WeR1. Over three workshops students from Hume Secondary College created a series of large stencils based around the people they met at Broadmeadows Station. Conceived by the National Gallery of Victoria, and supported by Vic Health, the program aimed to reflect and except diversity through arts practice.
On-the-Ball. Four week project involving 300 year nine students from the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Supported by Knox City Council, Etiko (fair trade manufacturer) and the Ferntree Gully Community Centre and Library as part of the Knox Festival. Students customized and then exhibited a fair trade soccer ball.
Evolution. An eight-week program involving up to eight young people who are not currently studying or employed. Those involved in the program work one on one with artist Clare McCracken in a flexible, supported studio environment, to create art and develop his or her own arts practice. Evolution is a partnership between the City of Melbourne and Signal, Frontyard Youth Service, City LLEN and IMVC and is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and Newsboys Foundation.
Remake Remodel. Community development project involving secondary school students from the outer east of Melbourne. Secondhand and rejected clothing was reshaped and reformed into the wearable. Supported by Knox City Council as part of the Stringybark Sustainability Festival .
Cowrider. Winter exhibition on Sk8board, a rotating public art platform in Knoxfield. Image sourced from the Gilbert family documenting Ken Gilbert, now 83, standing on the back of a pet cow on his uncle’s dairy farm. The Gilbert’s dairy was located on the site prior to the surrounding housing development. A Knox City Council project.
The Sneaker Project. Four week community development project involving 300 year nine students from the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne and 600 pairs of organic cotton, fair trade sneakers. Supported by Knox City Council and Etiko