Food Art Workshops
To launch the AWESOME@Vale project, food artist Bridget Waters completed a residency at Swan Valley Anglican Community School, within the Vale community. The kids worked to create sculptures of local Swan Valley icons such as the Chocolate Factory and Whiteman Park using bright, colourful and fruity food products. On the last day the kids celebrated their works of art with a fantastic exhibition at the school. Eatable sculptures were part of the festivities, Yum!
Food Art Workshops
School Garden Project
As part of the ABC Gardening Australia project, AWESOME@Vale artists Bec Juniper and Minaxi May completed a residency at Swan Valley Anglican Community School in order to help the students create signage and sculptures for their new garden. Colourful critter sculptures and beautiful tiles were displayed at the project celebration and were later installed in the new garden.
School Garden Project
Fitness Park Day
In September 2007, AWESOME@Vale kicked off a great day of arts activities. Community families were invited to ‘make a mark’ on their park! Artists Bec Juniper and Minaxi May helped everyone create bird designs which were used as stencils on the new fitness park footy posts. The bird designs were used as the cut-out designs on the brass inlays which were fabricated at a later date and then installed into the park. Roly Skender had the AWESOME caravan cranking with tunes and helped all participants document the event using new photography skills.
Fitness Park Day
Wetlands Project
In November 2007, Environmental Artist Quentin George began the Vale Wetlands Art Day with an informative walk around the Wistful Wetlands site. Community members then worked alongside artist Fiona Gavino to create woven critter sculptures using brightly coloured cane inspired by the insects from the walk. Artist Louise Elscot assisted kids and their parents in creating beautiful ink on wood drawings of local flora. These artworks were later presented at a resident exhibition night and the ink on wood drawings were reproduced and signed by the community members. A small scale sculpture using brass wire was created using the community critter sculptures. This sculpture now hangs in the Vale Sales & Information Centre.
