Artstart - Arts Out West
Overview
Areas Covered: Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Lachlan, City of Lithgow, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Wellington.
Our Approach
Our ArtStart program includes hip-hop, drumming, stencilling, performance, design, jewellery, photography and DJing workshops. Nine projects have been funded and over 300 young people are involved.
Key Festival Events:
- Catapult festival, 16/09/2007, BMEC, 10:00 AM
- River Dreaming festival, 10/11/2007, macquarie River, bathurst, 2:00 PM
Key ArtStart Projects for 2007
Project Organisation:
Bathurst Regional Council
Location:
Bathurst
Facilitators and Artists:
Jason Wing, Stencil Artist
About this Project?
19 young people attended a 2 day workshop with Sydney stencil artist Jason Wing. This project introduced participants to the basic skills, processes and techniques used in the production of stencil art. Young people designed, created and applied their own stencil art to a variety of media - T.shirts, surfaces at the local skate park, and their own skate decks.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Blayney Shire Council
Location:
Blayney
Facilitators and Artists:
Nyree Reynolds and Zenio Lapka
About this Project?
10 young people in the Blayney Shire worked with local artist Nyree Reynolds and photographer Zenio Lapka to create artwork documenting images of Blayney. This project will provide young people with the following skills: design,communication, photography, introduction to print process, project management skills, develop a sense of community. The work is currently on display in the Blayney Shire offices.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Cowra Shire Council
Location:
Cowra,
Facilitators and Artists:
Jacqui Cornforth, Canberra Based emerging Choreographer
About this Project?
5 weekends of workshops with Jacqui Cornforth, involving Cowra based dance groups (including 2 indigenous groups) involving collaboration within the groups. This resulted in 2 performances with 20 of the participants, one of these performances was at the ArtStart showcase at Catapult Festival on the 16 September.
Contact email: anmun@ozemail.com.au
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Project Organisation:
Forbes Shire Council
Location:
Forbes
Facilitators and Artists:
Jason Wing
About this Project?
Sydney based stencil artist will run a two day workshop in Forbes on 15, 16 January 2008
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Lithgow PCYC
Location:
Lithgow
Facilitators and Artists:
Bob Sutor
About this Project?
A series of arts and craft workshops exploring the cultural and environmental effects of modern society on aboriginal people. workshops were held from July - October.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Molong Central School
Location:
Molong, Central West NSW
Facilitators and Artists:
Paul Stafford, Ben Lynch
About this Project?
Ben Lynch and Paul Stafford will be working with young people from Molong to make a short film on the 17 and 18 December 2008.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Lachlan Arts Council
Location:
Lachlan
Facilitators and Artists:
Catapult Festival Workshop fecilitators
About this Project?
Members of the No Shame drama group from Lachlan Shire participated at the Catapult festival 12 - 16 September.
members participated in workshops and performed at the ArtStart showcase.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Oberon Arts Council
Location:
Oberon
Facilitators and Artists:
Jason Liu-Brennan
About this Project?
230 young people participated in this project which included workshops in Oberon High School and St Josephs School as well as weekend classes. Young people were given an introduction to hip hop. Outcomes for the young people included:gaining an understanding of musical phrasing, working together as a team, self confidence, the ability to practice, revise and retain information.
To see our video check out
http://www.artsoutwest.org.au/projects/Artstart2007/ArtStartPrograms.htm
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Orange City Council
Location:
CWA Hall Robertson Park, Orange
Facilitators and Artists:
DJ Rob Pells and Cubit School of Dance
About this Project?
This project provided young people in Orange with the opportunity to learn new skills, biuld self confidence, show participants that they can organise events themselves that they enjoy. The participants performed for their friends and families at the end of the workshop.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Parkes High School
Location:
Parkes
Facilitators and Artists:
Paul Stafford and Ben Lynch
About this Project?
Paul Stafford and Ben Lynch will spend 2 days with young people from Parkes making a short film. Due to scheduling difficulties this project has been postponed until Term 1 2008. dates tba.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
On the Stone
Location:
Bathurst
Facilitators and Artists:
Desert Pea Media
About this Project?
A series of youth workshops ran through August and October and culminated in the River Dreaming festival on November 10th in Bathurst.
Workshops included:Hip Hop and video production, Junk music and drumming. A total of 37 young people people participated.
The workshops aimed to develop self confidence, share skills, build relationships, and create respect for the diversity of culture in Bathurst. They also heightened the profile of indigenous youth as a voice for change and future community development.
Video will be available soon:
http://www.artsoutwest.org.au/projects/Artstart2007/ArtStartPrograms.htm
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Bathurst Regional Council
Location:
Bathurst
Facilitators and Artists:
Tandi Pickard
About this Project?
This project involved indigenous young people through the Kelso Community Centre. . It encourages these young people to express themselves through music and drama. the outcome is a rap song and music video (currently being completed)
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Wellington Information and Neighbourhood Services Inc
Location:
Wellington
Facilitators and Artists:
Peter Gass, sculptor and jewellery maker
About this Project?
This program provided disadvataged girls with information, assistance and support to improve their self esteem, self worth, creative skills and general health. The GO Program developed creative skills and imagination through using art and craft activities as a form of personal expression.
The art component included jewellery making, photography and collage.
Contact email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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