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Harmony Day - Picnic in the Orchard

Kickstart Arts and St John's Orchard Community Garden host Picnic in the Orchard, and open invitation to sure culture with the local Karen (from Burma) and African communities. Many stories - One Australia.
Everyone welcome.
Date: Saturday Mar 23, 4pm - 8pm
Venue: St John's Orchard Community Garden, 9 St John's Ave, New Town
FREE EVENT!

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Angels of Our Better Nature workshops progressing

December 5, 2012

We are equipping ourselves to offer participants with disabilities greater control over their digital image making. Some people with acquired brain injuries find it impossible to hold a camera steady. We are experimenting with WiFi Gopro cameras and IPads on short tripods for some, and the Magic Arm helps with positioning cameras for those in wheelchairs.

Behind the Clock Workshops at the Kickstart Arts

We held another Behind the Clock visual arts workshop for people in the Out of Home Care community on Saturday. Foster parents, Paul Cairns from Life Without Barriers and foster children – 19 people in all - enjoyed an inspiring painting & collage workshop facilitated by Malou Zuidema that got people started creating their own images. It was a joy.

About Kickstart Arts?

Making Art with Communities

Kickstart Arts is an independent arts company based in Hobart Tasmania, working statewide in cross-sectoral partnerships to produce inclusive, innovative multi-arts projects with communities.

Upcoming

Mkono kwa Mkono (workshop)

Do you love to dance? Do you already know or want to learn traditional and contemporary African dances? Come and join the new Kickstart Arts & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra African dance & music project. Details here

Angels of Our Better Nature

Creative Producer Richard Bladel has started talking with staff at Headway rebuilding lives as we begin a new phase of a 3 year project.
A follow on from the Headstart project in 2009 and the award winning Portraits of Invisible People exhibition in 2010, Angels of Our Better Nature involves 6 artists working with Read more

Kickstart Arts Highlights

Mkono kwa Mkono promo

30 sec Happiness promo.

Happiness Project Survey

Have you been to The Happiness Pod? Did you see the films? Did you see the Fabric of Life installation?
If you did - please click here and take a brief moment to answer our online survey and let us know what you thought.
Fill out the Survey Here.

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P 03 6228 0611

@ community@kickstart.org.au

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M PO Box 731
   North Hobart TAS 7002

L Building 1831 South
   St Johns Avenue | St Johns Park
   New Town Tasmania 7008

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What people are saying

"I learnt that happiness comes in many different shapes and forms, it's accessible to anyone. Everyone has their own idea of happiness for themselves."
— young woman Glenorchy
"I used to find it difficult to write but we learnt different styles of writing and better ways of putting what we want to say....."
male participant, Glenorchy
"I'm more happy. I've done the film and it's done, it's out there. I'm really proud of my idea. Making the film had made me a happier person... I can actually stand in front of a camera and talk."
young woman, Glenorchy
I think there was a lot in it for our kids, they grew in confidence in handling technology and the involvement with the community was very positive.
Flinders Island school
The Happiness Project has opened up horizons for our kids.
Big Picture School, Glenorchy
They know how to write, they know how to act and how to structure a story, so it is a genuine collaboration. Their skills are strong and they understand the process of story telling much more than when the project began....
artist/facilitator
I have become more confident and have started believing in myself.
young Aboriginal woman, Glenorchy
I've never talked about how I feel about these things, it's brought up a new feeling inside me and it feels really good.
young male participant in Glenorchy
I thought I was going to fail, the pressure was on but I got through it..
young male, Glenorchy
He was a shy little boy but through writing and acting he has really come out of himself.
teacher, Glenorchy
At first I did not think I could do it but I gradually became more confident.
participant Glenorchy

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