enews #1 2008
It seems a little late to be wishing you HAPPY NEW YEAR as before we know it we'll be in March... so instead we'll say WELCOME BACK TO THE ENEWS!
Since coming back in late January there has been a flurry of activity... most excitingly with a number of schools wanting to talk about options for funding some incredible arts activities!
While Department of Culture and the Arts funding round closes this Friday, remember that you can always apply to Healthway for their HISTA Funding - plus don't forget to check out the contacts and resources section of Artists in Schools: The ArtsEdge Guide for artists and teachers in Western Australia 07-08 for other sources!
With a whole lot on the program... it's time to pull back the curtain and get on with the show...
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vale alan corbet 1964 - 2008
It was with great sadness we learned last week of the untimely passing of Alan Corbet, State Coordinator JazzWA. Alan was an amazing, inspiring and unbelievably generous contributor and absolutely sensational advocate for jazz education, particularly through the wonderful Jazz Now! Jazz Camps held each July and Schools Concert Series. On behalf of all at ArtsEdge, Department of Culture and the Arts and Department of Education and Training who have had the privilege of meeting, knowing and working with Alan, our thoughts and love go out to all in the Jazz community – and most especially Alan's family. |
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Year 12 Perspectives
Year 12 Perspectives is an exhibition showcasing and recognising the magnificent achievements of Year 12 TEE Art and Art and Design students from across Western Australia, and expresses the uniquely colourful views of this emerging generation of young artists.
One of the Art Gallery’s most popular exhibitions, it is a celebration of the talents and creativity of our next generation of artists and provides audiences with a unique opportunity to see the world through the eyes of today’s youth.
On at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 1st March through until 25th May - this is a free exhibition (with a fantastic accompanying education program!) that is definitely worth a visit!
PS! Year 11 & 12 Art Teachers, be sure to book for this year’s Visual Diary Preview Breakfast on Saturday 8th March to prepare for your students AGWA visit during Year 12 Perspectives. Just contact the Education Team at the Art Gallery on (08) 9492 6644!
Sculpture by the Sea
The 2008 Cottesloe Sculpture by the Sea starts next week!
While the Education Program School Workshops and Teachers' Preview are both FULLY SUBSCRIBED - don't worry if you have missed out! There are still have plenty of spaces available for the Study Tours and the Teachers' Workshop...
Study Tours feature two exhibiting artists speaking in front of their work. Perfect for students in Years 8 – 12, 2 Study Tours are held each weekday of the exhibition Friday 7th – Tuesday 18th March at the cost of $125 (Including GST) with a maximum 30 students per tour.
The Teachers' Workshop on Wednesday 12 March 4.00pm – 6.00pm, features artist Melanie Maclou demonstrating workshop activities/ideas to use in the classroom and is suitable for teachers working with Years K - 10. At a cost of just $40 (Including GST) per person including refreshments, workshop materials and resources this is the PD to be at!
For further details and to book in just contact Louise Halpin at Sculpture by the Sea on (02) 8399 0233 or by email here!
20th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival
Before we know it the UNIMA 2008 The 20th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival, will be here in Perth!
UNIMA Australia and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre invite you to enjoy a program of over one hundred puppetry performances, exhibitions, and free events.
Simply by visiting the website, you can find information on all the incredible events and activities taking place - including unique Professional Development opportunities encompassing all aspects of the Arts Learning Area:
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Dividing the Beats - Workshop
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Pinocchio Should have been a toothpick – Masterclass
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The Power of the Puppet – Masterclass
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Learning to be Led – Workshop
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Drumming and Puppets for a Healthy Africa - Workshop
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Therapeutic Puppetry - Workshop
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The Shadow Maker – Workshop
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In Your Neighbourhood – Panel Discussion
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Cross Cultural – Panel Discussion
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The Animating Spark – Panel Discussion
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Triangular Creativity – Workshop
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Behind the Mask – Workshop
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World of Paper – Workshop
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Visual Narrative and the Object – Workshop
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Behind the Australian Screen- Workshop
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Crossing Boundaries – Panel Discussion
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Speaking Louder and Louder Through the Puppet – Key Note
Visual Art
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Aussie Bush Puppets – Sandy McKendrick – Workshop
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Behind the Australian Screen – Richard Bradshaw - Workshop
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Environmental Puppetry – Meg Amsden – Workshop
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How to Make a Ningyo Joruri Head – Nori Sawa – Masterclass
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Puppets between Theatre and Visual Art –A Personal Experience – Key Note
Add to this the excitement of the Special School Sessions, Million Puppet Project and Carnival Day... this is an incredible series of events to finish up a huge Term One!
