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Introducing the Create1World Interactive Podcast

We want you to be part of the new Create1World Interactive Podcast! Photo: Free To Use Sounds on Unsplash

We are excited to announce the next part of our new (Covid-necessitated) online aspects of Create1World!

The youth creative competition is done and dusted (see the winners on our FB page here), and the fantastic winners have received their prize money and certificates. That still leaves our goal of bringing you local and international sources of inspiration and wisdom on creative activism. Plus, we still have some prize money to give away, thanks to our sponsor the Wellington City Council Creative Communities Scheme. So keep reading for how to be in to win one of ten prizes of $100.

Normally, at Create1World, we bring together amazing people who do inspirational creative activism for an interactive face-to-face-plus-Zoom talk with you. Normally, we get you all in a huge room together to participate in that live conversation. But, as we all know, we now have a new normal. We wanted to prioritise your health and safety, so our live events have been cancelled in 2020 and 2021. Since then, we’ve been working hard to come up with alternatives tailored to your needs.

We considered holding a Zoom-only event, but we’re aware that there’s a lot of Zoom fatigue out there. In fact, when we talked with many of you, both students and teachers told us there’s a lot of fatigue in general. You told us that adding another thing to be at in a set time and place for several hours of focussed discussion on Zoom was not really what you’re up for right now. You told us that most of you are still working really hard over the last few months of the year to finish up your delayed schoolwork. And we heard you.

You told us 2020 has flattened you! Photo: Isabella and Louisa Fischer on Unsplash

So, we decided to make Create1World in its online format something you can participate in in your own time, on your own terms, from anywhere, rather than try to cram it into your busy final term or expect you to come to campus. Introducing (drum roll please…) our Create1World Interactive Podcast!

This is your chance to be part of the Create1World conversation, feature in our podcast series, get your questions about creative activism answered, and maybe even win some prize money. We’re still facilitating conversations with creative activists like we always do, but you can ask your question when it suits you, we send it to the activist of your choice, and they record an answer for you.

Then we’ll make those questions and answers available as podcasts, so that you can chill out, throw in your earphones and listen to the wisdom of inspiring world experts on creative activism in your own time, in your own space, at your leisure. No need to take a day off school to come to Create1World: fit your dose of creative activism motivation and know-how in when and where it suits you.
Click here https://sites.massey.ac.nz/expressivearts/how-to-participate-in-the-create1world-summer-interactive-podcast/ for more detail on how it works. This competition closes on March 31, 2022.

We’re making a podcast so you can listen to it anywhere! Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash
Thank you to our major sponsor!

Create1World Moving to Electronic Conference

Kia ora koutou, because your health and safety is our top priority, we will not be proceeding with a physical gathering for Create1World this year.

However, we’ve always had a cutting-edge electronic component to the conference – and we think it is still very important and inspirational to hear from, and support, the voices of our artists at this time.

So we’re working on a plan to expand the electronic part of the conference so that you can still get access to great creative activism wisdom from wherever you are. We’ll keep you posted.

We are also still happy to accept your entries to the competition. We believe creativity is an important way to process everything that is happening. However, the electronic version that you send us will be your judged entry – there will be no live finals.

Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/create1world/

Stay safe and stay creative. ❤️

Create1World 2020 Competition Now Open!

Calling all creative rangatahi! We know you have great ideas about how to make the world a better place. Turn them into a short film, poem, story, song or piece of theatre, and you could win cash prizes.  Check out http://sites.massey.ac.nz/expressivearts/create1world-2020/  for all the details of the 2020 Create1World Competition.  It’s NOW OPEN and you have until June 2, 2020 to get your entries in.

 

Create1World 2019

Create1World 2019

Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to the Create1World 2019 Competition and Conference information pages – Join us to create one world through expressive arts and creativity! Hono atu ki te whakataetae Create1World.  Mahi tahi mo te rangimarie.

Massey University invites young people aged 12-18 (or in schooling equivalent to years 7-13) to enter the 2019 Create1World competition, and/or to join us for a fabulous day of creative inspiration including local and international panellists answering your questions, along with performances, workshops and activities. Last year our conferences were rated 8.9 out of 10 by participants on whether they would recommend them to others!

