ABOUT
FAMBO

“There is so much to enjoy and celebrate about the LGBTIQA+ experience and very little opportunity for children and families to connect and participate in experiences which validate our identity and strengthen our sense of belonging. It is my hope that Fambo creates a space in which all children and families feel welcome to be their authentic selves and feel inspired and uplifted by some of Australia’s most exciting contemporary queer artists”
Jenn Blake
Founder and Artistic Director of Fambo

What is

FAMBO?

 

Fambo produces creative programs for children and their families which centre and celebrate LGBTIQA+ identities and queer arts and culture. 

Initiated by curator and queer parent Jenn Blake and developed in collaboration with their partner Samantha Blake, Fambo brings together artists and community to create experiences for families where gender is not binary or imposed, different bodies are not othered, and creative self-expression is encouraged.

Fambo has presented programs in a variety of contexts and for all kinds of families, including: Fambo Slo Mo (between the lockdowns of 2020-21),  Fambo: A Queer Festival for All Kinds of Families (2018); and Contemporary Kids x Fambo with MCA for Sydney Festival 2020. 

Fambo is not for profit and currently relies on grant funding and private donations for it’s programs. If you would like to make a donation to Fambo then please send us a message on instagram!

FAMBO IS:

JENN
(RIGHT) & SAM BLAKE AND THEIR KIDS

Jenn Blake is an arts curator and producer with over fifteen years’ experience within the sector. They are passionate about contemporary independent arts practice and creating accessible multidisciplinary programs. In 2018 Jenn created Fambo amidst the protests surrounding the marriage postal plebiscite and safe schools curriculum. Jenn and partner Samantha Blake, a clinical nurse specialist in sexual health,  wanted to create a celebratory environment to share with their children, and other LGBTIQA+ families, the joy of queer community and culture. Fambo continues to evolve under the vision of Jenn & Sam and the input of artists, collaborators and queer kids and families. 

Fambo is not for profit and currently relies on grant funding and private donations for it’s programs. If you would like to make a donation to Fambo then please get in touch! 

 

JENN BLAKE

Founder and Artistic Director

KATE BRITTON

Program Manager

SAMANTHA BLake

Accessibility Manager

HAYLEY FORWARD

Production Manager

JENN BLAKE

Founder and Artistic Director

SAMANTHA BLake

Accessibility Manager

HAYLEY FORWARD

Production Manager

with special thanks:

The hardworking team at 107 Redfern, Pip Ditzell from City of Sydney, Ashley and the incredible volunteers at Rainbow Families, Judy Brown from PFLAG, Jain Moralee and the awesome folk from Twenty10, Liz Martin at Accessible Arts, Gemma Galea producer and star of our Auslan Promo, the amazing Fambo logo and branding designer Alice Gluszyk from Propellor Graphics, the web design creative genius that is Monica Higgins at Green Peas for Breakfast, the excellent creative input of Kate Britton, Ronit Fazekas at Eventfinda, the expertise of Harriet Devlin, Tahjee Moar, Amy Roache, Ruby Grennan, my incredible colleagues at CAC and all the invaluable Fambo champions and queer mentors along the way.

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Fambo acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands and waterways on which we raise our children and make work.

We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to the generations of families who have gathered on this land for over 65,000 years.

Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded and resistance to ongoing colonisation continues.