YOUTH WEEK STORY QUEST!

Tenterfield celebrates Youth Week - April 2024

When Lee at Tenterfield Library called Lyn, NEWC's program manager, with an urgent request: "Do you know a local artist who's great with kids?" the answer was immediate, "Yes! We sure do."

The next thing we know, Armidale Author/Illustrator, Trish Donald, is heading to Tenterfield for Youth Week in April, where she had a creative time with children and adults at a workshop focused on developing micro-stories.
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​After the event, Trish filled us in on the fun she'd had with the children. "The stories captured a moment in time through the eyes of people, animals and objects with visual elements from the stories inspiring rock paintings. The rocks were placed along the Tenterfield Creek Trail walk for all to enjoy at the Story Quest Digital Sculpture trail through the Tenterfield Youth Precinct."

What a brilliant idea! Find out more, and see some of these lovely stories on the Tenterfield Shire Council website.

​Children were invited to participate in one of two storytelling workshops held at Tenterfield library. These workshops focused on the art of 'Micro-Stories' and digital 'Stop-Motion.' The stories crafted during these sessions were digitised and showcased to the community through the Story Quest digital sculpture trail at Tenterfield Youth Precinct.

​Children, friends, families and the community all joined the fun with participants searching for decorated rocks embedded with QR codes. Scanning the code uncovered the stories created by the young storytellers!

These stories can now be found on the Tenterfield Shire Council website here: https://www.tenterfield.nsw.gov.au/community/library/youth-story-quest