By registering for this event, you are securing your spot in each Shopfront's Youth Conference!

Each panel will be AUSLAN interpreted .

If you only want to attend specific events, follow through to these links...
https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-youth-conference-community

https://events.humanitix.com/youth-conference-can-you-do-art-and-have-a-day-job

https://events.humanitix.com/youth-conference-advocacy-and-upskilling

In 2025, Shopfront will hold our first annual Youth Conference! But… what is a Youth Conference? Well that is up to our Young People.

It’s definitely not a conference in the way that adults have experienced it. It is for and by our Young People and they get to decide what it is. Curated by our Advisory Panels – the Youth Conference will be a mix of workshops, socialising, eating together, making things together and speaking to adults about what matters the most to you! In 2025, this event will be locally focussed but we look forward to watching it grow to Sydney and beyond in the years to come.

DAY SCHEDULE:

1.30PM- SMOKING CEREMONY

2-3PM- HOW TO FIND YOUR COMMUNITY- WORKSHOP

Lead by Theatre Maker Lily Hayman along with Steve Konstantopoulos, join us in a workshop for your to find your community and make friends in the arts!

Break

3.30-4PM- ADVOCACY AND UPSKILLING- PANEL

Join panel members such as Pratha Nagpal, Thea Jade and Claud Bailey in a discussion, moderated by Nicole Pingon, about how to advocate and upskill in the arts.

4.10-5PM- ADVOCACY AND UPSKILLING- WORKSHOP

Break

5.30-6PM- CAN YOU DO ART AND HAVE A DAY JOB- WORKSHOP

Theatre Maker Oliver Durbidge leads a workshop about how to juggle a balance between work, life, goals and mental health whilst working in the arts.

6.10-6.40PM- CAN YOU DO ART AND HAVE A DAY JOB- PANEL

Panelists James Brown, Michelle Gould, Daniel Potter, Fia Morrison and Maybelline San Juan are moderated by Sophie Ward, discuss how they all balance being creatives and having day jobs.