|
Contact Chris Maguire: president@corangamitearts.com Corangamite Arts Postal Address: P.O. Box 298 Camperdown 3260 Click here to read the presidents report & welcome, January 2012. What´s on in our local Arts Community? Read the January 2012 Arts Matter Newsletter to stay informed! Become a member of Corangamite Arts to receive regular new event updates via email. Click here to download the Membership Form. Corangamite Film Society 2012 Autumn Season - Monthly Screenings Click here to download film society schedule & membership details. Either 5 or 10 night subscriptions. Kudos to Fiona Pugh & her String Students! Scroll down this page to see photos & news of the Josie Black awards... the winners are... ----------- facebook happenings & websites featured----------- Marion Manifold´s Website: marionmanifold.com Luke Plumb & Peter Daffy (aka Funky String Band) Online & Peter Daffy Guitars Annie Keil-Taggart´s Website: passionfisharts.com.au Join "CAMPERDOWN ARTS ACCESS" ON FACEBOOK a group started by Merrian Dennis! Merrian has a solo exhibition in Ballarat in May! She runs a Friday Art Session. Merrian opened the group with the following post/invitation: "Welcome to CAA .... a great way to share ideas, advertise up and coming creative events.......encompasses all forms of The Arts. Let us know what you are doing and help make The Arts even more visible in Camperdown !! Annie Keil-Taggart - 3 Day Workshop by Billy Marshall $90.00 per day is advertised there: 2 different workshops: Secrets Lies and Filmaking (one day seminar) & Making it New, Breaking the Routine (a poetry workshop that changes lives). Contact Annie at PassionFish Gallery 03 55932584 for more details. An amazing opportunity to work with Billy Marshall who is a driving force in film and writing in Sydney at the moment. Yonie Tiljak & Rebecca Mahony are also using facebook for their artwork & drama projects: Yonie has photography exhibited here and her Etsy Shop here... "Only if we understand will we care Only if we care will we help Only if we help will we make a difference... Beneath the trees I find my inspiration. All of the artworks within this shop are created by me and inspired by the wonderous enviroment..." (Yonie Tiljak) Rebecca shares a Camperdown Theatre Co. Group update: After the success of GODSPELL in 2011 Camperdown Theatre Company is excited to be presenting DIMBOOLA in May 2012. Directed by Cameron McAdam Dimboola is a raucus and hilarious wedding set in a small country town in the mid 20th century. This show is a theatre restauraunt style and we are putting it on in conjunction with Camperdown Football and Golf clubs, Cobden Golf Club and Kolora Noorat Football Club. Come along for a great night!! Tickets will be available at Laffs Camperdown and performance dates are 18th May Camperdown FNC, 19th May Cobden Golf Club, 25th May Camperdown Golf Club, 26th May Kolora Noorat FNC And stay tuned for a musical in the 2nd half of the year. It is an exciting year for us!!!!! ----------- if you want to share the corangamite arts page on your facebook or twitter account please use the link icons below ----------- Kudos to Fiona Pugh & Students! Fiona is nurturing professional concerts & developing a vibrant community of string specialists! Josie Black recipients Won $200 each for drama, art and music. Congratulations to Danielle Smith (Drama) from Timboon; Monique (Music) from Gnotuk pictured below right. 28 String students from Terang, Camperdown, Mortlake Colleges, Noorat PS and MRC performed at Johnstone Court in Terang on 10 December after Josie Black Presentation. Fiona´s string programs are growing rapidly! She also now has a woodwind teacher into Camperdown College. These musicians, along with Peter Daffy with Professional Concerts & the Tune-A-Week Musos as well as John Menzie´s Musical Happenings & the musicians who make up The Lakes & Craters Band... are all creating fantastic musical opportunities for students in our region... stay tuned!        
Roll out the red carpet for the Corangamite Film Society - starting their second season. The popularity of Thursday monthly films has blossomed with georgeous suppers and fine conversation! Are you a member? Camperdown Theatre Company monthly play readings, puppet theatre & productions, see newsletter for details. COBDEN PAINTING GROUP meets on Thursdays during school terms - $20 per term. STORYTELLING FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS with Pam Redgewell on Thursdays during school term at 11am. Held in the newly refurbished children´s section of the Camperdown Library, Manifold St Camperdown This is a free activity. Writers unite! Love your pen, play with words, the writers group invites new members... Gail Watson facilitates regular wonderful-word-wanderings, contact her for details. There is also a local book reading group: "The Leura Literati"... please see newsletter for further details on these activities. Tune-A-Week meets each Wednesday - a slow session with a new tune introduced each week, a great opportunity to learn new music! The Lakes & Craters Concert Band also meets weekly. Another terrific opportunity for enthusiastic musicians. F PROJECT! There is an exciting new website in the South-West which is promoting arts events & artists: www.fproject.org.au Corangamite Arts Committee has joined as a member so that our local events can be included on f project. Corangamite Film Society is also a member. It is a great site for all our local artists to link to - please check it out & add it to your favourites. You can read our project action plan for 2010-11 by clicking this link. To read about some of our larger community group projects. New participants always welcome. Do you want regular updates and invitations to the latest events? Become a Member here. Unique treasures on our doorstep! Local Visual Artists, Art Galleries and Regular Exhibition Spaces Need a unique gift? Have you been to explore... the treasures on our doorstep; John Irving - textiles, stone and ceramics: www.john-irving.com.au Michelle Shearer, Terang - warm glass studio: www.sandandfire.com.au Julie Davine, Skipton - pottery & sculpture studio: www.skiptongallery.com Joan Mahony - Lava Arts Gallery, Camperdown: 5593 3777 Marion Manifold - visit Marion's Website Gallery of Fine Art Yonie Tiljak - view Yonie's beautiful photography of nature - book available for purchase online. Yonie also has a beautiful green tree frog canvas bag for sale at zazzle! This page is dedicated to local art groups, artists, art events and inspirational local community organisations: writing groups | visual artists | silk painters | quilters | singers | instrument makers | theatre company | dance groups stone wall association | film makers | photographers | textile artists | print makers | paper making | kite flying | concert band darlington folk sessions | book club | children's art | pottery | play reading | poetry | glass making | garden art | woodwork Children - Families - LIVING ART FOR ALL AGES - Youth - Adults Click on photos below to enlarge. Corangamite Shire, in the heart of Lakes & Crater Country, has a thriving artist´s community. This website aims to network these groups and provide an active forum that aims to nurture and promote the many exciting creative opportunities we have in our very own community.                  
Please contact us if your are interested in further information regarding art events and art groups in Corangamite Shire. Special thanks to Shipwreck Coast Tourism for including us on their website: www.visit12apostles.com.au Write to us if you would like to list and link your local group or event to this page & our newsletter. Join our mailing list and stay informed; become a member of Corangamite Arts.  Lakes & Craters Band at their Music Camp Concert, Cobden 2009 Corangamite Arts is a local volunteer community organisation which initiates and manages local community cultural development projects in Corangamite Shire, providing a local hub and accessible creative network to the community. Originally established in 1981, many of its recent projects have linked arts and culture to economic development, the environment and heritage. We firmly believe that active participation in the arts contributes to individual vitality and well-being as well as community strength and well-being. We aim to foster community development through place-centred arts and cultural projects and to assist local artists and craftspeople - professional or amateur - to further their interest and skills. We invite you to join us. You can read more about what is on each month by clicking on the NEWSLETTER links. |
| Thank You for visiting the home of Corangamite Arts. New pages will be added for local Art groups. We appreciate your input - please call again soon. Corangamite Arts - ABN 35 551 005 576 |
 |
