FLIPPED OUT FELTIES

DRASTIC LAST FRIDAY WAS DEADLY

DRASTIC IS BACK

We start our new DRASTIC program this coming friday 19th August. We are overflowing with amazing young people wanting to participate and have a list of possible workshops to choose from including, Screenprinting, Plush toy making, Indigenous Art, Drumming, Hip Hop, Theatre, Circus, Singing, Graffiti Art, Stencilling, Stop Motion Animation. We can't wait to meet everyone so they can help us choose which skills to share. We will see some of you next week and for the rest of you, we will see you on showcase day  Sept 30th... Stay tuned for your invite.
If you want to be added to our mailing list email us on
drastic@gcdrugcouncil.org.au
REMEMBER INTER URBAN ARTS LOVES YOU

WHO ARE WE ANY WAY

INTER URBAN ARTS is a Community Cultural Development program which sits with Gold Coast Drug Council in West Burleigh. Inter Urban Arts works with all people to provide opportunities to engage in their community in a creative innovative and genuine way.  At Inter Urban Arts we meet people where they are at and focus on their strengths seeing them as assets in our community.

OUR VISION: A city where art, culture and community are valued and embraced as a pathway to health and wellbeing.

OUR MISSION: Creatively co-ordinate, develop and produce sustainable opportunities for individuals to make positive change in their lives and communities

OUR VALUES:

• Acceptance  (We appreciate, validate, accept and support  people where they are at this very moment)
• Self Acceptance (We facilitate opportunities for  people to appreciate, validate, accept who they are at this very moment, even those parts they’d like to eventually change)
• Safe spaces
• Relationship and friendship as a foundation for self growth
• Art as a tool for personal and social change
• Strength in people and see them as assets in our community
• Creativity as a pathway to self awareness and empowerment
• Culture as a basic human right
• Positivity and Celebration
• Skill sharing and mentoring
• Intergenerational connection
• Intercultural connection 
• Sustainability
• Resource management, recycling and sharing

Contact Academy!

BRITTANY on CONTACT ACADEMY

Contact Academy was a 3 day skills training workshop for young multi-disciplinary artists to develop skills and strategies in their creative field, explore new art-forms and network with industry professionals!
One word to describe Contact Academy: INSPIRING!

Three of Inter Urban Arts’ very own mentors engaged in a series of intensive workshops ran by Contact Inc. For three whole days we immersed ourselves in the creative industries and what it has to offer.  Each workshop varied in focus, from singing and choir to hip hop dancing right through to theatre and circus, it was evident that every workshop had something unique to offer. Throughout the course of the three days, we were privileged to hear from some industry professionals, educating us in the areas of acting, sustainability, cinematic theatre and the inside scope on “making it” as such in the industry. We were able to make many valuable contacts for the future. After the conclusion of the three days we were filled with inspiration and a burning motivation to really get into the community and make a difference. Overall it was a sensational experience. Look out for more information of how you could get involved with Contact Inc!

http://contact.org.au/