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Arts Bulletin 279
12 June 2008

This Week's Feature - Sportsman's Night
Damian Callinan 
Damian Callinan in Sportsman's Night




Damian Callinan
Damian Callinan
Sportsman's Night, written and performed by award winning comedian Damian Callinan, exposes life in a country town where footy rules all.  Bodgy Creek is a town that has seen better days.  The population is dwindling; the local timber industry is under threat; and now to top it all off the footy club, The Bodgy Creek Roosters, has been banned for their involvement in a 'harmless melee'!

This riotous and energetic one man comedy inspired by the real life events of a country footy club banned for a melee that got out of hand is bound to be a hit in our football loving city.  Damian's hilarious characters expose life in this fictional town we've all driven through on the way to somewhere else.  This hilarious truly Australian show is being performed for one night only at the Potato Shed (see details below).

Damian has an extensive career to date.  He was one of the stars of the TV sketch show Skithouse (Australia, NZ, UK and France); was a regular on the Australian Rules football comedy Before The Game and joined the cast of Channel 10's sketch The Wedge.  His TV appearances include Rove Live, Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, Joker Poker, Good Morning Australia, The Fat, Off Road and countless others.

His extensive radio career includes co-hosting stints on JJJ and 774ABC Melbourne as well as regular segments on Mix FM, Fox and MMM.  He can currently be heard on Radio National doing regular satirical arts pieces and on 774ABC in a variety of character and co-hosting roles.  Year after year he has produced quality shows on the Australian festival circuit that have showcased his skills as a gifted writer, stand-up and character comedian.

The media have said of him:

"Callinan is clever, intelligent and terrifically talented ... his character work is superb - a huge success."  The Age

"One of the best shows on offer ... deserving of the wildest of applause."  Herald Sun

"Damian Callinan stood up and proved why he is one of Australia's most successful comedians."  Adelaide Advertiser
 
Date:19 June 2008
Time:8pm
Venue:The Potato Shed, Peninsula Road, Drysdale
Cost:Full $19.50, Concession $17.50
Contact:(03) 5251 1998
Email:potatoshed@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website:www.geelongaustralia.com.au
PERFORMING ARTS
 
Possum Magic - The Musical
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the uniquely Australian children's classic Possum Magic.  To celebrate, Possum Magic - The Musical is coming to the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) as part of the 2008 Bendigo Bank Family Magic program.  Since first being published in 1983, it has become an Australian literary classic and its author Mem Fox and illustrator Julie Vivas have become Australian literary icons.  Possum Magic tells the story of Hush the baby possum, who is magically turned invisible by Grandma Poss to protect Hush from the dangers of the bush.  When Grandma Poss forgets how to remove the spell, she and Hush must journey around Australia in search of the 'people food'  that can make Hush visible again.  In 1990 the book was adapted for the stage by Garry Ginivan Attractions, and in the following years the production has toured across the nation on 10 separate occasions, playing to more than 250,000 patrons.  Featuring larger-than-life sized puppets and a cast of multi-talented performers, including GPAC's own prodigal son Mykel Jackson-Brown, Possum Magic - The Musical has stylishly transformed the story into a rollicking Australian musical, complete with lamingtons, pavlovas and Vegemite sandwiches. 
 
Date:14 June 2008
Time:11am and 2pm
Venue:Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:$16.80
Contact:(03) 5225 1200
Email:boxoffice@gpac.org.au
Website:www.gpac.org.au
 
Geelong Advertiser Music Competition - John Brockman Regional Semi-Finals Concert

This is a wonderful program of fine classical solo music presented by twelve of Geelong's outstanding young musicians playing a range of instruments.  Four of these young musicians will be selected to go forward to the Final Concert in Costa Hall Deakin University on Saturday 9 August where they will vie for the Harwood Andrews Regional Prize of $3,000.  This promises to be a fine concert featuring upcoming artists.
 
Date:14 June 2008
Time:7.30pm
Venue:Costa Hall, Deakin University Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5225 1227
Website:www.gpac.org.au/gamusic
 
*NEW*
Peter Pan - the British Musical
GSODA Junior Players, Geelong's premiere youth theatre company, present JM Barrie's tale of the boy who never wanted to grow up.  Lizzie Sahlstom heads this very talented cast as Peter Pan.  Come fly away to Neverland with Wendy, John and Michael as they visit the mermaid lagoon and come across the villainous Captain Hook, Smee, Starkey and the other motley bunch of pirates.  As well as Tigerlily there is the underground home of the lost boys with Tootles, Nibs, Curly and of course the hungry crocodile.  With fabulous sets and costumes, as well as an 18 piece orchestra under the direction of Marina Sinadinos, this show promises something for everyone.  Directed by David Horne with choreography by Emily Fraser and vocal direction by Kirstin Camm-Bartel.
 
