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

Help paint a Youth & Com­mu­ni­ty Art Wall!

Lhere Arte­pe has invit­ed all Alice Springs youth to par­tic­i­pate in a Com­mu­ni­ty Art Wall project that cel­e­brates the totems of their three estates groups: ANTU­LYE, IRLPME, & MPARNTWE.

Facil­i­tat­ed by Red Hot Arts Cen­tral Aus­tralia and Alice Springs Town Coun­cil, the project will unfold dur­ing a two-week pro­gram of work­shops, facil­i­tat­ed by local artist, Tama­ra Cornthwaite:

Week 1 – youth from Children’s Ground, Stars Foun­da­tion, and Clon­tarf Foun­da­tion are invit­ed to design and plan the Com­mu­ni­ty Arts Wall, at the Lhere Arte­pe offices, 2 Gap Road.

Week 2 activ­i­ties – open to ALL youth in Alice Springs aged 12 – 25 years, two Mur­al Arts Work­shops each day (10am-12pm & 3pm-5pm) from Tues­day 4 to Sat­ur­day 8 Octo­ber at the Lhere Arte­pe offices, 2 Gap Road. Attend one, or attend them all!*

* NOTE! Reg­is­tra­tion for the Mur­al Arts Work­shops is essen­tial as places are limited.

RHA­CA will doc­u­ment progress of the project via videog­ra­phy & pho­tog­ra­phy – please ensure parental/​guardian con­sent to use images of youth aged under 18 years is pro­vid­ed to RHACA.

“Rub­bish to Life” - a hands-on youth workshop

• Thurs­day 29 Sep­tem­ber 9am-12pm, 80 Com­mon­age road, Ilparpa

Come and get your hands dirty in this fun and adven­tur­ous work­shop where you’ll get to explore the rub­bish in action and par­tic­i­pate along the jour­ney. This trip will get you through var­i­ous stopovers, start­ing from the tip­shop and its oper­a­tions, then mov­ing to the Trans­fer Sta­tion where you’ll be busy sort­ing recy­clable mate­ri­als and match­ing them with the allo­cat­ed bins. It will then be time to jump on a bus and dis­cov­er the busy life of the land­fill and machines in action. The tour will end with refresh­ments and dis­tri­b­u­tion of help­ful resources. You are now on your way to become a hero who will help res­cue the Plan­et with right deci­sions and by lead­ing your very own com­mu­ni­ty of practice!

It is an essen­tial require­ment to wear enclosed footwear, long pants and a hat. Please put on sun­screen and take a bot­tle of water with you. Water will also be avail­able onsite. 

Gloves and a Hi-Vis Safe­ty Vest will be pro­vid­ed to you onsite.

Please com­plete the reg­is­tra­tion form (here) and send it to YDO@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au no lat­er than Tues­day 27 Sep­tem­ber. Places are lim­it­ed to 15*, don’t miss out and reg­is­ter now!!

*If you are unable to attend After book­ing your spot, please con­tact us so anoth­er per­son can enjoy the activity.

More info please con­tact us on 8950 0547

Sum­mer S.A.M. – Wednes­day 16 – 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.

RECENT YOUTH PROGRAMS

2022 Phoney Film Fes­ti­val, Thurs­day 14 July 6pm @ Alice Cinema

Unleash your cre­ative side dur­ing the next school hol­i­days and join the Phoney Film Fes­ti­val: a short-film fes­ti­val by youth aged 12 – 25 years fea­tur­ing up to 5‑minute films shot on smart devices.

We are excit­ed to announce that this year’s Phoney Film Fes­ti­val is more adven­tur­ous than ever, with new cat­e­gories such as ​‘My sport sto­ry’ and ​‘My dance sto­ry’. We have also cre­at­ed a spe­cif­ic cat­e­go­ry for ​‘Stop motion/​Animation’, and every­thing else is….’No lim­its (any genre)’. Click here to down­load the terms and conditions 

You don’t have to be ​‘arty’ to par­tic­i­pate. A work­shop facil­i­ta­tor will help you find your sto­ry and teach you how to film and edit it. 

Do you need an extra incen­tive? Prizes totalling $2,000 will be award­ed to the win­ning entry in each cat­e­go­ry, as well as the People’s Choice Award. 

Sub­mit your short film by Wednes­day 6 July, togeth­er with an entry form

Save the date for the Phoney Film Fes­ti­val screen­ing and awards night: 14 July at 6pm at the Alice Springs Cin­e­ma. Have a ball with free enter­tain­ment and pop­corn and vote for your favourite film!

Free Work­shops @ Alice Springs Pub­lic Library:

• Sun­day 19 June, 10am-12pm: Sto­ry telling
• Sun­day 26 June, 10am-12pm: Film­ing and editing
• Sun­day 3 July, 10am-12pm: Edit­ing and polishing

To reg­is­ter, please con­tact 8950 0547, YDO@​ASTC.​NT.​GOV.​AU

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

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

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