Brimbank Youth Arts Programs

Local beatmaker Humble Muze and Naarm-based DJ Mon Franco are launching SAINT STUDIOZ at St Albans Community Centre. Every Tuesday evening from 3 - 7 pm they'll be working on music production, songwriting, DJing, beatmaking.

CREATE. CONNECT. COLLABORATE.

These sessions are suitable for young people who are passionate about advancing their skills in music in the genres of Hip Hop/Drill/Rap/Soul/RnB/House/Electronic.

For people aged 18 - 30.

Booking required. Contact CCD@brimbank.vic.gov.au

Artwork by Humble Muze

Join us for free weekly art and craft sessions, music and pizza!

Each week we’ll have a talented and friendly artist working with young people aged 12 - 17 to facilitate some creative activities, and each month you’ll have a chance to try out a new craft.

Drop in anytime between 3pm - 5pm on Thursdays to take your mind off school, have a bite to eat, and get into art-making.

No bookings are required to join, just come afterschool!

For any questions, please contact aidaa@creativebrimbank.vic.gov.au or ashleighm@creativebrimbank.vic.gov.au

Program Details:

Venue: Programs Room (upstairs) at St Albans Community Centre
33 Princess Street, St Albans VIC 3021

Cost: FREE

Time: 3pm - 5pm (drop-in anytime)

Dates: Every Thursday afternoon during the school term

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Worlding: Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop Series

Worlding is a free four-part writing workshop series for young adults with a connection to Brimbank, based on collectively imagining future worlds.

As this is a 4-part workshop, please book into all four sessions when registering.

Together we will read and discuss speculative fiction and practice imagining and writing futures that think about climate change, social justice, and collective care. We will be reading extracts from Octavia Butler, Ursula Le Guin, Mykaela Saunders and more!

Participants will be supported to imagine their own future worlds based on their life experiences and hopes for the future.

This workshop series is run by Another World (@an0therw0rldlibrary), a library and art project focused on imagining socially and ecologically just futures through theory, fiction, writing, discussion, and art making. Facilitator Tilly Glascodine has previously run multi-session workshops on the same themes at Composite Site (Collingwood) and Watch This Space ARI (Alice Springs).

No charge, but bookings are required. Sign up here with Eventbrite

Dates: This is a 4-week series. Session dates are Tue 10, 17, 24 & 31 October
Times: 6 - 7:30 pm
Venue:

Sunshine Library

301 Hampshire Road Sunshine, VIC 3020

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Bindi Map location: Sunshine Library - Level 1, Learning Centre, Room 1

Age range: Young People 15-25 years old

Brimbank Youth Arts is proud to support this workshop series in partnership with Brimbank Libraries.

Image by Aida Azin.

Brimbank Youth Arts and FReeZA are throwing a party for local high school students to celebrate the end of the school year!

Date & Location: Thursday 14^th December 2023, 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm. The event takes place on the last Thursday of Term 4, curbside at the Errington Reserve side of St Albans Community Centre.

No Cost: All activities, entertainment, food, and beverages are provided at no cost to attendees.

Live Entertainment: Kicking off the festivities, soulful acoustics by Makepeace (Lyle) followed by DJ Skuxx (Shalom Tiatia) to keep the party going.

Yummy Food: Mr Softy will be handing out free soft serve ice cream and hot dogs to students. Afro Pearl will be providing a full spread of delicious Ugandan food.

Fun Activities: Airbrush tattoos, balloon artistry, mini basketball, and a photo booth. AAFRO (Australian African Foundation for Retention & Opportunity) will host a casual game of marks-up with a footy. Professional artist Tildy Davis will be hosting an arts and craft area with eclectic materials under umbrellas on the oval. Attendees can also sign up for karaoke to end the event.

No need to register, just rock up on the day.

FReeZA is a Victorian Government initiative • suitable for ages 12 - 18 • drug, alcohol and smoke-free • fully supervised with First Aid Officers

Poster design by Tim Sta-ana

Join the Brimbank FReeZA Committee!

Are you 12-25 and interested in creative events? Want to help shape local programming and gain experience by managing events? Why not join our FReeZA working group?!

This is a chance to meet other young people in the Brimbank area and work alongside our FReeZA representative, Aida. Click on this link to sign up via Google Forms and make sure to specify your interest in joining the FReeZA committee. For any questions, email aidaa@brimbank.vi.gov.au

At the moment we’re working on:

• Planning for the EOY High School Party
• An exciting new music program for recording songs, making beats, and writing lyrics
• Putting together a self-organised arts and crafts group
• Attending trainings on event management, theatre production and marketing
• Workshops on DJing, and
• Forming a QTPOC collective

FReeZA is a Victorian Government initiative that supports young Victorians to get involved in their community by planning and running drug, alcohol and smoke-free events for other young people.

Poster design by Tim Sta-ana