Splendour in the Grass comes home to NSW North Coast in July 2012

ABC North Coast NSW February 10, 2012

The Splendour in the Grass festival will move back to Belongil Fields in Byron Bay this year.

The Splendour In The Grass music festival is planning a return to Byron Bay for this year's event.

After two years at Woodford in Queensland, Splendour In The Grass organisers are currently working on taking the festival back to its original home at the Belongil Fields.

The dates for the 2012 event are Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July.

For updates go to the Splendour in the Grass website at http://splendourinthegrass.com/#

Lismore-born Bundjalung woman's talent is recognised

ABC North Coast NSW Radio February 6, 2012:

Lismore-born Bundjalung woman Rhoda Roberts is the new head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House….

State Arts Minister George Souris announced Rhoda's appointment today, but she is no stranger to the elaborate halls of the performing arts centre.

Rhoda is also the artistic director of the Message Sticks Festival, celebrating its 13th year at the Opera House next month.

Wandering home through art

Jude MCBEAN

Home 1996

Margaret SEALE

Welcome home party 1995

Marjorie BULTITUDE

As I see it [date unknown]

All paintings held by Grafton Regional Gallery in the Clarence Valley NSW

The art of the small

From the wonderful lens of Pieces of Contentment, a Northern New South Wales blog……..

Grafton Regional Gallery inspires the nation on 11.11.11

This is 11:11 11/11/11 from ABC Open Sunraysia on Vimeo.

According to ABC Open on November 21, 2011 Grafton Regional Gallery inspired this:

We had an overwhelming response to the 11.11 project. The results are now in, and you can see them here.

We put out the call and you answered it! Over 1200 images flooded in from around regional Australia, all captured at a moment (well actually two moments) in time - 11.11 am and 11.11 pm on 11.11.2011.

We've selected some for the video above, and you'll be able to see a full gallery of images later in week.

What you've captured is a fantastic snapshot of Australian life in 2011. You showed us the saleyards in Tamworth, a theatre roof in Bundaberg, and the agricultural show in Albany. People all around the country took part. Some took a break from their work day, others got back to work, while we also saw some great shots of people enjoying the great outdoors, including the tennis ladies from Kambah in the ACT. From getting a haircut, to feeding the seagulls, to even getting married - so many stories captured in a single image.

We loved seeing so many groups of people getting into the spirit, especially all the school groups. And we saw some great interpretations of the numbers. I just loved the souvenir spoons.

And we were moved by some of the images of Remembrance Day, old mates catching up, the meeting of generations and this stark image of the cost of war, so poignantly captured by Lois Krake.

Wherever you were, whatever you were doing, thanks for taking part. We hope you had a great time - we know we did - and that you'll share the 11.11 time capsule, the results of your huge group effort, far and wide.

Meandering through the mauves

Top:
Peregrine's Journey 1990 by Patrycia Buckland of Alstonville NSW
Centre:
Floral Festivals stamp by Australia Post 2011
Bottom:
Fly Away 2002 by Deborah Cocks of Bray's Creek NSW

Surfing the Coldstream, Yamba 15 October 2011

Event Date: October 15 2011 from 2pm until 10pm

Event Type: One-Day Festival & Celebration with Live Music, Cultural Art Walk, Magic Bus tours, Sensory Walk, Street Buskers, African Drumming, Belly Dancing, Amusement Rides, Food Village and much more.

Inaugural Sultans of Sand beach football competition will be held at Yamba's Turners Beach on October 15-16 to coincide with the festival.

Address: Flinders Reserve, Main Beach, Yamba

Contact Name: Margo Scott

Phone: (02) 6646 9664 or 0418 251 899

Email: liveprawnproductions@gmail.com

'Opera With The Cows' at Cowper, Saturday 22 October 2011 at 7.30pm

Opera With The Cows

Where

Cowper Public School

Old Pacific Highway

Cowper NSW

When

7.30pm Saturday 22 October

Bring your own chairs. Food and drink available to purchase.

Tickets

Adults $20

Premium Tickets
$40

Chairs supplied in premium position

Champagne supper with the artists after the event

Free Tickets

Children under 15 years

Contact

Melissa Philp

0418 458 293

melphilp at bigpond.com.au
http://www.operawiththecows.com.au/

The Clarence Valley Welcomes You

Promotional photograph from Flickr

Sunday Snaps

Debrah Novak Untitled

Anna Calvert Clarence River Grafton NSW

John Nalder Reflective Sunset Hat Head NSW

Archibald Prize finalists on display in Murwillumbah

Tweed River Art Gallery, located in Murwillumbah, is currently hosting an exhibition of the 2011 Archibald Prize finalists.

The quality of the exhibition speaks for itself ... it's AAAA.

Of course, Brett Quilty's winning portrait of Margaret Olley is the stand out. It's fantastic. When viewed close up from a metre or so the Average Joe will says, "What's this? It's nothing."

However, when viewed from a bit of distance it's incredible. As one moves from left to right, or vice-versa, or moves back and forth from Quilty's work the piece demonstrates its many dimensions.

This bloke's no art specialist, but he knows what he likes and what he doesn't. Quilty deservedly won ... daylight came second.My other best ones include:

Jenn Sage's My Jack

Christopher McVinish's Robin Nevin

Amanda Darburg's "DA" .. smh crossword devotees know this subject well!

