This semester, ANU Students are invited to participate in an empowering program of master classes, designed and facilitated by leading journalist and activist Liz Deep-Jones. Liz Deep-Jones is the driving force behind the "We Bleed the Same" anti-racism exhibition, currently on show in the RSSS Building at ANU. Participants in the master class program will be encouraged to utilise diverse art & media platforms to express themselves in their fight for human rights and equality, and to call out racism.

Five masterclasses will be offered in Semester Two, with students expected to commit to the full series and to the production of their own art/media works. Ms. Deep-Jones will be joined in some sessions by her collaborators in the "We Bleed The Same" exhibition. The details of the master classes are as follows:

1.The Art of Combating Racism Through the Arts & Media (Tuesday 23rd August, 1-4pm, with guest lecturer renowned portrait photographer Tim Bauer).

2.Developing & Researching Content for Production (Tuesday 30th August, 1-3pm, with guest lecturer graphic designer and art director Brenda Dwyer).

3.Refining & Producing Arts/Media Work (Tuesday 20th September, 1-3pm).

4.The Essential Art of Post Production (Tuesday 27th September, 1-3pm).

5. Online session (Tuesday 4 October, 1-3pm, on Zoom).

6.How to Be a Global & Active Game Changer, including finalisation of final student art/media projects (11 October, 1-4pm). 

7. Master Class Showcase Launch. (6pm, 8 November, RSSS Level 2 Foyer).

Ms. Deep-Jones will be available to meet potential participants for informal discussion of the program at the RSSS Foyer, 1.30pm Friday 12th August 2022. She also invites prospective participants to attend the We Bleed the Same Live Storytelling event held throughout the weekend of the 13th-14th of August (and in parallel to the Canberra Writers Festival), if they would like to see the role that art and media can play in social activism. 

Places in the program are limited. Applications due Monday 15th August 2022.

Brought to you by The Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry, ANU.