ARTS AND CRAFTS

Craft Council
is open for all

The Crafts Council of the Northern Territory aims to provide the highest standard of crafts and craftsmanship. The organisation supports and encourages crafts and craftspeople, promoting active community participation at all levels, as well as providing education and assistance to those wishing to extend themselves to become professional working craftspeople.
The Barkly Division has over sixty members, from Tennant Creek and the surrounding region. The craft rooms, in the Tennant Creek Training Centre, Staunton Street, Tennant Creek, houses a wide range of craft equipment and resources, and provides a place for members to work on their crafts. Workshops are conducted from time to time on particular crafts, including visits and workshops by master-craftspeople from elsewhere in the Territory, and even from interstate.
Crafts currently practiced in the Barkly Division include cross stitch, machine embroidery, fabric manipulation, dressmaking, silk painting and dyeing, patchwork and quilting, papier mache, pottery, leadlighting and calligraphy.
The Crafts Council rooms are open Tuesday to Thursday morning and Wednesday night from 7pm, any member is welcome to drop by during those days and use any of the equipment.
The workshops are not only for Crafts Council members but are open to anyone interested, the advantage about being a member is that the workshop will be cheaper and you will know about it earlier.
For more information you can ring Project Officer, Frederique Mouchet, Tuesday to Thursday, 8 am to 12 pm on 8962 1252 or drop into the Crafts Room.

On the Job

by LYN HOLLOW

On Monday the 16th March, 15 Year 11 students from Tennant Creek High School descended on the Barkly Education Centre for their VET Orientation Day. Each of these students had been specifically selected as having satisfactorily completed the expectations, thus far, of their VET programs, to undertake a week of "on the job" training related to their respective courses.
I saw these young adults as an interesting, articulate and diverse group of individuals, heading into an experience that they had chosen to do. Upon leaving school, these same students may not have the same control over their immediate work future. This makes the VET Work Placement very special.
And I also saw employers attend an Orientation program on their weekend, I saw friendly welcoming handshakes between employers and students upon their first meeting, and I heard descriptions such as "enthusiastic", "trustworthy", and "interested" coming from these same employers.
Biased. Yes. And extremely proud of the Project.
VET in Tennant Creek is about cooperation between, teachers, students and industry, it's about hard work by teachers, students and employers, it's about commitment from the school and industry, and it's about opportunity - something we should all be looking our for.
The Barkly Education Centre is extremely proud of its involvement in VET, Tennant Creek. Well done Sue and Rosey.

Craft Council is open for all The Crafts Council of the Northern Territory aims to provide the highest standard of crafts and craftsmanship. The organisation supports and encourages crafts and craftspeople, promoting active community participation at all levels, as well as providing education and assistance to those wishing to extend themselves to become professional working craftspeople. The Barkly Division has over sixty members, from Tennant Creek and the surrounding region. The craft rooms, in the Tennant Creek Training Centre, Staunton Street, Tennant Creek, houses a wide range of craft equipment and resources, and provides a place for members to work on their crafts. Workshops are conducted from time to time on particular crafts, including visits and workshops by master-craftspeople from elsewhere in the Territory, and even from interstate. Crafts currently practiced in the Barkly Division include cross stitch, machine embroidery, fabric manipulation, dressmaking, silk painting and dyeing, patchwork and quilting, papier mache, pottery, leadlighting and calligraphy. The Crafts Council rooms are open Tuesday to Thursday morning and Wednesday night from 7pm, any member is welcome to drop by during those days and use any of the equipment. The workshops are not only for Crafts Council members but are open to anyone interested, the advantage about being a member is that the workshop will be cheaper and you will know about it earlier. For more information you can ring Project Officer, Frederique Mouchet, Tuesday to Thursday, 8 am to 12 pm on 8962 1252 or drop into the Crafts Room. On the Job by LYN HOLLOW On Monday the 16th March, 15 Year 11 students from Tennant Creek High School descended on the Barkly Education Centre for their VET Orientation Day. Each of these students had been specifically selected as having satisfactorily completed the expectations, thus far, of their VET programs, to undertake a week of "on the job" training related to their respective courses. I saw these young adults as an interesting, articulate and diverse group of individuals, heading into an experience that they had chosen to do. Upon leaving school, these same students may not have the same control over their immediate work future. This makes the VET Work Placement very special. And I also saw employers attend an Orientation program on their weekend, I saw friendly welcoming handshakes between employers and students upon their first meeting, and I heard descriptions such as "enthusiastic", "trustworthy", and "interested" coming from these same employers. Biased. Yes. And extremely proud of the Project. VET in Tennant Creek is about cooperation between, teachers, students and industry, it's about hard work by teachers, students and employers, it's about commitment from the school and industry, and it's about opportunity - something we should all be looking our for. The Barkly Education Centre is extremely proud of its involvement in VET, Tennant Creek. Well done Sue and Rosey.