Multicultural Cosmology Artworks - Gravity Discovery Centre
The opening ceremony for the Multicultural Cosmology Artworks will be held at the Cosmology Gallery, Gravity Discovery Centre on Sunday 9th March 2008. The opening ceremony will include a short program of cultural entertainment items and will commence at 4.30 pm.
This exciting collaboration between artists, photographers, scientists and cultural groups has resulted in the creation of new artistic interpretations of the creation of the universe. The artworks are inspired by the cultural beliefs of Indigenous, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic cultures. The story of the artists creating their works is presented by video projections onto the gallery dome.
Please RSVP (for catering purposes) by phone (08) 9575 7577, fax (08) 9575 7544 or e-mail bookings@gdc.asn.au.
SPARK national young artists mentoring program
Call for applications: young artists working in theatre, dance and communities
Ignite your artistic career!
Get support, training, advice and funding to focus on your creative ideas through a SPARK mentorship with a professional artist of your choice. Applications for SPARK are now open to young artists (aged 18-26 years) from all over Australia.
For more info and to apply, go to www.yaq.org.au/spark or contact the SPARK Program Manager at Youth Arts Queensland by email spark@yaq.org.au or by phoning direct on (07) 3252 5115 or 1300 55 8892.
Applications close Friday 28 March 2008.
artsedge professional learning 2008
It's full steam ahead in the ArtsEdge office developing the Extension and Enhancement Sessions to be presented by representatives of arts and cultural sector organisations for both primary and secondary teachers... watch this space in the next enews for details of sessions in both the Arts and English learning areas Excursion Management Planning continues to yield fantastic results with an ever increasing number of arts and cultural organisations working alongside ArtsEdge and DET to develop these documents designed to assist classroom teachers in planning and executing excursions. Most excitingly... the artsedge arts and cultural conference is taking shape and almost ready to be released for earlybird interest! What can we tell you? Well... put aside THURSDAY 10TH JULY (yes - right in the middle of the school holidays so that our regional friends can hopefully join us!) and get ready for a huge day of Professional Learning, Previews, Panels, Speakers and a Trade Show to get all your Semester 2 events booked in early! With international, national and local presenters from a huge range of professional arts and cultural organisations... this is the place to be! Details in the next enews... make sure all your friends and colleagues are subscribed so they don't miss out! |
Professional Learning 2008
Check out these events which are about to jump out of the diary!
From workshops, to courses, and the all important networking events... don't miss out!
Remember that artsamazing: the artsedge guide to arts and cultural education events is bursting with even more events for Semester One...
There's a copy in every public school across WA and you can check it out online HERE with all the contact information HERE and for those with limited time scan it all at Professional Learning!
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13 Mar 2008 Game making is a cross-curricular activity: creative writing, media and technology. Using Game Maker, participants will discover how to ceate, design and produce their own simple platform, maze or target games.
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MEDIA
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14 Mar 2008 Work through the post-production process from capturing footage from tape, editing process and technique, understanding colour, formats and rendering, visual effects, sound, multi-layer compositing and output for Web, CD, Tape and DVD.
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28 Mar 2008 Gain an understanding of how Stop Motion is created using the simplest and most accessible resources. Participants are taken through the process of using cameras, capturing frames, editing and exporting final moves.
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8 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 Teachers are able to book reduced price tickets to a selection of Festival events. They will receive an information pack with details of the show and the art form along with sample educational resources.
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23 Feb - 15 Mar 2008 HELP!
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29 Feb 2008 Learn about score set-up, different methods of note entry, adding lyrics, grace notes and dynamic markings. Use plug ins, analyse chords, tablature, export as an audio file for burning onto CD.
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MUSIC
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1 - 31 Mar 2008 Be introduced to a selection of music that will be performed in the live concert booked for your school. Receive an education package and workshop presentation ideas for your students.