Dates:21, 27 and 28 June 2008
Time:Evening 7.30pm
Matinee 2pm 21 and 28 June
Venue:Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:Adult $28, Concession $25, Child Under 12 $19
Contact:(03) 5225 1200
 
Winter Orchestra Concert - St Joseph's College Performing Arts Centre
Bay City Strings combine with members of St Joseph's College Senior Band and the Geelong Community Orchestra.  The concert will feature St Joseph's College Year 10 Student Adrian King at the piano.
 
Date:22 June 2008
Time:5pm
Venue:St Joseph's College, Peter Cannon Performing Arts Centre (enter from Queens Road, Newtown)
Cost:Adult $10, Concession/Child $5
Contact:Maureen (03) 5226 8100 (St Joseph's College)
 
*NEW*
The Return of The Grumpy Old Men
It's 2008 and Geelong's premier grumps, Robert Trott, Bryan Eaton and Colin Mockett, have a whole new set of circumstances to grumble about.  They're annoyed with the commercialisation of life; with Indian call centres; with the rubbish on TV; and with what council's doing to the Gheringhap Street roundabout, and they're particularly scathing about modern music.  So they've invited some friends to sing songs like they should be sung - with proper tunes - and you can understand the words!  Warning, this show contains grumpy old songs, sketches and jokes. 
 
Date:24 June 2008
Time:10.30am
Venue:The Potato Shed, Peninsula Road, Drysdale
Cost:$13
Contact:(03) 5251 1998
Email:potatoshed@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website:www.geelongaustralia.com.au
 
*NEW*
A Tribute To The Hollywood Musicals

Tickets are now on sale for B.E.A.T.'s A Tribute To The Hollywood Musicals, devised and directed by Ron and Maureen Sudden.  Come along and experience the magic of songs from the heyday of the great Hollywood Musicals.  The uniquely talented cast and crew provide a spectacular show of colour, movement and music - something for everyone to enjoy.  From Carousel to Chicago - you can't stop that B.E.A.T.!
 
Dates:26 to 28 June 2008
Time:Evening 7.30pm
Matinee 1.30pm 28 June 2008
Venue:Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:Adult $28, Concession $26, Child 16 and under $16
Contact:(03) 5225 1200
Website:www.geelongbeat.com
 
*NEW*
Hot Club Swing - French Gypsy Jazz Concert
This exciting band hailing from Geelong has a mix of talented musicians who bring a fabulous sound revisiting the music of the French jazz greats Django Reinhardt and Stefan Grappelli.  Their repertoire includes some old time jazz standards such as Dark Eyes, Caravan, Body and Soul, Sweet Georgia Brown and Lady be Good with the lineup of Ben Calderazzo on guitar, Phil Smurthwaite on violin, Matt Kenneally on rhythmn guitar, Rob Gador on double bass and the divine Nadine Joy on vocals.  Don't miss this wonderful winter night concert which will take you back to the jazz quarter of "ol' Paree".  Book early to avoid disappointment as a limited number of seats is available.  Come and join us at arQ!
 
Date:28 June 2008
Time:8pm
Venue:arQ Gallery, 40 Geelong Road, Portarlington
Cost:$17
Contact:(03) 5259 1123, After hours (03) 5257 1073
Website:swanbays@bigpond.net.au
 
The Geelong Chorale
Italian Café Concert

The Chorale's traditional café concert is back!  This year the Chorale is presenting an Italian Café Concert, with opera choruses, Italian madrigals and Neapolitan songs, as well as Italian food.  Come and hear us sing the Anvil Chorus (with anvil) from Il trovatore and Brindisi from La traviata, and sing Come Back to Sorrento, Funiculi Funicula, Santa Lucia and other songs with us.  Manfred Pohlenz, baritone, will sing arias from opera and conduct the choir and the audience.  A great night for everyone.  Bravo!!
 
