About this Event
It can be so hard to feel hopeful about the future especially when you're a queer teenager but it's possible! Join us for a storytelling workshop w/ filmmaker and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM, Claud Bailey, as we come together to envision and build queer lives that we love. In this workshop, you will learn how to find your voice, build your own community and connect with your past, present and future selves.
Ages 14 - 18
Young Creatives Takeover features workshops suggested by and developed with former Young Creatives Awards entrants. All programs are delivered by young people for young people
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
CLAUD BAILEY is an award-winning filmmaker, program producer for LGTBQIA+ teens and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM. They make work and space that celebrates queerness and creates deep inter-generational connections. Claud's films have screened at film festivals all over the world (Sydney Film Fest, MIFF, Newfest) and they were recently awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Mardi Gras Film Festival. They're the 2023 recipient of the inaugural Wear It Purple Art and Culture Fellowship where they've developed Queer Futures Fund, the new grant for up to $20k for young and emerging LGBTQIA+ folks' projects. For Sydney World Pride, Claud created and produced Stories from the Heart, an annual queer storytelling development program for LGTBQIA+ teens which has since received funding from City of Sydney and Wear it Purple for 2024.
TRANSMEDIUM is a trans-led and youth-centered community arts organisation founded by Claud Bailey and Aud Mason-Hyde.
We elevate trans youth and our stories through fostering deep community connections and creating opportunities for us to express ourselves, proliferating authentic trans narratives and adding to the larger landscape of the arts community.
ABOUT THE VENUE
ASHFIELD LIBRARY is accessible from street level via lift from the ground floor of Ashfield Civic Centre and via level 1 in Ashfield Mall.
If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know in the booking order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments. Please note: Marrickville Library is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids.
We may take photographs of the speakers and the audience at this event. Read here for more details.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ashfield Library, 260 Liverpool Street, Ashfield, Australia
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