Welcome to Paperworks

Paperworks was established in 2007 with the aim to set up a semi-sustainable social enterprise business with specific social and community outcomes. Currently we are conducting artisans workshops at the new Belconnen Arts Centre in Canberra.

Social inclusion

Paperworks aims to engage in activities, which increase social inclusion of people who are marginalised in our community due to their disability or disadvantage through:-

• the creation of an Artisans Studio which promotes the engagement of / and opportunity to work together for artisans with and without a particular disability

• the training and development of independent and sustainable artistic skills for marginalised people

• potential eventual employment in an Artisans Studio which is a social enterprise and creates handmade paper products for sale

• offering papermaking workshops to schools, community organisations and the wider community

Community outcomes

Paperworks is aiming to facilitate community outcomes based on building participants’ skills, inner strengths and community interaction. Through open studio exhibitions participants will be encouraged to become more independent, will be exposed to more relationships and will learn to interact with wider community and other arts organisations.