Story Factory

Partner Workshop - Creative Studio

Stages 4-5

4 - 6 July or 11 - 13 July 2022

10am - 2pm

Powerhouse TAFE Creative Studio Workshop, 110 George St, Parramatta NSW 2150

Presented by the Powerhouse and TAFE NSW, Creative Studio: Story Factory is a three-day digital and creative skills workshop for high-school students (years 7 – 10) in Western Sydney.   In this workshop, students will explore storytelling from the past and bring it into a digital world. Inspired by the Powerhouse collection, the students will create individual digital publications of their own writing, poetry or short stories which will incorporate graphic design, illustration, photography and videography. Students will have the opportunity to explore and debate the following themes: Aviation vs Space Travel and Nature vs Technology.   This workshop is free, but bookings are essential as places are limited. Students will be required to attend all three days of their workshop of choice. Find out more and register now.

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Thank you Annabel Crabb, Leigh Sales and the ...

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Thank you Annabel Crabb, Leigh Sales and the amazing Chatter community! Proceeds from your ticket purchases from the Friday and Saturday of the Chat 10, Looks 3 Sydney live shows will support amazing young people in Western Sydney to write brighter futures in our fun and engaging creative writing workshops, building confidence and literacy at a critical time. Thank you! 📷 Jacquie Manning

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We are thrilled to welcome our new deputy chair, ...

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We are thrilled to welcome our new deputy chair, Ali Green, and our new chair, Gemma Salteri! Our founding chair, Michael Gonski, is stepping down at the end of this month and from the bottom our hearts we want to acknowledge his amazing contribution to Story Factory over the last 10 years. We wouldn’t be where we are without him – thank you. Ali is co-founder and CEO of Pantera Press, a leading independent publisher, who was named one of Australia’s 100 most influential women by the The Australian Financial Review and was a 2019 and 2020 Sydney Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Gemma was Philanthropy Australia’s Emerging Philanthropist of the Year in 2016. She is Executive Director of the CAGES Foundation, which won Philanthropy Australia’s inaugural Indigenous Philanthropy Award last year. We know Story Factory is in very safe hands, and thank Ali and Gemma sincerely for taking on these roles.

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Last year, we worked with more than 7,000 young ...

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Last year, we worked with more than 7,000 young people in Western Sydney, helping them to find and share their voices and keeping them engaged in writing and learning. This year we want to reach even more! Donate now to our Writing Brighter Futures Appeal to help us reach an additional 1,000 more young people in Western Sydney through our life-changing creative writing programs. Donate now via the link in our bio.

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Did you know that you can now buy some Story ...

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Did you know that you can now buy some Story Factory publications in select bookstores? Head down to @betterreadbookshop this weekend and grab a copy of our wonderful publication Marvellous Birds! It's the perfect gift for a young (or grown up) person in your life!