The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) invited the public ‘across three action packed summer days’ January 19th-21st 2024 to step into ‘spellbinding storytelling sessions, whimsical pop-up performances, hands-on workshops’ and the exhibition at the QAGOMA’s Fairy Tale Festival and exhibition. I was honoured to be invited to participate as a storyteller with seven colleagues fromContinue reading “Fairy Tale Festival – Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane”
Tag Archives: June Perkins
Create, edit, submit, submit… publish
So it’s been a while since I sent out submissions. I took some extensive time out from submitting works to do the hard yards on my craft. Also, I wanted to more mindfully make sure I was sending it to the right spaces – that suited what I was creating and the directions I wishContinue reading “Create, edit, submit, submit… publish”
Ezines
A members’ only publication purpose is to cater to the needs of members of an organisation. So it is with the Australian Fairy Tale ezine Issue number 11. In this case, the audience is made up of lovers of all things Fairy Tale, folk tale – and creators, are artists, reviewers, creative writers and videoContinue reading “Ezines”
#OurStoryisOne
An emotional day creating #poetry performance for #OurStoryIsOne gathering in Brisbane next week for the #womenofiran #40yearsremembrance and looking at the moving contributions of people from around the world on instagram! Remembering Mona MahmoudnejadRoya EshraghiSimin SaberiShahin (Shirin) DalvandAkhtar SabetMahshid NiroumandZarrin Moghimi-AbyanehTahereh Arjomandi SiyavashiNosrat Ghufrani YaldaieEzzat-Janami Eshraghi The video is a sneak peak of elements of the poetry performance, which will includeContinue reading “#OurStoryisOne”
Creativity Issue Writing Queensland
Many thanks to Writing QLD and Queensland Writers Centre for giving me a voice over the years, on topics such as Diaspora, Poetry Advocacy and how to be a community journalist during natural disaster recovery. This time round, I am discussing Cultural Creativity. The cover features local contemporary printmaker and textile designer, Katie Piekutowski.
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