National Youth Week WA

Meet Kartika Ahmad

2009-03-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

Name: Kartika Ahmad
Age: 15
Medium: Mixed Media
Mentor: Jodee Knowles

A note from the Artist: Kartika is a 15 year old adolescent of today who believes that art is a lifestyle rather than a performance. As a culprit and fan of street art in the shadows, she aspires to help impel the acceptance of art to the fringes. In addition she is akin to producing mixed media pieces that express messages and feelings that have been personally experienced

Meet Femme Fatale

2009-03-11T18:04:00.000-07:00

Name: Simone Ruggiero, Kat Shaw, Sarah Fay and Whitney Richards
Age: around 22, 23
Medium: Performance
Mentor: Peter Webb

A note from the artists: Oh hi! We are Femme Fatale, a group of four girls (Whitney, Sarah, Simone and Kat) who studied and performed together at the Hayman Theatre. Keen to escape the dreariness of multiple casual jobs we want to create our own art – something relevant to us, something worth exploring, something to make people stop and think. With our mentor, Peter Webb, an accomplished devised practitioner we aim to gain tools, techniques and methods to help us in the process of devising theatre which can hold meaning.

Meet Eliza Laschon

2009-03-11T17:51:00.000-07:00

Name: Eliza Laschon
Age: 18
Medium: Documentary Filmmaking
Mentor: Rob Boulton

Note's from the Artist: Eliza is a second year film and journalism student at Curtin university. Her interest in documentary first began when she worked on a project based on the End Child Slavery campaign that was run by the Oaktree foundation. She enjoyed the process because it enabled her to combine journalism and film making techniques to convey important issues to a contemporary audience. Eliza is looking forward to developing her skills as a journalist and film maker through the mentorship as she plans, shoots and edits the documentary.

Meet Jenn Price

2009-03-02T18:34:00.000-08:00

Name:Jenn Price
Age:25
Medium: Sculpture but learning casting.
Mentor: Shannon Lyons
Note from the Artist: Jenn’s work is inspired by pop-surrealism, street art and graphic design. Archetypal themes from mythology and Jungian psychology commonly feature in her work which reflects her interest in those similarities which unite humans across cultures rather than those things which divide us

Meet Hayley Bahr

2009-03-02T18:26:00.000-08:00

Name: Hayley Bahr

Age:21

Medium:Mix Media

Mentor: Christine Elaine

Note from the Artist: My artwork attempts to discover my sense of ‘self’ through reflecting on my life experiences/connection to my family WA Wheatbelt farm. My artwork usually involves printmaking, however recently I have steered away from tradition print on paper to a mixed media approach eg I print on objects from my farm in Kukerin.

Meet Devina Ranger

2009-03-02T18:16:00.000-08:00

Dingo Boy

by Devina Ranger

(an excerpt)

Once upon a time there was a boy who was half dingo and half boy, his name was Dingoboy. Dingoboy had got his name by the way that he looked he had fur that ran from the top of his head all the way down his back to the back of his heel he had pointed ears but was a human boy and wore only a pair of shorts.

Dingo boy loved swimming on the hot summer days and lazing under shady gumtrees near his home by the creek, Dingoboy loved where he lived and would often wander into the nearby community of Wakuthuni before sunset to see all the children wandering home.

As the days went by Dingoboy felt lonelier and lonelier as he had no friends of his own and would often wander what it would be like to have friends, he had always dreamt of having friends but was always to scared to talk to anyone in the community he had heard about the two most mischievous children in Wakuthuni whose names were Cindy Sue and Sam and would wander what it be like to be their friend...

Name: Devina Ranger
Age:20
Medium:Writing
Mentor: Robin Wells
Note from the Artist: Devina lives in Tom Price and is interested in becoming a published childrens book author.

Meet Gary Sutton

2009-02-19T00:00:00.000-08:00

Name: Gary Sutton
Age:17
Medium:Photography
Mentor: John Peletier
Note from the Artist: I live in Esperence and I have a strong interest in photography featuring landscapes, portraiture but my love and passion is nature photography

Meet Dan Gladden

2009-02-18T23:45:00.000-08:00

Name: Dan Gladden
Age:25
Medium:Painting
Mentor: Rachel Coad
Note from the Artist: I identify as a painter, but also have a strong interest in the fields of drawing and installation. The installation of the work is as important as the subject or content and is an integral part of my practice.

Meet Amy Church

2009-02-18T23:32:00.000-08:00

Name: Amy Church
Age:19
Medium:Mainly illustration but with mix media
Mentor: Ali J
Note from the Artist: My work is illustration, I create simple pencil based drawings and also experiment with ink and watercolor. My subject matter is often dark yet sweet such as dying flowers, pretty girls or smoking hearts.