Food for the soul and brain
Age: Three (holds up 4 fingers) Favourite song? Underneath the hot sun Favourite colour? Pink and purple Favourite game? I don’t know. Ping pong. Who is your best friend? Riley What makes you laugh? Jokes What makes you sad? A someone hurts me What are you afraid of? I don’t know If you could change your name what would it be? A princess one. Maddie. What are you really good at? Playing games.
Watching TV – Peppa Pig and Dora Explorer.
Do you have any jokes to tell me? How is a horsie can’t move? Umm... Cause I don’t know.
What is your favourite thing to eat for lunch?
Sandwiches with devon and butter Strawberries and
What is your favourite fruit?
carrot
What do you want to be when you grow up?
To clean at my mum’s school. St Pius I think, I don’t know.
How old is grown up?
A teacher. 13. CARING for someone who lives with schizophrenia is an experience very close to home for Narromine artist Nerrida Barber.
It drives her to support others in similar situations and raise funds for Neuroscience Research Australia (NEURA), which works to improve outcomes for people diagnosed with many types of neurological conditions.
Mrs Barber will be joined by seven other Narromine artists who are featuring and selling their works in an exhibition called “Perceptions” to raise awareness about NEURA and the work it does.
An opening night on Friday, March 1, will cost $25 with tickets available from Soul Food Depot or at the door, and including canapes, wine, music, and the exhibition.
The artists include Nicola Mccutcheon, Meredith Stendell, Natasha Walker, Joy Kirkby, Kc Grealy and Sally Faulkner.
They all met while studying art at TAFE Western in Dubbo. Ms Faulkner is continuing her studies at the National Art School, Darlinghurst.
Ms Grealy is studying forensic art at Newcastle University and creates visually-captivating, painstakingly-slow artworks of drawn insects and animals using tiny dots.
Nicola Mccutcheon works exclusively in clay and has exhibited at the Moree Gallery, Depot Gallery in Narromine and Mudgee’s ‘Sculptures in the Garden’.
According to Neuroscience Research Australia, one in five Australians is affected by a major brain or mind disorder every year.
NEURA is identifying the causes of diseases and disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Motor Neurone Disease and is developing better diagnostic methods and improved treatments.
It has active programs in schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder which each affect around one per cent of the population.
It is developing and refining brain atlases of humans which are used internationally as the standard guides for scientists and neurosurgeons, we well as improved treatments for injured people. It is also developing strategies to prevent injuries.
The exhibition will run at Soul Food Depot in Narromine until Saturday, March 30.