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<p><em>Print and puppet making workshop for children, 2013. Image by <a href="https://www.suzannephoenix.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suzanne Phoenix</a>. </em></p>
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<p>UPCOMING WORKSHOP SERIES – AN INVITATION TO ATTEND:<br></p>
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<p>Evan Hastings, Artistic Director of <a href="http://theta.org.nz/">The Theatre in Health Education Trust</a> and I are pleased to announce this invitation to participate in Metaphors of Migration. <br><br><strong>Metaphors of Migration</strong> is a small creative workshop using Creative Writing, Collage &amp; Photography to create a visual art work which will be archived in the <a href="https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/">Dunedin Public Library Scattered Seeds Collection</a>. We are inviting people who live in Ōtepoti Dunedin to creatively reflect on their process of making home here (this can include ancestral migration). No previous arts experience is required as participants will be guided through the process by us. </p>
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<p>DATES (either) 10am-3:30pm on Saturday 31st October or 10am-3:30pm on Saturday 7th November 2020.</p>
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<p>LOCATION: Holding Space Therapeutic Arts Studio, Kaikorai Valley Road, Bradford (further details provided with an RSVP)</p>
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<p>RSVP: We kindly request that you RSVP by 28th October with the date you would like to attend by emailing&nbsp;<a href="mailto:manager@theta.org.nz">manager@theta.org.nz</a>. Please note that spaces are limited.</p>
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<p>Participation in this workshop is free thanks to generous support from the DCC.</p>
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<p>This is a topic which is very personal to me. As a descendant of Dunedin's Lebanese community, I have often felt caught and confused by feeling caught between cultures. My visual appearance is most often seen as being from a white, European background and it is not uncommon for me to hear racial comments of 'othering'. These comments are painful and a reminder of how my 'other ancestors' were treated, just for being from a different culture to the dominant one. My Masters research inquired into this, I have exhibited on the subject and written further about it. </p>
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<p><br>Returning to Dunedin in 2018, I was keen to support our good family friend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7o1OY6TcGE">Afife </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7o1OY6TcGE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harris</a> was supporting our former Syrian refugees settle and make home here. At that time, I spoke to many of the women, who told me that they just wanted opportunities to sit and speak with other women from Dunedin. </p>
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