ARTS
N OV E M B E R AT T H E B U T T E R FAC TO RY ARTS CENTRE
F E S T I VA L O F S M A L L H A L L S C O M E S TO C O O R OY
T H E LY N M C C R E A M E M O R I A L D R AW I N G PRIZE 2021
1 3 N OV E M B E R : Workshop - Coloured Portraits with Jandamarra Cadd 2 1 N OV E M B E R : Workshop - Art of Living with Ruth Horton 2 7 N OV E M B E R : Workshop - Alla Prima Painting with Lauren Jones
4 DECEMBER: Workshop – Watercolour Painting with Phil Egan MARKET - 10 DECEMBER: Butter Factory Arts Centre Christmas Market Butterfactory Arts Centre 11A Maple Street, Cooroy www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au
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FESTIVAL of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes some of the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists and sends them on the road to halls in communities all over Australia. Two fantastic artists are performing at Cooroy Memorial Hall this November. Andrea Kirwin is an Australian-Fijian Artist/Producer based in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. With a warm stage presence, retro soulful sound and a knack for storytelling, Andrea has been steadily building a national following since the release of her first album, ‘From the Ground Up’ in 2013. With her percussive finger tapping,
guitar playing wizardry, not to mention the alluring power of her voice, Tullara has an undeniable, uniquely endearing stage presence full of raw, powerful honesty, and swagger. This northern NSW homegrown artist – raised on a parrot farm - now based in Townsville, is taking the genre of Folk/ Roots to a whole new level. Eleanor Rigden, Producer, Festival of Small Halls says “This tour puts some serious miles on the tour van – and we love it. The artists on this tour have blown audiences away in some of Australia’s largest festivals, but they’re also just wonderful people. Festival of Small Halls celebrates the best in communities – we’re so privileged to be welcomed in by each community and shown the best of their town.” Cooroy Memorial Hall Friday November 26, 6.30pm www.festivalofsmallhalls.com/cooroy-2021/
PROMOTING excellence in contemporary Australian drawing, the Prize promotes drawing as a fundamental step in arts practice. This years’ finalists will be judged, and the winner announced during the official exhibition opening on Friday November 5 by Cooroy artist Lisa Adams. Lisa Adams is an artist living and working in Cooroy, Queensland. She is self-taught and is represented exclusively by Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Voting for The People’s Choice Award will be open until Sunday November 28. The People’s Choice Award winner will be announced on Monday November 29. November 5 – December 5 www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au
