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Arts Bulletin - 286
31 July 2008
This Week's Feature - GROMM: Recent paintings by Michael Gromm
A twist in space and time at Metropolis Gallery | 
Announce around town time out
Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas
Clever together to get the to get there
Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas
Costume Comfort
Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas
| ''Some people drive cars. Some people count numbers. But I like to paint,' explains twenty eight year old Geelong based artist Michael Gromm. 'I like to think we are all abstractionists: that our approach to our environment is to change it to fit our needs'.
Michael is a fresh thinker and a focussed artist. His surrealist images take us through a warp in space and time. His trademark horizontal environments reinforce this journey and the images are open to interpretation, as are the random poetic titles of his works. Gromm paints super-real figures that appear surprisingly at home within his surreal, abstract environments. Or are these images a thought process?
Michael Gromm has progressed from the Emerging Artists Show at Little Malop Gallery (now trading as Metropolis Gallery) early last year, to a very successful joint exhibition there in November.
His current solo show GROMM, at the new Metropolis Gallery, has been much anticipated, and this recent, cohesive body of work establishes Michael Gromm as an artist to watch. Michael communicates to a wide range of patrons on many levels, and this is testimony of his ability as an artist to tap into the universal, collective unconscious.
Exciting recent news is that Michael Gromm has been short-listed for the upcoming Geelong Gallery 2008 Fletcher Jones Art Prize. He is one of 38 artists short-listed for exhibition.
| Dates: | 26 July to 9 August 2008 | | Time: | 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, 9.30 am to 4pm Saturday | | Venue: | Metropolis Gallery, 64 Ryrie Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5221 6505 Gallery Director: Robert Avitabile | | Website: | www.metropolisgallery.com.au |
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| Performing Arts |
Get up close and personal with The Burlesque Hour
shaken+stirred @ THE BLAKI, Geelong Performing Art Centre's (GPAC's) winter series of four very different shows in the intimate surrounds of the Blakiston Theatre, comes to a climax with The Burlesque Hour, a tantalising blend of circus, striptease and theatre. The Burlesque Hour has created an international storm of sell out critical acclaim and won six Australian theatre awards for its provocative and delicious images of gender, sexuality, power and desire. Join internationally acclaimed Queen of Cabaret Bizarre, 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 as they mix it up with luminous guest artistes......your table awaits.
| Dates: | 31 July to 2 August 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | $15 to $25 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | boxoffice@gpac.org.au | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au |
Mystery and Mirth with The Spook
Enter a world of espionage, intrigue and betrayal when Malthouse Theatre's production of Melissa Reeves' The Spook comes to Geelong Performing Arts Centre for a limited season of four performances. Martin Porter is a secret agent. Recruited by ASIO at a local footy match, he is thrust into a life of deception, bugged conversations, misplaced loyalty, romance, dark glasses and ideas of grandeur. National heroism is imminent for this 19 year old fitter and turner as he exits a life of the mundane and infiltrates the bowels of a national threat - the South Bendigo Communist Party. Inspired by a true story, Melbourne playwright Melissa Reeves (co-author of Who's Afraid of the Working Class) marries whimsical comedy with an astute understanding of how politics works at a micro-level in Australia, creating a bittersweet personal odyssey with a twenty-first century bite. With a formidable cast of seven including Kevin Harrington (TV's Sea Change and the controversial Underbelly, feature films The Dish, The Honourable Wally Norman), Odette Joannies, Denis Moore, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Genevieve Picot, Luke Ryan and Anne-Louise Sarks, The Spook promises an evening of mystery and mirth.