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1 - 31 Mar 2008 Be introduced to a selection of music that will be performed in the live concert booked for your school. Receive an education package and workshop presentation ideas for your students.
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1 - 31 Mar 2008 Be introduced to a selection of music that will be performed in the live concert booked for your school. Receive an education package and workshop presentation ideas for your students.
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1 - 31 Mar 2008 Be introduced to a selection of music that will be performed in the live concert booked for your school. Receive an education package and workshop presentation ideas for your students.
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1 - 31 Mar 2008 Be introduced to a selection of music that will be performed in the live concert booked for your school. Receive an education package and workshop presentation ideas for your students.
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5 Mar 2008 This is a great opportunity for teachers to attend a stimulating preview of the exhibition, and meet three exhibiting artists. Includes an introduction to the exhibition, handouts and refreshments.
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VISUAL ARTS
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6 Mar 2008 This annual Sculpture in Public Space Conference is designed for sculptors, curators, critics, arts administrators, art educators and the general public who are interested in issues and experiences relating to sculpture.
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13 Mar 2008 Three sessions featuring prominent Western Australian artists currently touring work in exhibitions in the Art on the Move Touring Program, including an overview of education resources created for these exhibitions.
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13 Mar 2008 A workshop designed to introduce a range of issues encountered in the visual arts industry, in relation to Outcome 4 in Society of the Visual Arts Course of Study.
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Looking for an activity to engage your school community?
Term One moving along at breakneck speed? Are you ready for some artsamazing events for your school? Don't miss out on these current events, activites, performances and workshops!
Want to look for something a little further ahead? A huge selection of Semester One events are online with artsamazing: the artsedge guide to arts and cultural education events ... they're all filling fast so book in before it's too late!!!
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27 Feb - 1 Mar 2008 Inspired by 19th century American Shakers and drawing on classical ballet Japanese butoh and modern dance, eight dancers whirl, stomp and leap to the live accompaniment of the early music ensemble, The Boston Camerata.
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DANCE
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10 - 28 Mar 2008 Fusing access and excellence as only we know how, professional dancer workshop teams from Buzz are available in March 2008 for residencies in your school.
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1 Feb - 31 Mar 2008 National Secondary School Comedy Competition and mentoring programme. Workshops support a public performance, and a National Grand Final in Melbourne. Visit our website for details.
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DRAMA
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6 - 29 Feb 2008 Australia vs. South Africa is a funny, physical and thought-provoking play about competition, nationalism and modern media sports, presented as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.
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22 Feb - 8 Mar 2008 From the award-winning Australian author, Tim Winton, comes the stage adaption of his acclaimed novel, The Turning: a powerful presentation of life in WA from the 70's through to today.
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26 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 A short but marathon voyage, Trad follows the relationship of Thomas, a 100-year-old Irishman, and his father Da in a surreal comedy that looks at the value of tradition .
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29 Feb - 15 Mar 2008 Brecht's most successful and widely regarded play. Infused with live music, song and movement the HotBed artists will rework this classic into a lively contemporary setting. Not to be missed!
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1 - 23 Feb 2008 Four-week summer film festival showcasing independent screen culture by local and international filmakers, program includes WASA Wednesday screenings of all category finalists in the 21st WA Screen Awards.
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18 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 This understated and offbeat film is about a group of Egyptian musicians stranded in an Israeli town in the desert. Helped by a shared love of music they discover many things about themselves and each other.
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7 Mar 2008 The WA Screen Awards is the premier annual event on the local screen industry calendar that celebrates the achievements of the independent WA screen community at all levels.
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17 - 30 Mar 2008 This remarkable documentary about the disastrous 1968 non-stop round-the-world yacht race is an absorbing drama of a great race, unbelieveable courage, deception and tragedy.
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8 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 The Perth International Arts Festival is Australia’s longest running arts festival and has been an integral part of Perth for over 53 years. Our new artistic director, Shelagh Magadza has made schools, young people and their families a focus for the coming Festival.
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11 Feb - 17 Mar 2008 With artists Yolanda Stapleton, Minaxi May & Mark McPherson, learn about Pop Art and explore techniques that emerged during this art movement to create prints, collage illustrations and zines. |
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14 - 24 Feb 2008 See this most loved romantic comedy explode into life through the astonishing skills of a company of actors, dancers, material arts experts, musicians and street acrobats from India and Sri Lanka.
