W H A T ' S O N B E L C O A R T S
JUL-DEC2023
Staff
Monika McInerney Artistic Director and Co-CEO moni@belcoarts.com.au
Jack Lloyd Executive Director and Co-CEO jack@belcoarts.com.au
Pat Miller Finance Officer pat@belcoartscomau
Michele Grimston Gungahlin Programs Officer michele@belcoarts.com.au
Linda Buck Technical Manager linda@belcoarts.com.au
Shan Crosbie Marketing Manager shan@belcoarts.com.au
Anni Doyle Wawrzynczak Production and Venue Hire Manager anni@belcoarts.com.au
Stephen Rose Technical and Operations Coordinator stephen@belcoarts.com.au
Keziah Craven Visitor Services Coordinator keziah@belcoarts.com.au
Contents From the Artistic Director 1 Kaleidoscope 2 Belco Arts acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land where we meet and work, the Ngunnawal people, and recognises all other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with connection to the lands of the ACT and region We celebrate and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of the ACT and region.
WHAT'S ON JUL-DEC 2023 Exhibitions | July to August 3 NAIDOC in the North 5 Venue Hire 9 Exhibitions | August to October 7 Gungahlin Arts: Connect 11 The Shop 13 Disclaimer: all information was correct at the time of printing Please check our website for the most up-to-date information: belcoarts.com.au Exhibitions | October to November No Place Like Home Workshops Hirer Workshops Saturday Afternoon Tunes 6 15 17 18 Exhibitions | December to February 19 Calendar 21 INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities24
Front cover: Community (detail) by Rebekah Lane Left: My Country 1 (detail) by Kayannie Denigan Right: PLASTICUS ORGANICUS (detail) by Shani Nottingham
Welcome to a new season at Belco Arts
Welcome to a new season and you can be assured that when you visit us at Belconnen Arts Centre or visit the Gungahlin region, you are sure to find something to feed your imagination and creative spirit. We are delighted to be able to reintroduce our program brochure to share the details of our banquet of arts opportunities across all we do.
Belco Arts is here to feed your creative appetite through our rich and diverse program of exhibitions, community celebrations and arts experiences 2023 welcomes new arrivals into our workshops: CIT Solutions presents an eclectic range of arts and crafts experiences for learning, experimentation, and enjoyment and blonde provides a relaxed environment for gorgeous ring making experiences.
Through our Gungahlin Arts Program, we extend our reach into the Gungahlin region. There are opportunities for you to make, sing to your heart’s delight, sit back, and be entertained or get absorbed in the visual feast of an artist’s imagination
We look forward to seeing you.
Keep up to date with all we do through our website: belcoarts.com.au
Monika McInerney Artistic Director & Co-CEO, Belco Arts
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Image: Exist with Pride (detail) by Rudie Darby.
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July Exhibitions
Resonant | Julie Bradley
Pivot Gallery
What originally started as an exploration into the effects of music on image making, became a deeper reflection on the language of music and its congruence with visual art.
Inherited | Rebekah Lane
Generator Gallery
"Inherited is my first exhibition and is a collection of works created over the past year. Inherited is closely tied to my personal journey of identity, and what I describe as filling in big ‘holes’ inside, through connecting with unknown family members, culture, place, languages, stories, and knowledges"
Image: Duet by Julie Bradley.
Photo: Andrew Sikorski.
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Image: The Pocket by Rebekah Lane
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Opening: 6pm Friday 7 July 2023
Exhibitions continue: 7 July - 20 August 2023
Reflections of Country
Kayannie Denigan
West Gallery
Reflections of Country is inspired by Kayannie’s dual connections to Central Australia and Cape York Her vibrant, colourful art explores the rainforest, beaches and rivers of Far North Queensland and the stunning deserts of her Luritja heritage.
“ngadhi murangidyal” My Healing
Josh Evans
Window Gallery
"The theme for this exhibition is ngadhi murangidyal – “My healing”. This shows the story of how I connect to Country, Culture and my Ancestors of Wiradjuri ngurambang (Wiradjuri Country) whilst living away."
