We will be celebrating Samoa Language Week at the Timaru Campus library from Monday 31st May to Saturday 5th June.
Unfortunately, due to the Timaru campus closure, today’s events (Mon 31st May) will not take place.
Please feel free to come along and take part in our celebrations.
Ara’s (Timaru campus) retired tutor, Gail Tatham and Fashion & Art graduate, Sue Connolly have reconnected for “The Scottish Play”.
Gail Tatham’s connection with Ara is 20 years of teaching in the Art Department, mainly Art History and Theory. Sue Connolly studied in the Fashion Department and then went on to graduate from the Art Department as well. She is now a well-known local artist and President of the South Canterbury Arts Society.
Gail has now retired and is following on with her passion in theatre. She is directing this show while Sue has been helping with the design and making of the costumes. The Aidan Theatre is a local independent theatre company.
Author: Helen Purdon
Ara Timaru Campus
Jill Milburn, Bakery Tutor, from Ara (Timaru Campus) has been working with a Timaru Boys’ High School, Yr 10 Food Technology class on their digital cake designs. This is part of the new school curriculum for Digital Technology and Ara jumped at the opportunity to support them in this new and revolutionary project.
Timaru Boys’ High School (TBHS) are the first in the country to attempt this new and innovative way of using digital technology within their Food Technology Department. Jill is helping to support the students and will be showing them cake decoration designs and techniques before their final presentation to the School in a few weeks’ time.
Author: Helen Purdon (Posted by Jonathan Moake)
This week saw the judging of the annual Southern Cupcake Challenge run at the Timaru and Ashburton Campuses. Participants entered six cupcakes with a theme of Winter with various prizes for the winners.
Winners of the Cupcake challenge for 2020 are: Joanne Fraser 1st place…
…Leonie Rasmussen was in 2nd place and…
…Karl Basill was the 3rd place winner.
We would like to thank everyone who entered. Big thanks to Jill Millburn who organised the “Cupcake Challenge” for part of our Health & Wellbeing program.
Author: Helen Purdon (Posted by Jonathan Moake)
The annual Southern Campuses Cup Cake Challenge is happening once again on Tuesday the 21st July.
The final day for entries is Tuesday 21st July by 10am (Entries will be accepted from 2pm on Monday 20th July) in the Timaru Campus staff room. Competitors will be allocated a number for their entry and judging will take place after morning tea by the hospitality team.
A few hints and tips for you:
There are some great prizes up for grabs from 1st place and the title of “Southern Campuses Cup Cake Challenge Winner 2020”
There are also prizes for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.
If you are still looking for inspiration or recipes, give one of the hospitality team at Timaru Campus a shout 😊 😊
Author: Helen Purdon posted by Jonathan Moake
‘It’s a Knockout’ – health and wellbeing activity for students with a great social atmosphere!
Jill Milburn (hospitality tutor) and Mark Wheatley (automotive tutor) have based this challenge on the British TV programme.
There are four teams; Fox Harriers, Aoraki United, Godley City and Coupland Athletics each led by tutors. Arnold Prasad (automotive), Joanne Fraser (business), Cody McMinn (painting & decorating) and Steve Le Corre (hospitality).
Every student who is enrolled at our campus has been put into four groups. If students can’t make it, they can still add points to their teams with other activities throughout the day.
Grand final today and there will a huge Barbecue 4-5pm thanks to Gene Foster and Wally Katene.
Thanks to Amanda from Fonterra who has been supporting us by donating cheeses and will attend prize giving and Leonie Rasmussen for being so supportive and contributing to every event.
Prize Money – 1st $300, 2nd $150, 3rd $75, 4th $50 and a trophy presentation from Fonterra.
Events have been held monthly on a Wednesday 3- 4pm followed by a barbecue – thanks Gene and Wally (hospitality tutors).
Helen Purdon
Library Assistant- Timaru Campus
Some work by past and present Ara staff based at the Timaru Campus has been highlighted by Helen Purdon, our Timaru Campus library assistant:
The Clouds Project has involved multi-media responses to Aristophanes satirical comedy The Clouds (423 BCE) by artists Michael Armstrong, Dr Gail Tatham, Dr Andrew Paul Wood, Tracey Bingham and Rachael Winter. The exhibition is currently showing at The Aigantighe Art Gallery, Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
For this project, Mike Armstrong has produced a series of props; three large sculptures featuring aluminium fabrication, 9 masks or Dramatis Personae (aluminium and acrylic paint) and various ink drawings. The masks are wall hung but will be worn by actors during scheduled performance readings. Mike has been teaching art at Aoraki/Ara Institute of Canterbury for 25 years. Now semi-retired Michael is working at Ara as a Postgraduate supervisor.
Rachael Winter who is completing her Master Degree in Media Arts through Ara Institute of Canterbury, has digitally animated a selection of Mike Armstrong’s ink drawings which are used as a projected backdrop for the readings.
Dr Gail Tatham’s collaboration in The Clouds Project is directing actor readings of a contemporary version of the play, accompanied by music composed from Tracey Bingham. Gail retired from Ara in 2018 after teaching Visual Culture and English at Aoraki/ Ara Institute of Canterbury for 20 years. Retirement has meant spending more time doing what she loves most, directing and acting in local theatre.
Dr Andrew Paul Wood, studied Classics under Gail Tatham at Otago University in the 1990’s. Andrew is now living in Christchurch teaching at Canterbury University but is also an independent researcher, writer and poet. As part of The Clouds Project, he has written a series of poems based on passages from the original play translated to reflect contemporary times. He looks at “fakery, hypocrisy, greed, charlatanism” in modern society.
For more information see the Aigantighe Art Gallery page on Facebook.
Helen Purdon, Timaru Campus
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