Artstart - Blue Mountains City Council
Overview
Areas Covered: Townships located along a 100 kilometre ridgeline west of Sydney and the Blue Mountains City Council.
Our Approach
Our ArtStart program includes circus, physical theatre, photography, dance, song writing and film workshops. Over 130 young people are involved is these projects.
Key Festival Events:
- Blue Mountains Artstart Festival Showcase, 23/11/2007, Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, Lawson, NSW, 6:30 PM
Key ArtStart Projects for 2007
Project Organisation:
Katoomba Dance Theatre
Location:
Hazelbrook
Facilitators and Artists:
Fiona James
About this Project?
Another Dimension involved over 40 young people developing skills in dance, gymnastics and performance.
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Project Organisation:
Blue Mountains Circus Arts Project
Location:
Blue Mountains
Facilitators and Artists:
Circo Blurto
About this Project?
Photo of Sam Lowbridge and Emma Davies at the 2007 Cirquinox Festival in Leura enjoying a circus workshop by youth circus "CIRCO BLURTO"
Contact email: jclancy@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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Project Organisation:
Blue Mountains City Council
Location:
Lawson
Facilitators and Artists:
Jo Clancy and Kelly Watson
About this Project?
The Blue Mountains Artstart Festival Showcase saw all of Council's Partner and Small Grant organisations come together to celebrate their achievements. Performances included the Wollemi Aboriginal Dancers, Circo Blurto Youth Circus and Katoomba Dance Theatre. Video installations from Springwood Winmalee Youth Project and "Pandora's Box" by The Workshop Inc. along with a black and white photo exhibition and visual art exhibition were also shown on the night.
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Project Organisation:
Katoomba Dance Theatre
Location:
Katoomba Dance Theatre
Facilitators and Artists:
Julie Humphreys and Emma Saunders
About this Project?
Miranda Garofalow and Matilda Teernstra were just 2 young people who worked with Katoomba Dance Theatre's Artistic Director Julie Humphreys and Dancer/Chreographer Emma Sauders from the Fondue Set to create "Spring It On".
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Project Organisation:
Blue Mountains Women's Health Centre
Location:
Katoomba
Facilitators and Artists:
Gina Harrowell
About this Project?
"Young Women Big Picture" saw a group of young women develop skills in drawing, painting and collage to create a stunning mural to be mounted on an outside wall at the Blue Mountains Women's Health Centre in Katoomba.
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