WORKSHOP FUN: Students participated in a workshop at Youth and Family service (Logan City) with their creations to be used in a mural being painted at Woodridge Train Station.
Students let their imaginations run wild during a creative workshop at Youth and Family Service (Logan City) on Friday, February 18. The four-hour workshop, which was run by professional design artist Michael Montgomerie and Aboriginal artist Lloyd Hornsby, aimed to empower the 18 students with confidence and give them a sense of achievement.
The young participants were asked to draw an animal and an insect using the theme “impossible machines”. To help with their designs, students learned about Trevor Nickolls, an indigenous artist who is renowned for his painting Machinetime Dreamtime, which illustrates how technology has impacted on indigenous culture.
Their designs will soon be incorporated into a giant wall mural at Woodridge Train Station and a bus shelter outside the station as part of an initiative from Queensland Rail. Mr Montgomerie was surprised by the students positive attitude and impressed by their nascent creative talents. “Quite a few of them from the start said they couldn’t draw, but two boys who said that came up with some of the best ideas,” Mr Montgomerie said.
“The tutors said they had never seen them engaged in something for so long. “Even when we said they could go for a break they didn’t want to because they were so engrossed in what they were doing.” The wall mural will take a few months to be completed, but Mr Montgomerie said he was already excited about how the final product will turn out.
