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=In our group:= = = =Yasmin T, Roshana C, Wenjing F= = = __**Focus Question:**__

- How do the art and tourism industry in Broken Hill relate to eachother?

__**Our research:**__


 * Where have we been** - We have visited four art galleries in total, and spoken to three artists in total. We also just observed how the towns income is made and what is advertised about the town. This helped us to come to our conclusion.


 * Interviews -** I performed two interviews with three artists. Wendy Martin, Ian Lewis, and Howard William Steer. The interview files are too large to upload, so if you wish to see them, please ask me.

What have we found - We have found that, although both areas (art and tourism industry) seem fairly independent of each other, they rely on each other to survive. The art in Broken Hill attracts people to the area, supporting the tourism industry. The money that tourists bring to the area then contributes to the art galleries, earning the artists a living and encouraging them to continue producing artworks. We have made a mind map to show how the two areas interact:

This diagram is also how the pictures and paintings on our wall will be set up (excluding the money area)

The final product will be acrylic paint on canvas. It will show each of these sections. One section will show tourism, one will show art, and the other will show both.

__**Blogs:**__

Days before Broken Hill - Just planning the focus question. This started of as 'what inspired artists in Broken Hill'.

Days in Broken Hill before main work begun - The question changed to our current main focus question. Observation of the town, and what attracts tourists to it took place. We looked back on what our teachers advertised about Broken Hill, and we looked at what the main tourist attractions were (mines and art galleries). We also observed different artworks and art galleries, and how they related to both industries. A very good example was Bushy White's mining and mineral museum.

Bushy White's artwork (made of crushed minerals) Image found on google (no images of my own):



We also went to the mining and mineral museum, where we saw some similar artworks (which are possibly also his) and some jewellery. This place is a tourist attraction, and it also sells artworks and jewellery. Therefore it relates to both industries.

Artworks: Jewellery:

23.3.12 - Yasmin visits Bush and Beyond art gallery and Art Gallery of Howard William Steer. Interviews the artists at both areas. Results are not hugely informative, but are helpful. Yasmin, Wenjing and Roshana all visit the Pro Hart art gallery, where there are a lot of visitors and a lot of art. Pro Hart has been advertised very much and is a huge tourist attraction. Observations are made.



26.3.12 - Yasmin, Roshana and Wenjing visit the regional art gallery. No artists are interviewed, however observations are made. Once again, the art gallery is a tourist attraction, so it relates to both industries. We also purchased the canvas and a brush which we will use in the final product.



Today we also began sketching the final product. (The sketch is very different to the actual product we came up with).

27.3.12 - 28.3.12 - Planning the final product, and getting better ideas for it (including better ways to portray each area)

29.3.12 - Hard at work at Mulberry vale. Planning and actually creating our final product.

1.4.12 - Final main day together. Met up at Roshana's house and bought a few extra supplies. Painting on the canvas. Discovered that a number of paintings have been lost (most likely on the train they slipped out of the folder, and because I could not see on top of the luggage racks I did not notice that they were missing, luckily most are easily replaceable by photographs - Yasmin)

Also, I am busily updating our wiki - Yasmin:



2.4.12 - Adding some final touches - Yasmin:



Final Product (glue still a bit wet):


 * __Extra:__**

This was our very first brainstorm having a look at what might inspire artists in Broken Hill. One of the ideas brainstormed was isolation.

__**Learning Reflections:**__


 * Yasmin -** This was an amazing experience for me. I not only learnt a lot about myself, but I learnt a lot by researching the town and this question. Before I went to Broken Hill I thought it was only a mining town, but as the teachers advertised all the art in Broken Hill, and as I saw it for myself, I learnt otherwise. In this paragraph I would also like to give thanks to Ms Fajou and Ms Holdstock - Ms Fajou for being the head of the entire group, and also for being our personal group mentor, and Ms Holdstock for teaching us about different communities - this is what helped me to answer the main question. I would also like to thank all the other teachers for everything they did.

Basically, I learnt a lot at Broken Hill, and although the question felt difficult to research at first, we soon got into it and everything flew past as an easy breeze.


 * Roshana -**

Learning in Broken Hill has been a different experience from just learning at school because we are going to new places, and we are outside of the classroom. It has been a a bit difficult learning outside school because you're with your friends and sometimes arguments can rise over learning problems. Overall, I have enjoyed the learning experience in Broken Hill and it has been a challenge.


 * Wenjing -**

My learning experience in Broken Hill was quite fun with a few small conflicts on the way. We had some group difficulties, however we managed to solve them due to our assisting teachers, Ms Fajou especially. She gave us a lot of inspiration, and helped us draw an overall plan. After the planning, things became much easier to work out. We decided something that could be considered ‘multi-media’, as we have paintings, sketches, and photographs taken by Yasmin all put together, and and also a main canvas. I was in charge of the Outback section of the painting, while my group mates were in charge of Isolation and Mining. We somewhat ran out of time to finish our work in Broken Hill, so we grouped together on the weekend to finish our main painting. I was very satisfied with the ending product.