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Grants to keep Frankston lively after dark FRANKSTON Council has launched its “after dark” grants program to help local businesses trade at night. The grant pool totals $120,000. Council is offering up to 50 per cent of the costs of a night-time project. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said “enhancing Frankston City’s night-time economy through the establishment of a night-time activation grant will make an important contribution to the city in terms of economy,
image, reputation, creating jobs and in improving the experience of residents and visitors.” “A thriving and dynamic night-time offering comprises a range of experiences including dining, performances, after-hours workshops, live music, events, extended opening hours for shopping, nightclubs, twilight markets, sporting events and delivered by a range of diverse businesses and community groups,” he said.
Show a hidden gem THE Frankston and Peninsula Lapidary Club has hosted its annual gem show. The gem show was hosted at the Peninsula Community Theatre on the weekend of 27 August. Around 800 people turned up on the day to check out the offerings. The show is the club’s annual fundraiser. The club is currently raising money to help find a new home after its clubroom burned down in a fire last year (“56-year-old lapidary club faces homelessness” The Times 15/8/22).
Concepts must be submitted to council by 16 September. Apply at frankston.vic.gov.au/Business-andGrowth/Business-grants/InvestFrankston-After-Dark-ActivationGrant ARTIST bylulu with her winning painting. Picture: Supplied FRANKSTON residents getting out after dark. Picture: Supplied
Painting reflects life A PAINTING of a bird flying over the water has been judged the winner of the 2022 Oak Hill Gallery annual member’s exhibition. The gallery held its annual exhibition last month. The winning painting is the work of lulu Clifton-Evans, who exhibits under the name bylulu. The Frankston South artist said that her work was a “reflection on life”. “Reflections in nature are incredibly beautiful. But the concept of reflections, in both our lives and nature, offers a much broader scope for meditation and understanding,” she said. “It is a never-ending mystery and a subject that provides lots of scope for painting.” bylulu is a member of the Peninsula Studio Trail, the Mornington Peninsula Painting and Drawing Group, and the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Some of her work will be exhibited at the Peninsula Studio Trail exhibition between 23 September and 2 October, 91 Wilsons Road in Mornington. Contact the artist for commissions at art@bylulu.com.au.
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Frankston Times
6 September 2022
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