visual arts program - Casula Powerhouse

K-12
VISUAL AND
PERFORMING ARTS
EDUCATION PROGRAM
TERM 2
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WELCOME
TO THE TERM TWO
VISUAL AND PERFORMING
ARTS EDUCATION
PROGRAM AT
CASULA POWERHOUSE
ARTS CENTRE.
As a dedicated education, community engagement and arts facility,
we continue to support primary and secondary school students by linking
exhibitions and programs to the NSW Board of Studies Curriculum.
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM TERM 2

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM
We are pleased to offer guided tours of our current exhibitions.
GUIDED TOURS
Who Primary and Secondary School students
When Monday 19 April to Friday 18 June on request
Time 9am – 5pm
Cost $3 per student
About our current exhibitions
HILANG KEMANUSIAAN:
HUMANITY LOST
IF ON A TROPIC NIGHT
Image: Keangkuhan Terbang: Flight of Arrogance,
Aris Prabawa, 2008
Indonesian artist Aris Prabawa explores the
power of the Indonesian military and the sordid
role they play in Indonesian society. The military
and business figures in the painting works have
the heads of predatory animals illustrating the
greed, violence and essential loss of humanity
characterising the culture of militarism of
which they are a part.
Image: Binondo, Manila (excerpt from video In 1966 the
Beatles Came to Manila) Robert Nery, 2010
This installation by The Boondocks is composed
of a flow chart spread over the floor and four
walls of the gallery, a video work In 1966 The
Beatles Came To Manila, about their first and
only performance in a developing country,
and a second video Exterior, Manila, a silent
contemporary film about Manila at night-time.
The nodes of the flow chart are descriptions
of events of the Cold War from a range of
historical and journalistic sources.
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COLLECTION DISPLAY
PORTRAIT GALERIA
Image: The Southern Toss, Adam Hill, 2006
See a temporary display of ten paintings
from our collection, all powerful statements
about recent social or political events. Artists
include Shaun Gladwell, Adam Hill, Gordon
Hookey, Jian Guo, Jim Logan, Liza Nguyen,
Eugenia Raskopoulos, Steve Smith and
Guan Wei.
Image: My Self-Portrait, Adam Zhang, All Saints Catholic
Primary School, 2010
Facilitated by All Saints Catholic Primary
School, Spanish and Visual Arts teacher.
Flora Cortez acknowledges the importance of
using art as a tool for children’s development
and advancement. This project provided an
opportunity for children to produce a body
of work through various mediums such as
painting and drawing whilst also learning to
speak Spanish in the process.
THE BLACK MADONNA
BOOK YOUR CLASS IN
FOR A GUIDED TOUR
Image: Black Madonna 5, Karla Dickens
Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens revisits a
subliminal, historical, and spiritual memory.
Thirty new mixed media works on canvas,
The Black Madonna is more than just a
black woman; it should be read as a female
creative spiritual force, a universal mother
figure. The form of the female spirit in
these new works moves through a number
of compositions and figurations in Karla’s
expression: Christian icon, Buddhist form,
Mirror Mimih figure among others.
Each artwork’s concept will be examined
during the tour, and discussions will focus
on different forms of artistic expression.
The guided tours will also focus on the
conceptual framework and the four frames,
specifically the cultural frame, highlighting
the importance of multicultural practice in
Australian contemporary art.
For more details or to make a booking,
please contact Ivana Pepic, Education and
Public Programs Manager on 9824 1121 or
pepic@casulapowerhouse.com.
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM TERM 2

