NEWS DESK
Dr Meghan O’Brien
Keeping creative in school holidays HERE’S a way to keep the children occupied and creative during the school holidays – Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October – with a series of activities they can enjoy from home. The young ones can get artistic by crafting collages, creating indigenous animals and learning about their habitats, as well as creating watercolour and food dye artworks. Those keen to get crafty now can take part in the activities already online, so there’s no need to wait until the holidays. Artist/educator Jill Anderson has created a series of creative activities inspired by works from the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Children can create a Patrick Pound-inspired collage and learn about his artworks of collected photographs and objects. They can watch a virtual tour of Pound’s recent MPRG exhibition
and learn how to create a themed collage. Ms Anderson refers to Danie Mellor’s work ‘An unsettled vision’ and asks children to think deeper about our native wildlife and their habitats. Mellor won the 2008 National Works on Paper and is prominent in the MPRG collection. In this creative activity, children learn how to create their own collage work of a koala’s home. In another video, Ms Anderson talks about how nature inspires artists Rosie Weiss and GW Bott, both of whom feature in MPRG’s permanent collection. Children will learn how to discover and then borrow ideas to make their own artwork. They will gather interesting natural specimens from the garden or a park and learn to arrange and trace them with a permanent pen. They will learn how to create watercolours from marker
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A Patrick Pound-inspired collage, above left, and koala’s home. pens or food dye and paint a work on paper. Artist, musician and animator Jerome Rush has also created fun online tutorials for children. Learn how to create an observational collage using coloured paper and a fine liner pen, how to paint a portrait with decaf coffee or a crazy crocodile hand puppet. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is in the Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington. Email: mprg@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Continued from Page 1 Dr O’Brien said the “true picture of what is occurring will probably not be visible or understood until after the pandemic”. “The restrictions have heightened the known risk factors – especially isolation – as well as financial stressors, depression, previous trauma history, dependency on family for care-giving, and pre-existing medical conditions,” she said. Telehealth calls – where the health professional does not visit them at home – make it difficult to engage with the older person, especially where the perpetrator is present but not be visible during the call. Similarly, fewer meetings where all the family and the older person are in the same room, make it harder for health professionals to gain an insight into the family’s dynamics. Seniors Rights Victoria provides information, support, advice and education to help prevent elder abuse and safeguard the rights, dignity and independence of older people. Services include: Helpline, 1300 368 821 (10am-5pm Monday to Friday) and Bayside Peninsula Orange Door, 1800 319 353.
Dr Sally Shaw has taken over the management of Peninsula Skin Cancer Centre. It will now be known as
Mornington Skin Cancer Centre • Dr Mostafa Ziabari and Dr Sally Shaw Skin Checks for Pensioners and Health Care Card Holders
MOLEMAPPING now AVAILABLE
will be staying, and will be joined by: Dr Nyree Littler, Dr Brian Sun, Dr Mary Tai Kie, and Dr Myn Lee
• Nurses and Reception Staff will remain with the clinic
• Getting routine medical appointments is very important; it is one of the reasons to leave home
93 Tanti Ave, Mornington Ph 59759544 Mornington News 15 September 2020
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