23/11/2025
🎤 THURS DEC 4 is our last Poetry Night event for the year featuring Justin Geange, 2025 QLD State ASP finalist, and hosted by Liam Boue. This is sure to be a cracker eve with open mic in the first half. Seats are limited so be sure to secure your tix in bio 🎟️
Author Justin Geange works as a support worker for the charity Mates in Construction. Diagnosed with bipolar type 2 in 2012 Justin has shared his living experience of su***de and mental illness around Australia and NZ over the last 12 years. He is a plumber by trade and has a patient wife of 31 years and two daughters through IVF. In 2019 he won the National Communities Matter award at the Su***de Prevention Australia award ceremony and was also the Winner of the 2021 RUOK Barbara Hocking Conversation Champion Award, He is also won multiple awards for his Bush Poetry and Slam Poetry, and has just released his second book of poetry “Holding Hope for my Mates” (www.poetrybyjustin.com). He was the Brisbane Broncos mascot ‘Buck’ for 18 years and has been on many reality shows including Australia’s Got Talent, Holey Moley and The Chase. Justin is and has been on many Qld and National mental health and su***de prevention and mental health committees and advocacy groups over the last 12 years and he is passionate about raising awareness and making a difference in regard to su***de prevention and mental health in the construction industry, his local community, Queensland and beyond.
Mint Art House is supported as Arts Partners by the City of Gold Coast. The Arts Development Fund is a City of Gold Coast fund that supports the Gold Coast’s creative community by fostering professional pathways and skills development, contributing to our city’s vibrant lifestyle.
