Voices of Women: Three workshops held in Dubbo to celebrate women’s storytelling

A not-for-profit organisation is hosting three different workshops in Dubbo to celebrate the power of women through storytelling. Here’s the latest.

Voices of Women workshop. Photo: Voices of Women.

A not-for-profit organisation which aims to encourage women to share their story to a broader audience will be hosting three different workshops in the Central West region next month.

Voices of Women’s Dubbo connection workshops will be held at the ArtClub Studio, on 13b Bultje St, Dubbo, between March 14 to March 16 to inspire women to share experiences through storytelling sessions with an aim of performing a selected few by local actors.

Creator and artistic director Lliane Clarke established the organisation in 2018 with a goal of transitioning a first-person story into a play, podcast or a film.

“The focus this year is to focus a little bit more about the country that we’re living on, like climate change, what’s happening in and around rural areas, water supply and people’s ability to maintain resilience,” Ms Clarke said.

She said the workshop intended to bring together migrant and diverse communities to talk about experiences and create new stories.

Voices of Women creator Lliane Clarke will be hosting three different creative workshops in Dubbo. Photo: Voices of Women.

“If you can speak, you can write,” Ms Clarke said.

“It’s a safe, open and friendly space to bring those stories … it’s very much about the place and the country that we’re on, that’s the focus of this particular event.

“We connect, we laugh a lot and then we can have a listen to some films of other people sharing their stories.”

Erifili and Kalina Davis. Photo: Tijana Birdjan.

Dubbo’s cultural person of the year and film maker Erifili Davis said she had been working with the organisation since 2021.

“They’re all about collecting and sharing women’s stories to the world through theatre, podcasts and film so it’s been great to work together through local workshops,” Ms Davis said.

“It’s about getting women together and inspiring each other.”

Ms Davis said having an event like this was vital for the Dubbo community to meet new people and connect with others.

“Having connections in the community helps us build resilience … there’s often a screen between us and the rest of the world so it’s nice to come together,” she said.

Register for the workshops here.

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