April Newsletter

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View this email in your browser Happy April from Eastern Riverina Arts! This newsletter is jam packed with over 30 unique workshops, events and funding opportunities. Whether you're looking to showcase your work, refine your skills, or simply be inspired by the creative activity happening across the region there’s something for everyone! Station Creative Workspace: A3 Art Commission Eastern Riverina Arts is seeking to commission a series of A3 works on paper by local artists to form a core body of work within ERA’s art collection.  Commissioned artworks will be displayed in the meeting rooms, offices and event spaces of the Station Creative Workspace at 54-58 Johnston St Wagga Wagga, providing an exciting opportunity for artists to leave their mark in Wagga Wagga’s bustling new creative industries hub. EOIs close 31st May 2024 $450 commission paid to successful artists FIND OUT MORE & APPLY Image: Hand: Hold: Held exhibition by Elaine Camlin at Station Creative Workspace. Photo: Eastern Riverina Arts Make it Happen: Skills Development Program for Creative Practitioners and Producers Dance Makers Collective and Eastern Riverina Arts present Make It Happen: a short skills development program for creative practitioners and producers to refine their skills in making project or program ideas come to life. Participants will learn: How to position your work effectively: systems, design and values-alignment strategies Working with people: stakeholders, clients and marketing approaches How to deliver: project management and evaluation tools 🗓 Dates: 6th-8th May (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday evenings) Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm Location: Station Creative Workspace OR Online Cost: Free Facilitator: Carl Sciberras If you’re applying for, or have received grant funding a creative projects, this short program is a great opportunity for you to develop skills in delivering your projects effectively! FIND OUT MORE & REGISTER Rogue Thoughts Exhibition Launch See local artist Chis Roe's latest body of work in 'Rogue Thoughts', inspired by a pop-art and steampunk/post apocalyptic style. ‘Rogue Thoughts’ Exhibition Launch 🗓 Friday 19th April  5:30pm-7:30pm The Station Creative Workspace Open Saturdays & Sundays 🗓 20th -28th April Sat: 10am-4pm Sun: 10am-2pm JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH Work in Progress: featuring Greg Pritchard, Scott Howie & Padraig Gere Join us for a drink after work and be inspired by a behind the scenes look at works in development by local creatives Greg Pritchard, Scott Howie & Padraig Gere. 🗓 Friday, 17th May 5:30 pm 7:30 pm⁠ The Station Creative Workspace⁠ RSVP for Catering > FIND OUT MORE Available office suites in Wagga CBD The Station Creative Workspace has fully furnished office suites available that might be a great fit for you, or someone you know. Each suite includes: a standing desk, ergonomic chair, high-speed WiFi, kitchen access, AC & heating, and 2 hours of monthly meeting room and digital studio use. The Station is home to the Wagga Business Chamber and also hosts regular creative networking events, workshops and exhibitions, providing lots of opportunities to meet potential clients and collaborators on site. If you would like to come down to the Station and have a look at our space, we would love to hear from you! FIND OUT MORE Station Morning Tea Curious about the Station? Hoping to connect with creative individuals, businesses and organisations? Pop down to our monthly morning tea  and have a coffee with some of the people who are making, meeting and working here at Station Creative Workspace. 🗓 Wednesday 8th May 9:30 am - 10:30 am Station Creative Workspace FIND OUT MORE Rock the Villages: mini-tour of Filthy Rocks Thanks to Wagga Wagga City Council, Eastern Riverina Arts presents Rock the Villages: a mini-tour of Filthy Rocks! Filthy Rocks is loud, crunchy and effortless fun throwing back to the best of 90s alt-grunge. The band will bring original live music to the community halls at Ladysmith and Uranquinty, featuring supporting act Connor Hodges. There will be a community fundraiser BBQ at both events as well as drinks for sale at the Uranquinty Hall. Get a pre-winter kick from these young rockers! Ladysmith Memorial Hall 🗓 27th April Uranquinty Community Hall 🗓 25th May Book free tickets > Saturday Night Social Join Dance Makers Collective in two solid evenings of joyous dancing with your partners, family and friends in Cootamundra (Festival of Turtles) and Ganmain. This event, a spin-off of Dance Makers