Last updated on June 24th, 2024 at 01:30 pm
What is the Future Arts Movement?
Future Arts Movement is a series of workshops, mentorships and events for young people aged 12-25 years that connects them to artists and arts organisations throughout Gippsland.
These experiences will focus on play, learning and social connection through creative activities, showcasing young people’s artworks and bringing generations of young people together.
Future Arts Movement is run by Regional Arts Victoria and is part of a Vic Health initiative called Future Reset: Young People, Arts and Mental Wellbeing.
Future Reset has engaged nine organisations across the state to create events, installations and other creative projects that will ignite social connection among Victoria’s young people across 2023 and 2024. We’re passionate about enhancing mental wellbeing through art and creativity – with young people leading the change!
Having identified the Gippsland region as the focus of our Future Reset project, we’re now calling on young people based in Gippsland to play a key role in co-designing creative projects that can respond to the needs and voices of their own communities.
Open Programs
Expressions Festival: Two Day Art Festival
Registrations now open for the Festival and for our FREE Artist Workshops (link below)
Calling all young artists and creatives! Get ready to showcase your talent at the most exciting event of the year: the 2024 Expressions Festival!
Regional Arts Victoria and West Gippsland Arts Centre invite you to dive into a world of creativity as we explore self-expression as a young person in 2024 through theatre, film, music, visual art and more! From gripping performances to breathtaking visual displays, this festival is your stage to shine!
We’re looking for actors, theatre makers, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, photographers and more aged between 12 – 30. So, enter solo or grab some friends, colleagues or acquaintances and create something amazing. Whether you’re experienced or just starting out, if you’re interested then this is the perfect opportunity for you.
This isn’t just an arts festival – it’s a movement of youth empowerment and expression! Don’t miss your chance to be part of something truly extraordinary. Register now and let your creativity soar. Your moment in the spotlight awaits!
All Gippslandian’s are able to register to participate in the Expressions Festival. Whilst this event will be held in Warragul, all young people are welcome and invited!
Please read through our Artists Booklet below for all information on the festival, what is required and how the next five (5) months will be running. If you’re looking to enter work into the festival, please complete a Intent to Submit form below. If you are looking to register for one of our free Artist Workshops, please click the workshop registration button below.
Please note: To attend a free workshop, you must have submitted an Intent to Submit Form first.
Winter Skate arrives in Cann River
Dive into the exhilarating world of Winter Skate!
Celebrate community and youthful spirit at the Cann River Community Centre and its new skatepark. As a highlight of the East Gippsland Winter Festival, indulge in skating, interactive activities, delicious food, and live performances by Regional Arts Victoria’s Bad Kids Project and local talents.
RAV’s Bad Kids hosts captivating visual and performing arts workshops leading up to Winter Skate, ending in a stunning performance by the young people on the night. The event features an outdoor stage, top-notch equipment, and live projection showcasing local youths’ artworks, illuminating the entire community!
Let’s come together to craft lasting memories, fostering connections and enriching experiences that resonate long after the event concludes. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate and embrace the spirit of our vibrant community!
Saturday 13 July, 2024 @ Cann River Community Centre & Cann River Skate Park, 4.30PM – 8PM. No ticket required.
Bad Kids land in Cann River!
RAV’s Future Arts Movement is back! Working with East Gippsland Shire Council and artist JOF Makes Art, our latest project Bad Kids is a three-day creative workshop for young people in East Gippsland.
In these workshops young people will work with artists to learn, explore and create visual art pieces and performance art (music, poetry or theatre) in response to a series of prompts. The aim is for young people to create work from what inspires them! In June and July participants’ artworks will be projected onto a truck that will be used as a live backdrop to the music and performance art being showcased at the East Gippsland Winter Festival.
Bad Kids is designed to allow young people to take over a space and showcase their voices amongst their community landscape.
Workshops are running at Cann River P12 College at the end of Term 2.
Closed Programs
Young Producers Program
For our next project as part of Future Arts Movement, we’re teaming up with the West Gippsland Arts Centre to deliver the Young Producers Program, providing six paid mentorships and skills development opportunities for young people aged 13-25 years in Baw Baw Shire.
Aimed at developing their skills in event design, planning and producing in addition to production and marketing skills, our six young producers will be mentored by staff from the West Gippsland Arts Centre and Regional Arts Victoria to help develop their skills and professional pathways.
Participants will meet in person and online with their mentors over the course of January – November 2024 as they plan and produce an event held at the West Gippsland Arts Centre in October 2024.
This program is now underway and is no longer accepting applications. Keep your eyes on this space to see what our Young Producers do next!
Completed Programs
Gippslandia Mentorship Program
For our second project as part of Future Arts Movement, we’ve teamed up with quarterly magazine Gippslandia to deliver the Gippslandia Mentorship Program, providing 16 mentorships and skills development opportunities for young people aged 15-25 years in the Gippsland region.
Aimed at developing their skills in journalism or art forms complimentary to journalism, such as writing, graphic design, photography, and illustration, our 14 young artists are being mentored by Gippslandia contributors to help develop their material for publication in a future edition of the magazine.
Participants are paid to meet online with their mentors over the course of three months from September to December 2023 online.
Check out Issue 30, the Youth Edition of Gippslandia
Photography Workshops coming Latrobe Regional Gallery!
Come along to Regional Arts Victoria and Arts Access Victoria’s Portraiture Workshops, exploring self-portraiture photography with recycled disposable cameras. In this inclusive workshop, artists from Hillvale Photo will be teaching you how use the re-di disposable cameras and how to create fun portraits. Participants will receive digital copies of their work created on the day, plus a camera to keep. Come along and join us in one our exciting workshops!
Date: Saturday 18 and 25 May
Time: 10am-1pm
Where: Latrobe Regional Gallery, Workshop
Who: Ages 12-25.
How to book: Free, limited places, booking essential.
Image: Anne Moffat. Lillian & her garden, Yallourn, 2023. An older woman in a fabulous pink top and pants, posing in the middle of her garden surrounded by powerlines.
Deaf and Disabled young people are encouraged to join these workshops. Please let Latrobe Regional Gallery know your access requirements when booking.
Coming soon
Contact:
For further information on the Future Arts Movement projects, contact:
Stephanie Clark
Coordinator, Future Reset
E: [email protected]
M: 0474 915 748
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