Winterwords

Winterwords is an annual series of events over six days which aims to foster the celebration of words in all their forms and functions and includes workshops, performances, exhibitions, discussions, interactive sessions, and displays, of visual and performing arts, literature, poetry, storytelling, games, and music. Events will take place in a range of venues across Beechworth and Stanley, including hotels, historic buildings, community buildings, main streets and retail outlets, in collaboration with local business owners and other arts and culture organisations.

Winterwords aims to be inclusive and accessible, targeting an audience from the local communities, using local artists, writers and performers, engaging with local businesses and community groups, and ensuring a diverse focus including children and young people, older people and the aged, indigenous people, descendants of British early settlers and other migrants, including refugees, people of diverse gender and sexuality, and people of the many diverse languages, cultures and backgrounds that make up our communities.