Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
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Back to Our Roots
It’s been well over twenty years since Keven Oxford decided to put together a festival of blues acts and share his passion for music with Byron Bay locals. Since the late seventies, Keven Oxford, his wife Karin Woods, and their good mate Dan Doeppel were responsible for bringing an outstanding lineup of international and national touring artists to the north coast of NSW. Regular shows at The Lismore City Hall, Ballina Theatre and The Everglades (now Byron @ Byron) treated locals to a calibre of music usually reserved for Australian capital cities. In 1978 Keven […]
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Swell Sculpture Festival-Review in photos
Every year in September, the sandy strip along the foreshore at Currumbin Beach comes alive in a visual spectacular of form, colour and movement. Celebrating its tenth year, the Swell Sculpture Festival showcases sculpture in all shapes and sizes made from a diverse range of materials and entices hundreds of thousands of visitors to attend this popular coastal community event. Swell has become a leading artistic event with artworks from both local and international artists and is now the largest sculpture exhibition in Queensland. Director of the Swell Festival , Natasha Edwards worked closely this […]
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Bleach 2013
The Gold Coast has long been renowned as the global home of surf and beach culture and the Bleach* Festival was created to celebrate this culture in all its forms. With over forty events and across sixteen days, the Bleach* Festival features art, music, theatre, food, fashion, lifestyle and surf. Held annually in February and launched before the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro, the 2012 opening event saw the streets lined with fashion market stalls, a stage with tunes rocking all day, street theatre and workshops. It also featured the world premiere performance of The Surfer […]
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The Analogue Creative Digital Conference
The Analogue Digital Creative Conference is a guiding light for all students studying the creative industries within regional Australia. Featuring inspiration from artists, directors and founders from the worlds most sought after companies, including Brendan McKnight, editor of desktop magazine and Numskull, (pictured) an Aussie based artist, working in painting, sculpture, illustration and outdoor murals. Showcasing eight presenters, three panels, an events dinner and an events after party. Book now for the Analogue Digital Creative Conference to be held on the Gold Coast on 12th October 2012. Website: Analogue Creative Digital Conference
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Lismore Regional Gallery
Lismore Regional Gallery is the fifth oldest regional gallery in New South Wales supporting the Lismore City, Byron Bay, Bangalow, Nimbin, Lennox Head, Casino and Kyogle communities. Lismore Regional Gallery began in 1953 as a result of the formation of the Lismore Arts Trust. The Gallery’s program reflects the social, historical, creative and cultural aspects of the region. With a collection featuring significant Australian artists such as Margaret Olley, Lloyd Rees, Albert Namatjira, Thea Proctor, Lindy Lee and Kevin Connor and well-known artists from the Northern Rivers region such as Jan Davis, Bronwyn Bancroft, Angus […]
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Wilson Visual Arts Award and Exhibition
A vehicle to showcase the talent of local and national artists and to promote Lismore’s role as a leading arts destination. Established in 2012, The Wilson Visual Arts Award, under the auspices of Trinity Catholic College, is a vehicle to showcase the talent of local and national artists, to recognize top artists for their achievements in the field of visual arts, and to expand, promote, and document Lismore’s role as a leading arts destination. Open 10am – 6pm 23-25 August 2012 Opening night Friday 24th at 6.30pm tickets $30 bookings essential (02) 66276600 Trinity Catholic […]
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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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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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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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WALLAPALOOZA 2012
Stunts, art and metal music. CIA owner and Wallapalooza event founder Andy Clark is always challenging the event to be bigger and better and this year this rule has been taken to new heights !! The line up of 13 bands, freestyle stunt show from the amazing Jack Field and the Flair Action Sports team, live painting exhibition for Kaitlin Hawkins, tattoo comp, Jim Beam Girls and busker comp, makes for a full day of exciting entertainment for all who attend, and entry is free !!! Clark says the festival will be broken up into […]
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Eco exhibition to raise erosion awareness at Kingscliff
Coastal erosion is not a geographically isolated event with many low-lying areas increasingly threatened by rising seas. The massive coastal erosion that has impacted upon the tourist town of Kingscliff on the far north coast of NSW has been chronicled into a body of work by photographers Michael Bryant and Tracy Jay. As a participating venue in the Queensland Festival of Photography 4, Curious Art Gallery at Chinderah will present an exhibition of Bryant and Jay’s photographs titled The Hungry Ocean. The exhibition aims to promote awareness of the local issue as a microcosm of […]
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Brian Setzer jump starts Byron Bluesfest
Brian Setzer has always been a rebel. When England was immersed in the punk rock sounds of the 80’s, Setzer and his American mates sold up their gear and bought a plane ticket. They howled onto the scene as the Stray Cats, bringing driving rockabilly licks, heart-thumping standup slap bass and a heavy snare drum back-beat. During the 90’s, Setzer rioted among the zoot suits, styling a 17-piece swing orchestra to back his blistering jump blues guitar. This assembly earned him his 8th Grammy nomination for best classical crossover album (Setzer has won three Grammy […]
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Norpa jumps aboard live theatre at Lismore train station
Railway stations are places of the heart, where life’s journeys begin and end, where hellos and goodbyes remain locked in time. When the Lismore station closed in 2003, more than 250 people turned up to protest the closing of the rail service. Now, Lismore Station is being brought back to life by Julian Louis and the team at Generator, NORPA’s Creative Development Program. Railway Wonderland will have its World Premiere March 27th-31st, 2012. Take your seat under the stars and immerse yourself in a dreamy wonderland of strange encounters, wild stories, half-truths and bare-faced lies. […]
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Tweed River Gallery celebrates the diversity of printmaking
To celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Print Council of Australia, forty-five contemporary artists were invited to create a work using the printmaking technique of their choice. The results have been curated by established artist printmaker Rona Green into a touring exhibition; Familiar Unfamiliar. The exhibition will be on show at the Tweed River Art Gallery from Friday 11th May until Sunday 24th June, 2012. Showcasing the diversity of printmaking and giving the public an insight into the extraordinarily varied nature of print media, Familiar Unfamiliar will include works from artists Deborah Klein, Jazmina Cininas, […]