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Granville Barbershop (2018) - Information & Cultural Exchange

Granville Barbershop (2018)

Funded by Impact 100 Sydney North and Dooley’s Lidcombe, Granville Barbershop is a multi-streamed project running currently at Granville Boys High School throughout Terms 2 and 3.

Resulting in the school buzzing with excitement and pride, the Term 2 program encompassed barbering in The Groom Room under the mentorship of Charles Lomu; and music making and production in The Groove Room with mentor Chris Hamer-Smith. Producer Leo Tanoi oversaw the daily operations of both.

Read about Granville Barbershop Term 2 here!
TERM 3

Granville Barbershop will continue through Term 3; and will focus on four program streams:

  • The Groom Room: Graduates from the Term 2 program will be returning to further extend their barbering skills in a more advanced barbering program; and will be joined by a new cohort of ‘beginner’ barbers;
  • The Renaissance Scholars: Members of the Granville Boys High School Renaissance Scholars program will undertake an immersive enrichment program that includes excursions to museums, galleries and institutes of scientific research;
  • Groom Room Screen Productions: Screen-based training and production for students to explore, experiment with and create screen and video works;
  • User X: Students will explore the rapid, DIY digital art content creation and storytelling through the platform of Instagram.

 

The Renaissance Scholars
The Renaissance Scholars have covered quite a variety of subjects so far:
Week 1: Curator, John Murphy showed the group around the city, including St Mary’s Cathedral, Art Gallery of NSW and the NSW State Library.
Week 2: Visited the astronomy team at Macquarie University to view their planetarium and telescopes plus see a fire dance from Samoan dancer Tito Schmidt. This week the group also worked with artist Keg De Souza to build domes at Artspace in Woolloomooloo from recycled materials.
Week 3: Combined trigonometry and astronomy to look at how the sun can be used to measure distances.
Week 4: Used VR and drawing to explore perspective with artists Josh Harle and Catherine O’donnell at Artspace.
Week 5: Professor David Ryugo and musician Tom Ellard presented their findings on hearing, the brain and memory at the Garvin Institute.
Keep your eyes and ears tuned for a special Renaissance Scholars event coming very soon with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences…

 

Groom Room Screen Productions & User X

This project is made possible through the generosity and support of Impact100 Sydney North, Dooley’s Lidcombe Catholic Club, Granville Boys High School, the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Department of Family and Community Services, Australia Council for the Arts, Crown Resorts Foundation and Packer Family Foundation and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.