JUL-DEC 2024
Monika McInerney
Director and Co-CEO moni@belcoarts.com.au
Jack Lloyd Executive Director and Co-CEO jack@belcoarts.com.au
Michele Grimston Gungahlin Programs Officer michele@belcoarts.com.au
Linda Buck
Kelly Thorburn
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
Our
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Artistic
Technical Manager linda@belcoartscomau
Marketing Manager (Acting) kelly@belcoarts.com.au
Contents From the Artistic Director 1 Exhibitions | July to August 3 Exhibitions | August to October 7 KALEIDOSCOPE III 10 National Threatened Species Day 13 Exhibitions | December to February 15 Our Town | Celebrate Gungahlin Festival 18 Hirer Workshops 23 The Shop 26 OVER SEAS 2 NAIDOC in the North 5 INFUSE 9 Exhibitions | October to December 11 Dear Forests... 14 Gungahlin Arts 17 Venue Hire 21 Smith’s@Belco 25 Calendar 27 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
Front cover: Lost Fort (detail) by Justin Wasserman
Left: Barn Owl (detail) by Rebecca Tapscott
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Right: Limnology (detail) by Dianne Firth
Welcome to a new season at Belco Arts
We are very much looking forward to the second half this year’s program. You can be assured that when you visit us at Belconnen Arts Centre or visit the Gungahlin region, you will find something to feed your imagination and excite your creative spirit. We are delighted to be able to provide you with a gorgeous banquet of opportunities to fuel your love and engagement in the arts
We delight in sparking your imagination, in providing opportunities for you to nurture your creative curiosity through our diverse suite of exhibitions, community celebrations, live music program, and other arts 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 and feed your imagination
Our programs continue to grow and evolve, so keep up to date with all we do through our e-bulletin or website: belcoartscomau
Monika McInerney Artistic Director & Co-CEO, Belco Arts
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July Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 12 July 2024
Exhibitions continue: 12 July – 25 August 2024
Reclamation: Stories of Thrivival
Wallabindi
Pivot Gallery
First Nations artist Wallabindi presents an eclectic, evocative and unique collection of mixed media works.
Image: Rising of the Feminine (detail) by Wallabindi
Murrook
Krystal Hurst
West Gallery
Krystal Hurst explores the state of happiness through bush-dyed fabrics, basketry and adornments that respond to the coastal land and seascapes of Worimi and Biripi Country.
Image: Weaved necklace (detail) by Krystal Hurst
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ARTIST
WORKSHOP: Making Bitjuru with Krystal Hurst 1pm-2:30pm Sun 14 Jul | $80 Belconnen Arts Centre
Bloodlines
Jessika Spencer
Generator Gallery
Bloodlines explores life as a young black woman, demonstrating how that is both heavy and light at the same time.
Image: Untitled (detail) by Jessika Spencer
Respecting Country
William Walker
The Nook
'Respecting Country' brings a sense of what it was like back in the Dreamtime, of how tribes lived harmoniously with the Land and the Animals.
Image: Passing down knowledge (detail) by William Walker
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July Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 12 July 2024
Exhibitions continue: 12 July – 25 August 2024
Yurwang Bullarn
Strong Women’s Group
Window Gallery
This body of works explores and celebrates the group’s cultural identity and heritage through clay, while enhancing their skills in ceramics
Image: Untitled (detail) by Strong Women’s Group
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September Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 30 August 2024
Exhibitions continue: 30 August – 13 October 2024
Light & Shade: A Visual Exploration
of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Donna Lawrence
Pivot Gallery
This exhibition challenges the stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder, through an experimental and interactive journey of visual and conceptual language.
Image: Untitled (detail) by Donna Lawrence
Over Seas
Open exhibition
Generator Gallery
Migrants to the Canberra community share their experiences, from traditional art forms to contemporary perspectives, and from the political to the personal.
