Outer Urban Projects' education arm engages with students, teachers and curriculum bodies across both secondary and tertiary sectors. We explore education engagement for each of our works, be it through developing engaging curriculum-aligned resources, delivering education audience Q&As, or arts-industry placements.

V.O.I.C.E. 

Voices of Inclusivity, Creativity & Expression

In 2026-27, Outer Urban Projects is offering V.O.I.C.E., our exciting new education initiative. This program offers targeted low-ICSEA government secondary schools direct engagement with Outer Urban Projects’ bold, diverse artists that not only reflect, but inspire and affirm students' confidence, and creative voice.

Outer Urban Projects creates and inhabits an ecology that defines artistic excellence as a form of protest and resistance—where ignored and compelling voices and bodies can aspire, thrive and inspire change because they have powerful stories to tell, and the hunger and means to do so. In this ecology new forms of contemporary performance—live and digital—are imagined and created from the life experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse artists from the outer urban suburbs of Melbourne.

Through V.O.I.C.E., Outer Urban Projects will showcase two original Victorian CALD works for study: KIN: DUDI & JOJO, a short partially-animated documentary showcasing Australia's talented Fijian diaspora and The Audition, a professionally recorded stage production by asylum-seeking artists and acclaimed Victorian playwrights, exploring parallels between actors auditioning and refugees seeking asylum. Facilitated Q&As and in-person workshops with key creatives will accompany these screenings, with free, curriculum-aligned, pre & post-incursion digital workshops also framing students’ in-person experiences.

Please contact our Education Producer, Claire Wearne via claire@outerurbanprojects.org to discuss imbedding V.O.I.C.E. into your school’s curriculum.

Curriculum-based Outcomes:

The relevant Victorian curriculum areas which V.O.I.C.E aims to address are:

• VCE Media
• VCE English as an Additional Language
• VCE English
• VCE VM
• Year 10 English
• Year 9/10 Media Electives
• Intercultural capabilities

 

Click below to explore explicit curriculum links with English/EAL/Literature & Media.

VOICE Media - KIN - Dudi & Jojo

VOICE English - KIN - Dudi & Jojo

VOICE English - The Audition