JULY 2018 ARTeFACT Magazine

What Happened in June and What’s Happening in July 

July 2018

INDEX 

1-8........Laneways Lumieres launch & Faust opera 

9...........’See My Humanity’ community gathering @ ContainART Mobile Gallery 

10-11....Lindsey Matthews and Jaxon Waterhouse exhibition opening @ Backspace 

12.........’Lines’ Alexandra Bell exhibition opening @ Unicorn Lane Gallery 

13.........”Cats In Art’ exhibition info for Backspace Gallery 

14.........’Kitty kitty Kitsch’ display at Exquisite Project Space 

15.........’When I Grow Up’ SHEILAS exhibition info for Backspace Gallery 

16.........Backspace Gallery exhibition program 

17.........Backspace Gallery exhibitions EOI 2nd half of 2019 

18.........’Carnies’ exhibition @ Unicorn Lane Gallery 

19.........’Happiness Is...’ exhibition @ ContainART Mobile Gallery 

20-21....Winter Festival promotions 

22.........Cardigan Village Public Art artist engagement 

23.........Little Bridge Street Pocket Park Poetry installed 

24.........Regional Arts Victoria funding/grants news 

25.........Chinese ANZACs exhibition launch and Memory Atlas info 

26.........Arts Atlas information 

27.........Arts Atlas website upgrade / Songways Walking Tour Brochure 

28-29....What’s on at the Art Gallery of Ballarat 

30-31....Exhibitions around town 

32.........Young Film makers opportunity 

33.........Artist’s Society new exhibition space/membership info + Magic Pudding exhibit 

34-35....Photography clubs and Photographic tours 

36.........’Pick Your Project’ funding opportunity 

37.........Film society, Ballarat Observatory events, Claymotion info 

38-39....Literary based events, Bollywood Masti and Life Drawing classes 

40-41....Workshops, Classes and Training / WPAC performances 

42-43.... Workshops, Classes and Training and local Choirs 

44......... Arts Radio, Musical/Theatre performances / Lance TV live on facebook 

45.........Plastic Flower Making Workshops for the Begonia Festival 2019 Floral Tram 

46.........The Little Mermaid performance promo poster 

47.........’Tales from Rat City’ historical local stories podcast series info 

48.........Live Gig Guide / Gordon Ukulele club meet times 

49.........Ballarat Evolve 

50.........Awards, Prizes, Calls, Grants, Competitions and Workshops 

51.........BAF Fundraiser film night, Winter Jazz, Indigenous exhibition in Castlemaine 

52.........’With One Voice’ choir set up funding info 

53.........2 x Short Film Competitions - one local 

54.........NAVA Future/Forward Canberra convention 

55.........Musical based entertainments 

56.........Bar Choir July, Ballarat Noir @ The Basement Bar / Local Costume Hire resource 

57-58....Resources - National and Local / Winter Market 

59.........Ballarat Arts Alive monthly, member’s social soiree 

60.........July Events Quick Guide 

GOT AN ARTS OR CULTURAL EVENT PLANNED? 

Do you know someone that has? 

Would you like it included in ARTeFACT? 

Take a look through this edition and if your event is in 

any way like the ones in here, please feel free to email 

Deborah Klein at the Ballarat Council’s Arts and Culture 

Unit. 

Just explain what its about and attach a print resolution 

version of your poster or flier, by the MIDDLE of the 

month PRIOR to your event happening... 

deborahklein@ballarat.vic.gov.au 

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‘Laneways Lumieres’ launch Ballarat Winter Festival 

June 30, 2018 - Alfred Deakin Place 

The Ballarat Winter Festival Laneways Lumieres are an illumination and music 

spectacular activating and enlivening the public spaces of Police Lane, Alfred Deakin Place 

and beyond in association with the Ballarat Winter Festival. 