The competition asks you to produce a creative piece that encourages audiences to join together as a global community and solve some of the big problems we face as a planet.  It could be a video, song, poem, short story, speech or theatre performance – your choice – but it must help us think about ways of working collaboratively for the betterment of all humanity. There are cash prizes! Continue reading

Create1World Flyer

Want some Create1World 2018 info to put up on your class noticeboard? Here’s our latest flyer.  Click here  Create1World 2018 Flyer PDF  for a PDF for you to download!

Create1World 2018

Create1World 2018

Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to the Create1World Competition and Conference information pages – Join us to create one world through expressive arts and creativity! Hono atu ki te whakataetae Create1World.  Mahi tahi mo te rangimarie.

Massey University invites high school students in years 9-13 to enter the 2018 Create1World competition, and/or to join us for a fabulous day of creative inspiration including local and international panellists answering your questions, along with performances, workshops and activities.

The competition asks you to produce a creative piece that encourages audiences to join together as a global community and solve some of the big problems we face as a planet.  It could be a video, song, poem, short story, speech or theatre performance – your choice – but it must help us think about ways of working collaboratively for the betterment of all humanity. There are cash prizes!

“We are still raving about it.” (Teacher, Wellington)

The conference days are free to attend, and give you a feast of creative inspiration from other young people and leading artivists (that’s artists who use their creativity to generate change)!  There’s one conference at Massey Wellington, 9am – 3pm on November 15, and one at Massey Auckland, 9am – 3pm on November 22.  We provide morning tea and lunch, a goody bag, and a wealth of information and inspiration about creativity and global citizenship.

If you already know you want to come to a Create1World conference day near you – please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNlSNKwVI01F44LTWZ0uiyuYKP0JsUi1EcbPZo3JH33UCvOw/viewform Registration for the Auckland event has been extended until 5pm on November 8, 2018.

You can attend a conference day without having to enter the competition – but we really hope you’ll do both! It’s great to see what ideas everyone has and share our own Kiwi young people’s creativity alongside our featured local and international artists’ stories about their successful creative journeys.

We are very grateful to New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO for supporting Create1World, including with prizes, and travel support for participants (if your school needs help with travel for students, please contact us on cre8oneworld@gmail.com to discuss – we want to see wide participation at Create1World!).

If you’d still like a bit more of a sense of what it’s like to come to a Create1World Conference before you sign up, check out the Radio New Zealand story here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201807707/creative-activism

So get creating and registering, and come join us for Create1World 2018!

“Thank you so much for such an amazing conference today. I had little to no idea what was going to happen and it completely blew my mind how well put together it was. It was so interesting and fascinating to hear different perspectives from not only the panel internationally and domestically, but as well as from teachers/tutors within Massey University. Thank you so much once again❤️” (Student, Auckland)

 

Creative Activism for Highschool Students

Flier_Page_1Inspired by our innovative Expressive Arts curriculum and its focus on ‘performing the change you want to see’, Massey University College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies are proud to present #create1world, the first Creative Activism & Global Citizenship initiative in New Zealand.

This conference, competition and think-tank for senior highschool students will be held from 9am to 3pm, on July 1, 2016, at Massey University’s Wellington campus.

If you are in Year 11, 12 or 13, we invite you to first of all to enter our competition.  It aligns with NCEA for Media Studies, English, Drama and Music so we’re sure there will be a category that you can enter.

Then, come along to the conference day on July 1, and be inspired by some of the most exciting artists of our time, and hear about their work using art to cross borders, create peace, solve planetary problems and connect diverse peoples.

The day will kick off with a global linkup showcasing creative artists (celebrity musicians, painters, filmmakers, actors and more) both local and international, who are committed to creating unity and justice through their music, theatre, and media work.

Then we’ll hear from Kiwi students – the finalists in our competition will be invited to present your own creative activism work in the areas of media studies, music, creative writing and drama, and we’ll announce winners and award prizes.

Finally, join a creative brainstorm where your ideas are heard and recorded – you could really make a difference to our future and our world.

See more detail at our website massey.ac.nz/create1world

You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/team1world or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/create1world/

Flier_Page_2We look forward to seeing your creative entries and to welcoming you to the #create1world discussion on July 1.