A girl sitting at a desk with pen in hand ready to write. The room is painted green and the walls are filled with objects and books.

Creative Writing Lab

What: Museum Staff-led
When: Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Thursdays
1pm
Duration: 90 minutes (includes gallery visit)
Year level: Years 9 to 10, VCE
Minmum student numbers: Minimum 1 students
Maximum student numbers: Maximum 30 students
Cost: $9 per student + education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

Open for bookings from March 2024.

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, students will explore their creativity and respond to stories and ideas from the Joy Exhibition. Through a series of guided prompts digitally led by Jazz Money, students will be inspired to produce a creative piece of writing.

This will include individual writing exercises and collaborative activities, as well as a visit to the second-floor Joy exhibition.

Students will develop key skills in the Victorian Curriculum, including English, Literacy, and Intercultural Capability.

Jazz Money

Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist based on Gadigal land, Sydney. Their work Our Laughter Will Become the Waterfall is part of Immigration Museum's Joy exhibition.

Jazz's practice is centred around poetics while producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing has been widely published nationally and internationally, and performed on stages around the world.

Jazz’s first poetry collection, the best-selling how to make a basket (UQP, 2021) was the 2020 winner of the David Unaipon Award. Their second collection mark the dawn is forthcoming from UQP in 2024. Jazz’s first feature film is WINHANGANHA (2023), commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive.