Daryll Bellingham, Storyteller
PO Box 5300, West End, Brisbane, Qld 4101

ph. 61 (0)7 3846 3135        mob. 0417 4784 08
mail@storytell.com.au      www.storytell.com.au



As an independent, freelance performance artist, I've provided dynamic, participatory storytelling performances and led workshops, training sessions, projects and festivals in schools, early childhood centres and libraries throughout Queensland and New South Wales since 1987.

Since 1992, I've explored and developed the role of stories and storytelling in community cultural development and initiated and led many community projects based around stories, storytelling, print and web based publishing, and more recently digital storytelling.

My expertise in storytelling has led to my employment as a narrative and corporate storytelling consultant and community cultural development artsworker in schools, community, government and industry.



Digital Storytelling & New Media Projects

'austoryplace.blogspot.com' Jan, 2009 - story creation, podcasting, online mapping and blogging sessions with young library users in Victorian Regional Libraries

'West End Digital Story Space' 2008 - Brisbane City Council Grant to work with members of the West End Community Storytelling Group to train participants to create and publish stories, podcasts, vodcasts and digital stories to publish on free social networking sites.

'Picture This - Ali-Curung, NT' 2008 - Arts NT grant to run digital storytelling and video recording sessions and workshops in a remote Indigenous community in southern Barkly Tableland.

'Mitchelton Turns 150 Digital Celebration Project' 2007 - Brisbane City Council Ward and Festivals and Community Projects Grants to initiate, faciliate and manage a community history project with publication to Mitchy Memories Wiki, podcasts, exhibition and bus tour.

'Loving Logan - take 2' 2007 - MAF grant to work with recent arrival teenage refugees at MultiLink Logan creating digital stories.

'Book Links Qld - Under Cover Stories DVD' 2007 - initiation, creation and publishing of a DVD of digital stories about the creative processes of Queensland Book creators.

'West End Community Digital Storytelling Project' 2006 - GCBF grant for local digital stories with local community residents, and participants with disabilities.

'Bunya To Bay Ambassadors Digital Story Workshop' 2006 - Qld. State Library digital story workshop for expeditioners using the Ed. Qld. 'The Learning Place' blog for script development.

'Enchanted Forest Playground Stories' 2006 - Brisbane City Council project involving creating and recording stories with year 3 students at Ashgrove State Primary for installation in new playground in Dorrington Park.

'Charleville Generational Learning Digital Storytelling Project' 2006 - stories created by local Indigenous youth learning through cultural site visits with Elders.

‘Loving Logan - adapting to a new city’ 2005 - a Qld Stories, Digital Storytelling Project funded by Qld State Library in collaboration with Logan City Library, Speak Out, & Multilink.
The project focussed on adult participants from different multicultural communities.

‘Stories, Music & Chermside Virtuolygies’ 2005 - a Qld Stories Digital Storytelling Project with Brisbane City Council Library Service, SpeakOut and teenage Chermside library users

‘Digital Storytelling Introductory Workshops’ - Deniliquin NSW, 2004-05 - Wamba Wamba Community, Creative Writers and Southern Riverina TAFE

‘Stories & Songs of Vulture Street’ - West End, Brisbane, 2004 - collaboration with Getano Bann, West End Community Storytelling Group producing songs, concert and DVD


Selected Community Projects & Performances

‘Stories & Songs from Inala Yarning Place’ 2008 - 'Creative Sparks' Grant to work with Inala Indigenous Elders, Karen Tunny & Getano Bann & community groups to create, record & publish on DVD new songs & stories.

‘West End Community Storytelling Group’ 1995 - 2008 - initator and facilitator

‘Super Chicken a Fowl Exhibition for Children' 2005 - performances Ipswich Art Gallery

‘Cross Currents - Aus. National Storytelling Confest’ 2003 - various organisational, directing, workshops and performance roles

‘Gabbing with Chords’, 2002 - West End Com. Storytelling & Combined Union Choir

‘Queensland Art Gallery’, Brisbane 2001 - performances in the Conrad Martins exhibition

‘Iron Men Talking’, 2000 - Relaxation Centre, Brisbane - concert of men's stories & music

‘Writing In High Fields & Crows Nests’, 1999 - IYOP library web publishing project

‘Crossing Boundaries’, 1998 - Brisbane Stories Web Site, Brisbane City Council

‘Reminiscence Banners’ 1997 - with Uniting Church, Access Arts & residents

‘Stories From the Heart’ 1995 - Hands On Art and Paddington Red Hill Community Centre


Selected Corporate Projects

'Effective Communication Training’ 2005 - CHEP AsiaPacific, Marketing & Sales.

‘Networked Learning Project Publication’ 2005 - TAFE Qld

‘Pacific Motorway Project Leaders Learnings Project’ 2001 - Department of Main Roads

‘4 Seeable Futures’ scenario writing & performances, 2000 - Main Roads & Q Trans.


Keynote addresses, workshops & performances for major conferences, professional organisations and institutions

The Creche and Kindergarten Assoc. of Qld, PSCQ, Workforce Council, The School Libraries Assoc. of Qld., The Kindergarten Union of N.S.W., Gold Coast, Lismore, South Bank and North Point TAFE Colleges, Ipswich City Council Library (Global Info Links), Brisbane City Council Libraries Storytelling Team, Redlands Shire Council Library, Logan City Council Library, Qld State Library, Public Libraries Division workshops in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville


Professional Memberships

Qld. Storytelling Guild, QPIX, Digital Storytelling Assoc., Oral History Assoc.Aust(Qld)






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