Visible Queer Neighbourhoods | Place Story Making Workshop Series

🌈 Visible Queer Neighbourhoods | Place Story Making Workshop Series

Short description

Explore identity, belonging and connection through creative storytelling, sharing experiences and imagining the neighbourhoods we want to belong to. 🌈

About the Place Story Making Workshop Series

As part of Visible Queer Neighbourhoods (VQN), we are bringing together queer international students, migrants and allies to explore our experiences of identity, culture, belonging, community and place through creative storytelling.

Across five workshops, we’ll create a welcoming space to share experiences, memories and ideas about the places where we live, study, work, socialise and connect.

You don’t need to be an artist or an experienced storyteller to participate. You can contribute through talking, writing, drawing, making, listening, reflecting or simply being part of the conversation. 💚

🎨 What will we explore?

Together, we’ll explore:

🌏 Culture, identity and lived experiences
🏳️‍🌈 Belonging and community connection
🏘️ Places where we feel welcome, safe and connected
💭 Memories and experiences of neighbourhoods
♿ Accessibility and inclusion
✨ Ideas for creating neighbourhoods where more people can feel they belong

The workshops will use different creative and participatory approaches, which may include storytelling, drawing, collage, zines, movement, craft and group conversations.

The stories and ideas developed through the workshops will contribute to the wider VQN project and help us imagine and co-create a Visible Queer Neighbourhood.

📅 Workshop dates

The five workshops will take place at Kathleen Syme Library Community Centre in Carlton.

Workshop 1
📅 Thursday 15 October 2026
🕕 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Workshop 2
📅 Thursday 3 December 2026
🕕 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Workshop 3
📅 Thursday 18 February 2027
🕕 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Workshop 4
📅 Thursday 4 March 2027
🕕 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Workshop 5
📅 Thursday 25 March 2027
🕕 6:00pm to 8:00pm

📍 Venue: Kathleen Syme Library Community Centre, Carlton

You can join one workshop or participate across the series. Joining multiple sessions is encouraged, as the workshops will build on the ideas, stories and creative work developed together.

💚 Who can join?

This series is for queer international students, migrants and allies who are interested in exploring identity, culture, belonging, community and neighbourhoods.

You don’t need previous creative experience or advanced English to participate. We welcome people with different backgrounds, experiences, confidence levels and ways of expressing themselves.

Come along to create, share, listen and connect in a way that feels comfortable for you. 🌈

Accessibility and communication

We want everyone to feel welcome, included and able to participate in a way that works for them.

If there are ways we can make the workshops more accessible or support different communication needs, please let us know when you register or contact us at natasha.lourenco@ourpoint3.org. We’d be happy to work with you to make the experience as accessible and comfortable as possible. 💚

💰 Cost

Free

🌏 Acknowledgement

Presented by: Our Point 3

Supported by: Supported by: City of Melbourne, City of Melbourne Libraries, Feifei Curiosity