Date:28 June 2008
Time:7pm
Venue:Belmont Masonic Hall, Regent Street, Belmont
Cost:$35 includes Italian meal,  Child $20
Contact:(03) 5223 3554 (tickets) or (03) 5263 3855 (information)
Email:pandapil@tpg.com.au
Website:www.thegeelongchorale.org.au
 
Visual Arts
 
*NEW*
ARQ GALLERY
Celtic Mandala
This exhibition features local Geelong artist June Ferndale and her exquisite acrylic paintings of Celtic Mandalas.  This is June's first exhibition.  The Mandala, meaning circle, is used in many ancient cultures such as that of the Tibetan Monks and the Navaho Indians, and they are also used in Jungian psychology.  Painting the Mandala creates a feeling of wholeness and oneness.  The uplifting work of June Ferndale is done on small canvases with fabulous bright colours incorporating themes of love, joy and peace and some traditional symbols including the painstaking Celtic knot and animals such as the dragon, seahorse and boar.
 
Dates:To 29 June 2008
Time:Monday to Wednesday by appointment
Thursday and Friday 11.30am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday 10.30am to 5pm
Venue:arQ Gallery, 40 Geelong Road, Portarlington
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5259 1123, After hours (03) 5257 1073
Email:swanbays@bigpond.net.au
 
CAVALIER GALLERY - Multiple Listings
[dis]placed: concepts of time, space, place and memory
John Watts, Gillian Turner and James Watt are Geelong-based artists and educators.  This new exhibition, entitled [dis]placed, brings these artists together for the first time in their combined Iinterpretations of this theme.  Using photography, painting, drawing and mixed media [dis]placed informs the artists' varied concepts of time, space, place and memory to create deliberate figurative and spatial ambiguities in their work.
 
Dates:To 21 June 2008
 
*NEW*
New Perspectives: An Exhibition Of Student Works
A new exhibition at Cavalier Gallery provides an overview of the work being undertaken and created by Level 1 and Short Course students of Brougham School of Art and Photography across a range of disciplines including painting, drawing, photography and printmaking.  Everyone is welcome to come along to an informal opening to meet the artists, view their work and celebrate the occasion with them.
 
Opening:
Dates:28 June 2008
Time:3 to 5pm
 
Exhibition:
Dates:27 June to 19 July 2008
Time:Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm  Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday 11am to 4pm
Venue:Cavalier Gallery -  Brougham School of Art and Photography, 73 Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5229 9984
Email:admin@broughamart.vic.edu.au
Website:www.broughamart.vic.edu.au
 
EAGLES NEST GALLERY
Heart Felt

The Eagles Nest Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by local artist Matthew Grace who has exhibited in London and Melbourne and at the Adelaide Arts Festival.  Grace's iconography of the mundane explores the relationship of the objects that surround him and his paintings are the result.  He refers to them as visual poetry.
 
Dates:To 15 June 2008
Times:10am to 5pm
Venue:Eagles Nest Gallery, 50 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5289 7366
Email:nadia@eaglesnestgallery.com.au
 
LITTLE MALOP GALLERY
Zbukvic + Pekel + Smales
After an exceptional response to the Joseph Zbukvic, Peter Smales and Herman Pekel exhibition last year, Little Malop Gallery has invited them back.  They need little introduction as three of Australia's foremost impressionist painters, and an opportunity to acquire new works by these artists is a rarity in Geelong.  This exhibition of energetic, expressive watercolours and oil paintings will include many fine works based on the Geelong region and beyond, and if you were lucky you may have caught them painting on site at the waterfront recently!  Be quick.
 
Dates:14 to 28 June 2008
Time:Monday to Friday 10.30am to 5.30pm  Saturday 10.30am to 4pm
Venue:Little Malop Gallery, 101 Little Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5221 6505
Email:robert@littlemalopgallery.com.au
Website:www.littlemalopgallery.com.au
 
QUEENSCLIFF PIER
Artist in Residence
Award winning Melbourne based artist Cameron Robbins will take up residency in Queenscliff to install two of his pieces on the Queenscliff Pier.  Lifeboat Reverie is a sound sculpture with a tuned set of organ pipes driven by tidal movements which will be installed in the Rescue Boat Shed on the Queenscliff Pier.  Also, at the end of the Pier Cameron will install a wind drawing machine - a mechanical drawing device that randomly collects wind energy and translates it into a sketch.  While Cameron is in Queenscliff he intends to spend time researching artefacts and instruments in the Maritime Museum that will no doubt inform his works in the future.  The residency will include an Artist Talk with Cameron and other opportunities for community to meet with him.
 
