About Me
While there are many terms Moale James could use to identify herself, she calls herself a second-generation migrant with ancestry to Papua New Guinea (on her Mother's side), Scotland and England (on her Father's side). Moale has been raised by Educators and Artists (musicians, dancers, weavers, performers and storytellers) and it was this community of people that fostered her passion for community-led storytelling and celebration.
Moale was born in Darwin, Northern Territory on Larrakia Country and has spent most of her life taking part in the many productions of Drum Drum, Sunameke, Weaving Cultural Stories and Gaba Musik. These engagements have led her to working in multiple grassroots, community-arts projects but her higher education has led her to work in many private institutions and also government-arts organisations.
Moale's first passion comes back to storytelling and both empowering and captivating her community in the stories she shares.
This desire to share stories has also brought Moale into the world of arts production - creating opportunities for others to tell their own stories with their own voices.
This passion has led her to write for a number of organisations like, the Special Broadcasting Service, Runway Journal, Ascension Magazine, the Asia Pacific Report and The Art Relations Journal - to name a few.
