Akolkol Dastan Gesa

Akolkol Dastan Gesa is an experimental, multi-art form community arts and cultural development (CACD) program co-created with 30 young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds. It is produced by Same Drum, supported by WA Government and Australian Government through Creative Australia, and is currently delivered at Cyril Jackson Senior Campus’ Intensive English Centre (IEC).

The annual program includes arts workshops where participants collaborate with professional artists to develop their stories and ideas into high quality digital artworks. These artworks are then showcased in festivals and online. The program also includes mentoring workshops for previous participants who are interested in becoming arts facilitators.