Angus McDonald's
Dr Ann Lewisa AO

Credits: Images from Art Gallery NSW

Bangarra: 22 years of celebrating culture

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Fire - A Retrospective (2009)

http://youtu.be/UHH_DFi-Swc

About the Bangarra Dance Company

Sometimes the young (and assorted others) make my heart sing - Part Four

http://youtu.be/bG7wbAfcKUI

For the purists here is Nick Cave unadorned

Pub art in Maclean NSW

The Maclean Hotel circa 1903 is situated in the centre of "The Scottish Town" and on the main thoroughfare, River Street.
This mural is on a wall in the beer garden.

Further along Maclean's main street is the second of the town's three pubs. The Argyll Hotel circa 1894 features an Art Space in its dining area.

The beauty of ephemeral art

From the studio of Anna-Wili Highfield
these sensitive paper sculptures of Australian wildlife.

Seahorse

Barn Owl

Brown Warbler

Vale Margaret Hannah Olley 1923-2011

Margaret Hannah Olley

Born 24 June 1923 in Lismore NSW
Died 26 July 2011 in Paddington NSW
Sadly missed by all who appreciate her art

Portrait by Ben Quilty

Levee wall art in Maclean NSW

Aspects of a section of a Clarence River levee wall in Maclean on the NSW North Coast.

The mural was painted on behalf of the Clarence Coast Cultural Committee as part of the district's celebration of the centenary of Federation.

It recognises community groups achieving 100 years of continuous service.

Click on images to enlarge

The Art of Colour

Noel Hart Inside the Sun

Artslave 201115

John Mawhinney Ceramic Form 2005

John Cottrell Azo Window

Bronwyn Bancroft is one of five children's fiction authors short-listed for the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Congratulations to author and artist Bronwyn Bancroft for making this impressive short-list for the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

"This year there will be five short-listed authors for each category and the winner will receive $80,000 and the remaining short-listed authors will receive $5000 each."

Tenterfield-born Bronwyn is descendant of the Djanbun clan of the Bundjalung nation and details of her career and art can be found here.

Images from Dept. of Prime Minister and Cabinet Office of the Arts

Stu Murphy behind the lens

 

Stu Murphy is from South Grafton on the NSW North Coast and has posted his work at Red Bubble. He has a fine eye and I hope we see more of his work.

Country Arts Support funding for the Northern Rivers in 2011

Country Arts Support Program 2011- Northern Rivers

· $2,550.00 to Ocean Shores Public School P & C for Ocean Shores Community Arts Project. A series of arts and craft workshops, performances by local musicians and a public art project to be held as part of the Ocean Shores Public Arts and Craft Festival in August 2011.

· $2,197.00 to Byron Bay Community Association Inc. (Byron Community Centre) for Arts Classic Artist in Residence. Mosaic artists Turiya Bruce and Pyari Cau will be engaged as artists-in-residence at the Byron Community Centre over five days during the 2011 Byron Arts Classic in January 2012. After a period of public consultation with members of the Byron community, the artists will conduct daily three-hour public participation workshops to create a mosaic artwork at the Centre.

· $1,000.00 to Coraki Rural Transaction Centre Inc (Coraki Art Prize) for Painting and Printmaking Workshops. A series of printmaking and painting workshops for young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists in Coraki, focusing on expression of identity and personal storytelling through art.

· $1,588.00 to Clarence Valley Council for Kami Shibai. Performer Kyoko Miyauchi will conduct a series of traditional Japanese storytelling theatre performances and origami workshops for school students at outer regional primary schools in Baryulgil, Coutts Crossing and Herani during term 2, 2011.

· $1,560.00 to Platypus Gallery (Richmond Valley Council) for MINDLE. For the month of September the gallery will host an exhibition exploring the local Indigenous language of Junbung, during which time two local Indigenous artists will be in residence at the Gallery. The artists will interact with the public and demonstrate their working process and techniques, giving insights into both artistic practice and indigenous culture.

· $1,392.00 to Caringa Enterprises Ltd for Colour Theory Wall Mural. An artist in residence program with local artist Pamela Denise, during which severely disabled participants (with support workers) will create a 50m square mural at the Day Program Centre in Grafton between April and July.

· $1,480.00 to The Creative Peoples Collective Inc for Standing Now - Finding our Feet. Free workshops over July-August 2011 for young people at Coraki Youth Hall, in which the aim is to create a contemporary dance piece. Participants will then have the opportunity to perform alongside professional artists in the production 'Standing Now'.

· $2,000.00 to Tropical Fruits Inc. for Illumination 2011. An artist in residence program with local artist Martin Pedder, in which he will work with members of the local GLBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer) community to create illuminated installations, props and backdrops for the Tropical Fruits 2011 Festival.

· $2,255.00 to On-Focus Inc for Dhinawan Dreaming at LINCS. Workshops and performance presented by local indigenous artist Mick Baker of Dhinawan Dreaming, run as part of the Casino Day Program for Indigenous people throughout 2011. The sessions will cover storytelling, dance and visual arts.

· $2,110.00 to The Unity Festival for The Unity Festival, a multicultural dance, music, food, art and craft event. Dancers representing the cultural traditions of the Phillipines, India, Torres Strait and Aboriginal Australia will be engaged for public performance. Held in Murwillumbah in October 2011, the festival aims to create opportunities for greater social interaction amongst community groups, and encouraging tolerance.