Month: October 2020

“We need to be creative, be like explorers, and adventure through life until our passion or passions are discovered. I get to create a community environment that encourages people to find theirs, what a job!”

Liz Bonner is the Manager of Cloverdale Community Centre in Corio, Geelong. Cloverdale is one of 400 Neighbourhood Houses across Victoria that provide an inclusive space for community to connect, learn and feel supported. It’s a place where locals can contribute to, and participate in, community-led programs and recreational activities, as well as gain new skills.

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“Art Under Covid Skies” A youth panel discussion about art and the Coronavirus lockdown hosted by Kuranda Seyit. View the discussion with four young amazing artists from different walks of life. Available to view on the Humans in Geelong Online Expo 2020 playlist on our YouTube. Sunday Oct 11^th.

They link the importance of their art to helping with a positive Mental Health outlook and talk about how their art has helped them get through these challenging times. Be entertained by this thought-provoking youth panel – a comedian, spoken word artist, playwright and Children’s Book Author.

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What do you love about the Geelong region? I love our amazing community who have pitched in to create and supply inspiring videos for our Humans in Geelong Online Expo 2020. We have videos from the region’s creatives, artists, musicians, changemakers and community groups. All coming to you for free on our Humans in Geelong YouTube Sunday 11^th October and ongoing. This will be a wonderful digital resource for Geelong and region. Videos are diverse, informative, short, snappy and fun.

The Bethany Superhero Awards for Primary Students will be announced. There will be a Youth Panel ‘Art Under Covid Skies’ led by Kuranda Seyit. A message from @PrincessAspien, Geelong Cats and many more.

There will be welcomes from Andy Meddick MP who is going to speak on transgender, the environment and community. Christine Couzens MP, Martin Cutter the CEO of the City of Greater Geelong, Deakin Uni VC Prof Iain Martin will also speak. Prof Steven Moylan of Barwon Health welcomes us to Mental Health Month and gives a much needed wellness message.

Make sure you register (free takes 2 mins) on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link to the Welcome to Country by Corrina Eccles. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/humans-in-geelong-online-expo-2020-tickets-119716534377

All of this is being brought to you by an amazing, dedicated team of volunteers.

Videography: team member Hadeel Al-badran @hs.stories.photography

“I never began painting with the intention for monetary value, but with the premise of trust your gut and your heart, and magic will ensue.”

With her own blog, YouTube series and several successful art exhibitions, Jacklyn Foster is truly a Geelong next-gen artist.  Her passion is painting, creating abstract visual delights with acrylic paint on canvas.  But her talents have recently piqued the interest of businesses keen to commission her designs for other projects such as larger scale murals to beautify tired buildings, and enliven the style of yoga mats!

Jacklyn’s story is one to consider, especially for those of us who may have got side-tracked in life, or followed someone else’s idea of success, either deliberately, or unconsciously, setting aside our passions. 

Growing up in Mildura, Jacklyn was DUX of Visual Communication, Studio Arts and Art at high school, so it seemed an obvious choice to move to Geelong and study Occupational Therapy, right? Amazingly, despite her natural artistic talents, this is exactly what she did!

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