Artspace Mackay has enlisted the assistance of Crossroad Arts to help celebrate its 20th birthday in a big and bright way.
Crossroad Arts, along with local artists Donna Maree Robinson and Kate Brunner, facilitated a series of workshops teaching participants the skill of stop motion animation.
The animations will then be compiled into one piece of work to be projected onto the façade of Artspace Mackay, celebrating the gallery’s 20th birthday and Mackay Festival of Arts.
“We came up with a partnership to allow those members of our community that don’t always get opportunities like this to partner and give them some skills in creating their own digital animation films,” said Artspace Director Tracey Heathwood.
Students from Sarina State High School, Kutta Mulla Gorinna Special Assistance School and Crossroad Arts participated in weekly digital animation workshops throughout the month of March to create the work, titled ‘Time of Our Lives’.
“The theme of ‘time of our lives’ means what happens in our lives, what we did, things we’ve faced or things we’ve gone through,” said Kutta Mulla student Echo Hankin.
“Me and Elena put flowers because, in my culture, we have to dance with flowers in our hair.”
“I loved working on the animations and learning how to use the app and it was fun meeting all the new people,” agreed fellow student Theresa Malayta.
Crossroad Arts Director and CEO Alison Richardson said students have taken their own drawings and collage creations and used an application to create animations.
“It’s been very hands-on, very practical and the app that we’ve been using is very user-friendly,” she said.
“They’ve been looking forward to seeing what a largescale projection of themselves and their work will look like.”
Contemporary visual artist Donna Maree Robinson, who has had her work displayed Iceland, New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Kingaroy and Mackay will take the students’ work and edit it into a cohesive piece before projecting it onto the Artspace building.
“It’s always amazing to see what people create,” Ms Robinson said.
“I think it reflects a lot about their personalities or their experiences in life.
“Once they get the skills, they roll with it, and you can see some of the really beautiful aspects of people’s creative minds and abilities and talents.”
Time of Our Lives will be projected onto Artspace Mackay for all to see every night from Monday, July 3 to Friday, July 9.
Kutta Mulla Gorinna Special Assistance School students Echo Hankin and Elena Murray Larrance
Crossroad Arts Director and CEO Alison Richardson leading the digital animation workshop. Photos supplied: Mackay Regional Council
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