CURRICULUM VITAE | Dead Letter A

NICK LAWSON

HE/THEY

deadlettera@outlook.com

Nick is well set up with zine equipment and has experience in the community art space, (selling at community markets, supporting local artists’ exhibitions and live music, helping to obtain and acquit grants etc).

Enjoying a multitude of artistic mediums including but not limited to photography, drawing, storytelling, poetry and design, Nick currently runs online writing and zine-making workshops for trans, gender-diverse and non-binary folk and looks to run in-person workshops to create safe, non-pathologised environment to engage with the TGDNB community and help to explore their creative practices.

With lived experience in addiction, homelessness, mental health and disability, Nick is passionate about helping others and looks forward to working within the community, collaborating with other artists, running workshops/events, and supporting and teaching others.

RECENTLY COMPLETED

Regional and Rural 2023 Victorian LGBTIQA+ Leadership Program funded by DFFH (finishing July 1st 2023) Department of Families Fairness and Housing Victoria | The 2023 Victorian LGBTIQ+ Leadership Program is now accepting applications (dffh.vic.gov.au)

Work Experience

CURRENT & ONGOING

Creating a dedicated zine space in Geelong for any and zinesters with local Geelong artists Amanda Firenze and Glen Smith.

SPACE HOLDING MEMBER OF THE MEMBERS RUN NFP ART COMMUNITY, THE HOUSE.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

July 2022-July 2023

I co-facilitated online and in-person creative, writing and zine-making workshops/meetups for trans, gender diverse and non-binary adults to engage with community and help them explore their creative practices in a safe non pathologised space. TRANSCREATIVE network was borne out of Trans and gender-diverse storytelling workshops funded by Maribyrnong Council during 2022 with the outcome of an anthology About us | Thousand Threads Press

21 APRIL - 1 july 2023

Victorian LGBTIQ+ Leadership Program | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)

1 APRIL 2023

QLIT ARTISTS' SHOWCASE

16 FEBRUARY 2023

Panellist

Author panel at Merri-bek Library (Brunswick) Trans at the Intersections hosted by Sasja Sydek

10 DECEMBER 2022

Interview with Logan Timmins on T on the T - Trans in Conversation, Bent TV at Channel 31 Melbourne & Geelong local Community TV Station 10th December 2022

2022

In Flux: Trans and Gender- Diverse Reflections and Imaginings

I participated in Trans and gender-diverse storytelling workshops from Maribyrnong and Beyond.

Conceived by Alex Nichols and co-produced by Alex Nichols and Urszula Dawkins, A Thousand Threads: Stories of Us was initially funded by a Transgender Victoria SPARK grant and has been further supported by the City of Maribyrnong, Pride Foundation, Thorne Harbour Health and Queerspace.

I am co-editor of the resulting anthology, In Flux: Trans and Gender Diverse and Reflections & Imaginings, in which some of my work has been published alongside other writers.

We had a book launch on 3rd December at the Bluestone Church Art Space- 8A Hyde St, Footscray for the anthology where 10 of the writers performed their work for the attending audience.

I facilitated 1 of the zoom rehearsals between the creative director, Aspen Beilharz and the anthology writers for the performances.

I designed the program for the book launch which was a16 page A3 mini zine which you can see here along with an 8 page A4 mini zine I designed from art made by trans, gender diverse and non binary folk in a series of workshops in Merri Bek. Plus an A4 poster on the back of the mini zine also designed with the art from trans, gender diverse and non binary folk in the workshops.