2011 Program Summary

YPAA’s national programs centre around our goals of:

 

leading sector advancements and policy changes; and

YPAA is committed to working with artists and artsworkers to identify their professional development, information and exchange needs. Through this identification process and full program of useful, interesting and skill developing workshops and activities can take place throughout the country.

 

YPAA has identified that skills development opportunities in youth arts are generally quite rare. Artists working with young people have a range of complexities to negotiate and often need specific support for the high pressure circumstances they work under, and as a result, this kind of working environment has seen a large turn-over of artists in the sector. Skills development programs can help to alleviate this pressure and provide invaluable opportunities to talk, refresh skills and debrief.

 

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• Heightened targeted support to result in improved consistency of representation by regions and artforms

• Use of the YPAA website as a key communications hub for the youth arts industry with YPAA member profiles and regular updates.

 

• Research and development for prospective 2012 National Symposium

• Continued development of the Youth Arts Market model, in new locations.

• Development of a national camp initiative for Young People with YPAA members, initiated by Riverland Youth Theatre.

• Continue Incubator Program beyond pilot

 

• Progress conversations through Blueprint Groups, and review topic areas

• Participate in and support members at Come Out Festival, March

• Participate in and represent members at the APACA Conference, September

• Participate in the Australian Theatre Forum, October

• Participate in the Theatre Space Symposium and support members with engagement in this activity, November

 

• Continued representation at government meetings

• National advocacy across various states, territories and regions

• Continued feedback provided to state or national government for policy responses

 

• Increase resources for the sector and update of YPAA website with resources

• Launch of Lenine Bourke & Dr Mary Ann Hunter's platform paper by Currency Press, Not Just an Audience: How Young People are Transforming Theatre.

• Publication of YPAA Symposium Report following 2010 National Symposium

• Publication of YPAA Sector Report following 2010 National Conversation Tour

 

• 17th ASSITEJ International Congress and Festival, Copenhagen-Malmoe, Denmark, May.

• International Directors Seminar, Germany, June.

• Support YPAA members' participation in the ASSITEJ 'New Faces' Program

• Continued marketing and liaison with 80 internationally represented ASSITEJ Institutions and ASSITEJ International Executive Committee

 

and more