Cherbourg Time: young black + deadly

Ratartat has been going to Cherbourg since 2003, working with the children of the Cherbourg State School, and its broader community, to make artworks that tell yarns about Cherbourg.

The children have drawn themselves and their place; painted pictures on paper, board and walls; made many sculptures, some that travelled with them to Melbourne and back; told stories that became books through screen printing, mono-printing and collage.

Inside and outside the school there is visual evidence that these children are Strong and Smart and Creative; that evidence is going to Brisbane in a huge exhibition of their artworks made over five years between 2003 and 2007.

In all the artwork the imagination of all the young artists sings out loud and is proof that Cherbourg Time is time well spent.

The Exhibition runs from 7 August 2008 to 19 September 2008, at the QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove. Contact 07 3138 5495 for more information. You can also visit the ratartat website.