OCTOBER 2021 HIGHLIGHT

“The Pilbara generates a spirit of entrepreneurship. It was my role to harness this in our young people and guide them to articulate a problem they’d observed and find a creative solution. Through a series of after-school Creative Enterprise workshops, participants identified their product, packaged it up, created an associated brand, and were able to pitch their creative product to ‘investors’. I was constantly impressed with how they energetically put their new skills into practice, and congratulate the creative entrepreneurs who sold out of their products at the end of year Portside Twilight Christmas Market.”

Raquel Carvalho D’avila, Coordinator

The Junction’s young people creative development initiatives include the Creative Enterprise program (youth stream), an annual youth exhibition platform with associated development opportunities, weekly Art Antics sessions for toddlers and parents, a school holiday art+craft program (some sessions are done in partnership with Awesome Arts), and a range of targeted young people workshops during Youth Week and with visiting artists.