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COME OUT 09 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Come Out 09 is offering an exciting program of metropolitan and regional Professional Development opportunities for teachers from March through to the Festival in May 2009.

The PDs (listed below) are specifically designed for teachers to engage directly with the Come Out Festival Program, with the intention of provoking further enquiry into the subject area.

They also provide an opportunity for teachers to interact with professional artists, share knowledge and network with other teachers who are passionate about the arts.

We look forward to receiving your enquiries and bookings.

Fax Registration Form to : Come Out Box Office 8267 4027

For further Information please contact:
Sally Brock - Come Out Arts Education Manager 8226 5625 or via email brock.sally@saugov.sa.gov.au

METROPOLITAN

BOOKS & BITES
Overview: This PD offers imaginative approaches to invigorating young peoples connections to literature and reading focusing on the authors and illustrators who participate in the Books & Bites game show.

Focus: Literature
Program Links: Books & Bites, Picturing Words
Presenter: Dr Helen Martin
Year level focus: 3 - 9
Date & Time: Fri 20 March 9.30am – 12pm
Venue: Adelaide City Classroom (Grote St Library)
Cost: $35 per participant/$28 Arts Ambassadors

CREATIVE WRITING
Overview: Award winning writer Sean Riley activates the imagination through a dynamic, practical and action packed workshop that dissects the art of creative writing.

Focus: Creative Writing
Program Links: Wireless Voices, The Yum Yum Room, Jason & the Argonauts
Proposed Presenter: Sean Riley
Year level focus: 1 - 8
Date & Time: Tues 24 March 9am – 11am Crafers Primary School
1pm – 3pm Murray Bridge North Primary School
Venue: In school
Cost: $35 per participant/$28 Arts Ambassadors

PRACTICAL PUPPET MAKING IN THE CLASSROOM
Overview: Gain insights into exhibition at Nexus by Tis Milner- Nichols. Participate in exploring links and approaches to making puppets in the class room.

Focus: Puppetry
Program Links: Shadows, Explosion Therapy, Don’t Press That Button, Boats
Presenter: Tis Milner-Nichols
Year level focus: 1 - 10
Date & Time: Thurs 2 April 9.30am – 12.30 & 1pm – 4pm
Venue: Carclew Youth Arts Centre, 11 Jeffcott Street , Nth Adelaide.
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors (includes all materials)

CREATING THEATRE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AUDIENCES
Overview: Renowned Australian dance and theatre practitioner Sally Chance will explore and provide practical examples of how theatre / dance create a positive learning and life experience for babies and the very young. Sally will examine process and communication practices employed by professional artists to engage with the very young.

Focus: Dance/Theatre
Program Links: Squeaky Window, All gone, Baby Gets Dressed, Plop! Boats
Presenter: Sally Chance
Year level focus: Early Childhood, R - 1
Date & Time: Mon 6 April 9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Carclew – Ballroom
Cost: $35 per participant/$28 Arts Ambassadors

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN LIVE PERFORMANCE
Overview: Frank Newman Artistic Director of Terrapin Puppet Theatre explores and discusses the practical application of new media and digital technologies in live performance. Includes performance of Explosion Therapy.

Focus: Digital Media
Program Links: Explosion Therapy, The 2-Dimensional Life of Her, Wolf, Saltbush
Presenter: Frank Newman, Artistic Director Terrapin Puppet Theatre
Year level focus: 1 - 12
Date & Time: Wed 20 May 1pm – 4.30pm
Venue: Odeon Theatre
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors

PICTURING WORDS
Overview: Taking a behind-the-scenes look at the work of some of Australia’s finest illustrators including their preliminary sketches and drawings revealing the creative stages and processes that lead to finished picture books.

Focus: Literature
Program Links: Picturing Words, Books & Bites
Presenter: Kaye Keck, Director of the Dromkeen Collection Art Gallery
Year level focus: R - 7
Date & Time: Thurs 7 May 9.30am – 12pm
Venue: ArtSpace, Adelaide Festival Centre
Cost: $35 per participant/$28 Arts Ambassadors

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN VISUAL ARTS
Overview: Spend a day deconstructing contemporary art practice. This PD includes a viewing of Fleur Else Nobles animation/film/performance work The 2-Dimensional Life of Her and exhibition Colliding Worlds & Phantasia. Each viewing will be followed by workshop and discussion sessions.

Focus: Digital Media
Program Links: Colliding Worlds, 2 Dimensional Life of Her
Presenters: Sasha Grbich
Year level focus: 9 - 12
Date & Time: Tues 19 May 10am - 3pm
Venue: Queens Theatre, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors

COLLIDING WORLDS TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Overview: This forum will focus on the business of engaging with contemporary practice and will provide insights into art concepts, terminologies, and methodologies. John Neylon is an independent art writer, curator and education consultant.

Focus: Visual Arts
Program Links: Colliding Worlds & Phantasia
Presenter: John Neylon
Year level focus: 8 - 12
Date & Time: Friday 22 May 2 – 3pm
Venue: Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
Cost: FREE

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL COMPETENCIES
Overview: Presented in association with Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute this session explores the diverse perspectives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander have toward country and identity. Includes viewing of short film Kanyini.

Focus: Language, Cultural Awareness
Program Links: Tarndaganyannga, Teuila Postcards, Saltbush, Wakaid Girl, Kanyini
Year Level focus: 1 - 12
Date & Time: Mon 25 May & Tues 26 May 10am - 3pm
Venue: Tandanya
Cost: $50 per participant/ $40 Arts Ambassadors

REGIONAL

PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO MUSIC COMPOSITION
Overview: Composer and musician Heather Frahn explores practical approaches to music composition, recording and presentation for live performance and film and how to incorporate diverse technologies, musical instruments and found objects.

Focus: Composition Music
Program Links: Plop, Explosion Therapy, Wolf, The Stones
Region: Port Augusta & Whyalla
Presenter: Heather Frahn
Year level focus: 1 - 12
Proposed Date & Time Whyalla:: Thurs 21 May 11am – 3pm
Proposed Date & TimePort Augusta: Fri 22 May 11am – 3pm
Venue: TBC
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors

LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR AND BY YOUNG PEOPLE
Overview: Glen Hayden Artistic Director of Urban Myth Theatre of Youth presents a practical workshop exploring the creative development process when working with young people to create relevant live performance.

Focus: Theatre/Performance
Program Links: Freaky, Wireless Voices, Bedroom Dancing
Region: Port Lincoln
Presenter: Glen Hayden
Year level focus: 3 - 12
Date & Time: Thurs 2 April 10am - 3pm
Venue: TBC
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors

PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP
Overview: Examine techniques and processes Jeremy Watson employs to excite young people’s engagement with a digital camera. Jeremy will explore technical and practical requirements including short exercises which will require a digital camera.

Focus: Photography/Image
Program Links: Forced Collision, UnderXposed, Blue Jeans and Jungle Greens
Presenter: Jeremy Watson
Year level focus: 4 - 10
Date & Time Roxby Downs: Mon 30 March 10am – 3pm
Date & Time Mt Gambier: Thurs 2 April 10am – 3pm
Venue: TBC
Cost: $50 per participant/$40 Arts Ambassadors

Don’t forget to take advantage of the Come Out 2009 Teachers’ Resource!

Download copies of the Come Out 2009 Teacher\'s Resource and access support materials, extra learning ideas, templates, hints and web links to challenge and stimulate your imagination. Go to

SACSA website

ARTSsmart website

Come Out is the most attended festival for SA schools. 95% of teachers surveyed reported that their school was involved in the 2007 Come Out Festival.*

*Findings taken from market research conducted by Synovate, April 2008