ArtStart 2007 – Central West region

Artstart workshops were held throughout the central west in 2007, from hip hop to jewellery making.

View a rundown, including photos and video, of these projects on the Artstart website at: www.artstart.com.au

Check out video of the hip hop workshops in Oberon (move the mouse over the box, right click mouse then select 'play'):

LGA	Brief description of activities	Timeframe	Outcome produced	Contacts for further information
Bathurst	Range of Workshops – drumming, art, drama, stencil art	During June/July school holidays and weekly	Performance at Catapult Festival in Bathurst in Sept, and River Dreaming festival in Nov, video doc for online festival. Interpersonal skills such as communication.
Blayney	Art workshops for young people, working with local Artist Nyree Reynolds and interviews with older members of the community.	October/November	Community banner	Nyree Reynolds
Cowra	Dance/physical workshops	July-September	Performance and workshops at Catapult Festival. Communication skills, confidence building, leadership and development of physical skills	Jan Munday 6342 2975
Forbes	Stencil Art with Jason Wing	January 16 & 17,2008	Design, computer skills, OH&S, communication and art making skills
Lachlan	‘No shame’ Drama workshops	One week during school holidays 1	Performance at Catapult festival Bathurst. Communication through drama workshops.	Heather Blackley
Lithgow	Arts, craft and film workshops at PCYC	Weekly July/Sept	Exhibition locally. Films available for online viewing. Communication, leadership skills	Sara Knox, Lithgow PCYC
Oberon	Hip-hop workshops with Jason Lu Brennan	October	Communication skills	Celia Revisi, Oberon Arts Council
Orange	Hip-hop and DJ workshops	11, 12 , 13 July	Performance at Catapult festival and online footage Communication and leadership skills	Jason Lowe, Orange City Council

Wellington	Jewellery and photography workshops (Girls only)	Weekly, Monday 4 June – Sept.	Local event and digital images of work produced	Kirsty Bell 6845 1606
Parkes	Short Film Making with Paul Stafford	2008 term 1
Cabonne	Writing workshops at Molong Central School with writer Paul Stafford	December