Gen2168: Youth Arts Festival
A creative place-making program for young creative dreamers and changemakers of Miller
Miller Youth Hub, 7 March—23 April 2022
Since 2008, CuriousWorks have been working with the young people of Miller Technology High School through the ReFILL in Arts program. GEN2168 builds upon the years of ideas and conversations had with young people, community workers and emerging artists living, studying and working in Miller and unleashes them into the public space.
This 2 month-long arts and community festival fosters the creativity and imagination of young people through socially-engaged creative workshops, live performances, interactive art exhibits and community gatherings. This year's activities included three x free six-week workshops offered to local young people: Slam Poetry and Spoken Word, Filmmaking & Digital Media and Movement & Storytelling. Outcomes from these workshops were then celebrated in a showcase mini festival event at the Miller Youth Hub - a full day of creative exploration, workshops, reading and presentations by young participants. We also held a Youth Movie Night at the Michael Wenden Aquatic Centre.
CREDITS
Festival Producer: Samantha Barahona
Production Support, Lead Mentor and Community Engagement: Andrea Lim
Filmmaking and Digital Media Facilitator: Elias Nohra and Diego Murillo
Movement and Storytelling Facilitator: Neville Williams-Boney
Spoken word and Slam Poetry Facilitator: Bilal Hafda (StoryFactory) and Amira Halabi
Youth Leadership Council Mentor: Diego Murillo and Amira Halabi
Festival Designer: Sandra May
Graphic Design: Huy Nguyen
Handle with Care Zine Workshop Facilitator: Miranda Aguilar
GENerate 2168 is funded by The Australia Council for the Arts, Create NSW and Liverpool City Council. Project partners include Liverpool City Council, Core Community Services, Mission Australia, Liverpool Neighbourbood Connections, Michael Wenden Aquatic Centre and Hume Community Housing.
This 2 month-long arts and community festival fosters the creativity and imagination of young people through socially-engaged creative workshops, live performances, interactive art exhibits and community gatherings. This year's activities included three x free six-week workshops offered to local young people: Slam Poetry and Spoken Word, Filmmaking & Digital Media and Movement & Storytelling. Outcomes from these workshops were then celebrated in a showcase mini festival event at the Miller Youth Hub - a full day of creative exploration, workshops, reading and presentations by young participants. We also held a Youth Movie Night at the Michael Wenden Aquatic Centre.
“I think it’s pretty important to have these sorts of things/programs to run for kids, Especially in Miller, not many children or kids my age have the opportunity to do these sorts of things.It’s been a pretty fun experience coming in every Monday and just sparking creative ideas, sparking new questions that inspire new ideas. Yeah it’s been fun to express new ideas, talk about subjects that are not really discussed in schools which is refreshing and nice”
GEN2168 Participant
CREDITS
Festival Producer: Samantha Barahona
Production Support, Lead Mentor and Community Engagement: Andrea Lim
Filmmaking and Digital Media Facilitator: Elias Nohra and Diego Murillo
Movement and Storytelling Facilitator: Neville Williams-Boney
Spoken word and Slam Poetry Facilitator: Bilal Hafda (StoryFactory) and Amira Halabi
Youth Leadership Council Mentor: Diego Murillo and Amira Halabi
Festival Designer: Sandra May
Graphic Design: Huy Nguyen
Handle with Care Zine Workshop Facilitator: Miranda Aguilar
GENerate 2168 is funded by The Australia Council for the Arts, Create NSW and Liverpool City Council. Project partners include Liverpool City Council, Core Community Services, Mission Australia, Liverpool Neighbourbood Connections, Michael Wenden Aquatic Centre and Hume Community Housing.