It's been about a year since my last post and year further down the PITA line.

Grown out of PITA has been
THE NATURAL PLAYSCAPE
Yonke Van Geloven (from the PITA Hepburn network) and I dreamt, designed and built a natural playscape
nestled between the house and the hall
at the
Creswick Neighbourhood House
(ofiicially the Creswick Neighbourhood Centre but it is such a beautiful house that I like to call it that.)

We had a community build over three days in September 2011
and since then have run weekly gatherings on Friday mornings for parents and their pre-school children.

I have continued to dream PITA and develop pita-pata

pita-pata

parents in the arts

parents and the arts

The first pita-pata program is running in the Creswick Natural Playscape this term.

Small worlds.

In the Natural Playscape Between the house and hall.

Working with sticks, clay, miniature mud bricks, gumnuts and ideas. Create small worlds of huts, stone walls, pathways and forests.

Over four sessions parents, children and artists will play with materials and ideas in the winter Playscape. Each session will respond to the weather and may even include a walk in the rain collecting sticks. Dress weather prepared with raincoats and gumboots! What fun!

Bring a dry change of clothes and finish the session in the cosy house with a cuppa... For pre-school children and parents.

Session 1: Friday 18th May 10.00 - 12.00
Session 2: Friday 1st June 10.00 - 12.00
Session 3: Friday 8th June 10.00 - 12.00
Session 4: Friday 22nd June 10.00 - 12.00
Lead artist Rebecca Russell
Cost: $5.00 per family

I have continued to explore the shared creative space between my son and I
and practice times of presence and aesthetic / sensory experiences with him 
and times of creating together

I am part of a series of baby workshops at ArtPlay
I am working with Amie Sexton (from PITA) on an experimental workshop 
with a working title of

the sonic baby experiment

More soon....