OTYP CEO Sarah Parsons and Jo Nathan will be working alongside Kolkata-based youth arts organisation ThinkArts to deliver the workshops.
They are offered as part of the children’s programming of the Serendipity Arts Festival - one of the largest multidisciplinary festivals in the South Asia region.
Their involvement in the project has come about through Miss Parsons’ involvement in the Regional/Regional Alliance through ASIALINK and the University of Melbourne.
It is a three-year long program of cultural collaboration with a group of artists and arts workers living in regional areas across the Asia Pacific.
In Goa, India over two weeks, Miss Parsons and Mrs Nathan will deliver art and theatre workshops alongside local artists Tanashri Rane (theatre) and Navedita Singh (visual art).
The four artists have been meeting regularly online in the lead up to plan the workshop content.
“This is the first international partnership for Outback Theatre for Young People during their 35 -year history in our region,” Miss Parsons said.
“My involvement in the ASIALINK Alliance has been incredible.
“We have met so many great practitioners across the Asia Pacific, and we are excited to cement our relationships when Jo and I land in Goa.
“We also look forward to seeing where this partnership takes us.
“We are currently looking for some funding so we can invite artists from the Asia Pacific to work with our local communities in the future.”
The project is made possible by Creative Australia, The University of Melbourne, ASIALINK Arts and the Regional/Regional Alliance, and Create NSW.
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