When you work on a film project there is always an anxious wait between finishing the creative work and seeing the final product. For the participants the project stops, yet it hasn’t finished. So it was wonderful to finally bring together all the participants in our Transitions film project to show them the final outcome. The first thing they noticed was the working title of the project had been replaced with the final title ‘Walk in my Shoes’. There were flowers, speeches, a high tea and time to reflect on the experience. “You gave us a voice, and we thank you” said Dorothy Thompson pictured here with her husband Vince. ‘Walk in my Shoes’ is now being shown across the country to Ryman staff and management.
Author: Nicola
Team Development Idea Services
We spent a a day with the team from Idea Service’s Alpha Art Studio. The staff here are enormously generous in spirit and give so much to their clients, it was wonderful to spend a day nurturing them. We invited the team to explore the gifts and burdens of responsibility and how to maximise their wellbeing in a work environment that is extremely demanding.
Filming Begins
Filming has begun on our “Transitions” film project. We’ve been capturing unique and diverse stories about the experience of transitioning into an aged care environment and how families navigate and experience this time of change.
Good Neighbours Day
Our facilitators supported City Housing and the CAP team to deliver a workshop and presentation for Good Neighbours Day, March 29th. We saw a lot of familiar faces from past projects and met a whole lot of new people and we brought a little bit of crazy and a lot of laughs to the day!
Women in WW1
We are partnering with the British Council and the Goethe-Institut on a community based, devised theatre project exploring the role of women in WW1. This project will begin in May and will involve a diverse group of 6-8 women who will be supported in the creation of a performance piece that will premiere on November 11th, Armistice Day, in the Grand Hall at Parliament.
Women in WW1 Theatre Project
We are partnering with the British Council and the Goethe-Institut on a community based, devised theatre project exploring the role of women in WW1. This project will begin in May and will involve a diverse group of 6-8 women who will be supported in the creation of a performance piece that will premiere on November 11th, Armistice Day, in the Grand Hall at Parliament.
On the Web
Inspiring Communities has profiled the work of Voice Arts Trust on their website. It is a great article that explores our kaupapa, our projects, along with an interview with our Director. To read the full article click here!
“Transitions” Film Project
We are delighted to be partnering once again with Ryman Healthcare on a 2nd short film project, this time engaging not only Residents but families as well. Similar to our first film project “Facing Change” we explore the often challenging time of transition from independent living or family care into an aged care facility.
SJAM ALLIANCE
Invited by Te Papa, Voice Arts Trust has joined as a founder supporter of the Social Justice Alliance for Museums. It is wonderful to be part of such a fantastic global initiative. For more information visit www.sjam.org
The 75+ Storytelling Collective
A creative storytelling project with city housing tenants aged 75 and over; using the historical Nairn Street Cottage as ‘home’ for the project, and as an inspirational starting point, participants will be supported to reflect on and share histories, experiences, cultural identities, ideas and beliefs; participants will craft the telling of selected stories that will be captured on film and audio and compiled into a documentary that will become a permanent exhibition at the new Nairn Street Cottage Visitor’s Centre.
This project represents a unique 3-way partnership between:
- City Housing
- Wellington Museums Trust
- Voice Arts Trust
City Housing will promote this unique opportunity and identify participants from within the tenant community.Wellington Museums Trust has provided Nairn Street Cottage as a home base for the project and will exhibit the final film on site at the visitor’s centre. Voice Arts Trust will lead the development of this project and manage the delivery.