Dates:Installing from 16 June 2008  On show to 22 June 2008
Venue:Queenscliff Pier, Queenscliff foreshore
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5258 1377
Email:leanne.stein@queenscliffe.vic.gov.au
Website:www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au
 
SHEARER'S GALLERY
Members' Bequest Exhibition
The Shearers Arms Gallery is hosting an exciting Members' Bequest Exhibition to be judged by Joel Wolter.  This exhibition is an award exhibition from bequests made to the society in all mediums.
 
Dates:To 23 June 2008
Time:Monday to Saturday 11am to 5pm Sunday 1 to 4pm
Venue:202 Aberdeen Street, Geelong West
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5223 1825
Email:info@geelongartsociety.com.au
Website:www.geelongartsociety.com.au
 
Literature
 
Inaugural Torquay Froth And Bubble Literary Festival
Poets, writers, playwrights, authors, publishers, actors and philosophers from all spectrums of their craft will be descending on Torquay for a Festival of Literature (see details below).  They will be coming from Country Victoria, Melbourne and Geelong with some artists being well known and some relatively unknown.  All are wishing to display and teach through readings, recitations, book signings and workshops for children and adults, starting at St Therese Primary School, Torquay at 11am on the Saturday morning with an outline by Paul Morgan of his novel The Seeds of Misrule about  the perils of GM crops.  This will be followed by The Torquay Theatre Troupe and a Festival Dinner on Saturday night at Zeally's Restaurant.  On Sunday there will be poetry at Zeally's, a children's workshop at the library and The Chocolate Room, PowerPoint presentation by The Geelong Scribes and a talk on Philosophy.  We will also enjoy a visit from the Melbourne Arvo's, Poetica Christi, and the Melbourne Wordsmiths.
 
Quote "Your jug might break on the musty shelf but mine will break by the dazzling stream"
Adam Lindsay Gordon. Australia's first poet of note. 1833-1870
 
Dates:21 to 22 June 2008
Time:11am Saturday to 5pm Sunday
Venue:Cafes, Restaurants, Schools, Libraries in Torquay
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5251 1998
Website:www.torquayfrothandbubbleliteraturefestival.com
 
Festivals and Events
 
Film - Mongol

Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, Mongol.  Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162.  As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.  Mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.  There are sneak previews on June 13 to 15. 
 
Camping Under The Moonahs
Art exhibition and assemblage by Deborah Brearley as part of the Wetlands Connections series of events.
 
Dates:To 15 June 2008
Time:8am to Late Monday to Saturday
8am to 5pm Sunday
Venue:Kelp, 67 Pt Lonsdale Road, Point Lonsdale
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5258 4797
 
*NEW*
Illustrated Talk - Trust For Nature

Chris Lindorff will illuminate the role of Trust for Nature (TFN) in the acquisition and maintenance of TFN properties.  TFN, a non-profit organisation, operates in several ways: first, by helping landowners place a covenant on their land for protection from sub-division, clearing or other threatening activities; secondly, by supporting landowners' efforts to best manage the land through landcare works, fencing, rates rebates and opportunities to learn more about their ecological communities.  In addition to supporting covenants, TFN makes use of its revolving fund, based on bequests and donations, to buy parcels of land which are then sold on again after having covenants placed on them.  Other significant land parcels are bought and retained by TFN or transferred to the National Parks system.  Thus the work of TFN protects precious untouched native bush and preserves it for the future.
 
Date:23 June 2008
Time:6pm
Venue:Geelong Botanic Gardens Meeting Room, Eastern Park Circuit, Geelong
Cost:Gold coin donation
Contact:(03) 5222 6053
Email:friendsgbg@sunet.com.au
 
*NEW
Barwon Heads Film Society Inc. Screening - The Leopard
For a film-maker wanting to show the tide of history the challenge is always how to balance the large with the small; the key events of history with individual stories including the need for character development and how to convey the meaning of change rather than just to show the changes themselves.  These challenges beset master Italian film-maker Luchino Visconti in his faithful adaptation of Guiseppe di Lampedusa's internationally best-selling novel charting the demise of the old aristocratic order and the rise of the nouveau riche bourgeoisie.  The film runs for 181 mins.
 
