'Being artists in the city': A Professional Development Networking Event at Goodstart, Fortitude Valley
Al Ohlsen • September 30, 2021
The bustling city atmosphere of Goodstart Early Learning, Fortitude Valley inspired the CommunARTy arts Professional Development workshop 'Being artists in the city'.
The workshop was designed to develop participants' pedagogical expertise across a range of key areas, with focus on responding to artworks and making art, just as we might with young children.
Across the workshop we practised skills in:
- responding through conversation about other artists' work
- making our own art responding to the art we viewed
- developing continuous learning experiences by evolving our art through stages
- and incorporating digital creation.
Art connects us with place, with each other
and with ourselves.
Our creations, individual and collaborative,
were a vibrant success!
Thank you to @Goodstart Fortitude Valley for inviting CommunARTy to contribute to your wonderful networking event!
CommunARTy would love to work with you
on a custom workshop in your Centre!
Featuring 15 diverse artists working in a wide range of media, we are excited to share with you our third CommunARTy group exhibition. Reflections , the theme of our 2024 exhibition as decided by the artists, gave us all opportunities to reflect; on our art, on our experiences that inspire it and what we gain from creating it. Our exhibition gave our visitors the opportunity to reflect, too.
Experience the artists' work and learn about their 'being and becoming' in art in our documentary video. Video in Auslan and English.
What a year! CommunARTy was so excited to get our unique Professional Development Arts Incursion program for Kindergarten teachers and children off the ground with four wonderful Goodstart Early Learning Centres!
Visitors to Life in Art commented not only on the impressive artworks created by the 10 artists, but also the experiences they themselves had through learning about the artists and their works.
Contributing, collaborating and communicating - Through an extended project focusing on children's rights, the Kindergarten children at Goodstart Early Learning, Flamingo Drive have made valuable, lifelong learning and brought joy to their wider community.
Darlene really 'likes art'. From her more hesitant making a few months ago, it has been wonderful to help Darlene grow in confidence during our Creative Adventures.
Patty's exhibition, 'Stories from my Deaf world', was a terrific success. We are all so proud of Patty's achievements and so proud to have been involved in working with Patty towards her first solo show. Through her work Patty wishes to educate the hearing world about the experiences of some members of the Deaf community as well as support the Deaf community. Please enjoy the 'full' video of Patty sharing the stories of some of her works. (Shared with Patty's permission).
CommunARTy is proud to be working with Patty, a talented and inspiring painter, toward her first solo exhibition, Patty: Stories from my Deaf world, at KEPK Gallery, Yerongpilly in September.
Early Childhood Educators worked with CommunARTy to learn about making natural inks, practising mark making and exploring extending Visual Arts learning experiences into Media Arts making at Goodstart Red Hill networking event, 'Invitation to Play'.
