Literacy Project with Shane Howard and Peter Hudson
Sep 26th, 2009 Posted in Teaching & Learning | no comment »Aug 17-22, 2009
Shane Howard and Peter Hudson spent a week at the College working with students from across the campuses. Funded from the Thorpe Fountain For Youth and One Day Hill Publishing, the visit was to create a book based on the iconic song “Solid Rock” which Shane wrote as an epiphany when he spent time at Uluru in the 80s. The song went on to gain considerable success. The visit to the College is one of three ventures sponsored by the two organizations for artists to work with Aboriginal students.
Shane and Peter worked with students from the Mutitjulu Campus to produce artwork that would be used in the book. The students from Imanpa visited the College and worked with Shane and Peter to provide further art work. Students from Docker sent art work to be included in the project. The publishers are confident that the collaboration between the artists and students will result in a great book being produced in time for Christmas 2009.
The students enjoyed the art sessions as they provided scope for students to represent their country. This could be in the way of landforms, events, food, and stories. The students created a wide range of pictures to show how they saw their country. Students also shared in many musical activities during the week as they worked alongside Shane and Peter. Jeanette Wormald from Songroom also worked alongside the team and students. Collectively, this provided a very rich experience for the students.