Saturday, October 15, 2005

ROCKtober

Saturday October 15 - 3pm.
The regular library crowd shuffles reluctantly out as teenagers start to take over the library for the afternoon.
Inger Fountain of Sealight Books, brought a big exhibit of Graphic Novels from which to choose titles to include in the library collection. She also had comics to give away. Young cartoonists took advantage of the chance to see a wide array of quality comic art and literature.

Local Bands: Karma, Awkward Silence, and No Parkin' - all teenagers - and Solo performers FreeLance and Josie Cubis, entertained the crowd in the amphitheatre outside the library.

Meanwhile, back inside the library, artists had the floor.
Mary Anne Vale from Noosa Community Theatre led the troupe in a round of theatre games and improvisation exercises. Got the urge to show off your acting talents? Then this was the the gig for you! There's plenty more happening in the next few months. Check the entertainment pages for Mary Anne's plays at Theatre S at Noosaville during the summer holidays. And if you want to be involved in another "Theatre Games" event at the library, just contact us and we'll put you on the list.

Far from the madding crowd, Jo Brooker led a devoted crowd of keen cartoonists, practising some of the ingenious techniques developed over years of experience in the art. You would be surprised how quickly you can draw a caricature of ... just anyone!
Our artists came away with actual cartoon pictures and lots of inspiration to do more art.
A repeat of this workshop in the January school holidays will happen by popular demand.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Pop Fiction

We've just spent a day with Sarah and Chris making Pop Fiction. That's where we take a story, define some characters and make an animation online at bumble.com.au
Students from Sunshine Beach State High School took time out from their busy day to attend a morning workshop at Noosa library. While they were doing this, their artistic colleagues were preparing for the school's annual Arts Extravaganza.
After a quick lunch, Chris and Sarah moved on to Noosaville State School to share their knowledge with the year 7s. Check the weblog for comments.
Thanks Sarah and Chris. We hope we'll see you again soon on the Sunshine Coast.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Youth take over the library

Saturday October 15th from 2:30-5:00 pm. Local new bands will raise the noise levels of a quiet Saturday afternoon at the library while teenagers enjoy a range of activities. Try your hand at cartooning - a cartoon workshop run by Joanne Brooker owner of Purple Spider Studio, and member of Artists without Frontiers. There'll be theatre games, with director and acting teacher Mary Anne Vale from TheatreS in Noosaville, young rappers, songwriters, and poets. While that's all happening, a great exhibit of Manga titles will be available to choose for the library collection. Manga is more than just comics, and the art and literary form originated in Japan, where even WANTED posters and Government publications now come in manga format! The manga books we know have spread worldwide - the biggest other than English language being French, Portuguese and Italian. Funny pictures just seem to need no translation!