l'art publique
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Jimmi offers a Public Art in Schools program to primary and secondary schools which he has run in schools across Victoria since 2018.
The program involves two main parts. The first is a school mural, developed by Jimmi with help from a focus group of interested students and staff. This mural is painted by Jimmi during school hours and students are able to watch the development of the mural from a blank wall to a finished artwork across a full school week. Students are encouraged to come and hang out with Jimmi during their recess and lunch breaks, where they can simply sit and watch, or can use the opportunity to chat with Jimmi about all sorts of aspects of public and visual art, and working in a career in the visual arts. There can also be the chance of some students working with Jimmi on the mural.
The second part of the Public Art In Schools Project involves pre-incursion classroom activities. For this, Jimmi includes a licensed copy of his two Trick of the Eye Workbooks. For younger students there is "Jimmi’s Trick of the Eye Colouring Workbook", where students first colour in and then cut out one of twelve specially designed colouring sheets. Students then use a camera or device to find the perfect viewing “sweet spot” where their artwork appears to be popping off the page in 3D. For older secondary students, there is "Jimmi’s Trick of the Eye 3D Street Art Workbook", which uses the same techniques, but upscales the artworks and takes the students outside onto the pavement, where they get to create their very own 3D Trick of the Eye chalk artwork.
There is more explanation as well as photos and videos regarding Jimmi's Trick of the Eye Workbook available on my website here. These two Trick of the Eye workbooks are supplied as a digital printable download, and offered to schools as a permanent part of their ongoing curriculum, meaning they can be used for years to come for many future activities.
If you would like more information on the Public Art In Schools Projects, please feel free to get in touch via the contact form at the bottom of the home page here
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Weelan - cacatoès noir à queue jaune
Créé pour le projet d'art public WRAD. Un grand merci à Geoff et à toute l'équipe de WRAD pour cette opportunité.
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Weelan, le cacatoès noir à queue jaune, est un totem important ou un ancêtre de moitié pour les peuples Gunditjmara et Maar. Cet être ancestral est également connu localement sous les noms de Kapatj, Gamadj, Wilan et Wotan, ces deux derniers étant une imitation de son appel. Pour les Maar et les Mara, l'appel du cacatoès noir annonçait l'approche d'amis. Dans la météorologie documentée de Kee Wurrung , le segment sombre du ciel en bleu-gris sous l'arc anticrépusculaire rose / orange à l'est est appelé Kappiheear puuron, ou «crépuscule du cacatoès noir». Ces oiseaux signifient l'arrivée de la pluie et sont également considérés comme les guides et les gardiens des esprits des êtres chers lors de leur voyage pour se reposer parmi les ancêtres.
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Weelan - cacatoès noir à queue jaune
Créé pour le projet d'art public WRAD. Un grand merci à Geoff et à toute l'équipe de WRAD pour cette opportunité.
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Weelan, le cacatoès noir à queue jaune, est un totem important ou un ancêtre de moitié pour les peuples Gunditjmara et Maar. Cet être ancestral est également connu localement sous les noms de Kapatj, Gamadj, Wilan et Wotan, ces deux derniers étant une imitation de son appel. Pour les Maar et les Mara, l'appel du cacatoès noir annonçait l'approche d'amis. Dans la météorologie documentée de Kee Wurrung , le segment sombre du ciel en bleu-gris sous l'arc anticrépusculaire rose / orange à l'est est appelé Kappiheear puuron, ou «crépuscule du cacatoès noir». Ces oiseaux signifient l'arrivée de la pluie et sont également considérés comme les guides et les gardiens des esprits des êtres chers lors de leur voyage pour se reposer parmi les ancêtres.
St Thomas, Terang
In early 2019 I worked with St Thomas Primary in Terang do develop a trompe l’oeil trick of the eye mural on one of their outside walls. We copied the inside corridors for the school, and I painted a mural to give the illusion that there was a doorway into the school corridor where native Australian animals were breaking into the school bags and eating student lunches.
St Patrick's, Camperdown
In early 2018 I worked with St Patrick's Primary in Camperdown do develop a trompe l’oeil trick of the eye mural on the wall by their undercover area. For this mural, I recreated one of the classrooms at the school seen through a painted "hole" in the brick wall. In the class room you can see the students and teacher are all native Australian animals.