Collective’s 2020 Sydney Festival hit The Rivoli, takes inspiration from the peak dance hall and disco eras of the 1960s and 70s, reimagined for the modern lover of dancing. The Arts Centre Cootamundra - A Festival of Turtles Event 🗓 Saturday 4th May feat. Lock Stock & Bingle The Ganmain Hall 🗓  Saturday 11th May  feat. The Tin Shed Rattlers Book tickets > Music NSW 1-on-1 Sessions MusicNSW offer personalised support for grant writing, touring, and networking. If you're a musician in the Riverina you can book in to meet Kayne Mills - the regional coordinator for our region - and have a chat. Find out more & book a 1-on-1 > 2024 Ardlethan Art Prize Entries Advance Ardlethan presents the Ardlethan Art Prize. Entires open now! Gala Opening Night 🗓 Friday 10 May 6:30pm Ardlethan Memorial Hall More information and entries > Wider opportunities Regional Arts Australia seeks to expand the diversity of skills, expertise and lived experience of its Board of Directors. They are seeking passionate and committed individuals to contribute to the strategic direction and governance of the organisation. | Find out more & apply > Media Mentors are hosting a free screen industry networking event online with special guest, Richard Huddleston, Head of Documentary from Screen Australia. Thursday 2nd May | Find out more & register > CMAA (Country Music Assoc of Australia)’s Junior Academy applications are open for young people interested in understanding the music industry and developing their skills. Applications close 30 April | Find out more & register > Arts on Tour’s Green Touring Series is 5 free online sessions for people interested in learning more about how to reduce emissions in their practice and/or on tour. Mondays 2-3pm, 6, 13, 20, 27 May & 3 June | Find out more & register > Newcastle Poetry Prize submissions open. Closing May 31 | More info & enter> Paul Guest Drawing Prize submissions are open for 2024. Closing August 23 | More info & enter > National Contemporary Art Prize, entries are open to any medium, any subject and any vision. Entries close 30 June 2024. | Find out more & enter > National Library of Australia’s Creative Arts Fellowships give artists the opportunity to spend four weeks in residency and receive $10,000 to develop work inspired by the Library’s collections. Closing 6 May | Find out more & apply > The Peter Cowan Writers Centre Short Story Competition submissions are open. The competition has an open theme. Closing April 30 | Find out more & submit > Churchill Fellowships support overseas travel for four to eight weeks to explore a topic of interest. This can be in the field of arts, science, health, or any topic that the individual can share to improve their community. Closing May 1 | Find out more > Falling Leaf Festival Eastern Riverina Arts are proud supporters of Tumut’s Falling Leaf Festival which is celebrating 70 years in 2024! Now extending over 3 days, from 26-28 April this year’s event will be bigger than ever! In celebration we are giving away 2x double passes to the Falling Leaf Comedy Gala The Festival features a Comedy Gala, Bioluminescence Digital Projection Show, Free live music, Street Parade, Markets, Food, Live Theatre, Kids Activities, Cultural & Creative Workshops, Fun Run, Brewery Tour 🗓26th, 27th & 28th April Tumut Find out more & book tickets > Festival of Turtles: Celebrating 20yrs of The Arts Centre Cootamundra In May, The Arts Centre Cootamundra (TACC) is hosting Festival of Turtles: a month-long celebration marking 20 years. 🥂 Festival of Turtles Opening Cocktail Party The Saturday Night Social “The Kurrajong Ensemble” Classical Music Concert Exhibition: May Gibbs Influenced Illustrations TACC Open Day Twilight Light and Sound Show Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: The Musical in Concert.  Find out more & book tickets > Xander Starbuck Space Cowboy Xander Starbuck is a rollicking space adventure presented in the style of live Radio Theatre by See Me Hear Me Theatre. Xander is a space cowboy, a loveable rogue who smuggles his way around the galaxy, avoiding the law and living on the edge. He is handsome with a rakish smile and loads of boyish charm. The ladies love his gentle Southern US accent and impeccable manners, and the bad guys want him dead because he sticks up for what he believes and doesn't back down in a fight. Fast with his fists and ray gun, he has adventures around the cosmos with his companion Sparky, a cute but ferocious cyber dog. 