AMES Cartoons Footscray . . . .

more cartoons from AMES
Cartoons from the Australian Migrant Education Services (AMES) youth class at Footscray

The class had two cartoon workshops with Debbie and they made cartoons about the themes, "Heartlands and Homelands", and "Hopes and Dreams for the Future".

This work will be exhibited at Gallery Sunshine Everywhere in Refugee Week.

Well done everybody, they are great!

 

Above: This cartoon is about accidentally going into the men's toilets

 

Above: By Henote

Above: 'Four Seasons', By Rinchen

Above: By Chen Rong

Above: 'Wedding Day', by Ngun Zasung
It is different, traditional clothes. In my country we pay a lot of money for traditional wedding clothes and we have different meanings for the clothes. We have a silver belt and silver bracelet and seashells that hang in your hair. We make the seashell headress. It is very hard to make the traditional clothing. We don't use the sewing machine, we use wood to weave the cloth and hand sew them.
Sometimes in Burma, the bride will wear both these dresses, the traditional and the western white dress on their Wedding Day. One in the morning and one in the evening.

Above: "Airport", by Andres

Above: By Uyen

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Cartoons from the Australian Migrant Education Services (AMES) youth class at Footscray

The class had two cartoon workshops and they made cartoons about the themes, "Heartlands and Homelands", and "Hopes and Dreams for the Future".

This work will be exhibited at Gallery Sunshine Everywhere in Refugee Week.

 Above: When I was in Africa I thought Australia was hot and on the news I saw the bushfires. The first day I came to Australia, I thought Australia was hot. But it was cold and it was ten degrees. Inside the airport was warm but when I went outside and it was ten degrees I was shocked. I missed my brother and he was around the airport looking for me.   by Abdul Khadir

 Above: "The first time my brother and I went shopping in the city we crossed a traffic light when the light was red and the policeman fined us $150."
by Catin Sung

Above: Sketch for Bus story

Above: By Thuy

 Above: 'Houses in the morning, Houses at Night", by Phuc

I have drawn a house in the morning and at night. This is quite different from my country Vietnam. In the morning its so beautiful I think and lots of people around, but in the evening the people stay at home and it looks so quiet and boring. 

In Vietnam in the evening, the people hang out with each other, they go outside. They go to cafes, play games and walking around the parks and talking, doing exercises. But in Australia they just sit at home and wait for the sunrise.

Above: "I'm Lost", by Tam
The second day in Australia I went to school. When I wanted to come home I had to catch the 216 but when the 219 came, I got on. And then I see around is so different to my home and I thought, "I'm Lost!" I asked the driver. Lucky for me, he was Vietnamese and he helped me to get home.

secret business at Marian College

A new Exquisite Me project has started at Marian College. SSSHHHHHH! We are not telling what it is.
Here are some sneak previews of its progress.
Photographs taken by Marissa.

 This is a little collaborative artwork that we made today. Everybody chose from a series of questions, and wrote some sentences. the sentences were collaged onto this sketch of Janice. Thanks for posing Janice.

The text is:

My favourite person is Rhianna. I love her music and her fashion style.
I'm not quite sure what I will do in the future. Maybe travel and do something volunteer work because I like going to different places and helping. My favourite food is fish because I like fish. The one thing I am most scared of is the future. The most interesting thing I have ever seen is the Great Barrier Reef. In the future what I will do is get a job and live in a double storey house and have a lot of money because I like doing those things. I respect my mother because she's always working hard for us because she wants us to be happy and have a good future.
A story about someone I know:
Me and she got bored oneday so she pretended her foot was stuck in the gutter and I pretended to help her. She would pretend to cross the road and fall in.

What I want in the future is to be happily married with healthy kids and A LOT of money. ( smiley face)

My favourite activity is to play soccer, listen to music and work. I am scared of spiders and snakes.
My favourite food is chicken, salad, meat and some fruit. I'm quiet when I first meet someone then I start to open up a little more.
My favourite music is pop music.
Once I had a dream that Ryan Sheckler was trying to kill me. Then he let me hold his hand while he stabbed me in the cheek. The first time I went overseas I met more of my family. I also saw a lot of different cultures. That was a good adventure I had.

