Out of the Box - Youth Workshops
From 2013 - 2016 I was a workshop facilitator for the ‘Out of the Box’ Youth program in The Clarence Valley, NSW Australia.
I taught two different workshops over this time to several age brackets. One focused on photographic techniques and skills and applying them to your mobile phone / ipad (Phone Photography). Another was using professional level video equipment from our local TAFE / College alongside mobile phones to shoot, direct and edit skate videos.
This was a very worthwhile program as it brought a variety of skills and time-filling activities to kids around the area that would normally be left to their own devices during the holiday time.
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The Out of the Box program has a range of free and interactive workshops for young people. This program is designed to provide young people with various activities across the Clarence Valley including Yamba, Baryulgil, Copmanhurst, Coutts Crossing, Iluka and Grafton.
Clarence Valley Council’s “Out of the Box” program provides over 100 free workshops across multiple locations in the Clarence Valley throughout the year targeting young people aged 12-25 years.
During every NSW school holidays this program offers a schedule of school holiday activities which is created in partnership with a number of other services.
Workshops include circus in education, T-shirt printing, stand up paddle boarding, cooking workshops, laser skirmish, art workshop and educational programs.
For information about programs, events and happenings for young people, please visit our Facebook page Clarence Valley Youth where information on all upcoming activities and workshops can be found.
What's in the box?
Blue: Information Technology Centre. Up to 10 laptops will be connected to internet via satellite, offering a range of creative uses including media and film training. Service providers such as Centrelink have indicated the blue box could be used to train remote residents in computer use.
Purple: Cafe. Run by the New School of Arts, this fully functional mobile cafe will offer paid employment to suitable young people as it travels through the Valley. It will sell coffee, tea, milkshakes and pre-packaged food with stools and all equipment and is designed to withstand the rigours of travel.
Orange: Art Centre. Stocks art supplies and drying racks, the wet/dry floor is designed to withstand punishment from our messiest young creatives. Art will be photographed and shared online through council's Gherkin website