April 20th, 2010: Tallstoreez’ Change Media founders invited for national arts curriculum consultation forum
Change Media creative director, Jennifer Lyons-Reid, and executive producer, Carl Kuddell, have been invited to attend the national forum for the first Australian arts curriculum, to advise on media in schools and community empowerment. The forum is organized through ACARA, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, as part of their consultation process for the Shape of the Australian Curriculum.
‘Mobilize This’ conference
Darwin, October 2008
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project was invited to present its community empowerment at Mobilize This 2008 in Darwin.
PARTNERS: the Australia Council for the Arts; Arts SA Partnership for Healthy Communities ; University Darwin; Tallstoreez Productionz; Apple Australia
Outcomes
Over 30 people attended our presentation at the Darwin University. We also managed during the conference to connect the Hero Project to Darwin Community Arts and Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, with the aim to collaborate in training Indigenous communities in the Northern Territories.
Big thanks to our friends at Formation Studios for setting this up!
Regional Arts Australia conference: Art at the Heart, Sept 2008
CHALLENGE: During the RAA’s (Regional Arts Australia) most recent bi-annual conference in Alice Springs, the Hero Project was invited to present its community empowerment work in a 1 hour conference presentation. We also were selected to run a 2-hour edit-in-camera workshop, introducing regional art workers and artists to our unique model.
PARTNERS: Regional Arts Australia; the Australia Council for the Arts; Arts SA ; CAAMA; Tallstoreez Productionz; Apple Australia; DECS
Film: Art at the Heart edit-in-camera films
OUTCOMES: We had a record number of participants: over 100 people attended our presentation and 40 people participated in the hands-on workshop on the second day. The 4 teams producing 4 great films. Feedback from the participants and audience was that it was one of the best presentations at RAA that year…
Above you find links to the films made during the Saturday 2-hour workshop at ‘Art at the Heart’ at CAAMA.
(We found the ‘lost film’, yah) and couldn’t resist making some tiny-weeny changes to support your edit-in-camera film ideas (as we understood them), we hope you like our input… Again big thanks to CAAMA for supporting the workshop and offering their great space.
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Catholic Education Conference
Sydney, May 2007
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project was invited to present its empowerment methodology to representatives from over 120 catholic schools in Sydney.
PARTNERS: Apple Australia; MAC1; Tallstoreez Productionz
Outcomes
Over 100 people attended our 2-day workshop presentations at the Jamie McKenzie Professional Development Day in Woolwich. The participating teachers and principals were keen to implement more digital media and screen-based narrative into their curriculum. The workshop covered camera basics, screen language and non-linear work flow using the Apple platform.
Apple Educational Conference
Sydney, April 2007
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project was invited to present its empowerment methodology to representatives from Apple’s national educational retail partners.
PARTNERS: Apple Australia; Tallstoreez Productionz
Outcomes
Over 100 people attended our presentations in Sydney. One of the participants dubbed our methodology ‘the missing link between Apple’s hardware and software’. We received fabulous feedback – several channel partners opted to take Directing the Hero Within on for retail.