Way Out West

welcome forest cool and dark i see footprints at
night footsteps are inky
black feet, black hands, black
tyres driving through the
bushes of fingerprint
leaves flying in the
sky clouds floating thunder
storms of finger
prints hands and feet and
arms are touching in the
forest
 
Poem by Way Out West 23 June 2011
 
Welcome to Way Out West. We make art every second Saturday at Westvale Community Centre.  We have a lot of fun together and enjoy great friendships. In the morning we work with paint, poetry, puppets, felting, sketching and sculpture. In the afternoon we play drama games and learn new skills in movement and voice.
Fleur Dean and Russ Pirrie are award winning performance and visual artists who lead us through every workshop alongside our legendary qualified support workers Rachael Walker, Sally Jones and Farhia Hersi. We are a great team.
 
We have exhibited our artwork at The Brimbank Festival, the Hunt Club Community Arts Centre and the Big West Festival. At the moment we are working on a performance that we will show our family and friends at the end of the year.

 

We are looking for new members to join Way Out West. Please call our on-site coordinator Rachael Walker on 0458 148 437 if you are interested in coming along!

 

Details

  • Venue: Westvale Community Centre, 45 Kings Rd, St Albans VIC 3021 (Melways map 13 F11)
  • Runs fortnightly on Saturdays 10.00am – 3.00pm, February – December 2012 (breaks for school holidays)
  • Costs: $6 per session (paid in advance half yearly)

Eligibility

Arts Access Victoria receives Respite funding from the Department of Human Services, North and West Region for Way Out West. This means group members must be

  • over 18 years old
  • a person with an intellectual disability, physical disability or acquired brain injury.
  • living at home with a family member or volunteer carer (especially elderly parents/ carers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds)
  • registered with DHS
  • living in the West or North region of Melbourne

Bookings & Enquiries

For bookings or for more information, please contact:

Celeste Abell, Arts Development Officer
Tel 03 96998299
TTY 03 9699 7636
Fax 03 9699 8868
Email cabell@artsaccess.com.au

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