Had a fantastic Creative Challenge experience working on the HOME GROUND project! I spent two weeks up in Karratha in July doing a residency at Roebourne District High School working in collaboration with artist, Amber Onat Gregory. We worked with the high school students as well as the Year 4 class over at the Primary School. I was truly inspired by the experience and still miss the new friends that I made along the way…
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While exploring the concepts of “homes” and “dwellings” the kids came up with fantastic “dream home” ideas and not only created structures but also objects such as a generator, a pool table and even a desktop computer complete with usb plugs! We also had fun doing a bit of body painting, with the Year 4s we used the paint to create a banner for our “house” and with the high school students we took the painting even further, exploring the culture of the kids.
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On Celebration Day we welcomed the students from the Karratha Creative Challenge with a sausage sizzle and then shared the High School Exhibition and also got a chance to see some of their performance scenes. The Karratha kids were also special guests at the Year 4s celebration installation and everyone had a great time sharing their works. Overall it was a great residency and we were truly grateful for having such a supportive school to work with during our residency.
Till next time…
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Check out the article on the Roebourne and Karratha Residencies in the Pilbra Echo here.
Next adventure, heading to Wickham for a school holidays HOME GROUND Creative Challenge on September 27th, stay tuned!
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