung (good luck) and we’ll see you in Denpasar next month!
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Coconuts Bali is a media partner with BEWF
Looking to get more into the Indonesian arts scene?
Denpasar is the place to be next month for Indonesian up and coming writers and other types of artists and activists thanks to the three-day Bali Emerging Writers Festival (BEWF).
The three day annual literary festival will bring together the edgiest and freshest voices from across Indonesia for learning, discussion, and collaboration in a series of workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, and other community events.
Writers, poets, songwriters, filmmakers, environmentalists, social activists, journalists, photographers, musicians, you name it, and they will be there, ready to freely express themselves and feed off each others inspiration. So why not get in on that for yourself?
And it’ll very much be a learning atmosphere: students and teachers from across Bali’s and Indonesia’s universities and schools (89% of past attendees were students), along with key staff representatives from embassies in Jakarta will be in Denpasar too. BEWF is not just about the arts for the sake of beauty (though beauty is much appreciated), as the festival has cited 44 percent of its former attendees as active in social and environmental movements (which of course there are no shortage of in Indonesia, just take your pick).
Because it’s all about Indonesian voices and that archipelago perspective, all BEWF workshops and sessions will be held in Indonesian. So exciting to see a movement among young Indonesians towards reading more and engaging in the arts. Yuk!
The festival will be held at Danes Art Veranda, Jl. Hayam Wuruk on April 24-26. Since 2011, BEWF has attracted over 2,000 attendees and no doubt shows no signs of slowing.
If all this creativity and inspiration flowing around the festival isn’t enough to draw you in, know that the festival is affiliated with Bali’s most famous festival of festivals: the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), so rest assured that these people know how to run events and get the right people together.
BEWF also partners with Melbourne’s Emerging Writers’ Festival, so you can expect some Aussies in attendance as well, representing the world’s only two festivals dedicated solely to emerging writers.
So what are you waiting for? Dive in for three full days of the “Indonesian voices you need to hear” and get yours heard as well.
Questions? BEWF is active on social media, go ahead get at them on Facebook or Twitter. In fact, the festival even says 65 percent of festival attendees have proved to be active followers of BEWF on Facebook and/or Twitter.
Semoga beruntung (good luck) and we’ll see you in Denpasar next month!
Presented by
Coconuts Bali is a media partner with BEWF