Image: Migration (detail) by Kirandeep Grewal
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ARTIST IN CONVERSATION:
Kerry Martin
2pm Sat 28 Sep | FREE
Belconnen Arts Centre
The Materialisation of Testament
Kerry Martin
West Gallery
This exhibition seeks to provide another platform to examine the Catholic Church’s disturbing history of child sexual abuse in Australia.
Image: Guilty (detail) by Kerry Martin
The Walls Once Built
Holly O’Meehan
Window Gallery
In an attempt to reclaim the landscape, this speculative future see’s native Australian parasitic flora species collectively evolve in order to overcome their biggest competitor; humans.
Image: Untitled (detail) by Holly O’Meehan
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2024 Infuse – Connections with the Natural World
Led by professional artists, our free Infuse workshops are suitable for all levels of creative experience. From inspiring awe and wonder for nature through stitching, drawing and watercolours; to exploring creative techniques that use recycled materials for less impact on the environment. Learn how to more fully connect with nature in your creativity!
Our free Infuse workshops are just one part of the larger Infuse program. Belco Arts works with artists every day to realise their ambitions and connect them with the community. Through Infuse, you can donate directly to Belco Arts and boost our whole program. This is the perfect
FREEMonthly CreativeSessions inBelconnen, Gungahlin+ Whitlam* Become an Infuse donor today! belcoarts.com.au/donate Thanks to the Suburban Land Agency Mingle Program for generously supporting our Whitlam workshops.
* Infuse is supported by our generous donors
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ANOPEN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING LGBTQIA+PRIDE ENTERIES CLOSE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2024 BELCOARTS.COM.AU/ KALEIDOSCOPE-3
CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Image: Dionysus 1 (detail) by Dorian Reeves
October Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 18 October 2024
Exhibitions continue: 18 October – 1 December 2024
Poetry of the Lakes
Dianne Firth
Pivot Gallery
Inspired by local poets, Dianne crafted textiles to reflect two major lakes in the Canberra region: Lake Burley Griffin – a controlled human construct; and Lake George – a natural sink-lake, its water level influenced by the seasons.
Image: Reflections by Dianne Firth
KALEIDOSCOPE III: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride Open exhibition
Generator Gallery
In its third year, Kaleidoscope III is an open exhibition where LGBTQIA+ artists in Canberra and Australiawide can express their experiences of queerness, sexuality, gender, and unique individuality through art.
Image: Chromatic Concentric from the Pride Flag (detail) by Carlos Almenar Diaz, from Kaleidoscope II, 2023
ON JUL-DEC 2024
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ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION:
Lea Durie, Dianne Firth
& Justin Wasserman
2pm Sat 19 Oct | FREE Belconnen Arts Centre
Fortress
Justin Wasserman
West Gallery
A series of imagined fortresses, the form abstracted and reduced to a repeated symbol. Variations reflect shifting concepts, it is either a prison or a place of refuge. It offers protection and security, but also symbolises oppression or punishment.
Image: Red Arch (detail) by Justin Wasserman
Threads and Traces
Lea Durie
Window Gallery
In Threads and Traces, Lea considers place, stories and memory, seeking out the threads of story held in wild clays from Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. She goes beneath the surface on a sensory engagement.
Image: Threads of a Place (detail) by Lea Durie
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Image: PalmCockatoo(detail) byRyanColley(2023winner) CALL FOR ENTRIES Threatened Australian plants & animals 1 Habitats & ecosystems supporting them. 2. Conservation initiatives for protecting them. 3. Seeking photos featuring: belcoarts.com.au/threatened-species-2024 Entries close: Sunday 18 August 2024, midnight $1000 FIRSTPRIZE NATIONALTHREATENED SPECIESDAY 2024OPEN PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
Image: Rise of the green serpents (detail) by Diny Jones From EARTH unframed 2023 EXHIBITION: 6 DEC 2024 - 2 FEB 2025 CALL FOR ENTRIES ENTRIES CLOSE: MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2024 ENTER ONLINE: belcoarts.com.au/dear-forests An open postcard exhibition Dear Forests...
