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Arts Bulletin 280
19 June 2008
This Week's Feature - Prepare to be Shaken + Stirred @ The Blaki! | 
The Needle and the Damage Done
Glow
The Pitch
The Burlesque Hour | This winter, in the intimate surrounds of Geelong Performing Arts Centre's Blakiston Theatre, warm your imagination and dazzle your senses with Shaken + Stirred @ The Blaki, a series of four shows that are a little ... left of centre.
Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) is excited at the prospect of adding something different to an already diverse array of offerings.
The first of the four cutting edge shows is The Needle and the Damage Done (19 to 21 June), a 70 minute solo comedy/cabaret show that's a joyous romp through a top ten of the worst records ever released in the history of the world. Written and performed by stand-up comic, journalist, satirist, radio broadcaster and deejay Fiona Scott-Norman.
Next up is Glow (3 to 5 July), an illuminating choreographic essay by Chunky Move Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek and interactive software creator Frieder Weiss. Beneath the Glow of a sophisticated video tracking system, a lone organic being transforms in and out of sensual states. Utilising the latest in interactive video technologies a digital landscape is generated in real time in response to the dancer's movement.
The Pitch (17 to 19 July) is a hilarious satire about the trials and tribulations of trying to crack the big time in Hollywood. Peter Houghton's brilliant show is set in the very humble apartment of aspiring screenwriter Walter Weinerman just before he is about to sell his screenplay - an action, mystery, revenge, loser-makes-good, romance film set in way too many exotic locations - to an all-powerful Hollywood film industry panel.
Closing the series will be The Burlesque Hour (31 July to 2 August), a lush velvet-trimmed salon where vaudeville and variety, circus and sideshow, striptease and cartoon strip, boho and butoh, music hall, monologue and mayhem are hijacked by astonishing performance art divas: the Mistress of Grand Guignol Moira Finucane; Moscow Circus trained circus and burlesque star Azaria Universe; Japanese butoh dancer and shock cabaret artiste Yumi Umiumare; and the legendary iconoclast Maude Davey with her infamous and fabled strawberry act. Join them as they mix it up with luminous guest artistes...your table awaits.
GPAC is very proud to be bringing this program of cutting edge productions to Geelong, and really hope people take the opportunity to sample something new.
GPAC invites you to get up close and personal with Shaken + Stirred @ The Blaki - four very different shows in the Blakiston Theatre.
| Dates: | 19 June to 2 August | | Times: | 8pm - The Needle, The Pitch, The Burlesque Hour
6pm, 7pm and 8pm - Glow | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Adult $25, Concession $20, Under 18 $15
Groups of 10+ $20 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au |
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| Performing Arts |
*TONIGHT*
Sportsman's Night
Sportsman's Night, written and performed by award wining 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 hit in our football loving city.
*NEW*
Cloudstreet - Geelong Premiere
Geelong Repertory Theatre Company's 2008 season continues with Cloudstreet, adapted from the Tim Winton novel by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo. Number One Cloudstreet is a great shuddering joint shared by two very different families who, over a period of twenty odd years, learn to live and love together in eventual harmony. Directed by Mike Ellis (Stories from Suburban Road, The Laramie Project, Good Works), the cast includes Rep favourites Stephen Simpson, Scott Beaton, Barry Eeles, Rebecca Bennett, Lachlan Murphy and Travis Eccles; relative newcomers Chris Young, Charlotte Hukvari, Deb Welsh and Colin Urquhart and newcomers to Rep, Glenda Maddison, Mary Steuten, Lauren O'Callaghan and Nick Frcek. Tim Winton is one of Australia's most loved writers and Cloudstreet is generally regarded as his masterpiece. The story captures the Australia of a bygone age and is riddled with magic. A theatrical experience not to be missed.
| Dates: | 20, 21, 26 to 29 June 2008 and 2 to 5 July 2008 | | Time: | Evenings 7pm except 29 June 2008
Matinee 1pm 29 June 2008 | | Venue: | Woodbin Theatre, Lillian Stott Centre, 15 Coronation Street, Geelong West | | Cost: | Adult $20, Concession $18, Student $12 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | ellimike@gmail.com | | Website: | www.geelongrep.com.au |
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 |
*NEW*
Ajak Kwai
This concert, in aid of refugees from the Sudan, is part of United Nations Refugee Week celebrations on the Surf Coast. Ajak Kwai brings an exciting African vocal style and repertoire, with a contemporary treatment by the drummer and guitarist who perform with her. As a child, she absorbed the music culture of her Dinka village in southern Sudan. She sings the traditional songs of her heritage as well as reflecting on issues of life in the 21st Century. Ever since her arrival in Australia in 1999 under the UN Humanitarian Aid program, Ajak has worked with a number of ensembles and as a soloist. She has produced two CDs and built up a strong following wherever she has performed. She is a thoroughly engaging artist with a compelling vocal style and a delightful sense of the absurd. Ajak has seen much of life - much suffering and much affection. It's all good material for a songwriter.
