Reunion of all UTS Music Therapy Graduates - 31st Oct. 2003

An opportunity to reconnect with classmates as well as network with those from other fields with similiar special interests in music therapy. For more information contact Dr Rosey Faire on (02) 9514 5254.

Music Therapy - The Experience.

This stimulating night of personal accounts, video presentations and live music was held on Friday 20th September. The keynote speaker was Dr Ruth Bright, one of the first Music Therapists in Australia and a pioneer in psychiatric Music Therapy and working with grief. Other presentations covered working with the elderly and those with disabilities, and reconnecting with creativity in the worried well population. Over 60 people attended this event and funds raised will go to the development of the CREA Music Therapy Clinic on campus.

The Music Therapy course now includes African drumming.

Away by Michael Gow - 23rd to 25th June 2003

Part of CREA's popular Creative HSC series, this production of Gow's play was attended by hundreds of year 11 and 12 students as well as members of the general public. It explored the universal themes of reconciliation, loss, war, love, growth, and parent/child relationships. Following the perfomances, the audience participated in conversations with director and PhD student Rachel Darell and UTS Alumni actors.

African Folk Tales - 7th April 2003

This colourful one hour production was devloped for students in years 1-4. It featured adaptations of traditional folk tales including: The Princess Who Lost her Hair, Rabbit's Rope Trick, and Counting the Leopard Spots. The production was performed by UTS undergraduate drama students and held in the Drama Studio.

Interactive Performance Workshop

At the end of November 2002 CREA was visited by schools who participated in interactive performance workshops based on Where the Wild Things Are. Under the guidance of a professional director, Nicola Sinclair, students were able to perform on stage in the Greenhalgh Theatre.

Smart Arts Symposium

A collaboration between CREA, the AIAE (Australian Institute of Art Educators), and UNSW, this very successful symposium was held from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September. Day One was for Smart Arts across the disciplines, and explored methodologies and research in arts education. Days Two and Three focussed on visual arts and incorporated the AIAE Visual Arts Summit. Keynote speakers included Professor Sue Rowley (ARC), Dr Nikos Papastergiadis (The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne), Professor Ross Gibson (UTS), and the well known cartoonist Bruce Petty.

Day One featured a number of arts performances. UTS students were involved in an experimental production of The Tempest featuring the famous Griffiths Marionettes at CREA. There was also a choral performance. To complete the afternoon, our music therapists led participants in a special interactive experience.

Delegates from all over Australia enjoyed a cocktail party on Friday evening courtesy of Crayola. Follow this link for more information. Follow this link for more information.

The Tempest with Marionettes - September 27 2002

Introducing the Griffiths Marionettes at CREA, this innovative adaptation explored Shakespeare's famous play using actors and puppet theatre. Performed by UTS staff and undergraduate students, this production debuted at the recent Smart Arts Symposium.

Music Therapy - The Experience.

This stimulating night of personal accounts, video presentations and live music was held on Friday 20th September 2002. The keynote speaker was Dr Ruth Bright, one of the first Music Therapists in Australia and a pioneer in psychiatric Music Therapy and working with grief. Other presentations covered working with the elderly and those with disabilities, and reconnecting with creativity in the worried well population. Over 60 people attended this event and funds raised will go to the development of the CREA Music Therapy Clinic on campus.

Macbeth - August 21, 22, 23

Part of the Creative HSC Series and in conjunction with the UTS Alumni Drama Company, this production provided a close study of this Shakespearian drama set in the corporate world. Adapted and directed by student and playwright, Ryan Paranthoiene.

Story Magic: A Celebration of Australian Children's Literature

Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11, April 2002, 10am - 12:30pm at the UTS Gallery, Harris St, Ultimo.
Included:

• Exhibition of children's picture book illustrations
  (Animals in Wonderland, UTS Gallery, April 9th-May 10th)
• Talk by two well known illustrators:
• Wed. 10th - Emma Quay, illustrator of Champions, The Puzzle Duck, Bear & Chook, and Thank You for My Yukky Present
• Thurs. 11th - David Legge, writer & illustrator of Bamboozled, Rise & Shine, and Tom Goes To Kindergarten
• Storytelling and Readers' Theatre with Barbara Poston-Anderson, UTS students, and puppets.
• Interactive Workshop Sessions

Story Magic Program:

10am - Arrival & Viewing of Exhibition. Be met on the Harris St steps by puppets.
10:30 - Talk by Illustrator:
- Wednesday, Emma Quay - Picture Journey
- Thursday, David Legge Making Pictures
11am - Play Lunch, BYO
11:15 - Storytelling and Readers' Theatre with puppets
11:45 - Interactive Arts Workshops
12:30 - Depart

Animals in Wonderland Exhibition. UTS Gallery, Sydney Australia. (April 9th-May 10th)

The exhibition featured the work of award winning illustrators Pamela Allen, Bronwyn Bancroft, Bob Graham, Armin Greder, Dick Hoogeven, David Legge, Pamela Loft, Emma Quay, Mike Spoor and Julie Vivas alongside the research works of CREA's Dr Linda Knight.
The show's central theme focused on animal characters found in picture books and examined the methods that illustrators use to create their art and make their characters 'human'.
It was held in conjunction with Story Magic: A Celebration of Australian Children's Literature, a program for schools.
For further information on the exhibition visit the UTS Gallery Website.