Graduation of Pembroke Primary School Students

South Kids first 3rd year graduating students from Pembroke Primary School. South Kids Coordinator, Nadia, was delighted to present students with a certificate of graduation to all the participating South Kids, students had worked with nine international artists who had originated from countries from Chile, Brazil, South Africa, India, Korea, Indonesia, Mauritius, Maldives,Fiji, New Zealand and of course Australia.
Some of the workshops over the three years included learning skills in the areas of puppetry and mask making, jewellery design, stencil printing,weaving,carving, sculptural construction, performance and curatorship, painting and drawing. South Kids have been very fortunate to have the opportunity of working with such a diverse group of people and to be able to experience the one on one contact with each artist. We here at The South Project wish all graduating students great success for future studies at the secondary level.
Many thanks for your enthusiasm and friendships.

Mask and puppet making with Heri Dono

The last two weeks of November, South Kids with renowned Indonesian artist, Heri Dono collaborated together at ArtPlay.  The South Kids workshopped alongside  Heri,  he also talks about his paintings and sculptures,  and the stories associated with them. Heri creates  modern day mythological characters,in particular angels and superheros,  who are the messengers and communicators   of peoples   dreams and aspirations. The children were able to share and learn from  Heri's extensive  expertise with mask and puppet  making including performance work  which resulted with their own designing and directorship by the end of the workshop. The masks and puppets were an effective medium for children to express their concerns for world issues which included environmental, social and personal concerns. Issues such as forest and waterway devastation, poverty, weather changes and war were some of the topics they chose to comment on.  Schools included students from Pembroke Primary, Abbotsford Primary and Briar Hill Primary.  Heri also worked on two public workshops held on the weekend at ArtPlay.