Image: Boree Clap Sticks by Josh Evans
Image: Bimay Ka (detail) by Kayannie Denigan
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NAIDOCINTHE NORTHSAT8JUL 2023 FREE FAMILY FUN! 11AM-2PM SAT 8 JUL 2023 BELCONNEN ARTS CENTRE Artwork elements by Bek Lane Ginyaang Art NAIDOC in the North is produced by Belco Arts in partnership with Yerrabi Yurwang Child and Family Aboriginal Corporation, ACT Community Services Directorate and Northside Community Service with support from Icon Water and the ACT Education Directorate
AfternoonSATURDAY TUNES WINTERSERIES CORNERSTONE PUB, HINDER STREET GUNGAHLIN 3-5PM SAT 24 JUN, 29 JUL & 26 AUG 2023 FEATURING:STELLAEVE+ANNAELISARA+RUTHO’BRIEN+CRESWICK (SUMMER SERIES LINE-UP COMING SOON ONLINE) FREELIVEMUSIC WITHGUNGAHLINARTS Image:FreelingsperformingatSaturdayAfternoonTunes2021
August Exhibitions
Wise Parliament | Sally Blake
Pivot Gallery
"Wise Parliament is an exhibition of the world’s owl species in drawings. It continues my exploration of peoples’ relationship with nature, and the impacts of human-induced environmental damage."
Image: Tawny Owl (detail) by Sally Blake
End Point of the Silk Road
Dr. Tanaka
Generator Gallery
The artwork in the End Point of the Silk Road exhibition is painted following the historic tradition of copying sutras by hand on Japanese paper dyed navy blue with gold paint. It represents the southern staircase of the Nigatsu-do Hall in the Tōdaiji temple complex in Nara.
Image: End Point of the Silk Road (detail) by Dr. Tanaka.
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Opening: 6pm Friday 25 August 2023
Exhibitions continue: 25 August - 8 October 2023
We Need to Talk
Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra
West Gallery
We Need to Talk showcases the work of staff and affiliates from the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra.
Image: Hoard (detail) by Frederick + Hayne
PLASTICUS ORGANICUS
Shani Nottingham
Window Gallery
"Bread-tags are an abundant waste material, a polluting product that I reclaim and transform, moving past their initial purpose/life span to become something possessing value and meaning, provoking responses and creating a space for dialogue about single-use plastic and waste."
Image: PLASTICUS ORGANICUS (detail) by Shani Nottingham.
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Venue Hire ATBELCOARTS
TALK TO US ABOUT HOSTING YOUR NEXT PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTION IN A CREATIVE, PURPOSE-BUILT VENUE TO SET YOUR EVENT APART.
PHOTO: ANDREW SIKORSKI
Venue Hire at Belco Arts
Talk to us about your next event:
(02) 6173 3335 | hire@belcoarts.com.au
www.belcoarts.com.au
The Theatre
The Theatre is located on the shores of Lake Ginnninderra and is perfect for unique, memorable events.
Theatre Foyer
The Theatre Foyer is a premier new venue in Belconnen. If you’re looking for “wow factor,” the Theatre Foyer will fit the bill.
Dance Studio
The Dance Studio is the perfect venue for dance, movement, health and wellbeing classes.
Meeting Room
Central and accessible, the Meeting Room is purpose-built for small conferences, meetings, training sessions and workshops
Rehearsal Room
The Rehearsal Room is perfect for productive rehearsals and professionalquality small performances
Generator Gallery
With a flexible, open-plan design, the Generator Gallery will provide a spacious and stunning private gallery experience for your next function.
Gungahlin Arts Connect with your community
Migrant Women's Art Group
Tuesdays 10am-12pm during term
Common Ground, Gungahlin
The Migrant Women’s Art Group is a free group for women who have migrated to Australia and live in the Gungahlin region. It’s a chance to share skills and learn some new ones while also making friends and connecting with the wider community.
With One Voice Canberra
Tuesdays 7-8:30pm during term
Common Ground, Gungahlin
With One Voice Canberra is a relaxed and supportive choir where everyone is welcome. They are a small but growing group, excited to be the first and only choir in the Gungahlin region and are looking forward to welcoming more local singers into the choir community.
Image: Members of the Migrant Women’s Art Group at Celebrate Gungahlin Festival 2022 Photo: Andrew Sikorski
Image: With One Voice Canberra performing at the Yerrabi Pond Rotunda at Celebrate Gungahlin Festival 2022 Photo: Andrew Sikorski
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Learn more and register online: belcoarts.com.au
Thursday Creative Space
Thursdays 10am-12pm during term Common Ground, Gungahlin
Join Gungahlin Arts and carve out some weekly time for creativity in a safe and supportive environment Sessions will be lightly facilitated by professional artists, and there will be prompts and activities to help you get started if you need a bit of creative inspiration.
Gungahlin Stories
Eastlake Gungahlin
Presented by Gungahlin Arts, in partnership with Eastlake, Gungahlin Stories presents an everchanging exhibition display from artists and community members with a connection to the Gungahlin region.
