Queer Storytelling Workshop for Youth

Do you have a story inside you: ideas, thoughts, and feelings swirling around - but struggle to find the right way to express it to the world? You’re not alone. Telling your story can feel overwhelming, but it’s also powerful.

Join filmmaker and TRANSMEDIUM co-founder Claud Bailey for a workshop designed to help queer teens turn inward, make sense of their experiences, and transform them into art. Through guided storytelling exercises, creative brainstorming, and hands-on activities like collaging and time-capsule building, we’ll explore ways to shape your story, and share it with confidence.

Your story matters. Let’s tell it together.

Ages 14 - 18

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

CLAUD BAILEY is an award-winning filmmaker, program producer for LGTBQIA+ teens and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM. They make work and space that celebrates queerness and creates deep inter-generational connections. Claud's films have screened at film festivals all over the world (Sydney Film Fest, MIFF, Newfest) and they were recently awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Mardi Gras Film Festival. They're the 2023 recipient of the inaugural Wear It Purple Art and Culture Fellowship where they've developed Queer Futures Fund, the new grant for up to $20k for young and emerging LGBTQIA+ folks' projects. For Sydney World Pride, Claud created and produced Stories from the Heart, an annual queer storytelling development program for LGTBQIA+ teens which has since received funding from City of Sydney and Wear it Purple for 2024.

TRANSMEDIUM is a trans-led and youth-centered community arts organisation founded by Claud Bailey and Aud Mason-Hyde.

We elevate trans youth and our stories through fostering deep community connections and creating opportunities for us to express ourselves, proliferating authentic trans narratives and adding to the larger landscape of the arts community.

ABOUT THE VENUE

MARRICKVILLE PAVILION is accessible is accessible via lift from the carpark and a ramp from street level. Venue is equipped with hearing loops.

If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know in the booking order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments. Please note: Marrickville Library is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids.

We may take photographs of the speakers and the audience at this event. Read here for more details.

Host or Publisher Inner West Council Libraries