community art collaborations

Although there is an element of history and research in many of Olive's artworks, she is has extensive experiences as an art educator and community artist. She has created and delivered courses, workshops, school incursions and activities to the wider community to create collaborative and community-informed works.

Wattle Day Workshop, Doubleview Primary

Working with young students to create wattle inspired watercolour artworks from a day of discovery. Discussions about Indigenous uses of wattle. Multisensory stations for exploration.

Recycling Collaboration Art, East Victoria Park Primary

Students across all primary year levels submitted drawings to encourage and promote sustainability. Student images were then used to create an informative sign at the school, presented at a school assembly for the community.

Artist Talk and Demonstration, City Beach Primary

Artist talk and process explained to Year 4 students who then studied Olive's work for a term. They created works in response to examples shown which were based on the botanicals of the surrounding area of the school.

Mural in Fremantle

Tiller Bikes building in Fremantle to encourage the use of eBikes and sustainable transport.

Sustainability Scarecrow, Pre Primary Students

Working with young students to design and create a scarecrow made from recycled items collected in the community. Scarecrow was entered into the Royal Show Scarecrow Competition.

Darlington Arts Festival Poster Design

Designer of the Darlington Arts Festival Poster Design which was used extensively throughout the festival on a range of media and merchandising.

Doubleview Primary Community Map Art

Collaborative piece with Olive and the 2017 Pre Primary class which explored the surrounds of the school and each student's place and home, brought together as one collaborative map of the suburb. This piece is housed in the administraion block of the school.

Kellerberrin Community Visual Conversations

After a week-long immersion in the Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin, Olive interviewed over 100 locals and created a visual collection of each vignette. Displayed in the Visitor's Centre in Kellerberrin.

Nature Art Workshop for Teachers

Workshop hosted by Olive for teachers and medical professionals to bring nature into their working spaces through weaving, knotting, burning and mixed media arts.

Studio Opening Exhibition

Private exhibition of Olive's art work exhibiting 39, original large scale works. Printing, curation, advertising and promotion organised but Olive for a highly successful opening event to the community and an ongoing viewings for 3 weeks.

Art Lessons for Adults

Art tuition and workshops for small scale adult groups in wood burning and painting.

Community Art Workshop at Subi Farmers Market

Community nature art workshop at Subi Farmers Market for the annual birthday celebration event in October.

Art Gallery for Infants at Ngala Early Learning Centre

Assistance with creating an art installation and display of infant and toddler art in the children's learning room.

Dream Bush Tucker Garden Competition

Collaboration with 20 primary aged students from Years 1-6 from Doublview Primary to create an Indigenous-inspired artwork entry to win a bush tucker garden.

Organ Donation Foundation Fundraiser Artwork Donation

This piece was create for purpose of creating awareness and funds for the Organ Donation and Transplant foundation art auction. The piece was donated by Olive and acquired by a private collector.

Mayflower Primary, UK Volunteer Residency

Olive worked as a volunteer in Mayflower Primary School, Leicester, UK for one month as a cultural immersive experience. During this time she worked in classrooms to assist with art programs, ran 'Australiana' cooking and art class and then created a series of drawings based on her time there. A portrait of the school was gifted to the school at the end of the project.

Alliance, Artwork for the Freedom Centre, Northbridge

A piece which promotes diversity and inclusion in our community with local people and their lives and passions reflected in it. The work was acquired by the Freedom Centre in Northbridge to promote the messages inherent in the piece.

Recycle Art Community Project

Olive worked with primary-school aged volunteers in an ongoing series of afterschool workshops to collect items for upcycling and repurposing in order create an artwork celebrating diversity, sustainability and inclusion. The piece is now displayed in the school.

Chinese New Year Travelling Sketchbook Community Collaboration

Olive worked with young students from Highgate Primary School each contribute a page in The Travelling Sketchbook Project through Propel Youth Arts, Students were interviewed and encouraged to share what they knew about Chinese New Year. The book then toured the state and was displayed in regional libraries.

Story Stones

Members of the community were invited to read a contemporary Indigenous picture book and then respond to the work by creating a story stone. The stones were then enjoyed by children in the community and used in carious classrooms as a teaching resource.

Interview for Beatty Park's 60th Birthday

As an extension of Olive's artistic research into Beatty Park for her commissioned artwork, she was also interviewed and filmed to create video footage to celebrate the history and current cultural appreciation of Beatty Park as a surviving Perth icon.

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