Herring Island - Artist Callout
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED !
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED
Are you creative, love the Yarra and enjoy community projects?
“Scenes on The Yarra” is a unique environmental arts project involving artists and creatives, historians, scientists and indigenous knowledge keepers in a shared learning journey, inspiring artists to create a site-specific group performance and exhibition.
Devised as part of a series of 7 events down the Yarra from headwaters to the sea. This project at Herring Island is part of the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival. Led by Jeminah Reidy, an experienced arts facilitator and scenographer who has a passion for the Yarra River and the important roll it plays in the lives of Melbournians, and a wealth of experience in projects involving group artistic collaboration and the environment.
We hope one of those local community artists is you!
Visual artists, musicians, dancers, puppeteers, projection artists, or other creative beings welcome!
How will the project work?
Local knowledge holders, e.g. naturalists, historians, indigenous historians, scientists, will share insight into the local landscape at Herring Island and the Yarra River with artists. This part of the project will get the creative juices flowing!
This will be a wonderful opportunity to work on the Island in the middle of the Yarra that contains some of Melbourne’s most wonderful site-specific sculptures including works by Jill Peck, Ellen Jose, and Andy Goldsworthy. Working together, sharing ideas and inspiration, Jeminah will assist the group to develop those ideas into a range of artistic responses. Creating music, dance, sculpture, performance, or art installations – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! . The group energy will guide the experience, and the outcome.
On the final day of the project, an audience will be invited to walk through the site from Como Landing over to Herring Island, and experience the magic the artists have created.
Further details
The workshop will run from Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th February (9am-5pm) and then on Tuesday 24th (10am-9pm), Wednesday 25th (10am to 9pm) and Thursday 25th (10am-3pm) (pack-up and feed back session)
Workshops will be held on Herring Island onsite and in the Gallery Space and will include materials, insurance, advertising, and delicious shared meals during the workshop.
What does it cost?
The entire workshop is FREE.
Funded by City of Stonnington, Melbourne Water, and our incredible Scenes on the Yarra Pozible campaign supporters, this project will tell a story of the natural and built environment, the Yarra River and Herring Island in a unique way, enriching both participants and audience alike.
This is a rare opportunity. We hope you can join us
For further details contact Jeminah on 0414 419 182
“Scenes on The Yarra” is a unique environmental arts project involving artists and creatives, historians, scientists and indigenous knowledge keepers in a shared learning journey, inspiring artists to create a site-specific group performance and exhibition.
Devised as part of a series of 7 events down the Yarra from headwaters to the sea. This project at Herring Island is part of the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival. Led by Jeminah Reidy, an experienced arts facilitator and scenographer who has a passion for the Yarra River and the important roll it plays in the lives of Melbournians, and a wealth of experience in projects involving group artistic collaboration and the environment.
We hope one of those local community artists is you!
Visual artists, musicians, dancers, puppeteers, projection artists, or other creative beings welcome!
How will the project work?
Local knowledge holders, e.g. naturalists, historians, indigenous historians, scientists, will share insight into the local landscape at Herring Island and the Yarra River with artists. This part of the project will get the creative juices flowing!
This will be a wonderful opportunity to work on the Island in the middle of the Yarra that contains some of Melbourne’s most wonderful site-specific sculptures including works by Jill Peck, Ellen Jose, and Andy Goldsworthy. Working together, sharing ideas and inspiration, Jeminah will assist the group to develop those ideas into a range of artistic responses. Creating music, dance, sculpture, performance, or art installations – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! . The group energy will guide the experience, and the outcome.
On the final day of the project, an audience will be invited to walk through the site from Como Landing over to Herring Island, and experience the magic the artists have created.
Further details
The workshop will run from Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th February (9am-5pm) and then on Tuesday 24th (10am-9pm), Wednesday 25th (10am to 9pm) and Thursday 25th (10am-3pm) (pack-up and feed back session)
Workshops will be held on Herring Island onsite and in the Gallery Space and will include materials, insurance, advertising, and delicious shared meals during the workshop.
What does it cost?
The entire workshop is FREE.
Funded by City of Stonnington, Melbourne Water, and our incredible Scenes on the Yarra Pozible campaign supporters, this project will tell a story of the natural and built environment, the Yarra River and Herring Island in a unique way, enriching both participants and audience alike.
This is a rare opportunity. We hope you can join us
For further details contact Jeminah on 0414 419 182
This project is presented by Scenes on the Yarra and The Yarra Riverkeepers in collaboration with the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival, with funding from Stonnington City Council, Melbourne Water and the kind support of the SOTY Crowd-funding Campaign.
Scenes on the Yarra acknowledges the traditional owners of the Yarra River and its environs, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