| Dates: | 31 July to 2 August 2008 | | Time: | 8pm (matinee 2 August at 1pm) | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | $17.50 to $47.80 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | boxoffice@gpac.org.au | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au |
A Man for All Seasons
How far will a man go to keep his honour? What is the cost of one's life? Is everything for sale? Robert Bolt's compelling masterpiece asks these questions in a stunning performance directed by Andrew Blackman with 13 actors and featuring Paul English as Sir Thomas More. This production will appeal to a broad theatre going public and is listed on the VCE English Curriculum for the next three years. A Man for All Seasons is set against the back drop of social, political and religious upheaval during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. The play follows the life and death of Sir Thomas More in a wonderfully crafted examination of personal conscience verses political expediency. Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, enters into political and moral conflict with King Henry VIII when he refuses to support the King's move to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. More's decision to endorse the divine right of the Pope over and above that of his King leads to his unwilling martyrdom and tragic downfall.
| Dates: | 2 August 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | Potato Shed, Peninsula Road, Drysdale | | Cost: | Full $22.50 Concession $18.50
Group 20+ $16.50 | | Contact: | (03) 5251 1998 | | Email: | rmacleod@geelongcity.vic.gov.au |
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Hip-Hip-o-Potamus
Equinox Productions and FReeZA are proud to present the Hip-Hop-o-Potamus at the Courthouse Youth Arts Centre. Acts include Muph and Plutonic (featuring DJ Bones). Muph has released 2 solo records and worked on numerous guest feature projects, collaborating with some of Australia's most respected beat craftsmen, including Suffa (Hilltop Hoods), Dave Atkins (Resin Dogs), Plutonic Lab, Jase (Beatheadz), Denorthwode (Mnemonic Ascent), DJ Bonez and Ransom. Plutonic Lab is easily one of the most revered producers in Australian Hip-Hop. His production has featured on over 50 LPs/Singles and EPs on a variety of labels. His most recent work on Ivens debut LP Sounds To Expire To (Eco Tone 2007) was touted as "the most striking Australian hip-hop release of the year" (Dan Rule, The Age). Phrase, in 2006/2007, performed almost 100 live shows across the country. Geelong MC Fatty Phew will bring some local talent to the Courthouse stage. Fatty released his debut album 23 years in the making in 2007 to rave reviews. Up and coming local MCs Klirx and Snooks finish of our official line up. All ages event. Drug, smoke and alcohol free. Fully supervised. No Pass Outs.
| Dates: | 9 August 2008 | | Time: | Doors open 6.45pm, Live Music 7pm to 11pm | | Venue: | Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, corner Gheringhap & Little Malop Streets, Geelong | | Cost: | $15 | | Contact: | (03) 5227 0955 | | Email: | production@courthouse.org.au |
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Geelong Advertiser Music Competition Finals Concert
Seven young classical musicians will feature in the Geelong Advertiser Music Competition finals for 2008.
Three finalists in the national competition, for the prestigious Costa $10,000 Prize, are Stephen Ma (piano), 21 of Doncaster; Claire Herrick (violin), 23 of Melbourne; and Mark Xiao (flute), 21 of Canberra. Four finalists were chosen in the John Brockman Regional Competition from 33 entrants in a series of semi-finals concerts at St Josephs College, to compete for the Harwood Andrews $3,000 Prize. They are Abby Hunt (clarinet), 20 of Belmont; Timmothy Oborne (cello), 18 of Wensleydale; Jessica Voigt (saxophone), 19 of Newtown; and Stefanie Gumienik (piano), 18 of Grovedale.
| Dates: | 9 August 2008 | | Time: | 7:30pm | | Venue: | Costa Hall, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus | | Cost: | Full Price $30
Concession - seniors, pensioner $25
Student - $12
Group of ten or more $20
Voucher - Primary/Secondary students free when accompanying a paying adult
(student ID required)
Family Ticket - $60 (2 adults 2 children)
Dinner Package - including one ticket to the concert and dinner at Sailors Rest - $47 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au/gamusic |
Music At The Basilica - Seasons 2008
Concert 'Virtuous Minstrels' by 'Acord Early Music Ensemble' with music from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries for voice, vielles. organetto, rebec, harps and psaltery. According to a theologian from the eleventh century, minstrels could not hope for salvation unless "they sing with instruments, or sing of fine deeds to provide recreation or perhaps instruction". Come and decide for yourself! Can these minstrels from Melbourne's leading Early Music Ensemble hope for salvation? We definitely think so!!!
