Archive for July, 2012
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The Con Artists Handmade Markets
First Saturday of Each Month The Con Artists Handmade Makers Market is a new craft market featuring local artisans in collaboration with the Northern Rivers Conservatorium’s monthly ConCerts. The markets are held on the front lawn of the Conservatorium at the corner of Magellan and Keen Streets in Lismore, northern NSW on the first Saturday of each month from 10.00am. Northern Rivers Conservatorium corner of Magellan and Keen Streets, Lismore www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com.au
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The Channon Gallery
Located in the picturesque village of The Channon in the Byron Bay hinterland of northern NSW, The Channon Gallery is committed to the exhibition of fine Australian contemporary art to delight and provoke. The Channon Gallery compiles, exhibits and engages in the discourse of the human condition;it’s beauty and challenges. The gallery nurtures the exploration of contemporary culture through the thought and perception of the arts community and those who provide input into it. Until 5 August 201 Studies in Harmony and Tension Paintings and sculptures by Stuart Cussons manifest a simple aesthetic that belies […]
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Art on the Move
A great chance to see some local art and chat with the artists in a relaxed environment. Art on the Move is a group of established and emerging artists from Northern NSW, who exhibit at the Bangalow markets, every fourth Sunday of the month. The group exhibits a diverse range of fine art prints, paintings, glass objects, ceramics, photography and sculpture. Members include, Karyn Fendley, Caroline McKay, Leonie Jackson, Jacqueline King, Pam Patterson, Marika Bryant, David Kill, Nicole Zupanovich, Garry Barden and Soren Carlbergg. Bangalow Market Sundays Moller Pavilion at the Band end of the […]
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Northern Rivers Community Gallery
The Northern Rivers Community Gallery is a community exhibition space created through the refurbishment of the heritage listed former Council Chambers in Ballina. The gallery provides a centre for the arts and crafts in the region, with four gallery spaces that can be rented for exhibitions and cultural activities, and a learning centre. All artists, arts organizations and community cultural groups, particularly those in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW, are invited to submit a proposal to present exhibitions of paintings, sculptures, cultural heritage, fabric and textile art, pottery, ceramics, woodworks, jewellery, photography etc. Contact […]
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Curious Art Gallery
The Dance of Life features work by Dianne Smith with works by other Curious Artists. ‘The exhibition celebrates the journey of life with my father Floyd Lombardi and uncle Ray when I was living at the Navajo Trading Post adobe house on the Four Corners of America Navajo Reservation. The Rio Grande ran behind the Trading Post located just an hour from Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. It was early 1950’s and I was eleven years old. I grew up hearing many stories and gained insights into the Navajo culture and way of life which […]
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Earthlings From Outer Space
By Jeff Dawson Not all that far out from Roswell, deep in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada, tens of thousands of Earthlings slip through a portal. A kind of worm hole portal between the default world and their Home, the Playa. Many of these beings are not reptilian, many are not aliens, most do not look like you or me, well, not like me anyway, they are ‘Burners’. For eight days a year they cluster to recharge, then disperse back to the four corners (?) of the planet. Almost blending in with […]
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Interview with Barb Suttie
The Tweed region is known as the ‘Valley of Contrasts’ It offers an assortment of visuals to those inspired by nature… from oceans to forests, to the mountains and the river. With such an array of views to paint, sketch, or write about, it is no wonder that a great many artistic folk call it home. It’s a crisp June afternoon as I take the delightful drive along the Tweed Valley Way on my way to interview Murwillumbah artist Barb Suttie. Cruising beside the Tweed, I notice the silver ripples of a high tide gently […]
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State of Play
CEO of Arts Northern Rivers, Peter Wood gives an insight into the direction our region’s creative industries will take over the next three years. Arts Northern Rivers is the peak body for the arts and cultural sector in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. We are part of a statewide network of regional arts boards, dedicated to building positive futures for regional, rural and remote communities in New South Wales though the arts and cultural development. Arts Northern Rivers is a triennial client of Arts NSW and supported financially by the seven […]
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Tweed River Art Gallery
Coming exhibition Beauty from Nature showcases art by the Scott sisters. Experience exquisite illustrations of butterflies, moths, caterpillars and plants by two of 19th century Australia’s most prominent natural history artists. Beautiful and intricate, this stunning exhibition features delicate watercolours, which form a fascinating record of the lives of Harriet and Helena Scott. Uncover the captivating story of these two extraordinary women, whose love of nature, and tremendous skill in rendering its beauty, enabled them to distinguish themselves amid the male-dominated world of 19th century science. Exhibited are selected watercolour paintings created between 1846 and […]
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High Season: A Memoir by Jim Hearn.
HIGH SEASON Hedonism, heroin and humour, High Season: A Memoir by Jim Hearn gives readers a front seat view into the world of excessive appetites. High Season is a rollicking story of food, heroin, prostitution and celebrity. Jim Hearn cleverly weaves his life story around cooking an unscheduled 5-star lunch for Paris Hilton and friends on New Years Day at the peak of the high season in Byron Bay. Hearn provides his readers with a degustation meal on hospitality: its meaning, its limits and its excesses. This book could well have been entitled ‘When enough […]
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The Art of Making Music
Create’s Elle Hayter talks to custom guitar maker Jim Mills What first got you interested in designing and building guitars? I got tired of buying good quality guitars that weren’t playing up to their potential. How long does it take for you to build a guitar? Around three months if the weather doesn’t turn nasty and send the humidity sky high. What difficulties did you face when you first started building guitars? Everything was difficult from sourcing the materials and basic tools, to climate control, building methods, finishing techniques this could be a very […]
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Byron Bay Writers Festival
By Yvonne Rose Here in the northern rivers I have met so many creative people. A good percentage of these are would-be authors like myself, who spend large tracks of time beavering away at their next piece, dreaming of having their work read and appreciated one day. The beauty of writing is that its a one way communication for the writer, however when people do read your work you hope they can hear you and ‘really get’ what you are trying to convey. However, it happens that, converting the images in our heads, and […]
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The Adobe Creative Cloud
It started with 3.5 in floppies, then CDs, DVDs, and then the Suites era, now Adobe has gone to the cloud. Aidan Carlan looks at the pros and cons of Cloud entitlement. The Adobe Master Suite can now be purchased through membership of the Adobe Creative Cloud, with a 12 month contract that is $62.99 per month for the general public and just $24.99 for students and teachers. The age of app development, and cloud computing is about entitlement, and with the Creative Cloud you suddenly become very entitled. I received my confirmation email for […]
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Guild Wars 2 – It’s Nearly Here
Reviewed by Az de Silva For years the ArenaNet response to sequel requests was “When we’re ready.” The long awaited Guild Wars sequel is officially launching on Tuesday, August 28th 2012. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure to be a part of this amazing world, Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are massively multiplayer online role-play games (MMORPGs) developed by ArenaNet. As with Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 is free-to-play meaning there are no extra charges or subscription fees to pay. It’s a once-off game purchase with unlimited gameplay – […]