A weekend of celebrating diversity in Australia’s Green Cauldron
August 29, 2010
The UNITY festival and the Caldera Artfest may share the same weekend – and a common goal of celebrating the amazing diversity within Australia’s Green Cauldron – but organisers say that each provides an exceptional insight into the uniqueness and complexity of region.
The UNITY festival on 2 October at the Murwillumbah Showground is all about celebrating the dance, music, cuisine and culture of the Tweed’s diverse heritage.
You Are Here opens on August 27
August 25, 2010
Kelly Sullivan’s painting, You Are Here, is an impressive red triptych featuring cute retro cars and caravans, on a grid inspired by a 1970s London street map.
On closer inspection you can read the names of the streets and roads that make up this imaginary location…
Holiday Let Road; Bong Head Court; and Only People Who Practice Yoga Can Live Here Boulevard, are just a few examples that give a taste of the theme of the work.
Kelly says her painting is intended to be viewed as satirical, with the street names she has used inspired by a mix of her own experience as a Byron shire resident, and the Letters to the Editor she reads in the Echo.
Musica Viva presents Genevieve Lacey and Karin Schaupp
July 25, 2010
Magic happens, quite often through the medium of classical music with its myriad moods.
Come and experience true musical magic when Musica Viva Lismore presents the bubbling personalities and virtuosic talents of Genevieve Lacey [recorders] and Karin Schaupp [guitar] in a program that spans from the Renaissance to the present day, from sonatas to folk songs and much more.
Together they have established an enviable reputation both within Australia and internationally.
They have been performing as a duo since 2004 and are highly acclaimed for both for their individual musicianship and the close musical rapport they convey as performers.
- St Mary’s Anglican Church, Norton St, Ballina,
- Thursday, 23 September, 2010
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: Adult $30, concession $25, student [including TAFE & SCU] $15
- From Lismore Music Magellan St [66213105]
- La Boutique, River St, Ballina
- At the door
PICTURE: Karin Schaupp and Genevieve Lacey.
Primary schools visit NPWS Aboriginal Art Award for NAIDOC Week
July 5, 2010
Around 240 primary school children from 12 schools in the Northern Rivers Region were treated with a tour of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Aboriginal Art Award at Lismore Regional Gallery as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations.
NPWS Neighbour and Community Relations Ranger Kerrie Battese said NAIDOC celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Tweed Mayor refuses permission for hanging of painting
June 10, 2010
Mayor of Tweed Councillor Warren Polglase has refused permission for a local artist’s artwork to hang in the Murwillumbah Library.
Councillor Polglase said the library was not an appropriate venue for the confronting artwork by Nobbys Creek artist Chris Degenhardt.
The subject matter of the artwork, titled ‘The Invasion’, is the 2009 Repco World Rally which was held in the Tweed and Kyogle shires last year.
The painting features a bloodied koala apparently killed by a Rally car, a woman crying next to a crashed car and two characters dressed as Nazis in threatening poses.
Public invited to exhibition to support local dolphin research
June 9, 2010
Members of the public are invited to the launch of a new exhibition, ‘To the Sea’, this Saturday evening, June 12, at the Byron Bay Community Centre aimed at raising money for local dolphin research projects.
More than 20 artists and photographers have donated pieces to the exhibition which is aimed at raising funds for Southern Cross University’s Dolphin Ecology and Acoustics Project and its two newest programs, ‘Adopt-a-Dolphin’ and ‘The Dolphin Sighting Network.’
Traditional Indigenous weaving on show in Lismore
May 27, 2010
Since November 2009 a group of women from the Casino area have been meeting at weekly weaving workshops. A new exhibition opening this week presents a fantastic showcase of their work.
Under the guidance of local ACE weaving teacher Katrina Kelsey, the Casino-based Wake Up Time women have been creating baskets, dilly bags and sculptural forms made from local grasses, hand-dyed in colours derived from local plants as well as commercial raffia to add strength.
Ms Kelsey explained that the group collects most of the materials they work with from the bush around Casino, taking them back to Oaks Community Centre, to prepare for weaving.
Working with such accessible materials is cost-effective, helping to ensure the sustainability of the project well into the future.
Tony Duke is the new CEO of Arts Northern Rivers
May 23, 2010
The region’s peak body for arts and culture, Arts Northern Rivers, has announced Tony Duke as their new CEO, replacing founding CEO Lois Randall.
Out of Africa to the verdant valleys of the Northern Rivers, Tony has just arrived back in Australia following a year spent in Ghana, where he was employed as Executive Director of Culture and Development International, organising the 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Development.
Throughout his career he has worked in the arts and creative industries, taking on diverse roles and projects across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, publishing, festivals, community cultural development and community broadcasting, in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico and Ghana.
2009 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize to visit Northern Rivers Community Gallery
May 20, 2010
The Northern Rivers Community Gallery will host the 2009 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize.
The exhibition begins on Wednesday 26 May, with the official launch on Friday 28 May at 6.00pm.
Northern Rivers artists represented at Art Melbourne
April 21, 2010
Eleven Northern Rivers artists will be represented at Art Melbourne 2010, one of the largest and most exciting art fairs in the country.
Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, will represent local artists John Cottrell, Katka Adams, Hilary Hermann, Michelle Dawson, Rodney Black, Shane Martin, Kellie O’Dempsey, Nikky Morgan, Rick Shearman, Alberto Sanchez and Ross Tamlin, at this prestigious arts event, which takes place at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, from Thursday April 22 to Sunday April 25.
