About

Next In Colour is a ground-breaking creative initiative run by a team of African creative practitioners. Through various arts disciplines and platforms we offer a network of support, vocational pathways and a collaborative working environment. We make space that reflects the communities we come from, and we are able to call our own, as well as ensuring that we continue to create a map for the next generations to come.

 
 

Our Values

 
  • We believe that fairness and honesty is important to building transparency for reciprocal respect amongst ourselves, community, partners and peers. Taking accountability in delivering authenticity to our work that upholds personal and community integrity.

  • We strive to centre self-care, in its various forms to build ongoing solidarity and awareness of how we can grow and reach our full potential. Allowing a willingness to learn but also looking after individual and collective wellbeing as a whole.

  • We know that clear communication is imperative to understanding and important to our interactions between ourselves and those who are in our presence. To be able to support one another we remind each other to listen and show empathy for better connections.

  • Our passion is driven by the determination and discipline we have practiced and gained through our lived experiences and professional development. This becomes our motivation to commit and continue to share knowledge, stories and culture.

Meet the Team

  • Creative Producer; Co-Founder

    Geskeva Komba is a trans-disciplinary creative of Comorian and Tanzanian heritage. Raised in the Western suburbs of Melbourne she has experience combined in community development, theatre, film, spoken word, as well as music.

    Geskeva continues to work in spaces that combine critical thinking, art and community.

  • Creative Producer; Co-Founder

    Ruth Nyaruot Ruach is a South-Sudanese multidisciplinary artist, who uses art to heal, explore her surroundings and create comfort within her blackness.

    Ruth's art explores the experiences of being an African of the diaspora although she is strongly influenced by, decolonising language, tone and the cultivation of shared perspectives in place of assimilation.

  • Creative Producer; Co-Founder

    Ez Eldin Deng is a South Sudanese film and music video director, producer, and writer. He has directed and produced numerous music videos, which have reached millions of views in total on YouTube.

    Deng first arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 2004 with his family and to this day, Melbourne is still his home as he continues to break new grounds within the Australian film and television industry.