More of My Photos From the Main Event 2017

These are photos of the different items on show at the Shepparton Festival, there was a great range of themes and sights. There was a mix of music, fruit and carnival themed displays. Togeather these made the great photos on the left possible.

Our Lovely Little Writers in Action Group 2017

March 3rd-19th 2017 

Above is a photo of our Writers in Action team! Three of the people in the group are friends of mine from the Latrobe Shepparton Campus. Though the rest of the group contains new faces, and this is what made the subject so new and exciting to undertake. Having a group of lovely new faces to enjoy the Festival's events with was a privilege. Meeting new faces in our Latrobe community, and new faces from the wider Festival was another one of the glorious elements of this subject. Even the face of the photographer at the event became familiar, we then quickly learnt how to be "photo ready" when we seen his face. It was a great idea that the Shepparton Festival had a photographer follow the events and document them. Especially for those who couldn't make the events, such as my grandparents, and I was still able to show them all the excitement on screen due to the Festival's documenting team! The ideas and structure of the event was well thought of, it was enjoyable, innovative and enlightening overall. After meeting the coordinator of the Shepparton Festival we were more aware of how the events are put together and funded. It was obvious that a lot of work went into this, and it is vital that the helpers/partners of the Festival contribute from the beginning to the closing of the Festival.

A Main Event

March 3rd 2017

As part of the Shepparton Festival Events, there was an opening event that included food trucks, carnival games/rides and entrainment for all ages. I visited this event on the opening night of the Festival, after the introductory session at the Aussie Courtyard. This exciting event seemed well thought of, and the input of the community was obvious. There were items of all cultures, I spotted a gelato bar, fresh juice bar and carnival themed food. As well as the types of foods on display, the types of people that turned up to the event appeared to be of many cultures. Turns out this event continued beyond opening night, and I then thought, I may as well see the event in daylight! This was a great idea as I then managed to take nicer photos and engage more with the events/cultures on offer to Shepparton.

Here is a photo that I took while at the event,

I was even lucky enough to get a pose and wave!

Shepparton Art Museum Exhibition

March 5th 2017


Art/Video Exhibition at SAM

Today we set out as a group to participate in the textiles workshop at Riverlinks, though when we arrived it was nowhere to be seen. Much to our disappointment we parted ways and visited the Tracey Moffatt exhibition, luckily this was nearby. The art on display was colourful and exciting, plus the short videos were fun to watch in the gallery rooms with the dark curtains, loud audios and big screens. This exhibition is my favourite to date, it was amazing to see that Shepparton, out little town had such great art come our way for all to see. I really enjoyed the audio and visual elements of this exhibition, it was engaging as well as exciting to be a part of. The Shepparton Festival's contribution to the advertising and organising of this exhibition was both time and money well spent. I felt somewhat proud of the efforts of the team while visiting this exhibition, I also felt privileged to have the opportunity to see such art in my little county town that doesn't usually host such intriguing art events.

Here is a photo that I took of  the advertising of the amazing art on display at SAM, 

The Path of Art

March 6th 2017

Today our task was to walk The Art Path at the Australian Botanic Gardens in Shepparton. The path seemed long, though now that I think about it, it was just the above 30 heat that made it feel this way. I managed to walk the path without getting bit by a snake or suffering heat stroke, just kidding! it was actually a great walk. Along the way I came across some exciting innovations that were definitely items of art. Not only did the path lead us to art, it also included some stops along the way, these being arts and crafts stalls that allowed the visitors to experience art making. These stalls seemed exciting as they were crowded by children/their parents. 

Here is a photo of the art that I took while walking, 

Music, Art n' More

Saturday March 4th 

making your own instrument seemed to be today's theme, we met the Shepparton Festival's professional artists and they introduced us to the many ways that musical instruments can be made. seeing there were three instruments to choose from... i chose the easiest one, guilty here, although my artistic talent is little, i knew i couldn't fail with this one! our group's task was to make music using rubber bands and shoe boxes/shoe box lids. i must admit at first i felt like a child in art class, but when the instruments actually worked i felt fairly capable of creating music from scratch.

Here is an image of the instrument that I made,

The Festival is Now in Action!