December Exhibitions
Opening: 6pm Friday 6 December 2024
Exhibitions continue: 6 December 2024 – 2 February 2025
HOLM, Puri Studio & Little River
Anindita Banerjee
Pivot Gallery
From little private moments of the everyday to grander formalised public occasions, Banerjee examines how the stories of the past, that are told in the name of memory, can alter our perception of the present.
Image: HOLM (detail) by Anindita Banerjee
Dear Forests...
An open postcard exhibition
Generator Gallery
Artists are being invited from throughout Australia to share in bringing a lens of focus on the world’s forests, the need for their safe keeping and preservation inclusive of the wildlife within.
Image: Tree of Calm (detail) by Juanita Moolman
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Grounded
Robyn Evans, Sabina Moore & Amanda Andlee Poland
West Gallery
Through drawing and sculpture, Robyn Evans, Sabina Moore and Amanda Andlee Poland produce sitespecific works that overlap ideas and practice.
Image: Rock Pools (detail) by Amanda Andlee Poland
Echoes in Absence
Rebecca Tapscott
Window Gallery
The exhibition offers an introspective experience in an extrospective space, representing a collective environmental legacy seven years in the making.
Image: Australian Raven by Rebecca Tapscott
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Gungahlin Arts: Creating community, one program at a time
It’s another big six months in the Gungahlin Arts program as we prepare for the next iteration of the Celebrate Gungahlin Festival, looking once again to showcase the vibrant and diverse creative and cultural milieu of the region
There are plenty of ways to get involved in your local community through our programs, including two open exhibition call outs, a range of fabulous hands-on Infuse workshops, groups such as the Migrant Women’s Art Group and With One Voice Choir, as well as the festival.
Our door is always open, whether you’re a Gungahlin region artist, or a local resident with ideas for how to nurture and expand the cultural life of our region. We always love to hear from you – after all, the program is built on community needs!
Michele Grimston Gungahlin Programs Officer
Robbie Karmel performs Headbowls at opening night of Inhabited exhibition in 2024.
Photo: Yasmin Idriss
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2024
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 Canberra region. It’s a chance to share skills and learn some new ones while also making friends and connecting with the wider community.
Image: Artists from the Migrant Women’s Art Group collaborating with Canberra Metro Operations and Transport Canberra. Photo: Canberra Metro
With One Voice Canberra Choir Tuesdays 6-7:30pm during term
Palmerston District PS, Palmerston
With One Voice Canberra Choir is a relaxed and supportive choir where everyone is welcome There are no auditions and no singing experience is required. Come for a free trial session any time
Image: With One Voice Canberra performing at the Palmerston District Primary School Fete in 2024. Photo: With One Voice Canberra
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Gungahlin Arts Register
Opportunities for storytelling
Sign up to the Gungahlin Arts Register so we can contact you directly to invite you to participate in opportunities for community connection and storytelling through the arts in your local community
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 Green Hee Sook Kim.
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Image: Gungahlin locals The New Black playing at Celebrate Gungahlin 2022. Photo: Andrew Sikorski
Venue Hire
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TALK TO US ABOUT HOSTING YOUR NEXT FABULOUS PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTION IN OUR CREATIVE, PURPOSE-BUILT VENUE.
Image: Tim Rogers performs in The Theatre at the Belconnen Arts Centre, as part of the initial Smith’s@Belco live music series in February 2024. Photo: Andrew Sikorski.
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 events and memorable performances.
Theatre Foyer
The Theatre Foyer provides premier 'wow factor' for your corporate cocktail mingle or small event.
Dance Studio Meeting Room
The Dance Studio is the perfect venue for dance, movement, health and wellbeing classes.
Central and accessible, the Meeting Room is purpose-built for small conferences, meetings, training sessions and workshops
Rehearsal Room
The Rehearsal Room is ideal for productive rehearsals and professional-quality small performances.
Generator Gallery
The Generator Gallery’s flexible, open-plan design provides a spacious and stunning private gallery experience for your next event.
