Girls and Equality - 2009-2012
Girls and Equality: Media Arts Workshops
Do you work with girls and young women from ethno-cultural communities?
Are you looking for a creative and action-oriented way of enabling them to share their important and unique insights with the world?
Yes? Then Girls Action Foundation’s media arts workshop is for you!
Girls Action Foundation works with community groups and organizations who are interested in offering media arts training to strengthen their initiatives for girls and young women from ethno-cultural communities.
Our media arts workshop initiates girls and young women to a wide variety of mediums including;
- Photography
- Video making
- Zine making
- Collages
- Collective mural
- Creative writing
- Spoken word
- ...or they decide!
Girls Action’s team includes a media arts trainer as well as mentors from your communities to provide support and training. Working alongside your facilitators, the participants will acquire the skills to produce and promote their very own media arts pieces. Our media arts trainer will produce, edit, assist with the equipment, promotion and communication to recruit mentors and even find a space, if needed.
Types of workshops: Workshops can be held on your premises or in our space
1. Media Arts camp for girls: offered during the March study week *
3-5 days of workshops / 3 hours per day.
2. Series of workshops (from 3 to 6 sessions) *
Once a week for 3 to 6 weeks / 1 hour to 2 hours per session
3. Intensive workshop *
A one-day or half-day format delivered during the week, at night or on weekends.
The media arts projects created will be showcased on our website Kickaction.ca and shared with thousands of young women from across Canada (check out Somos Latinas and Libres et Épanouies from last year’s workshops).
* We offer a flexible schedule to be determined with your organization according to your needs and programming. There workshops are offered at no charge to you, all we require is your energy and inspiration!
Girls and Equality is a 3-year initiative financed by the Secrétariat à la Condition Féminine, within the framework of the Placer l’égalité au cœur de la diversité program.
Contact Fabienne Pierre-Jacques by email at fabienne@girlsactionfoundation.ca or by telephone at 514.948-1112
