Mentoring - SharingStories Foundation

Mentees Georgia King, Stanley Francis and Jake Powers with Lead Mentor Michael Jalaru Torres Photo: Michael Jalaru Torres

Mentoring the Next Generation

Mentoring Opportunity

Delivered across 12 months in Broome throughout 2024-2025, the mentorships will empower early career content creators to reach their full potential through the opportunity to grow life and industry-specific skills.

 

Co-designed with Djugun-Yawuru photographer / filmmaker / designer / poet and Lead Mentor Michael Jalaru Torres, the creative industry mentorships will be delivered in a culturally safe learning environment in Broome, and provide employment pathways for First Nations peoples in cultural leadership and digital media roles.

Skills development

Mentees will gain confidence in diverse media production capabilities, and deepen their practice and understanding of the arts sector through one-on-one mentoring, group media production, peer review, peer networking, and online training. Mentees will be expected to undertake self-directed learning, develop a portfolio of creative works, and undertake industry work experiences to complete their learning.

 

  • Increased digital media skills in the region
  • Pathways to self-representation & strengthened ownership over the media processes
  • Pathways to live and work on Country
  • Expansion of an Aboriginal media workforce for hire
  • Expansion of culturally safe content creation teams

Our Lead Mentor and Mentees

Michael Jalaru Torres

Michael Jalaru Torres is an Indigenous fine art photographer, designer, filmmaker and poet. He is a Djugun-Yawuru man with tribal connections to the Gooniyandi/Jabbir Jabbir/Ngarluma peoples. He draws inspiration from the unique landscapes and people of the Kimberley region, which feature prominently in his work.  Michael’s photography explores contemporary social and political issues facing Indigenous people, drawing on his own stories and personal history. He creates conceptual and innovative portraiture and abstract landscape photography. Although he is a self-taught photographer, he regularly experiments with different mediums, and he is interested in expanding his photography into installations and motion work, pushing the boundaries of conceptual photography.

Michael has co-designed the 2024-2025 Western Australian Regional Media Mentorships with SharingStories Foundation and is currently the Lead Mentor.  Co-designed with Lead Mentor Michael Jalaru Torres, the mentorships will be delivered in a culturally safe learning environment in Broome, and provide employment pathways for young First Nations peoples in cultural leadership and digital media roles.

Michael Jalaru Torres

Georgia King

Maiem (hello), my name is Georgia King – my ancestral lines are from the Comet Tribe of the Meriam Mer peoples from the Torres Strait Islands. I also have connections to New Zealand and Scotland. There is a lot of things I’m passionate about but the one thing I’ll share is creating a sense of purpose through creativity, allowing that expression to seep through one’s mind, body and spirit. I hope to show our young mob how important creativity is, it helps build confidence, our sense of self and help them understand the mind and its capability – eventually I would love to be a mentor for our kids and show there’s different avenues to take that are not mainstream – to not hide who they are and to follow through with their passions without any hesitations. I am ready to build my career in the creative industry and see where it takes me, I have always had an eye for this space and I’m excited to develop my knowledge and skills through SharingStories.

Georgia King

Stanley Francis

Hi, my name is Stanley Francis and i am from Broome. My Family ties are to the NyulNyul, Mangala, Karrajarri and Kija groups. I am passionate about photography, cinematography and have applied for this mentorship to further upskill by learning from established photographers like Michael Jalaru Torres.

Stanley Francis

Jake Powers

My name is Jake Powers I am 19 years old, born and raised in Broome with connections to Bardi, Kija and Yawuru land. I like to think that I have a sharp eye for detail and a brain that stimulates creativity. I am super keen on toning what skills I have in my art and bringing the light to other young minds that have ideas of creativity and growing. Forever grateful I have someone like Michael Jalaru Torres to teach and pass on the deadly knowledge he showcases around the world through the SharingStories Foundation mentorship.

Jake Powers

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Image: Michael Jalaru Torres, Lead Mentor

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