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18 Feb - 24 Mar 2008 With tutor Angela Ferrolla delve into the fashion world and explore various aspects of fashion design from getting inspired to getting something produced. |
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22 Feb - 15 Mar 2008 As the impact of WW1 reaches the depths of the African jungle, Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer, a disreputable cockney mechanic and a spinster missionary, find themselves thrown together by chance. Deeply incompatible and fighting heat, malaria and bullets – as well as each other – they make their escape down the treacherous Ulanga River on the steamboat, the African Queen.
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29 Feb 2008 2008 is Year of the Frog, as well as a leap year so why not join us for the Leap Day Festival! Froggy-tastic activities, story-telling, tips for frog-friendly gardens and fun!
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1 Mar - 30 Apr 2008 Celebrated fashion designers discuss their passions, ideas and experiences. Hosted by Jo Pickup, WA’s best talk about talk about their inspiration and training, their big break, art versus, business, publicity and some good-old gossip!
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15 Mar - 11 May 2008 How does a simple wooden mechanical sculpture capture your imagination?
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1 Mar 2008 Award-winning American saxophonist Chris Potter and his band present a special Festival event. Potter will play first with his band and then be joined by 6 of Australias finest woodwind and string classical and jazz musicians.
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8 Mar - 19 Apr 2008 For the very first time, the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) heads south to Fremantle Arts Centre. WAAPA is a breeding ground for some of Australia’s hottest and freshest talent in the performing arts. Come and see what you could be doing as a student of this amazing performing arts school.
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14 Mar 2008 Experience the backstage excitement of a WASO concert in the Green Room of the Perth Concert Hall. Enjoy a snack and a pre-concert talk before experiencing the evening's performance from the choir stalls.
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16 Mar 2008 Live At The Quarry, presented by Lloyd Events and sponsored by Amadeus Energy, is a brand new summer series held on Sundays at 6pm from February through to April this year at the Quarry Amphitheatre, one of Perth’s most stunning open air concert venues near City Beach. |
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19 Mar 2008 Written by composer Benjamin Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a fantastic way to meet the instruments of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
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22 Mar 2008 Join KULCHA and leading WA percussionist and guest Artistic Director Paul Tanner for an eclectic program of dynamic percussion and dance incorporating contemporary and traditional techniques.
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27 Mar 2008 A close encounter with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. The 15-piece Education Chamber Orchestra (EChO) introduces students to the instruments of the orchestra through an interactive program of classical excerpts and familiar songs.
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25 Jan - 16 Mar 2008 Modified is Paul Caporn's satrical interpretation on male domesticity. Familiar objects have been customised, renegotiating their utility, aesthetic qualities and cultural significance with the artist conducting tours for school groups.
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2 Feb - 30 Mar 2008 Highlighting the ways in which fashion and contemporary art feed off each other, Skin to Skin extends our understanding of the relationship between fashion and issues of identity, consumption and beauty.
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7 Feb - 24 Mar 2008 The curator, Sandra Hill, conducts tours of this exhibition of Aboriginal artists from the last 50 years. Encapsulating a diversity of styles and techniques, their creativity is an inspiration to younger Aboriginal artists.
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11 Feb - 17 Mar 2008 Hear from artists Drew Straker, and Minaxi May about the latest in street art and graffiti art. Learn about different graffiti artists' world wide and work with stencils, paint, pen and markers to work on your own pieces. |
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21 Feb - 7 Mar 2008 Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup illustrates early memories of Pinjarra, Wandering Mission and family through woodcuts, etchings, and silkscreen prints in this exhibition, presenting talks at the venue with dates to be confirmed.
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1 Mar - 25 May 2008 View artworks created by Year 12 students who graduated in 2007. There will be a wide range of media showcasing the student's creativity in a vibrant and unique exhibition.
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6 - 18 Mar 2008 Sculpture by the Sea produces highly accessible public sculpture exhibitions. Our education program includes on site practical workshops and study tours involving exhibiting artists in a spectacular setting.
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24 Mar - 7 Apr 2008 Study the human figure and learn about proportion and form with artist Gian Manik. This series includes one class of life model drawing. |
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