Multicultural Storytelling Program – applications
Dates
Applications opening: Mon 10 Feb 2025
Applications closing: Fri 9 May 2025
This 3-day workshop gives multicultural and refugee students and their teachers a scriptwriting and performance experience, culminating in a showcase performance that is live streamed back to the student’s home countries.
Workshop information
- The program will commence with a 1 day teacher professional learning workshop.
- Following this workshop, teachers will have the opportunity to have a theatre practitioner mentor come along to their school to work with their students for 1 x 2hr workshop to assist with the preparation and devising of their performances.
- These performances form the basis of the piece to be developed throughout the 3 day workshop.
- The final showcase of the student work is then performed and live streamed to home countries.
Program fees
- The 3-day workshop fee is $100.00 per participating student.
- There is no fee for the teacher professional learning session for 1 teacher per school who have students participating in the 3 day program.
- A fee of $200 for additional teachers attending the professional learning.
Dates
Teacher professional learning
Date: Term 2 Week 5
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Studio 1
Mentoring weeks
Term 2 Weeks 4, 5, 6, or 7
Monday – Friday (flexible for attending schools)
Student 3 day workshops
Date: Term 2 Week 8 (Refugee Week)
Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Theatre
Application process
- Up to 10 students per school can attend the workshop as a group.
- Read the information package Multicultural Storytelling Program information package (DOCX 1.81 MB)
- Complete this online application form, including all your students' details and contact teacher information
- Your school will be charged a fee of $100.00 per participating student in the program and $200 for each additional teacher. Fees are processed as a direct debit via an Intercompany Journal (previously Sundry Tax) after the first session.
- Complete the Authority to Film 2025 - Multicultural Storytelling Program (PDF 198.09 KB)
Contact
For more information contact Ashley Napoleoni at artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If your students require support to participate in the Multicultural Storytelling Program Workshop, please email artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.