CARGO – An Artists in Schools Initiative
CARGO – An Artists in Schools Initiative, is a project of Carclew Youth Arts, sponsored through the BHP Billiton Youth Arts Fund in partnership with the South Australian Youth Arts Board and Arts SA. Over the next four years, CARGO will provide opportunities for Roxby Downs and Upper Spencer Gulf regional schools to participate in diverse and vibrant arts projects. CARGO connects children and young people with passionate, committed, highly skilled professional artists across a range of art forms.
In its inaugural year, CARGO offered students from 8 government schools in the regions of Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla with the opportunity to engage in a week-long artistic residency with a team of two professional South Australian artists during May/June, 2007. From digital animation to physical theatre, there were four exciting and innovative CARGO projects on offer, as follows:
Too Much Trouble
Too Much Trouble combines theatre, literature and digital technology in a virtual board game challenging its players in a quest of exploration and self-expression.
Artists: Daisy Brown – Theatre Director & Mario Spate – Musician and Actor
Finders Keepers
Combining photography, ceramics and site-specific sculpture, Finders Keepers investigates the concepts of permanent and temporary forms of art making through the exploration of environment and culture.
Artists: Sarah-Jane Cook – Photographer & Gus Clutterbuck – Ceramicist
Transformation
Transformation explores the complexities of change through a rollercoaster of dance and theatre workshops that culminate in an original and edgy physical theatre performance.
Artists: Stephen Noonan – Actor & Dancer & Kelly Alexander – Dancer & Choreographer
The Inhabitants
Digital technology and the simplicity of “neanderthal” art collide to create The Inhabitants. This project combines digital Flash animation with the construction of large paper maché sculptural forms in the exploration of people and the spaces they inhabit.
Artists: Lachlan Haig – Puppeteer & Luku – Digital Animator
Participating Schools 2007
In response to a call for CARGO Applications in February this year, the following government schools were selected to participate in CARGO for 2007:
Port Augusta Secondary School
Port Augusta West Primary School
Augusta Park Primary School
Solomontown Primary School
John Pirie Secondary School
Port Pirie West Primary School
Stuart High School
Memorial Oval Primary School
CARGO project costs including: artists fees; travel; living allowances; and material costs, will be provided at no cost to the participating schools through the BHP Billiton Youth Arts Fund. Participating schools are required to contribute suitable hotel/motel accommodation for the artists for the duration of the project (6 nights x 2 artists).
CARGO provided 480 students, from a total of 8 schools with the opportunity to benefit from an intensive program of quality arts experiences and also provided an additional 750 students with the opportunity to participate in an arts focused CARGO Community Celebration at their school.
For all enquiries regarding the 2008 CARGO project, please contact Angelina Zucco.
Contact
Angelina Zucco - Arts & Education Project Manager
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