Toddler Storytime

Today it was toddler storytime which was noisy and happening!
I was joined at the drawing table by many children who borrowed my pencils for their colouring pages and I was also joined by Leah, one of the mums.

Meeting Friends and friendly greetings

Today I began the drawings in the library. I ran into a couple of people that I knew, Brian from the Historical Society and Vivian, whom I used to teach. Its always wonderful if you come across people you know. Then at the end of the day I was wondering is it etiquette to wish the stranger at the table whom you have been silently sitting with, a good weekend? But whilst I was thinking about this she got in before me and wished me a very good evening.

The drawings are part of a project at Sunshine Library,

Between May and September 2015 artist Debbie Qadri will be working at the library to make a series of drawing & text based “Observations” on recycled papers found in the library. She will also work with library visitors to help them make their own Observations.

The Observations will be blogged, published into a book and displayed within the library to coincide with the Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival. 

This project has been supported by the Brimbank City Council and Sunshine Art Spaces activation partnership funding.

About the project

Drawing the Library

A community project using observational drawing and text to record a particular time and place, of the Sunshine Library in McCracken St.

The project is to make a series of observational drawings using the recycled papers found in the library as a base. The drawings will form a picture of Sunshine Library and the ways in which the community use the place. The concept is that by spending time drawing what you see in the library, you begin to notice other things, such as how people are using the place, how people interact with each other, what sort of things happen in the library and why people go there. As you draw, the other aspects, such as what you see around you, what you hear and your thoughts can be added to the picture by writing.

As the drawings are made, they will be blogged and at the end of the project they will be published into a book which will stay in the library, so you will be able to revisit them anytime you like. The drawings will also be made into a larger artwork in the library to celebrate the end of the project and the publishing of the book.

If you would like to be involved in this project, stay tuned to the facebook or the  blog for community drawing opportunities or arrange a time to come in as a community group to draw with the artist.

If you or your group would like to be involved, Debbie can be contacted on 0424 479 475 or debbieqadri@hotmail.com

This project has been supported by the Brimbank City Council and Sunshine Art Spaces activation partnership funding.