Artstart - Arts Mid North Coast

ArtStart Contact: Richard Holloway
Phone: 02 6658 9400
Email: arts@midcoast.com.au
Website: http://www.artsmidnorthcoast.org
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Overview Areas Covered: Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Great Lakes, Hastings, Kempsey, Nambucca and Greater Taree.
Our Approach Our small grants program has funded 10 organisations to run arts based projects including bush circus, performance skills, video production and Indigenous projects. Over 600 young people are involved in these projects. test

Key Festival Events:
  • The Shindig, 20/10/2007, Port Macquarie Town Green
  • Flying High, 20/09/2007, Kempsey Crocfest, 1:00 PM
  • Our Space - Youth Sculpture Project, 20/10/2007, Nambucca Youth Srvice - Ridge Street - Nambucca
  • Directions to Expressions, 20/10/2007, Taree PCYC
  • Australian Chamber Orchestra Young Peoples Concert, 19/10/2007, Bellingen High school Multi Purpose Centtre
Key ArtStart Projects for 2007
Australian Chamber Orchestra Young Peoples Concert
Project Organisation:
Bellingen Local Arts Council
Location:
Bellingen High school Multi Purpose Centtre
Facilitators and Artists:
Linda Dalton

About this Project?
A surfing movie on the big screen with Classical soundtrack

Contact email: lindadalton@bigpond.com

Bush Circus Workshops
Project Organisation:
Upper Lansdowne Players
Location:
Upper Lansdowne
Facilitators and Artists:
Jenni Weimes

About this Project?
To Introduce Basic Circus Skills so as to encourage confidence and ability within each particiapant, regular workshops,

Contact email: russells@artsmidnorthcoast.org

Circus Skills Workshop and Performance
Project Organisation:
Bellingen High School
Location:
Bellingen High Scholl Multi Purpose Centre
Facilitators and Artists:
Jenni Farrands

About this Project?
Develop Circus and Performance Skills, Planning, Training, Development, documentation, administration, costumes, makeup, sets and performance.
Indigenous participation
Provide a positive view of Young People

Contact email: jenni.farrands@gmail.com

Directions to Expressions
Project Organisation:
Greater Taree City Council
Location:
Taree PCYC
Facilitators and Artists:
Graeme kellner

About this Project?
Building the self esteem of young aboriginal cultural Identity through identyfying their artistic cultural expression

Flying High
Project Organisation:
Mid North Coast Council for Regional and Social Development
Location:
Kempsey Crocfest
Facilitators and Artists:
Mavis Symonds

About this Project?
Opportunities to learn skills in Video production, shooting and editing with a screening in september 2007

Home School Art reach
Project Organisation:
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Location:
Various
Facilitators and Artists:
Sue McEntyre

About this Project?
An Outreach Arts program for geopgraphically isolated areas.

Contact email: sue.mcentyre@chcc.nsw.gov.au

New Moon Battle of the Bands
Project Organisation:
Home Base Youth Service
Location:
The Loop
Facilitators and Artists:
Sarah Brooker

About this Project?
New Moon Battle of the Bands.
Workshops and performance

Contact email: sarahkiops@hotmail.com

Our Space - Youth Sculpture Project
Project Organisation:
Nambucca Youth Services
Location:
Nambucca Youth Srvice - Ridge Street - Nambucca
Facilitators and Artists:
Alie Cole

About this Project?
5 Day drawing and sculptinmg workshop at the Youth Services in Nambucca

Contact email: amcreative@hotmail.com

Putting on a show - Playback Theatre 4 Young Women
Project Organisation:
Bellingen Neighbourhood Centre
Location:
Bellingen Venue
Facilitators and Artists:
Anna Joy

Contact email: bsys@bnc.org.au

The Shindig
Project Organisation:
Port Macquarie Hastings Council
Location:
Port Macquarie Town Green
Facilitators and Artists:
Kaylene Arnell

About this Project?
Music and Dance Event in Port Macqaurie
Organisers, Marketing and Audience will be comprised of young people from the Hastings district.