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NOVEMBER AT THE BUTTER FACTORY ARTS CENTRE
13 NOVEMBER:
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Workshop - Coloured Portraits with Jandamarra Cadd
21 NOVEMBER:
Workshop - Art of Living with Ruth Horton
27 NOVEMBER:
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
FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS COMES TO COOROY
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/
THE LYN MCCREA MEMORIAL DRAWING PRIZE 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
IT’S TIME TO RISE UP
Two amazing mums, one an author and one an aerials coach have collaborated on this masterpiece of a production. Rise Up - performed by the talented staff and students of local studio AerialCatz. The show is inspired by Annie Ant’s Awareness - a beautiful children’s book written by a local author Samantha Starshine.
The story follows Annie on her journey from anger to bliss as she learns through experience to understand the connection between her thoughts, feelings and actions. Through a beautiful combination of storytelling, music and apparatus - silks, lyra, hammock, trapeze, combination - this show will move and inspire the audience on many levels. We invite you join us to share this important and beautiful message of light, love and resilience. November 13, 1pm & 5pm. Cost $16 - $27 Suncoast Christian College, Woombye www.aerialcatz.com/events
Prestigious ceramic award hosted at Butter Factory
On Friday October 22 Ceramic Arts Queensland announced the Winner of the ‘2021 Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence’ at the exhibition’s Opening Event at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre. Nicolette Johnson with her vessel Nine Tendrils was the proud recipient.
The exhibition will host many wellknown ceramicists as well as a few new and exciting ones. Both the Butterbox and the Creamery will be filled with ceramic artworks in a myriad of forms and shapes from the finalists in the Siliceous Awards.
This will be the first regional gallery to host the exhibition so it is exciting for the Butter Factory Arts Centre to be the first regional host. The Butter Factory has a long standing history with potters as it boasts its very own pottery studio nestled alongside the historic building. The Arts Centre is proud to have a dynamic and thriving pottery community and throughout the year offers wheel throwing and hand building courses to beginner and advanced potters in the region. This award even features some of the Butter Factory’s own pottery members and will serve as inspiration to many of the emerging and established ceramicists in the community.
Dianne Peach, President of Ceramic Arts Queensland (CAQ) says “CAQ is committed to promoting and elevating the ceramic arts, not only in Queensland but nationally and this year’s 6th Award will be the largest prize Award to date, $7,000.” This year’s judge of the finalists is Diana Warnes, Head of Curatorial Projects at Home of the Arts, Gold Coast (HOTA).
Nicolette Johnson’s, Nine Tendrils
CAQ hopes that future awards may be mounted outside Brisbane in recognition of the vast regional and rural practice and appeal of ceramics. October 22 – November 28 Butter Factory Arts Centre 11A Maple Street Cooroy, FREE www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au
Celebrate the best in comedic talent
SUNSHINE Coast Comedy Festival celebrates the best in comedic talent and iconic coastal experiences, held over 4 massive days at 15 venues with 30 comedians, from November 11 to 14.
Kicking off on Thursday, November 11, the Festival will take over NightQuarter for the huge opening night Comedy Gala, followed by back to back shows every day at the dedicated Solbar Comedy Club, plus a plethora of side-splitting stand-up right across the region including Caloundra, Birtinya, Palmview, Pomona , Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Eumundi and Noosa.
Board the historic Spray of the Coral Coast for Sunset Stand-Up in Mooloolaba, cruise the Catalina with Mandy Nolan and Gordon Southern on the Noosa River, or take an award-winning Craft Brewery Tour with your personal host, comedian Dan Willis.
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be a stand-up comedian? Laughable is an emerging comic competition with three heats and one grand final event. This hugely popular event will see the winner take home $500 cash and a spot at next year’s festival. All tickets and event information available at www.sunshinecoastcomedyfestival.com Direct inquiries may be sent through to admin@sunshinecoatcomedyfestival.com
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11
The J Theatre, Noosa Junction 7pm Comedy Taster
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12
Majestic Theatre, Pomona 7pm Women like Us The Catalina, Noosaville 12-3pm Comedy Cruise
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13
Imperial Hotel, Eumundi 3pm Comedy Comp Heat #2 6.30pm Best of British 8pm Dusty & Ting Banana Bender Pub, Palmview 5pm Comedy Comp Heat #1 7pm Bent Comedy SoMa SoMa, Gympie 7pm Comedy Comp Heat #3 The J Theatre, Noosa Junction 7pm Fiona O’Loughin Solbar Comedy Club, Maroochydore 7pm Women like Us This is just a few of the events on the Sunshine Coast. Check out www.sunshinecoastcomedyfestival.com for more details! POMONA PHOTOGRAPHER HORIZON EXHIBITION NOW LIVE
OVER the past nine years, Pomona photographer Keith Hamlyn has been capturing portraits of people in the sea.
Explore this beautiful exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery from Friday Oct 15 to Sunday Dec 5, with a smaller collection of works also displayed in the lightboxes at Subtropic Studio, Caloundra.
The series I Sea U, which captures the locals of our community and their unique connection to the sea, saw Keith photographing a total of 61 people, all in an ocean setting over the past 12 months. Caloundra Regional Gallery, Free entry. www.horizonfestival.com.au
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OVER the past five decades, Noosa Arts Theatre has earned a valued reputation with our audiences for producing and presenting wonderful shows.
With so many great musicals and moments over the years), creating a celebratory show has been both a challenging and rewarding undertaking to determine the selection of songs making the final cut.