PERFORMING ARTS
FAST + FRESH THEATRE AND DANCE
Our state of the art theatre at Casula will host the amazing Fast+Fresh Theatre (in May) and
Fast+Fresh Dance (in November) for young people 18 and under. These events are the young
people’s version of the Short+Sweet play festival which is described as the biggest short
theatre festival in the world.
If you think your students might like to
participate in these performing arts and dance
competitions, we have entry forms and more
information available.
Another one of these workshops is available
on 22 April. Call Dallas Lewis if you would like
some of your students to participate.
We’ve already held one playmaking workshop
run by the people from Zeal Theatre for some
local high schools to give their students a
head start.
FAST+FRESH THEATRE
FAST+FRESH DANCE
Competition heat
When Monday 24 May
Time 7.30pm
Where Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Winner goes onto the finals at the
Parramatta Riverside Theatre
Competition heat
When Tuesday 16 November
Time 7.30pm
Where Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Winner goes onto the finals at the
Parramatta Riverside Theatre
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COMING UP
During term two, watch out for news of a well-known resident female hip hop artist who will be
available for workshops and performances. And the boys from Zeal Theatre will be spending some
time at the Casula Powerhouse too.
We’ll also be releasing details of an exciting Sydney Theatre Company and Liverpool community
performance scheduled for Friday 24 September. Local community members and high school
students are invited to participate. To be called Leviathan, the production will be based on the
book Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney by John Birmingham.
Be a part of this exciting project by joining the workshops during terms one-three.
LEVIATHAN
By John Birmingham
A Sydney Theatre Company Production
“Leviathan” is a unique opportunity for
professional and non-professional performers
from all backgrounds to unite in one giant
presentation of this monster city’s history. The
novel “Leviathan” by John Birmingham is a
sprawling non-fictional examination of Sydney,
blending factual recreations of early penal
settlement, brutal accounts of racism and
abuse, and powerful stories of immigration.
Sydney Theatre Company’s resident director
Stefo Nantsou will facilitate the production, to
be performed by the STC Resident Ensemble
and numerous community groups and
students.
Workshops with Stefo Nantsou
When Terms one-three
Leviathan Project Presentation
When Friday 24 September
Where Casula Powerhouse
If you would like to be involved,
please contact Dallas Lewis,
Curator/ Producer, Theatre on 9824 1121
or lewis@casulapowerhouse.com.
JIMMY LITTLE FOUNDATION
The Jimmy Little foundation runs a program
for indigenous students called Thumbs Up!
In early March, they ran the program at Miller
Technology High School with great success.
Students composed and recorded a song and
shot a video. Healthy eating and living was the
theme and the students enjoyed their two
days immensely.
We will be scheduling more of these workshops.
Call Dallas Lewis if you have students
who you think would like to participate.
PERFORMING ARTS
TEACHERS NETWORK
You can share your ideas through the
emerging local performing arts teachers’
network. We will meet for just one hour
once a term at the Casula Powerhouse.
Each gathering will have a guest or two.
There will be discussion on ways that we
might all collaborate to provide a richer
experience for our young people.
Thank you to those who have participated already
this year and we hope to see more of you in 2010
for what will continue to be a fantastic year of Visual
and Performing Arts at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM TERM 2

GETTING TO
CASULA POWERHOUSE
CAR AND BICYCLE
FROM LIVERPOOL
Take the Hume Highway going towards Campbelltown.
At the M5 overpass, continue another 1.5km, then turn
left into Casula Road. Follow Casula Road down the hill
and cross the rail level crossing. Listen for the Bellbirds,
as they get louder, you are getting closer to Casula
Powerhouse.
FROM CAMPBELLTOWN
Take the Hume Highway to Liverpool. At The Crossroads,
continue another 1.8km, then turn right at Casula Road.
Follow Casula Road down the hill and cross the rail level
crossing. Listen for the Bellbirds, as they get louder, you
are getting closer to Casula Powerhouse.
TRAIN
Disembark at Casula Train Station, 100m from Casula
Powerhouse. Casula Station is the first stop after
Liverpool Station (from Sydney), and is the next station
after Glenfi eld Station (from Campbelltown), South/
Cumberland Line. Go to www.131500.info for timetable.
ACCESS
Visitors with restricted mobility can enjoy all public areas
of the Casula Powerhouse. The theatre is fi tted with
hearing loop, and has provision for restricted mobility
access. Guide and hearing dogs welcome. Ample free
parking onsite. Gates close at 5.30pm daily, unless an
evening event is scheduled.
CASULA POWERHOUSE
ARTS CENTRE
Stories, ideas, creativity.
Live music, dance, gaming, video
clips, film, fashion, circus arts, hip
hop comedy, cooking, custom cars,
exhibitions, design, festivals, words,
theatre.
Where
1 Casula Road, Casula, NSW, 2170
When
Monday to Sunday, 10am – 5pm
Phone
9824 1121
Email
reception@casulapowerhouse.com
Web
www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au
Click on the Casula Powerhouse link.
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Image: Aboriginal Paint Workshop, Marsden Road Public School, 2008
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM TERM 2