The biennial ArtStart Youth Arts and Skills program aims to develop the performance skills of young people aged 12 to 24 years across the NSW Central West. This year’s event will employ a number of Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduates and students from the theatre/media course offered through the School of Communication at Bathurst. ArtStart  will hold a range of workshops in Condobolin, Blayney, Forbes, Oberon, Orange and Parkes during the July school holidays. Ms Zoe Rodwell, a CSU theatre/media graduate and ArtStart Coordinator with Arts Out West, said, “Half a dozen graduates of the theatre/media course are employed on this year’s program, and all of them are generating work and successful businesses for themselves in the creative industries in regional NSW. CSU graduates and current students are working together to pass on their skills. Some of the young people will have CSU students as mentors in event management, and other students will produce a series of short documentaries on each community project.”