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Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra plays in Geelong
This is the second concert in the Costa Concert Series, presenting Melbourne's premier chamber orchestra, Australia Pro Arte. It includes two concertos for four violins by Telemann and Vivaldi and Spring Symphony by a youthful Mendelssohn. A modern treat is a cheery Divertimento by Melbourne composer, Calvin Bowman, who will attend the concert and also play harpsichord in the Vivaldi. The soloists include Rebecca Chan, winner of the string section of the 2008 ABC Young Performer of the Year. Be inspired by the virtuosity and vibrancy of this young ensemble.
| Dates: | 15 August 2008 | | Time: | 7.30pm | | Venue: | McAuley Hall, Sacred Heart College, Aphrasia Street entrance, Newtown | | Cost: | $33 Adult $17 Student. Tickets at Geelong Performing Arts Centre | | Contact: | Helen Jordan (03) 5243 6931 Tickets (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | jordanbh@ncable.net.au
| | Website: | www.proarte.com.au |
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| Visual Arts |
Focus on Prints
Features the work of fourteen established and emerging printmakers from the Geelong region and beyond, including guest artist Martin King. Using a range of traditional and contemporary processes, the artists have combined to create a diverse and vibrant show. Reflecting their individual interests and methodologies, the viewer is treated to a rich tapestry of works including intaglio and relief prints.
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Geelong Regional Artists Exhibition
The Gordon Foundation Ltd. proudly presents the ninth annual Geelong Regional Artists Exhibition. The Exhibition showcases artwork from regional artists; Seven Vinton, Susan Hayward, Elizabeth Towers, Sally Fitts, Lauren Leviston and Rene Inei. The exhibition will feature approximately 42 works in a variety of different mediums. The Gordon Foundation Ltd. organises the exhibition to encourage and foster the artistic development of emerging and established artists. The exhibition provides an opportunity for the Gordon and Geelong arts communities to view high quality artistic works. The exhibition achieves a harmonious balance of media and style, yet is entirely unique in its overall effect and impact. To find out about Artist floor talks or for further information regarding the exhibition please see contact details below.
| Dates: | 1 August to 30 August 2008 | | Time: | 1pm to 4pm daily | | Venue: | Gordon Gallery, corner Fenwick Street and Gordon Avenue, Geelong | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | Ruby Campbell (03) 5225 0442 | | Email: | gallery@gordontafe.edu.au |
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.
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| Literature |
Warm Winter Words 15
This year Apollo Bay Arts celebrates the 15th anniversary of its popular annual readings with prominent authors John Marsden and Alex Miller. Both authors based in Victoria are very well-known and have won many prestigious literary awards. Hear them speak about and read from their writings, sponsored by the Victorian Writers Centre and Colac Otway Shire. Tickets from Paradise Books or at the door. Afternoon tea available/bar open.
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| Festival and Events |
Barwon Heads Film Society Inc. screening
The Barwon Heads Film Society will celebrate its 8th birthday with the screening of High Society. Directed by Charles Walters the effervescent musical re-invention of Philip Barry's play, The Philadelphia Story, features the delightful Cole Porter score. The cast includes Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and Louis Armstrong. Made in 1956 it runs for 108mins. | Dates: | 31 July 2008 | | Time: | 7.30pm | | Venue: | Barwon Heads Community Hall, cnr Hitchcock Ave and Ozone Rd | | Cost: | Membership or Donation | | Contact: | (03) 5254 2948 | | Email: | asbvlriggs@bigpond.com |
Weekend Plant Sale
The Friends' Nursery stocks a wide range of plants at bargain prices, including many drought resistant species. Expert advice available to assist with your plant selection. Park near Nursery at rear of Gardens.
| Dates: | 2 and 3 August 2008 | | Time: | 10am to 4pm | | Venue: | Friends' of Geelong Botanic Gardens Nursery, rear of Gardens | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5222 6053 | | Email: | friendsgbg@sunet.com.au |
Special Guided Walk - Camellias and their Companions
Visitors to our Gardens are invited to join a Special Guided Walk focussing on camellias and their companions then visit the Friends' weekend plant sale to pick up a bargain at the Nursery.
