By TBHS | Posted: Thursday June 15, 2017
Arts Week 2017 presented a busy and varied programme for all boys involved.
The week commenced with a workshop on the craze of rock painting that is overtaking Timaru at the moment, whilst Monday and Tuesday saw two van loads of students headed to Oamaru for the day to check out Steam Punk Headquarters, Donna Demente masks, Whitestone Cheese and Waitaki Boys’ Hall of Memories. We also had students learning the craft of woodturning at the Woodturning Clubrooms at the racecourse.
Fifteen students headed off on a photo camp to Camp Iona, North Otago, where they immersed themselves in two days of exploring different ways to take photos under the guidance of Ron Lindsay, Geoff Cloake, Tony Bunting and Peter Burke. On their return, a photo competition was held for all students to enter which was then judged by Geoff and Ron - results to be published in the next newsletter.
Students also had the opportunity to learn calligraphy, circus skills, hip hop dancing, playing the guitar, paverpol sculptures, use of the sound desk and a safety scaffolding assembly course.
A group of students worked tirelessly over the week to make an Oamaru Stone statue to represent Power, to be displayed alongside our other statue outside Bull Block.
We had the pleasure of hosting Jed Parsons for a two day workshop where we had students join us on the Wednesday for a day’s workshop on song writing and performing, followed by a live music social event in the evening that gave the bands a chance to perform in front of an audience and provide the opening acts for Jed.
Overall, the students left these workshops and performance opportunities with broadened knowledge and experience. We are grateful to the Timaru District Council for their support of Arts Week with an Entertainment Grant and a Creative Communities grant that supported Jed Parsons’ in running the two day songwriting/performance workshops.
