When: SATURDAY 19 May, 2012 (NB: The Exhibition begins the previous Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday 12 May until Sunday 20 May.)

Time: 10.00 – 12.00 – with lunch afterwards if you wish.

Where: Rockingham Beach, 2 Val St, Rockingham.

What:

• 10.00 on – meet at a beachside café “Betty Blues” (it will be busy!) for coffee and social networking (10.45 walk over to the marquee)
• 11.00 Meet Lynn DiCiero at the Castaways Marquee outside the Yacht Club – on the lawn by the beach – you will see it easily.
• Lynn will talk to us about the growth of the Exhibition, its rationale and lead us on a tour of the Exhibition with background information about the participating artists and materials used. Time taken will depend on number of questions asked & resulting discussion
• 12.00 on – time to go and look again at your favourite pieces, take your photos for instructional purposes in your classroom – think close up methods of attachment, use of the elements, shape, texture, pattern,… inclusion of principles – movement, perspective,…
• NB: Visitors have a chance to be part of the fun with the inaugural Castaways Photographic Award. Simply take the best photograph of works on the beach and visit the City’s website for more information and guidelines of how to enter.
• 12.30 If you have the time and the inclination to socialise and network further, meet back at XX? for lunch – Might be best if we see where there is room on the day once we have an RSVP idea of numbers.

Cost: FREE but all catering at your own cost – it’s a good one to bring a non-member colleague along to as well for Free! Check with your school’s sustainability coordinator or a class teacher enthused by recycling – often working in partnership with another teacher allows for a greater depth and breadth of meaningful content as well as skills outcomes achieved. ie conserve energy and maximise impact by working smarter – not harder!!

RSVP: Pauline on obees@upnaway.com by Thurs 17 May  Please also indicate if you will stay for lunch so we can arrange a booking.

Some background notes/media release

More than 50 entries have been selected out of over 90 submissions for the Castaways 2012 Sculpture Exhibition, now in its fifth year at Rockingham Foreshore, with competition for a place in the exhibition becoming tighter with each passing year. Curator Lyn DiCiero said visitors can expect the unexpected. “With such a wide pool of entries, the final selection of works is compelling.”

There’s a four metre high rocket ship made from salvaged aluminium from the decommissioned Prospector train, an oversized snail with a special recycling message in its silvery aluminium trail, to a matching set of birds with feathers made from old playing cards

City of Rockingham Deputy Mayor, Deb Hamblin said Castaways is a major tourism drawcard for the City: “Seeing our beautiful foreshore come to life for the exhibition is a wonderful experience and Castaways carries a special message about recycling and creating these works from recycled materials presents unique challenges for the artists.

For the second year running, a special Schools Award is also being held on the final weekend of the exhibition, with six entries from local schools in the running to win the BHP Billiton Perpetual Schools Award Trophy.
http://www.rockingham.wa.gov.au/Leisure-and-recreation/Art-and-craft/Castaways.aspx

about Lynn DiCiero

Since establishing the Artist’s Chronicle in 1991, Lyn DiCiero has been its Editor and owner. In this role she has written more than one thousand articles about the visual arts on a wide range of subject-matter. As well as her role in steering the Artist’s Chronicle, she has been involved in curating, developing and judging many art awards in Western Australia, and has been responsible for the development of many regional art awards.

In recent years she has curated the City of Belmont Art & Photographic Awards since 2005, the Boardwalk Sculpture Awards at Mindarie Marina in 2007/08, and curated the City of Rockingham Castaways Sculpture Awards for recycled sculpture and the annual National Lifestyle Villages Art Awards since 2008. In 2010 she curated the inaugural Soroptimist International of Fremantle Help the Homeless Art Auction. Lyn also documents art collections for the City of Belmont, the Town of Mosman Park, the City of Rockingham and Perth Airport.

Lyn is also a visual arts writer for The West Australian newspaper.
More Information
Please telephone Lyn DiCiero, Castaways Curator on 9336 1861 or email art@artistschronicle.com.au
OR City of Rockingham, Community Capacity Building: Culture and Arts team on 9528 0386, or email lee.battersby@rockingham.wa.gov.au.

http://www.artistschronicle.com/

TERM 2 Primary Networks – in 4 locations, hopefully near your workplace or home. (Secondary Teachers always welcome)

NB re 2012 Primary Networks – with a new initiative this year –

Each of the network coordinators will trial collating a summary of sharing at their network sessions. This will then be forwarded to the coordinators of other networks, who will in turn forward it to all of those people who attended their network session i.e. participants give and share to one network group, then get back from three other network groups. Ideally participants are requested to have their sharing in a digital format on a thumb drive for the Coordinator. As our country members are unable to attend any after school network sessions here in the metro region, they will also receive the summary of the sharing at these network sessions.

