Health exhibition spikes community connections

CACTUS plants have popped up at Boort District Health where student artworks are now hanging from the walls.

Year 7 students at Boort District school completed the paintings in term one and the 18 youngsters are the first group to be part of a rotating exhibition at BDH.

Teacher Nathan Sims said: “The project aims to build stronger ties between the school and the hospital.

“It creates a great opportunity for the kids to experience of having their work on display, in a realistic and professional way, whilst the hospital gets artwork to brighten up the walls and create respite and interest for the people visiting.

“My aim is for the students’ of Boort to have stronger ties to the arts industry and this project will allow these students to get to that goal.

“We have all intentions of having multiple exhibitions a year with the other senior art classes and the lunch time art group I have running at the moment.

“So there could be up to 100 or more kids’ artworks go through the space during any year.”

Nathan said BDH and the school had been looking for ways on how to collaborate on creative projects. “We thought it would be great having a space in Boort for the students to display their work, in a professional environment, which wasn’t the school. The hospital enthusiastically like the ideas and we planned how we can achieve this.”

Nathan said the school parents’ club had helped buy frames for the artworks.

Bolton as Poppea’s nurse, Arnalta. The goddeses are sung by Mandy Lyn Brook, Angelique Tot and Adelaide Soccio Greenaway, with Troy Castle and Josh Morton-Galea as the soldiers Liberto and Lucano. Audience favourite Pamela Christie returns as musical director and accompanist. Tickets are available at 890 388