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Venue Hire
Arts
Workshops presented by our hirers
Nia with Amanda Expressive body-mind-spirit movement practice
Zest Dance for Wellbeing
Proudly supported by Belco Arts
Simply Meditate Guided meditation sessions
West Coast Swing Audacity Dance
Mindfulness Stretching
Breathe and stretch your way to inner calm
Z-Axis Dance Brazilian Zouk
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Blueberries Dance, music and drama program for toddlers & parents
For kids:
have a variety of fantastic workshops and classes available through our wonderful hirers at
WHAT'S ON JUL-DEC 2024 24 Tiny Tutus Pre-school ballet classes
Russian language classes Astra Martial Arts Self-defence, fitness & mental well-being
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Canberra Youth Theatre Theatre ensembles for young artists, years 4–9
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Roller Fit Self-directed roller dance training
S M I T H ’ S @ B E L C O A BELCO ARTS & SMITH’S ALTERNATIVE COLLABORATION Live Music Australia – an Australian Government initiative WHAT'S ON JUL-DEC 2024 25 20 JUL Los Chavos with Kopasetic 7 AUG The Bushwackers s added regularly!
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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
With One Voice Canberra Choir
6-7:30pm | $150/$75/term Palmerston District PS
Resident Companies
blonde. jewellery workshops
Weekly classes | Enrol online Belconnnen Arts Centre
CIT Solutions short courses
Weekly classes | Enrol online Belconnnen Arts Centre
Marie-Cecile’s Music
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
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
1-4pmSat6Jul|FREE GungaderraHomsestead
12:30-3:30pmSat20Jul|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
Exhibitionopenings
6pmFri12Jul|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
NAIDOCintheNorth
11am-2pmSat13Jul|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
MakingBitjuru withKrystalHurst
1pm-2:30pmSun14Jul|$80 BelconnenArtsCentre
Smith’s@Belco:LosChavos withKopasetic
7pmSat20Jul|$35/$30 TheTheatre,BelconnenArtsCentre
August
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
1-4pmSat3Aug|FREE GungaderraHomestead
12:30-3:30pmSat10Aug|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
Smith’s@Belco: TheBushwackers
7pmSat17Aug|$49/$44 TheTheatre,BelconnenArtsCentre
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2024
Exhibitionopenings
6pmFri30Aug|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
ArtistsinConversation
LeaDurie,DianneFirth &JustinWasserman 2pmSat19Oct|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
Exhibition:Openphotographic 2024NationalThreatenedSpecies
Thu5Sep-11Dec|FREE Wildbark,MulligansFlat September
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
1-4pmSat7Sep|FREE GungaderraHomestead
12:30-3:30pmSat14Sep|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
12:30-3:30pmSat21Sep|FREE WhitlamMingleHub
ArtistinConversation
KerryMartin
2pmSat28Sep|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
October
Exhibition:OurTown ACelebrateGungahlinCommunity Exhibition
Tue1Oct-Sun27Oct|FREE MarketplaceGungahlin
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
1-4pmSat5Oct|FREE GungaderraHomestead
12:30-3:30pmSat12Oct|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
12:30-3:30pmSat19Oct|FREE WhitlamMingleHub
Exhibitionopenings
6pmFri18Oct|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
WHAT'S ON JUL-DEC 2024
CelebrateGungahlinFestival
11am-2pmSat26Oct|FREE GungahlinTownSquare
November
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
1-4pmSat2Nov|FREE GungaderraHomestead
12:30-3:30pmSat9Nov|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
12:30-3:30pmSat16Nov|FREE WhitlamMingleHub
1-4pmSat30Nov|FREE GungaderraHomestead
December
Exhibitionopenings
6pmSat6Dec|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
INFUSE:Creativeworkshops
12:30-3:30pmSat7Dec|FREE BelconnenArtsCentre
12:30-3:30pmSat14Dec|FREE WhitlamMingleHub
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