Up to 50 AMES students contributed artwork and photography to the recent Big West arts festival.

One group of students learned embroidery skills and created a giant kite made from embroidered fabric.

“The class had fun learning embroidery and fabric skills and the kite we built looked fantastic,” said AMES teacher Jenny Gherxi.

Another group were taught photographic skills and produced pictures showing their impressions of Australian and their personal journeys.

AMES teacher Sue Hume said the students enjoyed learning photography skills.

“They were taught about foreground and background and light and shade and they used their phones and iPads to produce an amazing array of photos,” Sue said.

The Big West Festival is the leading community-based, contemporary arts festival in Melbourne’s West.

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