Date:26 June 2008
Time:7.30pm
Venue:Barwon Heads Community Hall, cnr Hitchcock Avenue and Ozone Road, Barwon Heads
Cost:Membership or donation
Contact:(03) 5254 2138
Website:www.barwonheads
  
Opportunities and Employment
 
Information Night and Auditions
Ruby Moon

An information night for Matt Cameron's Ruby Moon, directed by Doug Mann is being held (see details below).  What happens when a child goes missing?   What does a parent do when their worst nightmare comes true, their silent cries of 'surely not mine' go unanswered, and all their desperate searching is in vain?  How to cling to hope, how to fight despair?  How do you even hold on to sanity and each other?  Ruby Moon walks the footpaths of our great, disconnected Australian suburbia in the wake of the disappearance of Ruby, a 10 year-old girl who went to visit her grandma one day and never came back.  Since then, Ruby's parents have been trying to pick up the pieces and fit them together…into something that looks like Ruby.  Ruby Moon is a powerful, grimly comic vision of the agony that is Gretel, Azaria, little Maddie and all the missing children.  It is the tale of the Big Bad Wolf retold in a kaleidoscopic way you will not forget.
 
Dates:Information Night  11 June 2008
Auditions 22  and 24 June 2008
Time:Information Night 7.30pm
Auditions 22 June - 2pm  24 June - 7.30pm
Venue:Woodbin Theatre, Lillian Stott Centre, 15 Coronation Street, Geelong West
Contact:Doug - 0414 650 277
Email:blackibis@hotmail.com
Website:www.geelongrep.com.au
 
Divas Wanted
Auditions for female singers aged 12 to 18 years
Were you born to perform?  Do you want to hit the recording studio?  Do you love singing challenging harmonies?
We are looking for talented female singers aged 12 to 18 years to form an a cappella group to record and perform in Geelong.  If you think you have what it takes, call Lucy Jones with your details or email (see details below).  Auditions will be held in Geelong.  This project is proudly supported by the Geelong Harmony Chorus.
 
Dates:Applications close 6 June Auditions 14 June 2008
Contact:(03) 5222 3543
Email:lucyjones1@bigpond.com
 
*NEW*
Call For Entries - Push Start Battle Of The Bands (Geelong Heat)
The FReeZA Push Start is a state-wide Battle of the Bands competition that showcases young and emerging Victorian performers under the age of 21 and has been doing so since 1995.  The program now incorporates 70 youth-music FReeZA Committees across the state that host heats, allowing young bands living in both regional and metropolitan areas to have an opportunity to compete.  Six local bands will battle it out in the Geelong heat of the Push Start Battle of the Bands at the Geelong West Town Hall on Saturday 12 July kicking off at 5pm and will showcase different styles of original local music.  This is an all ages event, drug, smoke and alcohol free and fully supervised with no pass outs.  Application forms are available from the Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, Corner Gheringhap and Little Malop Street, Geelong or email Luke at production@courthouse.org.au.  This is a youth event, so if your band members are all under 21 as of the 12 July 2008, then get involved!  The winner of the battle will go on to perform at the regional final later this year - stay tuned for more details.  Winners of the regional finals will play at "Push Over" in Melbourne on the Labour Day long weekend in March 2009.  All entries must include a demo and band bio.
 
Dates:Entries close 23 June 2008
Cost:Free
Contact:(03) 5227 0689
Email:production@courthouse.org.au
 
*NEW*
Children's Week 2008
During Children's Week (18 to 26 October), a wide range of activities are organised at a national, state and local level to recognise children's rights, talents, skills and abilities.  In Victoria, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development wants to make this year's Children's Week an exciting and memorable event for as many Victorian children and families as possible.  Organisations are invited to register activities, which meet the Department's criteria and are suited to early childhood and family services and school-aged groups, on the calendar of events.  The Department is also offering small grants to assist not-for-profit organisations to offset the costs of Children's Week activities.  For more information about Children's Week, the calendar of events or the grant application process, please contact the Department's Communications Division
  
Dates:Applications and registrations close 27 June 2008
Contact:Sally Tatterson (03) 9637 2864
Email:childrens.week@edumail.vic.gov.au
 
*NEW*
'Art at the Heart' Travel Assistance
Regional Arts Victoria has a small fund to assist individuals to attend Art at the Heart, the 2008 Regional Arts Australia National Conference being held from 3 to 5 October in Alice Springs.  This has been made available through RAA, through the Regional Arts Fund (an initiative of the Commonwealth Government).  Applications for between $400 and $800 will be accepted from individuals living in regional Victoria requiring financial assistance to attend. The application form can be accessed via the webiste and emailed to the address shown below.
 
