learn, love and laugh

'learn, love and laugh'
thank you to Ms Davina B Woods for your message!

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative.Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

 Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

Education, it lights the bulb above your head.

Thanks Joy

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative.Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

 Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

training them to become artisans instead of labourers

“A technical school would ultimately benefit the rising generation by training them to become artisans instead of labourers …” from Footscray Advertiser, 30 September 1911 quoted in Poor Man’s University: 75 years of Technical Education in Footscray, by Carolyn Rasmussen, 1989. p.15

Thanks to Victoria University archivist Kim Burrell for digging this one out.

I really warm to the remembrances of the Footscray Technical School, as I went to a technical school after leaving highschool and it was such a wonderful life-changing experience. I did go to technical school to study art and how to become an artisan, its where my dabbling in clay became very much ingrained in me, and look where we are now! Sadly higher education is being more and more skewed to economic rationalisation, instead of the training of artisans.

(I am also sorry to say that there was no 'instead' of labourers, as my job as an artist is very labour intensive, but it was a wonderful sentiment)

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative.Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

 Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

Wonderful cup by Nick placed in Footscray Mall

 School could be the gateway to a job behind a desk, moving numbers or writing articles. Living a life with wealth and a big house. But is there really happinesss in a life dominated by possessions? -Nick B.K

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

carmens cup - The lecturers were accessible, you could actually have a coffee with them.

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

love that this cup talks about coffee and its outside the cafeteria!

Molly's cup - School is a necessary stage in life, yet . . . .

School is a necessary stage in life, yet somehow manages to suck the enjoyment out of everything you used to like. School puts everybody in the same box and assumes you work the same way as the other hundreds of kids in their care. It’s important and opens up opportunities, but it should find a more inclusive way of doing so. 

                                                              Molly

Thanks Molly for this cup and I was going to leave it on a yellow machine, hence the photo, but then I found out where the projections were going to be so I took it around the other side of the block and I found some paste-ups by Larissa on the way. . . . . 

and then later in the evening I met her!!!!!!

and told her how wonderful they are.

Just in an alleyway to the right of this building. . . . . 

Just gorgeous with all of Molly's wonderful message

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

Cathy's cup at the market! - placement 11

Cathy's cup relates to food -

"I learnt that I like Vietnamese food in Footscray"

so it headed for the fresh fruit and vegies,

Introducing Rachel Main, the photographer who accompanied me today on the placement.

Rachel is a documentary photographer

Her website: http://www.shuttermain.com/

About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.

Up a Tree, Iffat's cup - placement 10

Here is what Iffat's cup looked like before firing - its the one on the right.

and here it is fired

It was still in the tree a while later.

Perhaps it is still there!

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About: Message in a Cup

Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.

http://messageinacup.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/messageinacup/

Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,  a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.

Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray

a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.

this project was brought to you by:

Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.