Fellowship Week 2023 at the Imagination Factory and in Luna Park was a week of pure magic. As a member of the troupe, co-ceo, adult shaped by traditional systems turned newby puppeteer, I had the opportunity to build bridges of unlikely connections with people from all walks of life. We... Read More
Ben Knight, Rhian Miller, The Embassy – A lighthouse illuminating the patterns of creation. When the Embassy first arrived at the Factory I remember taking a moment with Ben Knight outside and just looking at it as a blank canvas form, it was all white and ready for another life. ... Read More
Re-patterning your thinking is an uncomfortable practice and I believe being uncomfortable is an indicator that something different will happen. We know we can’t solve the problems of today with the same level of thinking that got us here so we need some different types of thinking and that happens... Read More
“How do you repattern the world? You build unlikely relational networks so the answers to that question emerge. You embrace being uncomfortable, it will pass. And you remain hopeful, we can do this, we’ve done this and will keep doing this for all time.” Steph Beck, IMAGI-NATION{University} Vice-Chancellor To shift... Read More
OKAY, HOW DOES IT WORK? We built a World Of Mentoring, a bridge between university and high school which mentors kids from age 12-18 and features: Free academic tutoring: between 20-30 sessions a year 45 one-hour AIME Theatre of Education sessions @ the university campus One-on-one career transition support for... Read More
How do you take on global inequity? Back in 2014, AIME was having real success as a mentoring organisation tackling one of Australia’s most intractable problems:closing the education gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and seeing them complete high school at the same rate as other Australian kids.... Read More