Living in Alice

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil’s Youth Pro­grams Team arranges engag­ing activ­i­ties, events and work­shops for young peo­ple in Alice Springs.

Reg­u­lar­ly meet­ing with young lead­ers, the team dis­cuss­es and iden­ti­fies issues impor­tant to youth in Alice Springs, and derive activ­i­ties to address those issues. In col­lab­o­ra­tion with young lead­ers, the Youth Team organ­is­es a diverse range of activ­i­ties through­out each year.

These activ­i­ties aim to uplift and empow­er young peo­ple by includ­ing them in deci­sion-mak­ing, assist­ing them in devel­op­ing new skills as they co-present activ­i­ties, and ulti­mate­ly pro­mot­ing a pos­i­tive per­cep­tion of young peo­ple in our community.

Young peo­ple up to the age of 25 years can get involved today by con­tact­ing the Youth Team on 8950 0500, or email­ing ydo@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au

2022 Youth Recy­cled Art Prize – Fri­day 8 April to Sat­ur­day 16 April

As part of the annu­al NT Youth Week activ­i­ties, Council’s Youth Recy­cled Art Prize offers young peo­ple in Alice Springs aged 12 – 25 years the oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op their cre­ative tal­ents, have their work exhib­it­ed, and win great prizes − all while learn­ing about recy­cling. All exhib­it­ed art­works are made from recycled/​reused materials.

Prizes are award­ed to the win­ning entry in each age cat­e­go­ry: 12 – 15 yrs, 16 – 19 yrs, 20 – 25yrs, as well as the People’s Choice Award, for a total of $1200 worth prizes.

• Sub­mit a reg­is­tra­tion form by Fri­day 1 April, 5pm to YDO@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au 
  (Click here to down­load the reg­is­tra­tion form) 
• Drop off your art­work Mon­day 4 April and Tues­day 5 April, between 3pm-5pm at Alice Plaza, Par­sons Street entrance
• Attend the open­ing night Fri­day 8 April, 6pm @ Alice Plaza, Par­sons Street entrance

A work­shop will be deliv­ered at the Civic Cen­tre on Thurs­day 24 March, 3.30pm‑5.30pm to assist you cre­ate your art piece. Book required through Eventbrite: https://​www​.eventbrite​.com​.au/…

Free mate­r­i­al avail­able to entrants from the Redis­cov­ery Cen­tre Com­mon­age Road

If you wish to be involved in the organ­i­sa­tion of this event please con­tact
YOD@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au / 8950 0547

VOTE for your favourite art­work in the Peo­ple’s Choice Award BELOW!

Vot­ing clos­es 4pm, Sat­ur­day 16 April 2022.

UNDEAD CEN­TRAL

Come and join a crash course film school, just for Alice Springs youth. Work with film indus­try pro­fes­sion­als and see how it’s done! 

Undead Cen­tral is an all new film project for youth aged 14 – 25. Work with hor­ror film Actor & Direc­tor Leslie Simp­son to cre­ate a new trail­er for a zom­bie film. 

Whether you’re inter­est­ed in act­ing on film, learn­ing how to use a cam­era, or props, cos­tumes and spe­cial effects, Undead Cen­tral will do it all. 

Pre-pro­duc­tion – fun-filled & infor­ma­tive work­shops! – 4PM — 6PM, @ Unit Base (Witchetty’s), Aralu­en Arts Centre.

• Week 1: Fri­day 25 MARCH
• Week 2: Wednes­day 30 MARCH & Thurs­day 31 MARCH
• Week 3: Mon­day 4 APRIL & Fri­day 8 APRIL
  
  

Prin­ci­pal Pho­tog­ra­phy (the film shoot — hooray!) – school hol­i­day work­shops – 10am – 4pm, @ var­i­ous Loca­tions (film­ing will be here, there, and everywhere!)

• Week 4: Mon­day 11 APRIL to Thurs­day 14 APRIL
  

Book ear­ly – places are lim­it­ed! Cater­ing is pro­vid­ed. Please advise of any spe­cial dietary require­ments when registering.

Enquiries to 8950 0547 or email YDO@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au

Reg­is­ter to 8950 0500 or astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au

Sum­mer S.A.M. – Fri­day, 18 Novem­ber 2022 (stay Tuned)

Coun­cil’s Youth Pro­grams Team has rein­vig­o­rat­ed and expand­ed this annu­al youth event into Sum­mer S.A.M. – Sports, Arts & Music) – incor­po­rat­ing an excit­ing range of activ­i­ties for Alice Springs youth aged 12 – 25 years.

This year, Sum­mer SAM will coin­cide with the Novem­ber Night Mar­kets, for even greater engage­ment and enter­tain­ment options. 

Fol­low Coun­cil’s Face­book page – @AliceSpringsTC – for all the latest!

Con­tact Coun­cil’s Youth Team on 8950 0500, or email astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au to be a part of future Youth Programs.

2022 Phoney Film Fes­ti­val – stay tuned!

Alice Springs Town Council’s Youth Pro­grams Team presents the annu­al Phoney Film Fes­ti­val (PFF) in July each year – a short-film fes­ti­val by youth, for youth, fea­tur­ing 5‑minute films shot on smart devices.

Dates and details are to be confirmed 

The Phoney Film Fes­ti­val screen­ing and awards night will be held at the Alice Springs Cin­e­ma, The judg­ing pan­el com­pris­es pro­fes­sion­als in the film indus­try who will deter­mine the top three short films.

The com­mu­ni­ty can vote in the Peo­ple’s Choice Award for their favourite film – to be award­ed to the film receiv­ing the major­i­ty of votes from those attend­ing the screen­ing night. Prizes will be award­ed on the night.

Build­ing young people’s skill-sets in a cre­ative medi­um will pro­mote self-con­fi­dence, a sense of achieve­ment, and enable those young peo­ple to con­tin­ue to express and share their unique per­spec­tives with their community.

Pre­vi­ous PFF Workshops!

These Phoney Film Fes­ti­val work­shop videos from PFF2020 include handy tips on how to cre­ate a short film on your smart phone or tablet device! Thanks to Dog­milk Films, Viviana Pet­yarre and Josef Jaka­mar­ra Eggar for the great advice!

Work­shop 1 — ​“Look­ing Space!”

Sto­ry Writing

Fram­ing

Work­shop 2 — ​“Cam­era Angles and Movement!”

Cam­era Angles

Move­ment

Work­shop 3 — ​“Light­ing and Storyboarding!”

Light­ing

Sto­ry­board­ing

Work­shop 4 — ​“Stop-Motion Ani­ma­tion and Spe­cial Effects!”

Stop-Motion Ani­ma­tion

Spe­cial Effects

Work­shop 5 — ​“Edit­ing and Music!”

Edit­ing

Music