Beautiful Smiles

Beginning her career at CAN back in 2010, Niki had the privilege of working through a range of roles including Project Coordinator for the Southern Wheatbelt and Acting Operations Manager. In 2015 she jetted off across the pond to spend several years in Glasgow, working across hospitality and event roles with Sonica and GlasGLOW festivals. Since moving back to her hometown of Perth in 2021 Niki has combined her passion for arts management and events work to take on a wonderfully broad range of roles with Fringe World, City of Fremantle events, Tura, Fremantle Biennale, Perth Comedy Festival, WA Music, Moodjar Consultancy and of course, back with her first love - CAN.

Drawing from her history and experience with the organisation, Niki now provides producing support to CAN and all the amazing people and projects within it.

When she moved back home Niki fell head over heels in love with Perth again, particularly our amazing local live music and events scene - so Niki’s down time is spent absorbing as much of this crazy good creativity as possible!

Cyndy Moody is a Noongar singer and songwriter, and founder of her own busines, DjoonyArt Creatives. She works in libraries and community centres across Perth, captivating audiences with Noongar story time and lullaby sessions.

Cyndy’s talent for writing saw her collaborate with CAN to lead a poetry event in 2019, then in 2020 she took part in the Noongar Lullabies program. She composed and recorded the song Ngany Koorlangka / My Kid, which went on to win WAM Country Song of the Year. In 2022 Cyndy became a lead artist in the Lullabies program team.

Kobi is a 27-year-old Bibbulmun Noongar who was born and raised in Perth. While working at the UWA Centre of Social Impact and Propel Youth Arts WA, Kobi spends his spare time playing music, being involved in various music projects such as Moombaki, Koondarm, Koorlong, Madjitil Moorna and Endeavourous, these are projects that earned him the 2018 Perth NAIDOC Youth of the Year award.

Tace Stevens is a Noongar and Spinifex woman from Western Australia. She is a documentary photographer and emerging filmmaker, who has just moved back home to Perth, after ten years in Sydney. Tace wrote and directed her graduate film, To Be Silent, a short documentary about identity and code-switching, told through animation and poetic live action re-enactments.

With a background in community development and education, Tace wants to be a part of stories that challenge, educate, and entertain. She wants to tell stories that are authentic and reflect the diversities of the communities she lives in and beyond.