The kids I did have were thoroughly engaged and continued to impress me with their creative thirst and strong skill set for their age. One of the students was obsessed with the concept of liminal photography so I challenged him…
Schools from around the Ruapehu region gathered young artists to have a go at learning visual storytelling. This was the perfect workshop. There was strong engagement from the local AKO from the start, and there was representation from 4 schools,…
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It was lovely revisiting the area and reconnecting with Marama from the high school – local arts teacher. And with the local library staff. The high school brought 10 students, and we also had 4 homeschool students join us for…
25 engaged students plus an engaged teacher, teacher aide and librarian. It was a heaven of a workshop. The grounds were great for teaching the skills as we could shoot both indoors and in the adjacent garden and pond. The…
The best part of the workshop was when we got to take the new skills learned and use them with the babies. The mothers weren’t really sure in the beginning, but then, when they started to shoot, they got quite…
Collaboration with Changemakers which works with local refuge communities. Our reason for the collaboration was that our values aligned and we also wanted to support Create Happy Magazine which is run by youth in our trust to have a greater…