| Dates: | 3 August 2008 | | Time: | 2pm | | Venue: | Geelong Botanic Gardens – meet your Guide at front entrance to GBG | | Cost: | Gold Coin Donation | | Contact: | (03) 5222 6053 | | Email: | friendsgbg@sunet.com.au |
Special Guided Walk - Camellias and their Companions
Join with FGBG Guide to enjoy the spectacular display of camellias in our Gardens and to learn about their companions.
| Dates: | 6 August 2008 | | Time: | 10.30am | | Venue: | Geelong Botanic Gardens – meet your Guide at front entrance to GBG | | Cost: | Gold Coin Donation | | Contact: | (03) 5222 6053 | | Email: | friendsgbg@sunet.com.au |
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| Opportunities and Employment |
2008-2009 Community Arts and Festivals Grants
The City is pleased to announce that the Community Arts Grants Program 2008/2009 and the Community Festivals Grants Program 2008/2009 are now open. These programs are offered to facilitate innovative community arts and festivals projects undertaken within the City of Greater Geelong. Grants are available for projects initiated and managed by not-for-profit incorporated organisations. Guidelines and Application Forms are available at Customer Service Centres, from the City website www.geelongaustralia.com.au or by contacting the City of Greater Geelong directly on (03) 5227 0878. All applications must be received or post-dated no later than 5.00pm Monday 25 August 2008. All applications must be submitted via mail to the City of Greater Geelong, Community Arts and Festivals Grants Programs, PO Box 104, Geelong Vic, 3220 or in person at any City of Greater Geelong Customer Service Centre. No email applications will be accepted. Please note that there will only be one round annually in both the Community Arts Grants Program and the Community Festivals Grants Program. Therefore, there will be no further grant round until mid-2009.
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Courthouse Youth Arts Centre – Youth Program Committee
WANTED. Young people. Why? To plan part of the 2009 season for the Courthouse Youth Arts Centre. What? You can help choose some of the performances for next year. What else? You will be trained in being a part of a committee and on assessing performance applications. You will also have the chance to represent young people on the CYAC Board and really make a difference. Who? You are keen on the arts, music or youth culture or you are interested in helping make major decisions for the Courthouse Youth Arts Centre. What now? Fill out an application form (available from the Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, www.courthouse.org.au or www.youthcan.vic.gov.au) or phone (03) 5227 0689 for further information. When? No later than 29 August. Do it now!
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Brougham School Of Art and Photography Open Day - A Career In The ArtsOPEN DAY - A Career in the Arts at Brougham School of Art and Photography is holding its Open Day. This day includes a series of free talks by visiting academics and arts professionals with topics outlined below. | Date: | 12 August | | Times: | Program:
12pm - Arts & the Promotion of Your Own Business, Speaker: Associate Professor Gale Spring, RMIT
2pm - Vocational Options in the Arts, Speaker: Professor Jennifer Radbourne, Deakin University
4pm - Making a Living from your Camera, Speaker: Ferne Millen
5.30 pm - Focus on Prints talk exploring traditional and contemporary processes on display & view a range of work by talented Geelong and Melbourne printmakers, includes prints by Martin King,
Speaker: Joel Wolter | | Venue: | Brougham School of Art and Photography, Level 1, 73 Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Free | | Phone: | (03) 5229 9984 | | Email: | admin@broughamart.vic.edu.au |
** This publication is intended as a general guide and is published on the basis of information provided to the City of Greater Geelong by third parties. It does not substitute for professional advice on laws and regulations in individual cases. If readers still have doubts, they should consult legislation or seek professional advice. The City of Greater Geelong accepts no responsibility for any errors or ommissions that may have accidentally occured within the publication. Council does not neccessarily endorse the views expressed by the contributors or endorse events, photographs or information contained within. |
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