Network Hosts provide afternoon tea – sign in as soon as you can get there, ready for a 4.00pm start.

• Cost to ArtED members is free,   Non members $10 – please feel free to invite colleagues you know from other schools who may be interested in attending… and maybe even joining ArtED on the network afternoon.
• Register and enjoy afternoon tea provided by the hosts ready for a 4.00pm start.
• Bring along to share and discuss an activity, a website, a description of a unit of work or an introduction to a unit that focused on Art History and Appreciation – think about how this will fit into the Responding part of the Australian Curriculum now, where in broad terms learning in the Arts involves Making and Responding.

Term 2 Networks – show, share and tell – a general theme of Art History and Appreciation – tagging onto the excitement around the Modern Masters Exhibition – Picasso to Warhol. If you haven’t checked out the educational resources on the AGWA website recently, you might like to! http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/education/resources.asp

Hills Network –

• Hosted by: Rob Hancock @
  Glen Forest PS, Tillbrook Street, Glen Forrest
  Wk 3 Mon 7 May 4.00 – 6.00pm
  RSVP: jlyons@jwacs.wa.edu.au

Central Network –

Hosted by: Rosie Edmiston @
Mt Hawthorn PS, 1 Killarney Street, Mt Hawthorn
Wk 3 Tues 8th May 4.00 – 6.00pm
RSVP: rozee54@hotmail.com 

South Network -

• Hosted by: Suzanne Coleman @
  Samson PS, 22 Lawrence Way Samson
  Wk 4 Tues 15th May 4.00 – 6.00pm
  RSVP: suzanne.coleman@det.wa.edu.au

North Network –

• Hosted by: Jenny Ayres @
  Ashdale PS, Ashdale Bvd, Darch
  Wk 5 Weds 23 May 4.00 – 6.00pm
  RSVP: ayresjj@yahoo.com

Deep South Network –

• Hosted by: Kerry Adams @
  Singleton PS, Naval Ave, Singleton
  Wk 8 Mon 11 June 4.00 – 6.00pm
  RSVP : kerry.adams@det.wa.edu.au or 95373199

You can view his work at www.andyquilty.com

This will also be our first General Meeting for the year.

Andy Quilty ‘Matty B’
ballpoint pen, acrylic and aerosol on paper mounted on wood
240 x 180cm

PO Box 592, Applecross WA 6953  (Effective 28/03/2012)

We have mail redirection on our old address for the next 6 months, and rest assured all mail sent to us prior to this date has been received and is being actioned.

ArtEdWA Executive and Management Committee for 2012

I am delighted to announce the new ArtEdWA Executive and Management Committee for 2012 elected 25/03/2012 at our AGM held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Yvonne Wiese – President  (Webmaster)

Michelle Morris – Vice President

Treasurer – Dionne Garvey (Publications Convenor)

Secretary – Terry-Anne Leighton

Five Ordinary Members:

Gary Adamson (Australian Curriculum)

Erin Blair (Memberships)

Cheryl Brommell

Jane Marron

Jaelle Wiedemann (Events)

I am sure you join me in thanking new, existing and outgoing Committee members and Office bearers for the service they provide to our profession and Association.

Treasurer

Dionne Garvey will be juggling the dual roles of  Treasurer and Publications Convenor. We will be sure to provide her with lots of support.

Memberships

Erin Blair is our wonderful new Memberships Officer, Erin is processing memberships at a great rate – so if you have not recieved your card and receipt in the mail yet you are sure to shortly.

Webmaster and Yahoo list manager

Yvonne Wiese is our new Webmaster.  First plans are to update the competitions list and maintain the amazing information flow that has been so valuable to the membership to date. If you have received a few extra notifications of posts as a subscriber in the past few days, thank you for your patience as learning takes place.  Postings that are of a ‘maintenance’ nature should reduce from this point forward.

Other Roles

Secondary Convenor – Thelma Cluning

Primary Convenor – Pauline O’Brien

Events Coordinator – Jaelle Wiedemann

Publications Convenor – Dionne Garvey

Have a wonderful Easter Break!

A proposed PD session to be held at Wesley College on 17th May 2012

A presentation on how students studying Visual Arts at Curtin University are instructed to make links to artists in their studio work linking this to their theoretical research.

More details to be advised very soon!

 090312 executive minutes

Term 1

24 March at AGWA Cafe   Minutes

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Discussion POSTPONED…

Due to unavailabilty of The Arts documents from ACARA.

RESCHEDULED to be held in conjunction with a Wine and Cheese evening 26 April 5 – 6.30pm

A discussion will now be held at Wesley College as an opportunity to generate a feedback document to the discussion papers to be submitted to ACARA.

RSVP by Tuesday 26th to Genevie Baker baker.genevie@cathednet.wa.edu.au