Exquisite Me is an arts project that explores the collective experiences, stories and representations of identities of young people in Sunshine and Brimbank. These experiences, stories and representations will be explored during various art and writing workshops run by  community artist Debbie Qadri. The artwork and writing will be displayed as a large collaborative work, in a number of venues in Sunshine, including Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. Some of the artwork and writing will be published in a zine format and also made into an artist’s book for the Sunshine Library. Workshops will be held at schools, community groups and at Council facilities such as the Sunshine Library . 
Thankyou for your support and involvement -  AMES ( Adult Migrant Education Services), Marian College, Ardeer Primary School, Sunshine College, Sunshine Library and  Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. 

The Exquisite Me Project and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere kindly acknowledges the support of the Brimbank City Council Community Grants Program.

brimbank festival children painting

 The Exquisite Me project at Brimbank Festival was hosted by Gallery Sunshine Everywhere.

Thankyou to Maureen, Anne, Trevor, Irene, Jayson and Son.

And thankyou to all of the people that got involved in making artwork and writing.
Thankyou to Marian College for the loan of easels, which made the activities much more fun.

Exquisite Me is an arts project that explores the collective experiences, stories and representations of identities of young people in Sunshine and Brimbank. These experiences, stories and representations will be explored during various art and writing workshops run by  community artist Debbie Qadri. The artwork and writing will be displayed as a large collaborative work, in a number of venues in Sunshine, including Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. Some of the artwork and writing will be published in a zine format and also made into an artist’s book for the Sunshine Library. Workshops will be held at schools, community groups and at Council facilities such as the Sunshine Library . 
Thankyou for your support and involvement -  AMES ( Adult Migrant Education Services), Marian College, Ardeer Primary School, Sunshine College, Sunshine Library and  Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. 

The Exquisite Me Project and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere kindly acknowledges the support of the Brimbank City Council Community Grants Program.
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brimbank festival painting in the afternoon

 The Exquisite Me project at Brimbank Festival was hosted by Gallery Sunshine Everywhere.

Thankyou to Maureen, Anne, Trevor, Irene, Jayson and Son.

And thankyou to all of the people that got involved in making artwork and writing.
Thankyou to Marian College for the loan of easels, which made the activities much more fun.

Exquisite Me is an arts project that explores the collective experiences, stories and representations of identities of young people in Sunshine and Brimbank. These experiences, stories and representations will be explored during various art and writing workshops run by  community artist Debbie Qadri. The artwork and writing will be displayed as a large collaborative work, in a number of venues in Sunshine, including Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. Some of the artwork and writing will be published in a zine format and also made into an artist’s book for the Sunshine Library. Workshops will be held at schools, community groups and at Council facilities such as the Sunshine Library . 
Thankyou for your support and involvement -  AMES ( Adult Migrant Education Services), Marian College, Ardeer Primary School, Sunshine College, Sunshine Library and  Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. 

The Exquisite Me Project and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere kindly acknowledges the support of the Brimbank City Council Community Grants Program.

brimbank festival - busy painters

 The Exquisite Me project at Brimbank Festival was hosted by Gallery Sunshine Everywhere.

Thankyou to Maureen, Anne, Trevor, Irene, Jayson and Son.

And thankyou to all of the people that got involved in making artwork and writing.
Thankyou to Marian College for the loan of easels, which made the activities much more fun.

Exquisite Me is an arts project that explores the collective experiences, stories and representations of identities of young people in Sunshine and Brimbank. These experiences, stories and representations will be explored during various art and writing workshops run by  community artist Debbie Qadri. The artwork and writing will be displayed as a large collaborative work, in a number of venues in Sunshine, including Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. Some of the artwork and writing will be published in a zine format and also made into an artist’s book for the Sunshine Library. Workshops will be held at schools, community groups and at Council facilities such as the Sunshine Library . 
Thankyou for your support and involvement -  AMES ( Adult Migrant Education Services), Marian College, Ardeer Primary School, Sunshine College, Sunshine Library and  Gallery Sunshine Everywhere. 

The Exquisite Me Project and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere kindly acknowledges the support of the Brimbank City Council Community Grants Program.