Artstart - Murray Arts
Overview
Areas Covered: Albury City and Greater Hume.
Our Approach
Our program includes mural art, hip hop writing, band and funky groove workshops and documentation of local gigs. A forum for young people to access mass media and web development mentorships are other key initiatives.
Key ArtStart Projects for 2007
Project Organisation:
Albury City Council
Location:
West Albury Community Centre
Facilitators and Artists:
Benji Davidson
Mandy Wilson
Sharyn Jenkins
About this Project?
West Albury Community Centre is a non-profit organisation delivering services such as Playgroup, Youth Groups, Health Clinics, Self Esteem and Literacy Classes and Self Defence ( to name a few).
A youth forum met in early 2007, identified some key needs for young people in the local area. The young people identified the lack of entertainment, transport and recreational activities. Hip Hop dance workshops were high on the agenda and an introductory program was initially funded by Albury City Council.
The current program has been running for ten weeks with 16year old instructor Benji Davidson. Benji is self taught and has performed in traditional Indigenous dances in the local Albury area.
Outcomes envisaged are:
provision of quality recreational activities
enhancement of self esteem and self worth
provision of a contact point for young people to meet and interact
providing opportunities to have fun
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Project Organisation:
Circus skills workshop
Location:
North Albury
Facilitators and Artists:
Flying Fruit Fly Circus
About this Project?
Kandeer School is a School for Specific Purposes in Albury and caters for students with emotional and/or behavioural disorders.The school has an enrolment of 14 students ranging from years 5-10. The school's mission is "To make a positive difference in the lives of our students by empowering them to make appropriate choices in their lives"
The students participated in two week workshops of circus skills with Instructors from the locally based Flying Fruit Fly Circus. These workshops expanded on basic gymnastic skills that the students had already acquired and helped increase their belief in their own abilities.
Contact email: kandeer-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Albury City Council
Location:
Lavington NSW
Facilitators and Artists:
Drew Locke
About this Project?
This project involved the development of a large mural for the Place Youth Centre. Workshops were held to plan the mural and then paint it.
The project involved artistic skill development and facilitation of discussion of issues relevant to the themes of the project, including young people's perceptions of harmony and youth culture.
Contact email: theplace1@tsn.cc
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Project Organisation:
Greater Hume Shire Youth
Location:
Culcairn NSW
Facilitators and Artists:
Bravo Child and Citizen Tom, two nationally recognised performance poets, writers and hip hop artists.
About this Project?
A one day writing and performing workshop involving two performance poets and artists:Bravo Child and Citizen Tom. The day culminated in a 'poetry slam' whereby all participants presented their final pieces in the afternoon and were judged by their peers.32 young people participated in this workshop.
The main skills that were developed during the project were;
written expression
performance skills
poetry
vocal skills including projection, tone and intonation
Poetry Slam
Contact email: Paul.hendriks@stpaulscollege.nsw.edu.au
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Project Organisation:
Retro Youth Cafe
Location:
Albury
Facilitators and Artists:
Helen Newman/Ben Wells-filmmakers
The Youth Management Committee
About this Project?
The Retro Youth Cafe has been proactive in supporting young performers in the community by providing weekly live gigs providing an opportunity for young performers and bands to further develop their skills and confidence in performing in front of an audience of their peers.
This project also provides an opportunity for the Youth Management Committee to plan, implement and evaluate age appropriate projects for the local area.
As a result getting this funding, the Youth Management Committee have gone on to apply for further grants to run projects for the local youth.
Video filmmaker engaged to run filmmaking workshops and to assist with the filming of two Friday night gigs. The first was an acoustic night and then a performance by two local bands was recorded and a Music DVD produced.
200 copies of the DVD were produced and distributed free.
The launch of the DVD saw up to 70 participants enjoy the viewing of the DVD.
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Project Organisation:
Wild on the Border Music Program
Location:
Albury/Wodonga
Facilitators and Artists:
Akash, Helen Newman, Wild on the Border Program team
About this Project?
Songwriting workshop was held with Akash and Phil Heuzenroeder, with a group of youth with intellectual disabilities who make up the Wild Things band and the Wild choir.
Following development of the song Believe it or Not a CD/DVD film clip was developed and distributed to the participants. The film clip captured visions that reflect the unity and 'family' experience that the band members have with one another-a sense of fun, freedom and self determination.
The result is a high energy montage of images that reflect the words and feel of the song.
Contact email: kroben@murrayarts.org.au
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