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National Cultural Policy
The Federal government has released the National Cultural Policy discussion paper.
Please find below the link to the Office for the Arts where you can download the paper and also make a submission.
For more information:
w: culture.arts.gov.au
Award Winners
Congratulations to Linda Peacock from Burke Museum, Beechworth for picking up a Museums Australia (Victoria) award in
Melbourne recently. Corowa Shire Council were also recognised for their inaugural Festival of Fun for Kids. Keep an eye out
for the festival again next year.
Introducing the Cube Wodonga
The Cube Wodonga was selected as the new name of the Arts, Community and Entertainment Centre (ACEC).
The venue replaces the Wodonga Civic Centre in Hovell St and will become a centrepiece for the city’s central business district once construction is completed.
For more information:
Border creativity explored online
RMIT student Tim Denshire-Key is currently working on a project focussing on encouraging creative outlets for young people in regional areas.
For more information:
w: www.projectalbury.wordpress.com
New Australian Curriculum for the Arts
The Arts will be given a central place in the new Australian Curriculum with the recent release of a shaping paper setting out how drama, dance, music, visual arts and media arts will be studied in all schools.
For more information:
Movie filmed locally
Filming for a major new Australian movie based on the singing group “The Sapphires” commenced in late August.
The movie tells the story of a group of Aboriginal women plucked from the obscurity of an Aboriginal mission in the 60s. The production team have set up an office in Albury and using local talent will be filming in Henty, Culcairn and Corowa.
Wodonga, Albury councils launch joint community guide
Wodonga and Albury councils have developed an improved online community guide for Border residents. The Albury Wodonga Community Guide provides the details of more than 1200 organisations, across 33 categories.
Enhanced features of the new guide include Google map integration, full contact details of each organisation and the ability for groups listed to update their own information. Individual listings and categories can also be easily printed and emailed.
Those who do not have access to the internet are encouraged to use the free internet services available through the council libraries, or contact the council staff for assistance.
Hard copy versions of the complete guide are available at the council offices.
For more information:
w: www.awcommunityguide.com.au
Indigo 2030 Visual Art Prize and Short Story Competition
Competitions close: October 28 2011
Visual Art Prize: Express yourself visually with the Indigo 2030 Visual Art Prize. Draw, paint, photograph, stitch or shape your ideas about what you see for the place where you live in the year 2030 and beyond.
Theme for Visual Art Prize:
It’s 2030 - Do you see what I see?
Exhibition: The Indigo 2030 Visual Art Prize exhibition will be held November 2 – 13, 10am to 4pm at Yackandandah Public Hall, and in Rutherglen Memorial Hall, November 18 – 20.
Short Story Competition: Tell us a story set in Indigo Shire in the year 2030 and start it with one of the sentences provided. There is no minimum word requirement. Write a fantasy, a futuristic memoir, a poem or a play and share with us your ideas about what you see for the place where you live in the year 2030.
For more information:
w: www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au
Launch of National Indigenous Art Prizes Competition
Open: September 2011
Indigenous artists now have a new opportunity to artistically communicate the cultural and environmental value of wetlands and waterways to a national audience.
WetlandCare Australia in partnership with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and the Queensland Wetlands Program is pleased to announce the launching of the inaugural Indigenous Art categories in the WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition 2012
For more information:
Contact Liz Hajenko
Wetland Care Australia
t: 02 6681 6169
w: www.wetlandcare.com.au
Ashfield Artist in Residence
Applications close: Friday 16 September 2011
Ashfield Council invites rural, remote & regional Australian artists to submit an application for residency in Ashfield. The artist will stay at the historic Thirning Villa & will be paid an allowance of $200.
For more information:
Contact Anthia Hart
t: 02 9716 1866
e: info@ashfield.nsw.gov.au
w: www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au
Regional NSW music residency for musicians with disability
Applications Due: Monday 19 September 2011.
Applications for Rewriting the Score are invited from professional musicians who experience disability, practicing in all genres from across Australia. Orange Regional Conservatorium, in partnership with Accessible Arts, is offering this opportunity to promote inclusive performance opportunities and collaborations that include musicians with and without disability working together
For more information:
Rewriting the Score
Contact Belinda Quince,
Events & Promotions Officer,
Orange Regional Conservatorium
t: 02 6361 7974
e: events@orangecon.org.au.
Pfeiffer Wines hosts Artists Affair 2011
Wednesday 21 September & Saturday 15 October 2011
Local artists/art enthusiasts are invited to visit Pfeiffer Wines & paint, draw, sketch or photograph your “pfavourite” winery scene. Completed works can be exhibited at Pfeiffer Wines Arts Show 2011
Time: 10am-4pm
Cost $25.
For more information:
Contact Ailsa
t: 02 6033 2805
Colour My World Art Competition
Applications close: Friday 14 October 2011
‘Colour My World’ Art Competition is open to people with a disability living in regional NSW & are currently attending a disability service. Entry is free and all artwork must be the Artists original work.
For more information:
w: www.challserv.org.au
Last Updated 05/09/2011