Dates:Applications close 4 July 2008
Contact:(03) 9644 1800 or freecall 1800 819 803
Email:enquiry@rav.net.au
Website:www.rav.net.au/erave1/files/VICDelegatesAppDraft2Jun08.pdf (PDF)
 
Seniors Festival Program Open
Are you looking for a new way to open your corner of the art world to people aged 50 years and over?  The City of Greater Geelong might be able to help.  The Victorian Seniors Festival Geelong is the largest community celebration for seniors in regional Victoria.  It runs for the entire month of October and features a huge variety of community hosted events and experiences, including competitions, workshops, dances, concerts and tours.  In a survey conducted with Festival participants in 2007, a significant number of seniors indicated that they were looking for opportunities to be involved with the arts either as an audience member or a direct participant (eg via workshops and classes).  If your organisation would like to promote an event or special offer in our Program of Events or needs financial assistance of up to $400 to assist with hosting an event, contact us or visit our website to apply (see details below).
 
Dates:Applications close 4 July 2008
Contact:(03) 5227 0270
Email:kvalentine@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website:www.geelongaustralia.com.au
  
Victorian Music Library
The Victorian Music Library (VML) is a not for profit music resource centre, managed by volunteers to preserve and provide for loan a collection of over 60,000 items of sheet music to their members throughout Victoria.  They aim to make the music collection available to their membership, which includes orchestras, string ensembles, brass bands, school music departments, musicians, performers, students and music teachers.  The library offers a great value way for local communities to access music, often providing works that are only available in Australia in their library, along with a postal service and longer loans for rural and regional members.  Membership is available at a reasonable rate and allows multiple loans from the collection along with other benefits.  Check the website for more information about this exciting resource.
 
Dates:Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time:10am to 4pm
Venue:64 - 66 Orrong Road, Elsternwick (alongside the Uniting Church Archives)
Cost:Check website for membership fees
Contact:(03) 9528 3135
Email:musiclib@vicnet.net.au
Website:www.vicnet.net.au/~vml/ 
 
Education
 
National Wool Museum - Multiple Listings
Teddy Bears Visit the National Wool Museum
The very popular Teddy Bears Visit program returns to the National Wool Museum.  Children aged from Playgroup to Grade Two are invited to bring their favourite teddy (or similar friend) to the Museum to sing songs, dance and explore the Museum on a fun and educational journey.  The program is on offer until 26 June on weekdays at 9.30am, 11.15am and 1.15pm, with the afternoon session also being available as a birthday party option.  Group bookings are essential and the cost is $3.65 per participant (including parents/carers).  Teddy Bears are free! Preferred minimum group size is 12 children.  Please contact the Museum's Bookings Officer on 5227 0701 for further information.
 
Cooking in the Woolshed
The National Wool Museum is offering a new education program for primary schools, titled Shear Hard Work!
Primary school students can visit the Museum to see the exhibition Baitlayers and Babbling Brooks - An Exhibition on Shearers' Cooks to learn all about the job of being a shearers' cook and the amount and type of food that shearers typically eat.  They will also be doing some cooking of shearers' buns and making a craft item from wool.  The Shear Hard Work! program is offered at the rate of $3.65 per student until 26 June, and will also be offered during the July School Holidays at $5.00 per child and $3.65 per accompanying adult, including a shearing demonstration.  Bookings are essential.  Please contact the Museum's Bookings Officer on 5227 0701 or email for further information.
 
Venue:National Wool Museum, 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong
Email:nwminfo@geelongcity.vic.gov.au  
 
Printmaking Program At Brougham

Brougham School of Art and Photography is offering a comprehensive printmaking program for Term 3.  This program includes introductory and intermediate classes as well as whole day printmaking workshops run over two Saturdays.
 
Dates:Printmaking - An Introduction  25 July to 12 September 2008
Printmaking - Intermediate 25 July to 12 September 2008
Printmaking Workshop - Run over two Saturdays 26 July and 2 August 2008
Time:Printmaking - An Introduction 9am to 12pm
Printmaking - Iintermediate 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Printmaking Workshop on Saturdays 10am to 4pm
Venue:Brougham School of Art and photography, Level 1, 73 Malop Street, Geelong
Cost:Printmaking - An introduction  $270 (8 weeks)
Printmaking - Iintermediate $270 (8 weeks)
Printmaking Workshop on Saturdays $140 (2 Days)
Contact:(03) 5229 9984
Email:admin@broughamart.vic.edu.au
Website:www.broughamart.vic.edu.au
 
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