Community Projects
1. Recovery & Resilience Through Art
A series of 10 workshops
A project under Monash grants involving a series of 10 workshops, each catering to a different age group. The local community had gone through a lot in the 2 years of Covid lockdowns and stress levels, mental health issues had been at their highest level. The project aimed at reaching out to various agencies such as neighbourhood houses, PALS, PACC, Indian Care etc. . Creation of artworks gave people a sense of achievement & accomplishment. Art was used as a medium for expressing one’s emotions & helping people socialise & come together as a community post-Covid lockdowns.
EXECUTION OF PROJECT / WORKSHOPS – 10 workshops were successfully completed.
Workshop – 1 with PALS – Finger Painting. Intergenerational workshop on Family Fun Day (13th March)
Workshop 2 with PAAC – Senior Citizens- Group 1– Abstract art (24th March)
Workshop 3 with PAAC – Senior Citizens- Group 2 – Abstract scribble art (29th March)
Workshop 4 at NHNH – Doodle Art Intergenerational (11th April) A child with special needs along with the carer also participated in the workshop.
Workshop 5 at NHNH – Happiness Invention – Upcycled Art – Intergenerational (13th April)
Workshop 6 at NHNH – Bag It – A collaborative project – Intergenerational (18th April). Participants of all ages created some wonderful Portraits on brown paper bags in an interactive fun art game.
Workshop 7 at NHNH – Abstract scribble Art – Intergenerational (20th April)
Workshop 8 & 9 – Urban Sketching at the Mount Waverley Reserve – Ages 15 & above (23rd April)
Workshop 10 with Indian care– Mandala Art at NHNH – Ages 40 & above (4th June)
Artworks were included in the Exhibition (Closer to the flowers) Morning Tea for both PAAC groups was arranged with a tour of the exhibition along with a talk on all the paintings displayed.
2. Kids Coffee & Connection
In Collaboration with Women’s Health East with the Not for Profit Organisation – 27 April 2022
This was a collaborative Project. Mother’s from the neighbourhood joined the Notting Hill neighborhood friendship group and connected with other Mums of preschoolers’. Morning tea and coffee was arranged by ‘Women’s Health East’ for a great chance to chat & connect.
For this session, Rashmi from ART n EASEL conducted art activities, such as paper plate crafts, coloured sticks sculpture, finger painting and play-doh art!
3. Bamboo Art Installation by Rashmi Gore ART n EASEL
At Notting Hill Neighbourhood House Children’s park – supported by the @monashcouncil.
The beautiful pieces at the Bamboo Art Installation in our new Westerfiled playground were designed by the lovely community member Rashmi Gore from Art n Easel. Rashmi designed these stunning pieces to add aesthetic beauty and cultural richness to the playground whilst maintaining a fun and playful element. There are bright bold colours with abstractions of Australian native plants and animals within the pattern design. You can see gum tree nuts, leaves and lots of animal prints (kangaroos paws, possums paws, koalas paws etc). Abstractions of the Aboriginal rain, moon and star symbols have also been used to incorporate indigenous culture and a connection to nature. With the support of the Notting Hill Neighbourhood House team, This project was planned to have the community’s participation in painting two poles out of the five.
P.S – This Park also won the best park design award under the 5M $ budget for 2023. The Bamboo Art Installation project by Rashmi Gore. Glimpses of the final lap to completion
4. Free for all- Urban Sketching at the Children’s park
Notting Hill Neighbourhood House – 15th Birthday Celebrations – Sept 2022
Organised a free urban sketching activity. Age groups 4 to 70 participated in the sketching. In Spite of the sun glaring on our faces we loved the joyous energy of the celebrations. Happy kids jumped & played all around while some also sat sketching. Shashi Kochhar of ‘Friends of the Children Foundation’ joined in the sketching too. Original prints of the sketch by Rashmi were given free of cost to members of Notting Hill community who wanted a keepsake memory.
5. Community birthday card-making competition
Entries by Art n Easel students organised by MP Matt Fregon
1st of May 2023 was a special evening at ART n EASEL as Matt Fregon MP paid a visit to our class to appreciate & encourage the students who participated in the community birthday card making competition. All the participating students were delighted to receive certificates & gifts along with printed cards of their individual artwork on it. We are thankful to Matt for this wonderful way of involving children with contributing towards giving joy to seniors & other members in our community. The cards with the artworks by our students were later sent to senior members of our community on their birthday. Our students were extremely motivated by this.
6. Upcycled Art workshop
At The Tamil Festival Australia
Free Art workshop at The Tamil Festival Australia. Children had an amazing time creating art out of leftover fabric scraps, washi tape & sequins at the workshop organised by Art n Easel @thetamilfestivalaustralia –
தமிழர் திருநாள் ஆஸ்திரேலியா
7. A Free Art activity based on Indian art at the Indian Street Festival in April 2024
In collaboration with Hindi Niketan & Notting Hill Neighbourhood House.
Art n Easel – Rashmi Gore in collaboration with Hindi Niketan & the Notting Hill neighbourhood house facilitated a 2 hr Free & Guided Art activity at the Indian street festival on 13th April 2024 at the Glen Waverley library forecourt. Participation towards creating some indigenous Indian art for our laneway project was open to all members of the community. The finished works were displayed at the Laneway’s permanent open-air exhibit at Notting Hill. All materials were provided. People young & old painted while enjoying the live music, performances, food etc while they painted. It was a day of completely immersing oneself in Indian art & culture.
8. Mother's Day Paint party
Mother’s Day Paint party-1 & Paint party -2 2024
With a view to fostering meaningful connections & creating beautiful memories, every year, we sponsor a Co-creation paint party where mothers & their children work together to co-create an art piece/product/painting.
9. Notting Hill Community Laneways
Art by Rashmi Gore & her Students at Art n Easel – 2024
Notting Hill Community Laneways Art by Rashmi Gore & her Students at Art n Easel. “This has been the highlight of the year for my students & me. We were all super delighted to finally see our contribution of 17 artworks up there on the Permanent Outdoor exhibit at Notting Hill Laneway, along with other paintings from the community.Thanks to the management team at Notting Hill Neighbourhood House for presenting this wonderful opportunity to our students & the volunteers for painstakingly hanging up all the artwork so beautifully & creating a wonderful arty laneway connecting two public spaces.
10. Free acrylic painting Online
FB Live workshop for Families
Conducted for families as part of social responsibility during lockdown 2022, bringing together families & creating positive connections.
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