Noosa Arts Theatre are delighted with Encore! and trust you will find the musical
POMONA RAILWAY STATION GALLERY
Retrospection an exhibition by Jon Francis Carriage room November 6 to December 1 Up-cycle/recycle exhibition Scrap your trash Banana shed October 30 to November 17 Always something new at the gallery Supporting local artists for over 20 years
Pomona Railway Station Gallery 10 Station St, Pomona. Open 7 days Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 4pm Saturday to Sunday, 10am – 2pm Ph: 5485 2950 www.Pomonartgallery.Com tribute uplifting, entertaining and engaging.
A stellar ensemble of more than 25 people (including 16 performers singing 36 songs) have been assembled in creating Encore! and their combined commitment and artistry showcases the extraordinary talent we have here on our doorstep. Regulars will recognise some familiar faces amidst the cast, together with some exciting new performers.
Our heartfelt thanks to all the seen/ unseen/unsung heroes who have collectively combined their talents in breathing life into Encore! and all past productions.
So book a seat to enjoy each and every moment as we take our walk down memory lane and celebrate 50 years of musicals at Noosa Arts Theatre. Brava! Bravo! Encore! Cut price preview Nov 19 at 7.30pm. All tickets $23. Evenings Nov 25 - 27 at 7.30pm. Matinees Nov 20, 21 at 2pm. Adults $32, Concession $28, Member/Group $25, u18 $23. BOOK ONLINE noosaartstheatre.org.au or phone 5449 9343. Counter Sales: Tues to Fri 10am to 2pm. 163 Weyba Road, Noosaville
During this year’s Floating Land Festival local artists Bianca Tainsh and Katie Harris-Macleod performed alongside the cultural landscape of Lake Weyba. Those that made it to the 5 am opening performance witnessed a spectacular sunrise as the backdrop for a reflective ritual by the artists, honouring the spiritual landscape and starting work on a clay piece that will be completed following the festival journey. James Muller from Earthbase Media captured the performance.
ARTS & MINDS EXHIBITION
An outstanding display of excellence in creativity. Featuring groups in beading, botanical art, ceramics, creative artists, embroidery, life art, oils & acrylics, porcelain art and smocking. Noosa Arts and Crafts November 6-12, 9am to 3pm Opening November 5 at 5.30pm Wallace House, 1 Wallace Drive, Noosaville 5474 1211
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Art in extraordinary times
Artist, Darren White, has been part of Noosa Open Studios art trail for the past three years.
By Margie Wegener
RELAXING at sunset on the closing day of Noosa Open Studios, Peregian Beach artist Darren White opens up about this years art trail.
“People were truly curating their experience and because there are so many (artists) that works in everyone’s favour. If someone turns up to see your work it’s so intentional because they already want to see it. They have already engaged and looked further, and then it pays off. People want to be here and they want to understand my work and meet me or just see it in the flesh.”
Darren has been a part of Queensland’s biggest art trail for the past three years and attributes some of this years success to more people becoming familiar with his work but notes there were a lot of serious art buyers this year.
“I feel like this year more people were noticing and taking it seriously, unless it’s just my experience this year, but it feels like there were people who are truly looking to buy work.”
From the backyard of his home studio, relaxing with fiancé Claire and their two young toddlers we reflect on his recent success. It comes at a time where lockeddown Aussies are spending up on home renovations and art acquisitions, the benefits of which have flowed on to artists.
“We want to go buy art because we are not travelling. If you can’t go anywhere you spend your money on your home in some form, and art becomes some peoples form. Renovations are through the roof so then art is through the roof as well because some people have already renovated and now want to complete it. It just happens that I am getting more exposure and traction with art, at the same time that the virus has affected everyone.”
Online sales has been driving the demand for Darren’s work following an approach by Lucy Fenton, trend forecaster and curator of Fenton and Fenton, the online ‘go to’ for eclectic global art, homewares and furniture. The exposure increased his profile and commercial demand, delivering wider success. “I’ve just allowed it to come my way organically, because it’s the best way. But when that happened I already knew their impact and what a big deal it was. Everyone is paying attention to them, so that was an amazing moment.”
When I first met Darren in 2012 he was working as an industrial designer of medical equipment, just prior to he and Claire, a photo journalist, moving to live and work in France. Art was a side passion yet his unique talent was evident and he had already produced his first series of small landscapes on wood.
His free form, curious style and sentimental landscapes make it hard to quantify this artist with the analytical, logical industrial designer. How does one influence the other?
“I feel like it doesn’t at all. I feel like I just completely change my head space but I’m sure it has some impact. Maybe the main thing is in my materials. I really pay attention to materials. When I get settled on certain things I get stuck to the idea of how they work against each other, the friction when I am starting a painting. I really enjoy more friction. I’m sure that plays a part.”
More by chance than design, Darren’s muted, organic artworks complement current interior trends for earthy colours which take inspiration from natural elements.
“I mix my colours on the day. Mixing colour is part of the mood I guess. It’s all super enjoyable but mixing colour is really enjoyable. If you want to eat it then it’s the right colour!”
The meeting of colours, the expressive oil lines and the expertly built textures create evocative and rich landscapes reminiscent of coastal fringes and hinterland scenes. In Darren’s work there is a technical mastery that becomes as clearly evident as the tasty colour palette and misty-eyed nostalgic yearning. This could be the place where industrial designer and artist meet. www.darrenwhite.com.au