🗓 27th April Brooklyn on Fitzroy, Tumut Find out more & book tickets > Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Programs Floor Talk: Lyndall Phelps 🗓 Saturday 20 April 11am -12 noon Enjoy a floor talk by artist Lyndall Phelps as she speaks to her new solo exhibition Science of Common Life. Curators + Artists: Praxis 🗓 Saturday 20 April 2.30-3.45pm A unique opportunity to hear about the relationship at the heart of developing a body of work and an exhibition. Autumn Exhibition Launch & Wynne Prize 2023 🗓 Saturday 20 April 4pm- 6pm Experience the official launch of the gallery’s Autumn exhibitions including the Wynne Prize 2023, an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition. Find out more > Music in the Regions Acacia Quartet Tour to Tarcutta Australia’s finest string ensemble, Acacia Quartet, paired with phenomenal international guests, Emile Cantor and Laurentiu Sbarcea, form an incomparable string sextet touring the Riverina and South-West NSW this April. Performing two of the most beautiful and well-loved string sextets, Dvorak’s Op. 48 and Brahms’ Op. 36, this tour also includes the world premiere of a new work from Australian composer Lyle Chan. 🗓 28th April 2pm Tarcutta Memorial Hall Book free tickets > Pictures and Things by Carol Slattery In an exhibition on display now at The Curious Rabbit, Carol Slattery's three dimensional "things" use vintage and found objects in unexpected combinations. These visually intriguing works provoke different memories and associations in the viewer. Carol Slattery is a textile and mixed media artist. Needle and thread is used to draw onto layers of open weave fabric producing works of depth and complexity. 🗓 April 2 - 30, 2024 The Curious Rabbit Find out more > Improper! School Holiday Workshop Freeroam Theatre and Australian Theatre for Young People present: Improper! Join Freeroam teaching artists Jhi and Sally to learn the secrets of improvisation, how to control the stage, work with other actors and perform in this unique, once in a lifetime show that will present your mastery of the craft. 🗓 18 & 19 April, 1pm - 6pm Lake Albert Hall Ages 12 - 18 years 🎟 FREE Find out more & register > SoACT Presents: A Broadcast Coup Mike King is the darling of public radio. With a 20-year career at a public broadcaster behind him, he’s unstoppable... Well almost. Podcast sensation, Jez Connell has other plans. She’s spent the past few years bringing down the biggest bad boys of the media. So why does she have so many questions about Mike? This brand new comedy presented by SoACT guarantees you a thought-provoking, side-splitting exploration of gender politics in contemporary Australia. 🗓 Friday 19 April - Saturday 27 April Basement Theatre, Wagga Find out more and book tickets > TAPE IT! 2652 School Holiday Activity Imagine a drawing that has become bored of paper and wandered off the page in search of new adventure… welcome to TAPE IT! 2652 Artist Briony Barr will be experimenting with collaborative drawing in community spaces in Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga and Uranquinty, using colourful Japanese Washi tape to draw shapes and patterns on floors, walls, windows and more! 🗓 Monday 15 April to Friday 19 April 10AM to 3PM Tarcutta, Wagga, Uranquinty Book your free spots now > School Holiday Workshops at Museum of the Riverina Museum of the Riverina are offering a range of workshops over the school holidays on the theme of birds in partnership with local creatives: Little Birdy Watercolour Painting with Kim Baker 🪡 Needle Felting with Sew Me 🦜 Australia Bird Watching with MoR Mug Decorating with MoR Tote Bag Making with MoR Abstract Bird Art with Lindy from Little Yellow House Gallery & Studio Find out more and register > Click the links below to find the right funding for your projects and ideas! Wagga Wagga City Council Wagga Wagga City Council Annual Grants Program | Closing May 6 Wagga Wagga City Council's 2024/25 Major Events, Festival and Films Sponsorship funding program | Round one closing May 19 Regional Arts NSW Quick Response Grants | Monthly Feb - Nov Create NSW Small Projects Grants (quick response) | Closing May 20 Sound NSW Recording and Promotion Grants 23/24 | Closing April 17 Touring and Travel Fund 23/24 | Closing May 20 Museums & Galleries of NSW Audience Development Fund | Closing June 20 National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grants | Closing May 9 Australian Plays Transform Erin Thomas Regional Playwright Fund 2024 | Closing April 21 Need help getting the word out? If you are an individual or organisation from our Eastern Riverina region and you want help promoting your arts or cultural event, workshop, exhibition, gig or opportunity, in our e-news or social media we may be able to help. 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