Mortlake 'wish' project starts
3rd March 2010
LOUNGE AROUND : Wishes From a Travelling Chair is a small community project that asks the people of Mortlake and district to participate in a wishing exercise.
Inspired by Enid Blyton’s 1937 novel about a magical wishing chair, Lounge Around will attempt to engage and excite the community by inviting them to anonymously write and post their wishes, hopes and dreams to form part of what will eventually become a special community exhibition.
The centre piece of the project is a battered
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'Share Africa' project
23rd February 2010
In arts for young people, Community, cultural exchange, education, wellbeing
Things hot up as Nyanchar, Nyalip, Nyibol & Chuol ,Sudanese women from Ballarat, are preparing to deliver their cultural exchange workshop - Share Africa - to schools during Cultural Diversity Week March '10 under the guidance of tutor, Shiree Pilkinton.
The project
A group of Sudanese women are undergo training to develop a 1 ½ hr-2hr Cultural Awareness Workshop Package about African Culture suitable for delivery in
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A Stitch in Time - Update
23rd November 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Victorian Bushfires
UPDATE ON THE BOOLARRA QUILTERS - From Meg Viney, Project Manager
Over the past few weeks we have had correspondence from afar:
- A woman from Geelong has offered her mother’s vast collection of fabrics;
- A woman in Kyneton is doing a mosaic project on the Kyneton Hall, and would like us to donate fragments to their Project in return for a small quilt expressing their experience; and,
- A woman from Cornwall, in England is coming for a visit, and would like to see our quilt, and will bring a small piece from her group, who call themselves ‘The Material Girls’.
We have continued to
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Five Whales Project a success for the Upwelling Festival
10th November 2009
In arts, Community, environment
The Five Whales Project was a huge success in Portland for the first Upwelling Festival on Saturday 31st October. Over 5,000 people attended the free event and walked amongst the whales on the Portland foreshore. Below are some images of the whales installed on the shore. Also attached to this blog are some media and resources related to the project and festival, just click on the links at the end.
Inflatable whale, artist Mark Cuthbertson
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FIVE WHALES PROJECT Portland - on track for Saturday
27th October 2009
The Portland Upwelling Festival celebrates the Bonney Upwelling, a unique marine phenomena which, from November to May, drives a massive inflow of nutrient rich cold water to the south coast of Victoria, powering a seven month feeding frenzy of Blue Whales, crayfish, giant crabs, seabirds and other marine animals.
To acknowledge this phenomenon and mark the first Upwelling Festival, the Portland Tourist Association have engaged a major project called the Five Whales Project, created by Artistic Director Ian Pidd and involving six artists working in, and with the community to produce five life-size Blue Whales
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