tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82446917368210276132012-02-02T01:56:43.822-08:00artist reflecting on a major community arts based project in adelaide, south australia.karen tenni photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502780148750695270noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8244691736821027613.post-64875150220576186782008-02-04T01:15:00.000-08:002008-02-04T03:39:59.967-08:00

There are many sights, sound of voices, memories of events and experiences that pass before me when I reflect on The Parks Helix Project. Of course the final year with its outcome of the arts based Walking Trail and the things associated with this, such as the Digital Films, the Songwriting Project, the Temporary Art are in the foreground.But actually it is everything that led to this that is

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I have been working as a freelance artist for 10 years now, working on public art commissions and community art projects. My role on this project was to coordinate and run the workshops, order and purchase all materials and teach mosaic techniques. Karen Tenni, the facilitator and I worked as a team. I live about 10 minutes from the Parks Community Centre.As a tutor I encouraged people to develop

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I worked as Coordinator of the Parks Children’s House from Dec January 2004-April 2007.Parks Children’s House is a collaborative service, comprising agencies and services from the health and education sector, together providing support and programmes for early child development and parenting. Our key outcome areas include supporting community participation and increasing responsiveness to our

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Creating two significant pieces of art reflecting three years of an arts based community project and the history of a community was a challenging task. Since I had been involved with the Parks Helix Project from the beginning, I was aware of all of the wonderful outcomes and art developed over time. The final photographs needed to tell a story, yet be open enough to allow viewers to create their

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The mosaic stepping stone project had some wonderful outcomes - 23 individuals participated in workshops, with each session averaging a core group of 10 community members. The group included members of the Parks Childrens House Creative Network - young mothers supported by Parenting Network - and the Parks Mosaic Group - mature community members who became a self managed group after a previous

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The Parks Childrens House Creative Network group includes participants who are new mothers seeking support with their first child - mostly quite young, some with physical or mental health issues, some have partners/some are single, generally low income, maybe housing trust clients, perhaps social or work skills need developing - the changes may be slow but significant. They are all justifiably

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There had been an installation of two seats with photographic panels installed into the redeveloped Veterans Memorial Reserve in Nelson St, Angle Park, as part of an earlier project to commemorate Australians' contribution to various conflicts.These seats were used as a starting point for a commissioned initiative for the Parks Helix Project, overseen by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. I was

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my student experience with the Parks Helix Project inspired me to study further in the field of community cultural development, and i enrolled in the Graduate Diploma course with Community Arts Network of South Australia (CAN SA). my experiences working with the community on this project were positively informed by what i learned while studying - the theory applied in practice.Community cultural

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I graduated with a visual arts degree from UniSA School of Art in 2004, majoring in photography. Part of my chosen study path during this time included two Internship Program student placements at the Parks Community Centre to explore the arts in the community, in addition to the fine arts focus. Firstly, I shadowed Matthew Ives, then arts officer for the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. At that

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a brochure was created to guide community members along the walking trail, highlighting art along the way...

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by Robert Petchell, project coordinatorIn Years 1 & 2 the Project Partners developed individual art project initiatives…Year 1 - May 2004 - June 2003Parenting Network - Digital photography project creating posters on the theme of pets and safety around children. Also worked with the architect for the Parks Childrens House building to develop ideas for the play area. With artists Suzanne Laslett,

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The aim of this blog project is to create an online resource reflecting the process and outcomes of a community development arts based project. I would like to share the experience of an artist working on two different types of community art project - a commissioned public art piece, and a collaborative community artmaking workshop series with a public art outcome, while creating documentation of

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the Parks Helix project ended in June 2007, and i was one of several key artist's working with community members and organisations during a very exciting and productive three years. this blog is a personal project reflecting on the processes and outcomes of a community development arts based project... comments are welcome :)

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