In its 4th year, the 2018 Laneway Lumieres feature over a dozen commissioned 

installations – engaging over 10 local artists and musicians and a crew of tech support 

- that combine to create an extravagant immersive synchronised sound-and-light 

environment that is a uniquely Ballarat version of the Dubstep Lights phenomenon. 

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Ballarat Laneway Lumieres look beyond conventional projection approaches toward the 

experimental, experiential, challenging, beautiful, fun, durable – and relatively low-tech – 

and lend new dimensions to otherwise familiar CBD spaces. 


The Ballarat Laneways Lumieres light installations come to life in Alfred Deakin Place 

and Police Lane every night from 5:30pm to midnight, then synchronise with a uniquely 

Ballarat soundtrack every half-hour from 6 – 10pm. For an added-extra, on Saturday, 21 

and Saturday, 28 July the 60’s-style 

projections of SPEKTRAFLASH are 

added to the mix. 


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The artistic team whose work 

is featured in the Laneway 

Lumieres are: 

Margie Balazic 

Zlatko Balazic 

Ballarat Ska Union - Ska 

Mitchell Burgess – EMBE - Rap 

Pete Field – SPEKTRAFLASH 

Jason Howes 

Erin McCuskey 

Melinda Muscat 

Diokno Pasilan 

Mick Trembath – Mick Dog 

Boneyard – Swamp gothic blues 



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Ballarat Laneway Lumieres continues into 

the George Hotel Laneway, where visitors’ 

favourite Hop Temple presents a program 

of entertainment, hospitality, and seasonal 

delights throughout the Ballarat Winter 

Festival. 

Then, on Friday 13 July from 8pm, Ballarat 

Laneway Lumieres stretches even further 

into McKenzie Street, with an exclusive free 

performance of Cordelia’s Potted Operas 

– FAUST at Hydrant Food Hall, with special 

lighting by SPEKTRAFLASH 

Register your tickets for this free limited seating event at: 

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/faust-cordelias-potted-opera-the-hydrant-tickets 


‘See My Humanity’ Community Gathering 

Dreams of Life Beyond Detention 

ContainART Mobile Gallery - Pearces Park, Barkly St - 16 June, 2018 

With the exhibition hosted by Rural Australians For Refugees, House of Welcome, and Grandmothers Against Detention of 

Refugee Children, the ContainART Mobile Gallery display titled See My Humanity attracted a large and diverse crowd of 

supporters at a special Community Gathering. 

photo: Wendy Bolger 

photo: Wendy Bolger 


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‘Origin Myths’ exhibition by Jaxon Waterhouse @ Backspace Gallery 

Opening gathering Friday June 15, 2018 


‘Still Deaths: Drawing Mortality’ exhibition by Lindsey Matthews @ Backspace Gallery 

Opening gathering Friday June 15, 2018 

Visitors from Melbourne and as far away as Lorne – not to mention from across Ballarat – flocked to Backspace Gallery to enjoy Ballarat Mayor 

Cr. Samantha McIntosh officiate at the joint opening of the two exhibitions Origin Myths and Still Deaths: Drawing Mortality. 


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Alexandra Bell “Lines” exhibition opening 

Unicorn Lane Gallery - 9 June, 2018 

Linocuts and Photographic images. Good friends make good company, and Alexandra Bell enjoyed both at the opening 

of her exhibition Lines at the Unicorn Lane Gallery. 


Huyghue House 15 Camp Street 

Alfred Deakin Place 

Cats In Art 

GROUP EXHIBITION 

“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.” 

Collette 

“That is the great secret of creativity. You treat 

ideas like cats: You make them follow you.” 

Robert Heinlein 

“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” 

Jane Pauley 

Cats were the first domesticated animal to be deified 

and thus worshipped by people as the earthly 

representative of a higher consciousness. 

Cats in all their physical grace and mysterious ways 

have been the centrepiece of artworks for millennia. 

Cats are the one domesticated creature that retains its 

essentially wild nature. 

