That's Not Art Project

That's Not ARt  2011

A special thank you to all of our volunteers and artists

Jennie Fraine, Blaire Angelo, Sue Petch, Michael Denyer, Denise Lynch, Phoebe Russell, Mikayla Fraine, Sarah Peckham, Lou Callow, Carmel Hunter,  Natarsha Mills, Peter Mills, Sarah Anderson, Jillian Elwin, Helen Sczerba Nichole russell, Suneeta,

Julie Jones, Jean Lycette

And to some of our supporters and providers

Jeff Jones Produce

Joan Carr, Julie Badenhope, Chris Levy - flowers and foliage

Bacchus Marsh Baptist Church

Apple FM

Anne van Alkemade

Wombat Arts Network

To all of our volunteers and artists, thank you for making our second Thats Not Art event a great success.
A special thank you to Moorabool Shire Council for providing an arts grant to help us fund the day. 
We had well over 150 people attend the event, from children to couples, to our senior citizens. The weather was perfect, the activities were inviting, and the creativity flowed.
Take a look at our Thats Not Art page above for some  images of the day.

Lou Callow - local artist

Jennie Fraine - poet and creative spirit

not your average scarecrows

giant nest - a collective effort

nesting and weaving - no rules, just create

do your own body painting

pumpking and vege art - thanks to the Wombat Arts Network

So creative mandalas

mandala path - meditation, reflection, inspirational

floral mandala surrounds the tree, thanks Lou for your creative spirit

Bacchus Marsh Produce Swap

BYO basket, all welcome

Bring your surplus home grown fruit, vegies, herbs, food/plant seeds, seedlings, eggs, honey, jams & preserves and swap your
stuff with other local home producers!

Sunday 12 June, 2011

1–3pm @ Rotary Park

Lerderderg St Bacchus Marsh
(behind shopping centre), as part of the “That’s Not Art” community art event

If it rains it will be at the
Baptist Church in Holts Lane

For more information, updates and reminders about future events e-mail  bmproduceswap@gmail.com

Find us on Facebook: “Bacchus Marsh Produce Swap”

From Monday 12 July until Friday 6 August an exhibition of photographs and items from the That's Not Art ephemeral art event is open to the public. Items on display include basket nests, felt, banksia men, mandalas and clay faces.

With the support of Moorabool Shire's Moorart Space, located at the Bacchus Marsh Library, the display showcases the processes and resulting artwork from the event.

We invite those who attended That's Not Art to come along and view their creations. We also encourage anyone with an interest in ephemeral art or community art to come along and learn more about what That's Not Art is all about.

Following months of planning and preparation the first That's Not Art event for Bacchus Marsh Community Unlimited was a great success,with over 100 participants on the day engaging in a range of  hands-on ephemeral art experiences. Lead by  a diverse group of enthusiastic and supportive activity leaders and artists, the event provided a lot of opportunities for the community of Bacchus Marsh and those from other areas who attended, to be creative and express themselves through art. There were opportunities for young and old, to teach or be taught, to observe or participate.

The activities had opportunities for joining in, reflection, quiet individual participation, group activity, being able to try something new. With participants aged from toddlers up to the elderly, the event showed that art is for all ages, and that artistic expression isn't just about fine art that is framed and hung on a wall.

Activities on the day  included:

• mandala  - large group activity with natural objects with Marie Jean Hamilton
• mandalas - colourful with a variety of objects
• web threading and hanging insects using natural and found objects
• clay faces on trees and logs with Blair Angelo
• object and clay animal/bird/insect sculptures
• basket weaving with Bacchus Marsh Basket Weavers member
• felted egg making - lead by 9 year old
• stick and object figures 
• poetry display and roving poet Jennie Fraine
• written mandala 
• photography recording and opportunity for amateur photographers
• framed viewing platform to view the river and natural environment

That’s Not Art

Queens Birthday Weekend 2010
Sunday June 13
10am - 4pm
Lions Park ( Meikle Rd Bacchus Marsh)
south side of the Werribee River
A short walk past Stoney's Pub

 

Community Art – aims

•         Participation by all ages and abilities

•         No arts experience necessary

•         Engagement of local artists and workshop leaders

•         Link art project to local rivers, our local indigenous environments, tracks and trails –Werribee river

•         Free activities- opportunities for all to participate

•         Date set for the Queens Birthday Weekend to coincide with the Rotary Arts Weekend – adding opportunities

The journey so far…

•         Formation of an Arts Action Group

•         Regular meetings to discuss potential sites, activities and what we hope to achieve

•         Successful Arts Grant application submitted to Moorabool Shire Council - $1500 received

•         Identification of groups and individuals that may be engaged

•         Engagement of individuals to Arts Action Group

Spaces and Opportunities

•         Focus on our local natural environment- Werribee River

•         Use natural materials to create Ephemeral Art – Lasting for a limited period of time, no lasting impact on the environment

•         Engagement of artists, photographers

•         People of all ages and abilities

Artists, weavers, potters, sculptors, photographers, graphic artists, poets…

Amateurs, budding artists, people with little or no experience

That’s Not Art is for those who want to share their skills, those who want to learn, those who want to participate

If you would like to become involved in That’s Not Art, please contact

Nichole : 0402 822958

Jennie: 0447 695 205