A Stitch in Time - An Arts Recovery Project
28th July 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
In January 2009, a week before Black Saturday, the Delburn complex of fires near the small town of Boolarra in Gippsland blazed out of control. Thirty homes were destroyed and three people seriously injured in the fires. The people of Boolarra pulled together to support each other at a time when resources were overstretched and across Victoria everyone was staggering from the shock of Black Saturday. Companionship and community
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Eco Cubby: Footprints on the World
2nd July 2009
In arts, arts for young people, Community, education, environment, Sustainability
Eco-Cubby is a partnership program between Regional Arts Victoria's arts2GO and City of Melbourne's ArtPlay. Ten schools across Victoria have been teamed with an architect and briefed with the mission of creating an environmentally sustainable cubby house that embraces ideas of aesthetics, functionality and, of course, fun!
Schools involved range from kindergartens all the way to VCE and, with the help of super-facilitator Kelly Boucher, have produced some exceptional results!
For some cool examples of their designs so far click here!
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'The Hole Big Yarn' complete! Make a comment..
26th June 2009
In arts, arts for young people, Community, health
The Hole Big Yarn COMMENT
Please make a comment on this lovely project and feel free to direct us to similar projects if you know of any.
Go knitters and crochet-ers!
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Panmure Primary School students knit for 'The Hole Big Yarn'
5th May 2009
In arts, arts for young people, Community
The Panmure Primary School are working hard on their contribution to The Hole Big Yarn project at the Panmure swimming hole.
Students have used the opportunity to learn how to knit as well as coming up with miles of finger-knitting and pom poms to place in the space. Early in the project they worked with artist Amanda Fewell and RADO Jo Grant to come up with an idea around the themes of the project and have been knitting and finger-knitting their little hearts out!
Be there on the
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The Hole Big Yarn - nearly there!
27th April 2009
UPDATE - knitting & crochet project getting ready to go into the landscape:
The south west Panmure community project The Hole Big Yarn is close to finishing with only a few sessions to go before the big unveiling on Sunday 31st May, 2.00pm at the Panmure swimming hole. This will be a one day only event so grab your friends/family and animals and come along to the hole.
Participants have worked hard to produce knitting and crocheted pieces for this lovely project that will be placed into the landscape at the iconic Panmure swimming
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