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Soooooo…. what happened at Bakehouse 08?? See below for cool pics and a wrap up of events
Mu - Meson Archives presents:
CULT SINEMA with Jay Katz & Miss Death
Bakehouse’s launch night took place at The Annandale Hotel where the main bar was transformed into a cinema as Jay Katz & Miss Death presented of night of rare film & oddities!
Bankstown hip hopper, Marky Mark also got the crowd going with his rapping and breakdancing.
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For further screenings & events check out: www.mumeson.org
sliced bread attraction, CarriageWorks & City of Sydney present:
WORKSHOPS @ CARRIAGEWORKS
CarriageWorks is a bold new arts centre dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary arts. Over four days three of the residing companies; erth, Performance Space & STALKER along with sliced bread attraction will run a series of workshops targeted towards people with a disability.
sliced bread attraction presents: INTRODUCTION TO FILM MAKING
Under the guidance of tutors Craig Anderson and Genevieve Clay participants discovered the world of film making in this hands-on & practical workshop.
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STALKER presents: STILT WALKING
David Clarkson one Australia’s premier stilt walkers from STALKER taught participants how to stilt walk to gain confidence and new skills.
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STALKER presents: BREAK DANCING
Aussie B*boy, Nick Power aka RELY and one of STALKER’s regular performers Emma Leak took the group through some break dancing moves and choreographed a short routine with the group.
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For more information on STALKER check out: www.stalker.com.au
Performance Space presents:
CONTACT IMPROVISATION: Connecting & Dancing -Body awareness through touch & movement
Tutors John Addis and Mircallia Havier took participants learnt Contact Improvisation skills (coming in & out of contact) and engaged in individual movement meditation, body work, group movement games and free dancing.
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For more information on Performance Space check out: www.performancespace.com.au and for more info on Danceplay email: johnny.addis@gmail.com
erth presents: MASKS & CHARACTER
Participants were given a glimpse into the machinations of making visual & physical theatre. They had a tour with erth’s Artistic Director, Scott Wright, through erth’s studio laden with masks, puppets and props that preluded a session that allowed them to wear, explore and perform in an array of masks and costumes.
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For more information on erth check out: www.erth.com.au.
sliced bread attraction, CarriageWorks & City of Sydney present:
TOUCH ‘N GO
Over 100 people took a guided tour through CarriageWorks that really brought their senses alive! They were able to experience vibrations inside the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Good Vibrations Caravan, they created music with The Special Access Kit, formed their own noise band with Toydeath, stretched their bodies with Yoga in the Community & manipulated erth’s large scale puppets and masks.
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sliced bread attraction & Jac Bowie PR & events presents:
DR SKETCHY’S ANTI ART SCHOOL
Dames, drinking, drawing & debauchery!
Dr Sketchy’s takes a mere drawing class & turns it into a cabaret extravaganza complete with burlesque dancers & models of all shapes & sizes! Over 40 people turned up with their sketch pads and pencils ready to draw our beautiful models; Emma, Denise and Tracie. And also were treated to a fabulously quirky performance by The Birdmann and the delightful Divine Miss M.
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For more information on Dr Sketchy’s check out: www.drsketchy.com.au
Accessible Arts presents:
AART.BOXX 08
Initiated by Accessible Arts, AART.BOXX is an exhibition and cultural initiative that highlights the creative contribution of emerging artists with a disability. Now in its 3rd year, AART.BOXX will took place at The Tin Sheds Gallery and featured artist talks, workshops and forums as part of the 3-week exhibition.
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For more information on Accessible Arts visit: www.aarts.net.au
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, sliced bread attraction & Carriageworks presents:
OUTREACH EXHIBITION and FRIDAZE
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre and Accessible Arts is pleased to announce the 2008 Group Outreach Exhibition.
The exhibition displayed works produced over the past 12 months and covers both 2D and 3D mediums, representing painting and drawing, printmaking, ceramics, mosaics and jewellery. The art works were created by people with physical and intellectual disabilities, people who are homeless, people recovering from addiction and those leaving rehabilitation and correctional centres.
Participating groups: The Bridge, CARITAS, Connections, Glebe House, Glebe Art Group, Guthrie House, Northcott Ceramics, Northcott Painting, Open Access Ceramics, Open Access Charcoal Drawing, Roomies Art Group, Sunnyfield and The Studio Project.
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For more information on Pine Street Creative Arts Centre please visit www.pinestreet.com.au
Powerhouse Youth Theatre presents:
HARD DAZE: Stage 1 Creative Development
Powerhouse Youth Theatre are collaborating with young people with and without a disability across Western Sydney to create Hard Daze; a new contemporary theatre performance for 2009. Hard Daze will be created from real life stories of young people living & working in Australia today, who face the challenges of finding a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.
Stage 1 of Hard Daze was the creative development stage whereby an audience was invited to share with the company and performers their work in progress. A discussion with the company and cast will follow.
For further information on PYT visit www.pyt.com.au
Accessible Arts Western Sydney presents:
POW WOW
Inclusive creative program know-how.
An arts & disability forum in Western Sydney presented by Accessible Arts Western Sydney. Artists, arts workers, disability service providers, arts organisations, and local councils all came together at Parramatta Riverside to hear a morning of dynamic presentations and to engage in a lively panel discussion with key members from the Western Sydney arts, disability & local council sectors.
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For further information on Accessible Arts Western Sydney visit: www.aarts.net.au/westernsydney