Tickets for the concert are available from Torquay Health Foods, Gilbert Street, Torquay, or at the door. Also, a two course lunch is available at noon at The Rose for $30. Lunch bookings are essential.
| Dates: | 22 June 2008 | | Time: | 2.30pm | | Venue: | The Rose, 220 Great Ocean Road, Torquay | | Cost: | Adult $15, Family $30 | | Contact: | (03) 5261 9660 Jan - Concert
(03) 5261 2038 Lunch bookings |
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) |
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.
*NEW*
Blank Canvas
Collision Dance is proud to present their latest original contemporary dance work Blank Canvas - a unique dance event to help raise funds for a quadriplegic teen. The work explores the colour, texture and inspiration behind creating a piece of art work. Featuring seven talented local performers, this event is also raising much needed funds for the Sam McIntosh appeal. Created by Stacey Carmichael.
| Date: | 26 and 27 June 2008 | | Time: | Evening 8pm
Matinee 11am 27 June 2008 | | Venue: | The Potato Shed, Peninsula Road, Drysdale | | Cost: | $15 | | Contact: | (03) 5251 1998 | | Email: | collisiondance@hotmail.com |
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
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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 |
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| Visual Arts |
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 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.
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 |
*NEW*
GEELONG GALLERY - Multiple Listings
Land Marks: Beyond The Surface - David Beaumont
Land Marks: Beyond the surface is an exhibition of paintings inspired by the beauty and harshness of the Australian landscape and in particular the surface of the land at Lake Mungo, the Gammon Ranges, Pink Lakes and Lake Eyre. Sketching trips to these inland locations have been the starting point for this new body of work that marks a shift in David Beaumont's practice from the coastal seascapes for which he is well-known. Sections of thickly applied paint that rise from the surface of the canvas are juxtaposed with pared-back, almost transparent finishes, replicating the nuances of the landscape when closely observed. Beaumont's works invite considered observation and encourage the viewer to look 'beyond the surface' - to reveal the various layers of both his paintings and, more broadly, the Australian landscape in general.
*NEW*
Print Traditions - Sources Of Australian Printmaking
This exhibition brings together works by European and British master printmakers Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Thomas Bewick, Charles Meryon and James McNeill Whistler, with related images by Australian artists - past and present - such as Lionel Lindsay, John Shirlow, Jessie Traill, Rosalind Atkins and Marco Luccio, as a means of illustrating the different streams of influence that have contributed to the notably rich tradition of printmaking in Australia. Print Traditions - Sources Of Australian Printmaking presents works from Geelong Gallery's outstanding print collection alongside those from private and institutional collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne and the National Gallery of Victoria.
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.
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.
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.
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| 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
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| Festivals and Events |
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 |
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 |
*NEW*
2008 Bethany Arthouse Film Festival - Black Book
Black Book is the third film of five in this year's Bethany Arthouse Film Festival. Set in the Second World War this film about revenge was selected for both the 2006 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The Arthouse Film Festival raises vital funds for Bethany and is a great way of helping this organisation to support those most in need in our community.
| Date: | 3 July 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Adult $16, Concession $10 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | www.gpac.org.au |
*NEW*
Australian Choreographic Competition - 2008
The Geelong Dance Network is pleased to release the names of the 2008 Australian Choreographic Competition adjudicators. They are Ms Sue Healey - performer, educator, choreographer, dance-film maker; Mr Mark Gordon - founding director of the Australian Choreographic Centre, Canberra; Ms Cheryl Kaloger - dance educator, VCE Chief Assessor, consultant, dance author. What a great panel of some of Australia's best dance educators. Come and participate as part of the audience.
| Date: | 5 July 2008 | | Time: | 2pm Category 1 (15 to under 19 years)
7pm Category 2 (19 years +) | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | $18.00 | | Contact: | (03) 5229 8190 | | Email: | k_badham1@bigpond.com
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| Opportunities and Employment |
*NEW*
EOI: Musical Production Teams Sought by GSODA
GSODA Inc's call for production crew for their January 2009 show is a little different this year. Is there a musical you have wanted to stage in Geelong? Do you have a production team ready to work? Then GSODA Inc is looking for you! If you are interested in this exciting opportunity email GSODA@gmail.com to receive proposal requirements. Your show must be suitable to stage in Ford Theatre in January 2009. Expressions of interest should be mailed to GSODA Inc, PO Box 724, Geelong, 3220.
*NEW*
Warehouse Space for Lease
Cavalier is vacating its warehouse in the Little Ryrie Street Carpark. Not the art shop - just the warehouse. They would love to lease it to an artist group. It is $30,000 per year plus GST and outgoings. Comprising 300 square metres with three huge rooms it has street access, four huge doorways, kitchen and hot water, two toilets and 3-phase power. This space would suit ceramic art, sculpture, metal etc. Contact Kim 0409 135 084.
Ruby Moon
Auditions
Auditions for Matt Cameron's Ruby Moon, directed by Doug Mann, are 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: | 22 and 24 June 2008 | | Time: | 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 |
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.
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
'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.
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).
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*NEW*
The Australian and New Zealand Art Therapy Association
Art Therapy Seminar
Ever wondered about the benefits of Art Therapy? Cornelia Elbrecht is the guest speaker at this afternoon seminar. It is an experiential workshop and information session for artists, educators and mental health professionals. Afternoon tea provided.
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.
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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