ArtsEdge Newsletter #1 - 2006
Welcome to the first ArtsEdge enewsletter for 2006
This edition of the ArtsEdge e.news is chock-a-block with arts and cultural events and information for schools in semester one. You will find the usual list of what's on around Western Australia including: performances; exhibitions; workshops and events for students; as well as loads of professional development opportunities and funding possibilities.
Here at ArtsEdge we are available to answer your questions related to culture and the arts in schools, so please feel free to contact us artsedge@dca.wa.gov.au
We hope 2006 is a creative and inspiring year for you and your school!
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NEWS
Want to Know What’s Going on With Dance in Regional WA?
Country Arts WA is currently working with Ausdance WA to develop dance networks in regional Western Australia. If you would like to be informed about forthcoming opportunities and events, please contact Roz Lipscombe on 1800 811 883 or 9481 0077.
National Review of Music Education Findings Released
School music education in Australia has been found to be of inconsistent quality and not equally available in all schools across the country, according to the recently released findings of a national review into music education.
As a result of the findings Music will be made a priority under the Australian Government’s $139 million Quality Teaching Programme. More than $4 million will be provided in Round One of the Howard Government’s $1 billion Investing in Our Schools Programme for a range of new instrument purchases and music and performance room upgrades. A further $500,000 will be committed to developing curriculum resources in priority areas. Click here for more information
National Review of Visual Education - Have Your Say
Visual literacy is a fundamental skill, increasingly as important as language and numeracy. In August 2004, the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, and the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, announced that the Australian Government would fund a National Review of Education in Visual Arts, Craft, Design and Visual Communication. The key areas of focus are: notions of visual literacy and its place in education; curriculum in visual education; teaching of visual education; and teacher education in visual education.Click here for more information and to have your say in the Review.
The Panda Band Joins Buy My Duck! Film Competition Judging Panel
Revelation Film Festival is excited to announce Damian Crosbie, lead singer of The Panda Band (Rolling Stone magazine’s next big thing), will judge alongside internationally acclaimed Australian filmmaker, Phillip Noyce of Rabbit-Proof Fence fame. Buy My Duck! film competition is designed to engage students in issues of consumer protection, the growing impact of these on the everyday and the rapid blurring of the boundaries consumer rights and civil rights. Media students are encouraged to get the ball rolling with their entry to win a Macintosh G5 and Final Cut Pro editing software. Deadline is May 3rd 2006. http://www.revelationfilmfest.org/go/revelation-film-festival/buy-my-duck Contact Rebecca Cockram for further details 0419967807
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
RAMMPAAGE! …All Ages Gigs to Boost Opportunities for Young People
WAM, the West Australian Music Industry Association Inc, have just opened applications for a new pool of all ages gig funds called RAMMPAAGE! Grants are now available to young people looking to put on a contemporary music event anywhere in WA. Young people interested in music events can apply for grants of $3,000 - $12,000, plus some projects will receive specialist events management training. RAMMPAAGE staff will support young people in developing their events management skills. If you’d like to know more about the program check out http://www.wam.asn.au or call Sarah on 9227 7962 (1800 007 962 for regional WA).
LiveworX Training Creative Pathways Program for ‘at Risk Students’
The LiveworX Training Program has been developed to inspire and motivate young people (aged 15-18) and to help them learn some of the basic life and workplace skills needed to access, and thrive in, employment, further education and community life. Participants who successfully complete the program will receive a part qualification of the Certificate III in Arts Administration or what is called a ‘statement of attainment’ for four units of competency. The program is for young people who are not currently working or studying full-time. Cost, $81 Contact Simone Ruane at Community Arts Network WA simone@canwa.com.au 9226 2422 / 1800 681 021 http://www.canwa.com.au
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
See below for a preview list of just some of the professional learning opportunities coming up for school teachers in Western Australia. Included are workshops, courses, and the all important networking events. Click here for more PD events in 2006
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23 Feb - 30 Sep 2006 ProARTs has a reputation for good quality PD workshops for teachers in art and art teaching. Workshops are stimulating, informative, practical and designed for easy classroom application. Your tutors are chosen for their expertise and the workshops provide great networking opportunities too. |
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23 May 2006 If you’re an art teacher, artist who is making work, selling work, exhibiting work; looking for opportunities to expand and learn about economic impact of the arts then this is for you.