Image: Gallery at Eastlake Gungahlin, featuring works by Jill Hayman. WHAT'S
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2023
Join blonde. at Belco Arts to design, make and walk away with two handmade sterling-silver or solid 9ct gold rings: belcoarts.com.au/blonde
Workshops presented by our hirers
There are a variety of fantastic workshops available through our wonderful hirers at Belco Arts:
Learn more and enrol online: belcoarts.com.au
For kids:
Mindfulness
Stretching
Breathe and stretch your way to inner calm
Zest Dance for Wellbeing
Canberra Youth Theatre Theatre ensembles (young artists in years 4–9)
Nia with Amanda
Expressive body-mind-spirit movement practice
Simply Meditate
Guided meditation sessions
Blueberries
Dance, music and drama program for toddlers & parents, brought to you by Dance Central
October Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 13 October 2023
Exhibitions continue: 13 October - 26 November 2023
Pivot Gallery
Shiver is an immersive, illuminated environment, a culmination of abstract, foreign organisms. We are reminded of the microscopic and hidden living worlds that surround us and, in many cases, live inside us.
The
Faith Kerehona
Generator Gallery
2022 Belco Arts Emerging Artist Support Scheme Award Winner
This exhibition will showcase cocreated artworks by Faith Kerehona and other artists/participants from all ages and stages of life.
Image: The Future Unfolds (detail) by
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Shiver | Michelle Day
Future Unfolds
Image: Shiver (detail) by Michelle Day This project is supported by the ACT Government
Faith Kerehona
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Remnants | Isobel Kennedy
The Nook
2022 Belco Arts Emerging Artist Support Scheme Award Winner
"Remnants is a body of work that stems from my curiosity with family photos and heirlooms. These items tie us to the people who came before and in turn connect our cestors to the present."
age: Remnants (detail) by Isobel Kennedy
KALEIDOSCOPE II
Celebrating LGBTIQA+ pride
West Gallery
Following the success of the inaugural Kaleidoscope exhibition in 2022, we are continuing to celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community and all the richness found in the multi-layering and diversity in ideas of what it means to be part of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Image: Exist with Pride (detail) by Rudie Darby.
ero Waste: Doing It mperfectly
ancy Lane
Window Gallery
"Since finding my first drawer on the street a few years ago, I have been contemplating different ‘drawer’ projects. In this exhibition, I use drawers conceptually in relation to sustainability and climate change."
Image: Worm Farm by Nancy Lane
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A monthly workshop series presented by Gungahlin and Woden Arts
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries | $25 per person*
*Bookings open one month prior to each workshop
No Place Like Home is a series of affordable workshops which offer Woden and Gungahlin residents the opportunity to connect with each other and their creativity close to home. Learn from local artists across all kinds of creative mediums and get a taste of new mediums to explore and take the next steps in your creative journey.
No Place Like Home is a collaborative program, brought to you by Gungahlin Arts and Woden Arts and supported by the ACT Government.
To learn more and register visit the Belco Arts webpage or contact us at hello@belcoarts.com.au or (02) 6173 3300.
Would you like to feature your work in The Shop? Contact us: shop@belcoarts.com.au
Discover
Shop online or in centre: shopbelcoartscomau
Artists featured: Sarah Bourke
Cecilia Castro
Little Tree Studio
Carol Dobson
Muddy Ducks Clay
Yuyuya Nampitjinpa
(One of Twelve)
Robert Schwartz
the handmade, bespoke and unique at Belco Arts.
December Exhibitions
Visual Expression
The Bunker Studio Artists
Pivot Gallery
Paintings, drawings and sculptures by The Bunker Studio Artists explore an individual visual expression strengthened by a supportive group’s diversity and inclusion.
Image: Ocean & The Nothing (detail) by Dennis Mortimer
Scenes from the Mall
Spiros Coutroubas
West Gallery
The portraits in this exhibition were all shot in the Belconnen Mall in 1989 and 1990 The exhibition comprises three distinct sets of work, each documenting people in different spaces in the mall. They show the more routine and functional aspects of daily life in these structured and artificial spaces.
Image: Belconnen Mall (1990) (detail) by Spiros Coutroubas
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Opening: 6pm Friday 1 December 2023
Exhibitions continue: 1 December 2023 - 11 February 2024
Hesitation | Eliza Adam
East Wall
"My work investigates time as it is registered in landscape, through light, growth movement and decay. I am interested in how past incidents have a direct and persistent impact on the present and how past actions and energies are retained and transferred in place."
