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Hobart, September 3, 4 & 6 2013 – Friends School, Yr 7s

Four years ago, the Friends School (Secondary Campus) in Hobart approached me about running my Creative Communication cartoon workshops with their Year 7s, as part of their Connections program.  Over three days I worked with all the Year 7 home groups, a different group each day, and about 50 students in each group.  What was […]

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Cygnet Early Childhood Artist-In-Residence, July 2013

Hot on the heels of July’s school holiday workshops, I hurtled headlong into a week-long Artist Residency.  Last year Mirjam Holthuis from Cygnet Community Childrens Centre (CCCC) was successful in securing a grant to employ three local artists from the Cygnet area, including myself.  Each of the artists were asked to offer creative experiences to

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TAS Holiday Workshops, July 2013 – Hobart City Council

After the morning session at Bridgewater LINC, I zipped into Hobart to run a Parent & Child cartoon workshop in Criterion House in the CBD, at the invitation of Amanda Midgley, for the Hobart City Council’s school holiday program.  Amanda has been involved in coordinating youth services projects for years now, and we’ve collaborated on

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TAS Holiday Workshops, July 2013 – Bridgewater LINC

I was invited back to run another cartoon workshop at Bridgewater LINC these holidays (I was there last January hols), thanks to the wonderful Jordyan Coombe!  Jordyan really cares about offering opportunities to her community that they wouldn’t normally access, and she very generously subsidised my visit out of her own budget so she could

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TAS Holiday Workshops, July 2013 – Southern Midlands Council

This was an all-day workshop with a busload of kids from the outlying rural areas north of Hobart, as part of the Southern Midlands Council school holiday program.  Greg Hunt and his devoted crew do an amazing job of providing these kids with opportunities & experiences that they might not otherwise access.  Many of these

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