Are you interested in storytelling through words, visuals, sound
or any other medium and have a passion for promoting greater understanding
about disability and mental health challenges?
The City is seeking expressions of interest
both mentors and participants to take part in MY STORY.
An exciting project which will give people
from the Geelong region who have a lived experience of disability or mental
health challenges an opportunity to develop their storytelling skills through a
12-week mentorship from Monday 1 June to Wednesday 30 September.
It’s also a
chance for writers, artists and storytellers to volunteer an hour or two each
fortnight to mentor and share their skills and expertise with others in our
community wanting to learn.
MY STORY aims
to inspire the greater community to tell their unique story through different
creative mediums and will be showcased in early December at the multi-media MY
STORY Exhibition Geelong, in celebration of Inclusion Week and International
Day of People with Disability 2020.
As part of
the MY STORY project, mentors will be matched with small groups of participants
and deliver workshops either on-line or in a way that meets the participant’s
needs. Workshops will take place for approximately two hours each fortnight
over the 12-week period.
To ensure
that the project is inclusive and accessible to all, stories can be told
through words, paintings, photography, audio visual or any other creative
outlets.
Everyone is
given the opportunity to ‘tell their
story in their own way’.
Expressions
of Interest from both mentors and participants are open until Friday 15 May.
