'kunst-PLAY'

28/01/2024

27/01/2024

My services & why this is vital for women.

27/01/2024

Hello everyone, I have now changed my services to women only massages. 'kunst-PLAY'- Play is no longer in service.

12/09/2019

We are all familiar with the knowledge that the more Adverse Childhood Experiences ( ) adults report in their life, the more likely they are to have an array of physical, mental and social problems as an adult. ACEs can include things like physical and emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, having lived in a home with an adult with an alcohol or drug problem or where there was violence.

Interestingly, research has now shown that adults with multiple negative childhood experiences are less likely to have the problems associated with having them if they also report having had more positive experiences as well. The study looked at relational childhood experiences — not other things like achievement in school.

The biggest effect was found when researchers counted up how many of these positive experiences were reported — just like it's done on all those other studies on ACEs. They found that accumulation of positive experiences, just like the accumulation of adverse experiences, really packs a punch. Having higher counts of positive experiences was associated with 72% lower odds of having depression or poor mental health overall as an adult. And those with higher levels of positive experiences were over 3 1/2 times more likely to have all the social and emotional support they needed as an adult.

Researcher Christina Bethell reminisced about her own life as an example, where she had a tough childhood and grew up in a low-income housing complex in Los Angeles where drinking and drug-taking was the norm. She says of a positive childhood experience;
“—there was a woman in [my] housing complex with an open door to all the kids who lived there. They called her "Mrs. Raccoon," and she held a birthday party with tea and candy every Saturday for whoever had a birthday that week. We would just sit there together and celebrate. She was the sweetest woman — just present, didn't talk a lot, but she was there. I started just traipsing over as a child — she had these little red berry hard candies, and to this day, that's my favorite candy."

Every moment matters. Every interaction with a child has a reaction in that child. Especially if wherever a child goes — to school, early care, walking around their community, to a doctor — they're met with warm adults who purposely try to see and respond to them and meet their needs for care and guidance.

Even as we keep working to address the many social and cultural factors we need to in order to prevent negative experiences, we should be focused on proactive promotion of the positive.

Thank you to members of Neurochild Village for sharing this research with us.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/09/759031061/positive-childhood-experiences-may-buffer-against-health-effects-of-adverse-ones

11/09/2019

NGV day out?

How lucky are we in Melbourne to have the National Gallery of Victoria who are bringing KAWS here and then bringing a huge collection of Keith Haring and Basquiat’s artworks. I don’t know about you but I am so excited for both of these exhibitions - who is going ??

11/09/2019

Something to do with the girls!

16/03/2019

Something to Enjoy in April at Melbourne Zoo
https://www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/whats-on/neonplayground

A new after-hours experience of light installations, projections, interactive performances, and more. See the Zoo like never before – for a limited time only.

13/02/2019

Some fun stuff happening at the Chinese Museum this weekend!
https://chinesemuseum.com.au/shanghai-week-a-celebration-of-culture-cuisine-and-history/

15 February to 24 February 2019 Events Calendar Friday 15 – 24 Feb 10am to 4pm daily Price: Admission to Museum IMPRESSIONS OF SHANGHAI EXHIBITION An historic photographic exhibition of Shanghai depicting Shanghai’s journey in becoming the most populous city in the world. Saturday 16 Feb 2.00pm ...

04/03/2017

Wise words from Philip Pullman, who received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2005: Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play.…

06/11/2015

Come join us! :)

27/10/2015

We'll see you there?

HERITAGE HILL MUSEUM AND HISTORIC GARDENS, NOV 2015 PROGRAMS

OPEN SUNDAYS, next: 1 Nov 2015
Every first sunday of the month. 12-4pm.FREE House and Gardens tours

ART
1st November, Sunday
Benga house 1-3pm, $20 ( places are limited)
Simple Hanging Weaving Workshop for adults
Facilitator: Clare James

23 OCTOBER - 20 NOVEMBER 2015, FREE
BENGA HOUSE
Peter Douglas & Mattia Cicoli- Nervous Systems- Master Bedroom
Dandenong West Primary School Art Show- Langley Room

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, NOV- JANUARY2016
LAUREL LODGE, 2nd Bedroom
Lily Youngsmith, Actress, performer, artist

27 NOVEMBER 2015- 1 FEBRUARY 2016, FREE
OPENING NIGHT: 26th November , 630pm, All Welcome
BENGA HOUSE
Hive Show
LAUREL LODGE
TWICH Women's Sewing Collective “The Art of Hand-beading, A promotion of African adornment”

MUSIC
16 NOVEMBER , Thursday, FREE – A perfect day for BYO lunch and hang around the garden
Music in the Garden

HISTORIC TOUR
19 NOVEMBER , Thursday - $6
Heritage Hill Garden and House tour , BYO picnic
26 NOVEMBER, Thursday - $16
Heritage Hill Garden and House tour & Devonshire tea

YOGA
Every Monday and Wednesday evenings . Please contact Jo Odessa for more information, 0405427183

Bookings are required for Workshops, Tours, Devonshire tea and Music programs. Please call 97934511 or email [email protected] to reserve a place.

21/08/2014

http://www.essentialkids.com.au/preschoolers/preschooler-education/preschoolers-drawings-can-predict-future-intelligence-20140821-3e1mk.html =FD&utm_medium=lifeandstylepuff&utm_campaign=drawing

Scientists at Kings College London claim that four-year-olds’ drawings can be used to predict future intelligence - here is what they discovered.

19/06/2014

:)

Art Therapy Humor: How to Be an Artist...

19/05/2014

anyone interested to do a Masterclass to Recreate VAN GOGH'S 15 flowers? I am able to facilitate that. Also MONET's WATER LILIES! :)

19/05/2014

just updated the website! :) http://www.kunst-play.com/

Creative Art sessions workshops using Art as tool.

09/04/2014

I was totally happy today that I met Elizabeth- a last minute kid whose mum decided that she should come after thinking about it for weeks for our Art Jammin'. Mum had doubts as she was worried that Eli wont be able to cope or like the workshop. Eli has autism, loves Art but has trouble participating workshops like mine. Mum said, she often leave after a few minutes coz the environment was not suited for her or she's uncomfortable with the facilitator. Well, She stayed the whole 2 hrs with us today and mum asked if she can get 1:1 in Art somedays... :) OF course she can! :) Here at kunst-play, we are open to everyone and anyone. it's always a wonderful feeling when I am able to connect and help another, happy. She was smiling a lot afterwards and mum knows immediately Eli is happy. :) She said Thank you Emilia before she left, which was really beautiful. hehehe