THE LOFT YOUTH ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE

TUMBLRSBLOGSandSOCIAL MEDIA

what we doThe Loft Youth Arts and Cultural Centre runs arts and cultural activities for

young people aged 12-25. The Loft is an initiative of Newcastle

City Council.

what we doThe Loft is a safe place

for young people to express themselves,

hang out with friends, meet new people

and gain skills as organisers of their own

events and activities.

We offer after-school activities, holiday workshop programs, an Aboriginal arts program, project mentoring, all ages gigs, and venue hire. We also run outreach programs outside the venue.

what we do

We provide referrals for at risk young people. We

encourage an increased level of youth

participation in community and civic

activities.

what we do

The Loft is committed to providing a drug and alcohol free environment for young people at all

of our events.

what we do

www.theloft.org.au

The Loft’s website went on-line in 2010

HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA

The Loft website is designed to:• deliver information such as contact details, hiring

price guide, school holiday and after school activities etc.

• showcase Loft members and their projects, and

• be an initial point of reference for parents, carers, guardians and other arts/welfare organisations as much as young people.

www.theloft.org.au

http://facebook.com/theloftnewcastle

The Loft’s Facebook page was initiated in 2010

HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA

The Loft has over 4500 friends on Facebook.

Facebook gives us the opportunity to: • respond immediately to inquiries, • develop communities around after school activities

and interests. • engage with young people on their terms, in their

preferred forum• promote gigs and activities

• pass on competitions, forums and other external

opportunities to our members

www.facebook.com/theloftnewcastle

1. Equity of access allows us to respond to changing youth cultural trends and continue to engage and involve young

people from diverse backgrounds

2. Community formation for isolated young people

why SOCIAL MEDIA works for us

3. Community formation for isolated young people

4. Fostering support within the community

why SOCIAL MEDIA works for us

The Loft has public access computers. The Loft staff:

• Physically monitor internet use by young people

• Discuss on-line responsibilities with computer users

• Display information in the computer area reminding young people of appropriate on-line behaviour

how we keep our young people safe

• Access to arts/creative opportunities and competitions

• Membership within cyber-communities of similar interests

• Opportunities to explore identity• Connectedness to peer groups• Civic engagement and activism• Increases awareness of social activities within

‘real life’ community

opportunities digital media can provide

Current examples

KONY 2012

http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/kony-2012

• What has social media has done?

• Social media and critical thinkinghttp://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble

http://projectkony.tumblr.com/

Digital media the internet and the fairshare experience

• Getup! www.getup.org.au/great-barrier-reef

• Gumtree www.gumtree.com.au

• Miniature Earth www.miniature-earth.com

• EcoEtsy www.ecoetsy.com

• Facebook• Twitter• MySpace• Windows Live Messenger• tumblr• Habbo Hotel• deviantART• Google+

social media used by the loft’s young people

Twitter

social media used by the loft’s young people

Twitter and Social movements

• Political and Environmental movements

• Sharing and updating followers with new information about current events

• examples?

• Art based blogging community• Erotic content• Users offer each other criticsim and praise• Manga and fan based art very popular• Users can sell their works or advertise for

commissions • Journals, polls, groups and portfolios.

social media used by the loft’s young people

tumblr

social media used by the loft’s young people

• Blog - writing and photos• Culture of reblogging• Fan driven – Dr Who, Harry Potter and cats• Two way blocking feature• Anonymous questions can be disabled

social media used by the loft’s young people

Tumblr and the fairshare experience

• http://sustainableart.tumblr.com/

• http://passage-sustainable-art-design.tumblr.com/

• http://counter-craft.tumblr.com/

• http://projectcraftivism.tumblr.com/

Our Job• Create a FairShare Newcastle Tumblr

» Creative Writing and reflective passages» Photography» Online resources and links with brief overviews» Local examples and recounts of local projects» Digital illustrations » YouTube» Links to other tumblrs

STepsCreate

Upload

Publicise

Keep creating to keep current

How• Online research and reading

• Find and discover online resources that will value add

• Create digital works using photography and the digital illustration tablets

• Write creative or factual pieces using the knowledge and information that you have gained form Fairshare.

• Review you Fairshare Experience.

One person will need to put their

hand up to set up the fairshare

tumblr and personalise it in

line with the fairshare

experience

Other Tumblrs and blogs to check out

• http://thebiggerproject.tumblr.com/ • http://livingefficiently.tumblr.com/• http://loqalinfo.tumblr.com/• http://notquitehippie.tumblr.com/• http://fairsharepub.tumblr.com/• http://edibleethics.tumblr.com/• http://www.recyclegirl-ren.blogspot.com.au/• http://dressupevent.tumblr.com/• http://greenismyfavcolor.tumblr.com/• http://www.fairshareinternational.org/organisationhttp://www.iftf.org/• http://www.ecocentricblog.org/• http://www.h2oconserve.org/home.php?pd=index• http://www.yourdailyvegan.com/

Other Online links

• storyofstuff.org foodroutes.com

ewg.orgsafecosmetics.org

epa.govdosomething.orgecoetsy.comnationalgeographic.comglobalstewards.orgtheenvironmentalblog.orgchartreuseproducts.com

greenoptions.comsustainablog.org

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