What
are your unacknowledged achievements – things taking lots of time
or effort, but that only you notice? For many people, the most
important accomplishments in life are stuff done each day “just”
to keep everything together. Over the past four months in Mildura
Kate Cotching has been running short workshops where people took on
the challenge of reflecting on their lives to identify strengths, and
imagining what a trophy
for these might look like – and then they made it.
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| An installation of the sculptures produced were exhibited at Mildura Arts Centre |
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| Yvonne Jones, My dream heart (left) and Crazy fun People (right) and Rosemary Lawson My garden (Centre) Photo by Huw Greenhough |
Works by various Artists
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| Detail of artwork by Gulsoom Hashimi, Happy Heart in Australia |
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| The workshop at The Mildura Eco Centre with Sunraysia Community Health Services Refugee Kitchen Garden Group |
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| Works by various Artists |
Thanks to the following organisations and groups for supporting workshops: Sunraysia Community Health Services' Refugee Kitchen Garden and Pain Management groups, The Christie Centre's ArtRageUs Studios, the Mirabinda Social Club, Mallee District Aboriginal Services Elders Group, FLO Connect, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura Neighbourhood House and the Afghan Community.
This project is supported by the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia, administered in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria. This project is also supported through Mildura Rural City Council's Arts Development grant and auspiced by Arts Mildura. Thanks to Huw Greenhough for the Majority of the Photography.
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Tonilee Kay Lavers, Surviving Life.
Mikayla Pryor, The Melody Hits the Sound. Anonymous Artist, Moving on. |
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Bianca, Friends
Shay, Free Annabelle, Growth |
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Eric Murray, Dream Cup
Maureen Taylor, Family Tree Maureen Taylor, Imagination |
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Jacinda Kelly, Ladder to Heaven
Joe Sadler, Golden Hand |
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Elizabeth Maloney, Be Happy
Aaron Kyle Rose, A K R Josh Satori, Untitled |
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Joel Milne, Milly keeping calm
Erin Glasson, Trophy Medal Neil Kelcey, Glass |
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Melissa Woolcock, Family Ties
Anonymous Artist, The door to achievements Anonymous Artist, Kindness |
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Jan Gulzari, Calmness by happy music
Ali Sultani, Candle Light
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Hilda Murray, BMX National Title
Judith Bailey, Love For My Grandson
Barry Pettit, Basket Ball Trophy
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Michael
Lang, People looking and having a talk
Jayden
Dickinson, Exercise
Leah
Harris, I'm Happy
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| Pam Jones, The lengths I go to Anonymous Artist, The Flow Kirsty James, Circle of life |
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Hilda Murray, Snoopy Dreaming
Molly, Untitled
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Pauline
Hamence, Untitled
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Raihana Hashimi, Goal!
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Maria Riedl, Look in the mirror will you stand?
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Antonette
Zema, Pearls are a girl's best friend
Judy Marshall, Togetherness, About myself and my sister coming back together Anonymous Artist, The Creative Progress |
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Gulsoom
Hashimi Happy Heart in Australia
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Jennifer
Craig, Untitled
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Christine
McCullagh, The gift givings of Scarfs
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| Michael Lang, People looking and having a talk Jayden Dickinson, Exercise Leah Harris, I'm Happy |
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Nematullah Akhlaghi, Untitled
Zia Ibrahimi, The beauty of moon flower
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Pam
Jones, The lengths I go to
Kirsty
James , Circle of life
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Arifa Mohammadi, Cinderella's book
Saeda Khudarham, The Book
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Kerryn
Sylvia, Tipping the Scales
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Habiba
Alijan, All the different cultures here
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Jeff
Kelly, Totem Spirit
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Sana
Hashimi and Wajiha Qasem, Friends Forever
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Linda
Porter Thornton, Circles of empowerment
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Jennifer
Matthews, If only I could sing
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Bob
Jankowski, Attainment of Purposeful Striding Through Life
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Sally Freeman, Salaxy (Sally's Galaxy!)
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Tahira
Haidari, Flower
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Farzana
Zahedi, Being able to grow big trees
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Fatima
Mustafawi, A prize for the right person
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Fiona
Davis, Cats Paradise
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Pam
Fox, The Listener
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Gul Ibrahimi, Untitled
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Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo, Patience of a Saint
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Chris
Dowdy, Mobile love sister Lauren
Michael
Lang, Paper People
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Andrew
Van Ganns, The church hall
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Anonymous
Artist, A sustainable happy place to live
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Heather
Lee, The Challenge
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Arifa Mohammadi, and Saeda Khudarham, Untitled
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Gulsoom
Hashimi, Peace in Australia
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Gulsoom
Hashimi, Happy Heart in Australia
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Anonymous
Artist, Key to a fresh start
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Habiba
Alijan, Something for everybody that's done anything
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Anonymous
Artist, My Inspiration are my Grannies
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Anonymous
Artist, Let it slide
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Kate
Cotching, Curiosity & Responsibility
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