news Potters’ connection to community inspires work
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tery Studio. The exhibition runs from 13 May 2016 to 22 June. The official opening will be held on Friday evening at 6pm and all are welcome. Also showing in the Butter Factory are paintings by Sunshine Coast landscape
artist June McCotter, who started her creative career as a potter. As she puts it, she was a potter “until the painter in her transcended from pot decorator to serious artist”. June’s exhibition is titled Cultivation of Memories.
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Cooroy Potters Group members take a final look over their exhibition artworks. L-R Monika Juengling, Julie Wall, Pam Walsh, Robin Taylor, Pottery Studio Ceramics Technician Mal Butterworth (at back), Harry Crap and Lin Dillon. A GROUP of hinterland potters have looked to their community for inspiration in their upcoming exhibition which opens this Friday (13th May) at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre. The exhibition, titled Belonging and Association of Place, saw the Cooroy Potters’ Group look closely at what connects them with their local environment. Monika Juengling has drawn on elements of the current Cooroy Butter Factory site and its indig-
enous history as a traditional meeting place, with her works titled “Sound of the Elders”. Another artist Sandy Viney has looked to the patterns in the night sky and worked from photographs to bring those images into her glazing. Long-term group member Pam Walsh, has drawn on images of local landmarks and said initial preparation for the exhibition saw the group talk about their connection to place and what it meant to them.
“We are excited about this exhibition which is deeply personal to each of us,” Pam said. “Belonging to community and associating with place are key ideals of the Cooroy Potters and our feelings of pride in belonging to a welcoming hinterland community are echoed in our diverse creations”. The Cooroy Potters group has been meeting informally for ten years, and more regularly over the last four years. The community potters meet each Friday at the Butter Factory Pot-
MEET every 2nd and 4th Wednesday morning 9:30am to 11:30am at 2 Mary Street, Cooroy – The Cooroy Scout Hall just past the Library on the left Sunshine 60 & Better Group Inc. is a healthy ageing program designed to meet the expressed needs of older people in local settings. 60 & Better is a state wide program that was developed in recognition of the need to proactively address health issues related to Queensland’s rapidly ageing population. Our program is dedicated to actively pursuing the philosophy of empowering older people to obtain a quality lifestyle, good health and feelings of general well being. We provide a variety of activities to keep the mind and body active. Activities include: Belly Dancing, Mah Jong, Gentle Exercise, Craft, Tai Chi, Cards, Computer Classes (Basic & Photo Editing), Art Classes, Guest Speakers, monthly Barbeques and more. Groups meet at Caloundra, Coolum, Cooroy, Imbil, Maroochydore, Kawana, Nambour & Noosaville. For more information, phone 5444 5833, email admin@sun60.com.au or visit our website www.sunshine60.org.au
Cooroy Aglow MOTHER’S Day meeting on Friday the 20th of May at 9.30am at the Anglican Church Hall corner of Tewantin Rd and Miva St Cooroy. Admission $6 - includes morning tea.
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