The Ways of Winged Ones and Women 18 September 2014

The Ways of Winged Ones and Women, a weave of folktale, myth and history. Created with the environment of the Docklands especially in mind, this tale contemplates the nomadic and migratory movements of women and birds. Through the air and across oceans, these precarious journeys create webs of deep connection. For millennia, the migratory birds of our wetlands have journeyed annually to the arctic tundra and back again following the East Asian Australasian Flyway. Without instinct or wings but with beating hearts, thousands of women crossed oceans, disembarking in the burgeoning colony to begin new lives, for better or for worse. 

Jackie Kerin and Teena Hartnett are two women whose passion for history and folk tale is contagious. Insatiably curious and delightfully mischievous, time spent with these two is never dull.

Thursday 18th September
Theatre Doors open 5.30pm for 6pm start
Where: The Library at The Dock
107 Victoria Harbour Promenade
Docklands Vic 3008
Getting there:
Tram from City: 31, 48 , 11 (stop D18).
Short walk from Southern Cross Station

The Ways of Winged Ones and Women  is part of the 'Words on the Wind' series curated by Anne E Stewart for Storytelling Australia Victoria HERE

The IMTALAP Symposium (Adelaide) 17 & 18 October, 2014

Not a SAV event but an opportunity for all who are interested in working in Museums, Art Galleries, historic sites etc, this will be of interest.

Putting the Muse into the Museum: The role of narrative in museum theatre

 Museum theatre is the tool for interpreting, entertaining and educating audiences in cultural institutions. An alliance exists for practitioners to share their ideas, experiences, as well as source advice and inspiration.

The international body is called International Museum Theatre Alliance (IMTAL). International Museum Theatre Alliance Asia Pacific aims to represent and offer services to all of its members and also to partner members in IMTAL Americas and IMTAL Europe.

IMTAL Asia Pacific is:

•  the formal conduit for all museum theatre practitioner
• 
 the overseeing organising team for forums and conferences
• the host for events with workshops, master classes and special guests
• 
 an advocate for performance in cultural organisations

• a promoter of academic rigor in the area of museum theatre

Read all about IMTALAP HERE

On Facebook HERE

A potted summary of the Sydney International Storytelling Conference 2014

A short video record of another wonderful conference hosted by the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) created for the enjoyment of those who were there, and to share the experience with those who couldn't be with us. Enjoy!

Gorge(ous) Yarns with Jan Wositzky. Nowa Nowa 13 and 14 September 2014

Click on posters to enlarge

Learn more about Jan 'Yarn'  Wositzky: HERE

Contacts: Helen Sheil 5155 7218 helenjsheil@gmail.com,

 Francine Gilfedder 51557367

 MarjorieThorpe marjithrope@hotmail.com 0400201668

Notice of AGM to be followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting

Notice of AGM 2014

to be followed by an 
Extraordinary General Meeting

24 August at 1.00 – 3.00 pm

Level: 1. Meeting room: 1

Ross House: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne

Proceedings will include the election of the committee and voting on other matters relating to the constitution of SAV. All current financial members are eligible to vote, whether in person or by proxy.

If you have any questions about nominating, voting by proxy, or any other matter related to the AGM, please contact Jackie Kerin  storytellingvic@live.com.au or  0412 2100 98.

A note on the committee

We have instituted the“Knowledge Bank”. This is made up of experienced members willing to guide and teach those who would like to take on an executive or committee role but lack experience or knowledge of organisations and arts events. So don’t be deterred; involvement is an opportunity to grow.

SAV elects its committee each year at the AGM. The committee currently consists of:

• ·       President
• ·       Treasurer/Membership/ Minutes
• ·       Secretary /public officer
• ·       Three general committee members.

We are seeking to expand this to include:

• ·       Vice President
• ·       Administrator
• ·       general committee members with event proposals

Each year, all committee positions are vacated and any financial member may nominate/be nominated for election for any committee position.

Positions are voluntary and not remunerated. Members will be asked to commit to attending a minimum number of committee meetings (usually by teleconference). A position on the committee is rewarding but it does require you to make a commitment of time and energy to advancing the interests of the membership.

Looking forward to a feisty, fast and creative meet followed by celebratory drinks at Yand Js or some other mutually agreeable watering hole!

Words on the Wind: Kissing the Blarney As It Flies. Niki na Meadhra 21 August 2014

Kissing the Blarney As It Flies is a tale of growing up in Australia, feeling like a foreigner and making the journey to Ireland only to discover a homeland that is as familiar as it is foreign. 

My journey loops around from Ireland back to Hobson’s Bay where my Irish ancestors first arrived, when they settled in Victoria. 

Woven with songs, anecdotes and traditional stories this is a heart-warming yarn about coming home.

Niki na Meadhra

Kissing the Blarney As It Flies is the second story in a series of six at the Library at the Dock. The series is called Words on the Wind, an initiative of Anne E Stewart and Storytelling Australia Victoria.

For more information about the shows to come and directions visit the Storytelling Vic website HERE

Learn more about Niki HERE

The 2014 Sydney International Storytelling Conference

The 2014 Sydney International Storytelling Conference was held in June and attracted delegates from around the world and from all over Australia. This conference takes place every two years providing a marvellous opportunity for people interested in storytelling to forge new friendships, strengthen old ones, develop new skills, hear stories and tell stories.  Several Vic tellers made it to the conference.

Storytelling Australia Victoria received an anonymous donation in the form of a scholarship to the Conference. The condition was that the opportunity be available to someone working with story as a tool in the area of social justice. The recipient was Emily Conolan, the founder of Tasmanian Asylum Seeker Support.  Emily is part of the  recently formed Storytelling Australia – Tasmania.

The conference is hosted by the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW)  and here is Christine Carlton (president of the NSW Guild) summing up a wonderfully successful weekend.