Recent Posts

Recent article, event and journal entry posts are listed below in reverse chronological order.

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Maruita at the Beenleigh Multicultural Cooking Group

On Friday, Mariuta made Langos for the members of the Beenleigh Multicultural Cooking Group. As always everyone was happy and excited to see their friends after a two week break. After the catch up it was down to hearing and watching how these delicious fried Romanian breads were made. Mariuta is very loved by the entire group and we consider her to be one of our master cooks. She makes with love and shares with even more love.

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Music and the Voice of the Gun

He asked us to call him Ali. Coming to us in search of music, the story Ali shared of his life in Africa spoke of a traditional kingdom in the desert disturbed by the voice of the gun. What gave these words power and a visceral response for many in the group was the demonstration Ali gave.

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Meetings on the Way

Tuesday 10 June. Anne Grant, Therese Flynn-Clarke and I met for a chat over a cuppa. Two focus points, establishing a united approch to investigating the Eagleby White House as a Home for HULA, and colaberation of Anne and Myself in our upcoming joint workshops in mask making with LACOTA.

Thursday 12 June. Elizabeth Woods and I met Sue Connelly and had an encouraging introduction to Plans for LACOTA to be involved in mask making workshops ( Facing Home ) as a valuable element of the "Homesickness Project".

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Workshop Familiarisation

Monday 2 June, found me at Kingston East Neighbourhood Centre (KENG) taking part in the second workshop in the series delivered by Sharka Bosakova, titled Finding Your Way Home. The group that gathered shared some very moving personal stories as we each pursued our ideas of home.

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Finding Your Way Home - Workshops Series
  • 26 May 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 02 Jun 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 09 Jun 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 16 Jun 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 23 Jun 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 30 Jun 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 07 Jul 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 14 Jul 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 21 Jul 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 28 Jul 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 04 Aug 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 18 Aug 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 25 Aug 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 01 Sep 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 08 Sep 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 15 Sep 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 22 Sep 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
  • 29 Sep 2014, 10:00am to 01:00pm
Kingston East Neighbourhood Group , 177 Meakin Road , Slacks Creek

Sharka Bosakova will be running a series of weekly workshops with the members of the Kingston East Neighbourhood Group.

The workshops will form the basis for a public/street event planned for late-2014.

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The Shape of Things to Come

Yesterday ( 27 May '14 ) I met with Liz Woods and Kevin Leong to share some thoughts I hoped may help the Homesickness project.  They agreed  that mask making could be a useful vehicle to produce a group work. I am  to run  a series of workshops to culminate in making a video of performance ( with masks ) as well as recording some of the making process. After checking out Daisy Hill Park as a site to feature in the work ( see photo ), I went home to lodge my first invoice and ponder preparations for this adventure.

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Finding Your Way Home - Workshops Series

A series of ten weekly workshops have been organised with members of the Kingston East Neighbourhood Group, starting on the 26th of May. The workshops will form the basis for a public/street event planned for late-2014.

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Homesickness School Classes at Logan North Library

The Logan North Library at Sports Drive, Underwood has been identified as the ideal site for the weekly classes for the Homesickness School. The library is open until 8:00pm on some week nights and its public facilities include the excellent Meeting Room 1.

We are looking forward to some great discussions and exchanges in this space over the upcoming months.

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Site Visit to the Kingston East Neighbourhood Centre

We have had a very enthusiatic meeting with the staff at Kingston East Neighbourhood Centre to plan the upcoming workshops and to begin recruiting members who are interested in collaborating with the centre and Sharka.

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Site Visits to the Beenleigh Community Centre

In preparation for the onset of the The Last Supper, Chryz Zantis and Elizabeth Woods have conducted several site visits to the Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre, the meeting venue for the Beenleigh Multicultural Cooking Group, and one of the main sites for the project. The centre boasts a hall with a splendid demonstration kitchen where, once a week, a member of the group cooks a traditional meal.

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