A program initiative in partnership with VicHealthFuture Reset
Empowering Youth through Art, Creativity, and Wellbeing
2022 - ongoing
Future Reset is a groundbreaking partnership between VicHealth and the arts sector, aimed at advancing the collective health and wellbeing of young people. Together, we're harnessing the power of art, creativity, and culture to enhance mental wellbeing and social connection, with young people leading the charge. When art and young people come together, the possibilities are endless—a future with unimaginable potential.
The pandemic has highlighted global inequalities rooted in intersecting structures of race, class, gender, heteronormativity, and ableism. These inequalities manifest in various social, health, and economic outcomes, impacting people's sense of belonging, safety, and security in institutions and everyday contexts.
In response, the Future Reset program was developed as part of a growing movement in public health initiatives worldwide to increase social connectedness and wellbeing through community-based art projects.
As one of the nine arts organisations in this initiative, MAV has partnered with VicHealth's Future Reset to deliver transformative youth-oriented programs in Melbourne's outer southeastern, western, and Wimmera regions. Over the next three years, these programs will foster creativity and promote mental wellbeing through connection, culture, and youth-led projects.
MAV has engaged with these 7 local producers from within our community to undertake a co-design process with our Young Creative Lead, James Emmanuel McKinnon to produce the following programs:
The Producers:
Deng Tebir
Deng is the lead producer for Diversity In Motion, a series of in-school dance workshops, mentorships and a talent quest. Workshops will be held between July 2023 to October 2024 for multicultural youth schools in Melton.
PROGRAM: DIVERSITY IN MOTION
Tasi Taa
May and Fionna of Tasi Taa engage with young multicultural families and kids in Hampton Park neighbourhood to develop stories, and produce music theatre workshops and performances.
PROGRAM: CULTIVATE
Titan Debirioun
Titan leads Higher Vision, a filmmaking program offered to African youth in Tarneit and Point Cook. Participants will have access to mentors and equipment to create content for screen.
PROGRAM: HIGHER VISION
NOMAD
Produced by Nomad, and led by members of the Afro-Pasifika Youth in Werribee and Tarneit, is a program to develop skills in Hip Hop and RnB music production. Engaging with local schools and youth groups, these workshops will be held between May 2023 to June 2024
PROGRAM: BE FREE
Larra Juab
Larra will be producing the Music, Arts and Dance Festival in the city of Dandenong alongside leading creative collectives and multicultural youth in the South East. The festival was held in October 2023.
PROJECT: M.A.D FESTIVAL
CENTRE FOR MULTICULTURAL YOUTH BALLARAT
Meaning ‘good mental health’ in Nuer, Tiaal Mi Goa is a mental health support group initiated by CMY and Headspace Ballarat. A podcast will be produced in Central Highlands & Wimmera regions between July 2023 to October 2024.
PROJECT: TIAL MI GOAA PODCAST
VicHealth developed the Future Reset program in response to the pandemic, which brought into clearer view the widening global inequalities rooted in intersecting structures of race, class, gender, heteronormativity, and ableism.
The burden of these inequalities is reflected in various social, health, and economic outcomes, as well as people’s sense of belonging, safety, and (in)security in institutions and everyday contexts. This program seeks to increase social connectedness and well-being through community-led art projects.
Together with our friends at; Arts Access Victoria, Arts Mildura, Footscray Community Arts, Next Wave, The Push, Regional Arts Victoria, Western Edge Youth Arts and Yirrmaboi Festival, FUTURE RESET is VicHealth's latest partnership with the arts sector to move the dial on young peoples collective health and wellbeing as supported by the Victorian Government.