Image: Hesitation (detail) by Eliza Adam
DISCRIMINATE | John Brookes
Window Gallery
"DISCRIMINATE takes a confronting and satirical look at how modernday media depicts people with disabilities and, in doing so, often inadvertently reinforces limiting preconceptions of the sector by the wider public."
Image: Artwork from DISCRIMINATE by John Brookes.
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Weekly
During workshop terms, see website for details and bookings.
Tuesdays
Migrant Women's Art Group
10am-12pm | FREE Common Ground, Gungahlin
ZEST: Dance for Wellbeing
Gungahlin
1:30-2:30pm
$12/class or $100/term
Eastlake Gungahlin
With One Voice Canberra
7-8:30pm | $75-$150/term
Common Ground, Gungahlin
Thursdays
Thursday Creative Space
10am-12pm
$5-$10/session or $40-$80/term
Common Ground, Gungahlin
Resident Companies
blonde. jewellery workshops
Weekly classes | Enrol online
Belconnnen Arts Centre
CIT Solutions short courses
Weekly classes | Enrol online
Belconnnen Arts Centre
Hiring Companies
Workshops for adults and kids
Weekly classes | Enrol online
Belconnnen Arts Centre
Monthly Calendar
See website for up to date details and bookings.
July
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 1 & 29 Jul | $25
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries
Exhibition openings
6pm Fri 7 Jul | FREE Belconnen Arts Centre
NAIDOC in the North
11am-2pm Sat 8 Jul | FREE Belconnen Arts Centre
In Conversation: Resonant
An Artist Talk with Julie Bradley
2pm Sat 15 Jul | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
Mx Burlesque ACT
Presented by Jazida Productions
8pm Sat 22 Jul | $60-$80
The Theatre, Belconnen Arts Centre
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 27 & Sat 29 Jul | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
Saturday Afternoon Tunes
3pm Sat 29 Jul | FREE Cornerstone Pub, Gungahlin
August
Kaleidoscope II entries due
Midnight Tue 1 Aug | $20 Entry
Open exhibition celebrating LGBTIQA+ pride
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INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
1-4pm Thu 3 & 24 Aug | FREE
Mingle Hub, Whitlam
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 5 & 26 Aug | $25
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 17 & Sat 19 Aug | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
Exhibition openings
6pm Fri 25 Aug | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
Saturday Afternoon Tunes
3pm Sat 26 Aug | FREE
Cornerstone Pub, Gungahlin
September
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 2 & 30 Sep | $25
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt
2pm Sat 9 Sep | $25
The Theatre, Belconnen Arts Centre
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 28 & Sat 30 Sep | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
October
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
1-4pm Thu 5 Oct | FREE
Mingle Hub, Whitlam
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 7 & 28 Oct | $25
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries
Saturday Afternoon Tunes
3pm Sat 7 Oct | FREE
Yerrabi Pond District Park, Gungahlin
Exhibition openings
6pm Fri 13 Oct | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 26 & Sat 28 Oct | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
November 1-4pm 2 & 30 Thu Nov | FREE
Mingle Hub, Whitlam
The Shiver Project
A workshop with Michelle Day
Sat 4 & Sun 5 Nov
Belconnen Arts Centre
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 4 & 25 Nov | $25
Gungahlin and Woden Libraries
Saturday Afternoon Tunes
3pm Sat 11 Nov | FREE
Yerrabi Pond District Park, Gungahlin
Pevan & Sarah in Concert
10:30am Wed 22 Nov | $20
The Theatre, Belconnen Arts Centre
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 23 & Sat 25 Nov | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
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December
Exhibition openings
6pm Fri 1 Dec | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
No Place Like Home Workshops
9:30am-12:30pm Sat 2 Dec | $25
Gungahlin Library
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
12:30-3:30pm Thu 7 & Sat 9 Dec | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
Saturday Afternoon Tunes
3pm Sat 9 Dec | FREE
Yerrabi Pond District Park, Gungahlin
INFUSE: Artists Strengthening Communities workshops
1-4pm Thu 14 Dec | FREE Mingle Hub, Whitlam
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Image: Shiver (detail) by Michelle Day
FREE Monthly Creative Sessions in Belconnen & Whitlam
See website for details
Infuse: Artists Strengthening Communities provides free, inclusive and heartfelt arts experiences to communities across the ACT region.
Infuse is supported by our generous donors, and by Whitlam Place Curation, a Woden Community Service and Suburban Land Agency creative and cultural development program
Become an Infuse donor today: belcoarts.com.au
Image: John Pratt with an Infuse class in 2022
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Image: Barn Owl (detail) by Sally Blake ThankstoourStrategicPartners