Topics covered include; Intro to business planning; marketing, copyright, moral rights and identifying and connecting with the media. |
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28 May 2006 HATCHED includes works by recent art school graduates from across Australia, comprising of works of various mediums and techniques. HATCHED is accompanied by an education program that includes guided tours, activity sheets, education kits, CD ROMs. The teacher's PD day aims to share the various themes and ideas of the exhibition that fit into the curriculum. |
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23 - 29 Apr 2006 A six day training course on the process of Orff Schulwerk: Vocal, Pedagogy, Technique and Improvisation, Recorder Playing, Movement and Literature. Suitable for all music enthusiasts: especially teachers of Music in Primary and Secondary, Early Childhood teachers, Music students and studio teachers. Some musical knowledge required. Presenter: Dr Carol Richards, University of Newcastle. |
MUSIC
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Available all Year A session to support the implementation of this contemporary music resource in your classroom, maximising curriculum outcome links. Pack includes an activity book linked to a compilation CD of artists such as John Butler Trio, The Waifs, Sleepy Jackson and Eskimo Joe, plus an extensive Help section with a contemporary music glossary. |
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6 May 2006 Remida offers reusable material resources and ideas that will invigorate your Media curriculum. Each full day workshop focuses on one arts learning area and considers how found materials can challenge arts ideas, skills, processes and responses in today’s context. Includes fun, practical encounters during which participants will identify learning outcomes. |
MEDIA
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6 May 2006 Spend a day learning about the technical aspects of theatre. Get up close to the sets of the opera Madam Butterfly at His Majesty’s Theatre or the play Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Playhouse Theatre |
DRAMA
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Available all Year Barking Gecko invites teachers to join with a professional artist and undergo a highly practical and entertaining 3hr session. All sessions combine practical, ready to use interactive elements and an extensive Education Resource for each participant. Programmes include: classroom drama, improvisation and script writing or they can create a programme to suit your needs |
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Available all Year Commedia Academy draw on their extensive teaching and performing background to deliver fun and lively ways of learning. Both Antonio and Giovanni of Commedia Academy have also taught Cabaret,Medieval Jester,Clowning,Roman and Greek Comedy |
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5 Jul 2006 Adapt a popular fairytale for a puppet-based performance. Includes a ticket to see performance of ‘The Arrival’, an adaptation of the latest Shaun Tan book. |
CREATIVE WRITING
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Available all Year A published author with a teaching background will work with you to develop the use of creative writing in your school. |
HAPPENINGS
See below for just a few of the latest arts and cultural performances, festivals, competitions, exhibitions and student workshops available to WA schools. Click here for further events in 2006
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25 Mar - 25 Apr 2006 FotoFreo is an international festival of photography held every 2 years in Fremantle, bringing together works by the world's best photographers as well as the photographers themselves. The festival has a range of exhibitions that are free and suitable for students in these four Fremantle venues. |
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23 Feb - 30 Jun 2006 The Help a Child Grow Art Competition provides opportunities for students to reflect on what contributes to their personal growth and the growth of others. Students develop artworks based on aspects of the theme ‘what helps me grow’. |
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4 Mar - 14 May 2006 Celebrate the exhibition of some of the best artworks from West Australian TEE Art and Art and Design students |
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Available all Year Sounds & Pictures brings multimedia technology within reach of lower primary students. In this fun-filled 1 hour session, they will match sounds with a slide show of pictures, record their voice into the computer and ‘paint’ sound waves on the screen to create a multitrack musical arrangement. |
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Available all Year Using imagination, computers, web cameras, various toys and Stop Motion Pro software, students are engaged in a new, fun and challenging way. During the day, participants will learn how to use the software and ‘animate’ objects to make a short movie. Projects are screened and burnt to CD. |
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Available all year to come to your school Audience participation to the max and repetitive use of some Italian vocabulary. |
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Available all Year Learn how to create theatrical effects through make-up with Natalie Way in just 2 hours! Suitable for all ages from (10+ (adults included) |
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5 - 13 Apr 2006 Join Professor Julius as he goes back to the time of the Muttaburrasaurus, a walking talking you beaut dinky die native Australian dinosaur of 60 million years ago. |
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7 Jun 2006 See West Australian Ballet perform live on stage at His Majesty's Theatre in a performance exclusively for schools with Artistic Director Simon Dow acting as narrator. |
DANCE
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11 Apr 2006 Ground Speed is for any boy interested in dance at any level of experience or for those looking for a great way to get into dance training. Styles offered include funk, break, contemporary, body conditioning and a large focus on partnering skills influences by martial art Aikido. Ongoing workshops throughout 2006 are in preparation for our HUGE Boys Can Dance 10th Anniversary Project for 2007. |
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19 - 21 Apr 2006 Strength, Suppleness, Flexibility, Agility, Balance and Beauty! |
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22 - 25 Mar 2006 Tick, tock. This work is non-stop! Buzz Dance Theatre is set to capture the imaginations of Perth audiences with its’ playful work for young people, PreTender.
Buzz Dance Theatre’s PreTender is live dance theatre mayhem at its’ best! |
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8 - 13 May 2006 WA authors will visit schools and communities along the route of the National Trust’s Golden Pipeline. Authors will talk about their work and showcase their children’s books, inspired by West Australian stories, people, heritage and history. Students follow up with workshops that weave creativity, heritage, values and literacy into a local story that will stay with them forever.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for teachers' convenience and does not constitute endorsement by ArtsEdge for the service or product advertised. Programs advertised are subject to change. Teachers should contact the respective arts organisation to confirm information.