As a companion piece to 2017’s wildly popular Dogs 

In Art, Backspace Gallery opens its winter season 

with Cats In Art - an exhibition that invites local and 

regional artists to move beyond the ‘cute kitten video’ 

and to delve into our relationship with the companion 

that chooses us, rather than the other way around. 

49 artists heeded that call, resulting in a body of 

work in all media that celebrates the many ways that 

cats are depicted in contemporary art – realistic, 

abstracted, serious and playful. 

As an open-entry show, Cats In Art features 

emerging artists alongside mid-career and established 

practitioners, providing a unique opportunity for visitors 

to experience a range of artistic visions, approaches 

and styles. 

Complementing Cats In Art, the Exquisite Project 

Space (in the Backspace Gallery foyer) has issued its 

own invitation to the general community to contribute 

more dubious manifestations of feline-aphilia to the 

display Kitty Kitty Kitsch. From Little Cat’s Feet 

Bedroom Slippers to Hello Kitty! Coin Purses to 

Little Kitty Onesies, this adjunct to Cats In Art is a 

humorous signal that cats will always be with us. 

Backspace Gallery is an initiative of the City of Ballarat Arts 

and Culture Unit, 

dedicated to supporting local and regional artists by 

exhibiting quality contemporary visual art, design and craft. 

Located in historic Huyghue House: 

Alfred Deakin Place, 15 Camp Street in the CBD 

Exhibition is open to the public 

Thursday - Sunday 12 – 4pm 

further information contact Deborah Klein: 

deborahklein@ ballarat.vic.gov.au 


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When I Grow Up: SHEILAS 

The community art collective SHEILAS – 

Strong, Honest, Exceptional and Inspirational 

Lady Artists – comes to Backspace Gallery 26 

July – 12 August), bringing work by a range of 

women artists drawn from the spectrum of art 

practice and experience. 

Encouraging and supporting all women in the 

process of art-making, the group show When 

I Grow Up examines the journeys of women 

of all ages exploring the ideals of freedom and 

equality. Confronting marginalisation in the arts, 

in the workplace, and in the domestic realm, 

When I Grow Up traces the stories of women 

artists working to achieve what they envisioned 

as ‘grown up’ work – begging the question, Do 

we or will we ever know? 

SHEILAS is dedicated to providing its members 

space to use art making to find their inner fire, 

express their inner conversations, and delve into 

personal experiences as a process of lifelong 

learning. 

Attracting over 35 artists, When I Grow Up is a 

multidisciplinary celebration of women’s creativity 

in photography, sculpture, tapestry, weaving, 

printing, printmaking, and digital art. 

But while this exhibition has a specific gender 

focus, it is more importantly a showcase for 

how the creation of art encourages people of all 

identities to push their boundaries, seek selfexpression, 

and pursue excellence in practice. 

Backspace Gallery is an initiative of the City of Ballarat Arts 

and Culture Unit, dedicated to supporting local and regional 

artists by exhibiting quality contemporary visual art, design 

and craft. 

Located in historic Huyghue House: 

Alfred Deakin Place, 15 Camp Street in the CBD 

Backspace Gallery exhibition is open to the 

public 

Thursday - Sunday 12 – 4pm 

further information contact Deborah Klein: 

deborahklein@ ballarat.vic.gov.au 


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Backspace Gallery Exhibition program - from now until the end of 2018 

5 – 22 July Cats In Art 

Mixed media open show celebrating the feline in art 

26 July – 12 Aug When I Grow Up 

Mixed media group exhibition by members of the SHEILAS Women’s Art Collective 

6 – 26 Aug Music Heard Visually 

Mixed media group exhibition exploring how music is conceived, depicted and 

presented; curated by Melinda Muscat as a Backspace Gallery Special Curator Project 

30 Aug – 16 Sept Art Gineering 

Mixed media exhibition by Margie Balazic and Zlatko Balazic, examining the interface 

between art and engineering 

18 Sept – 2 Nov BOAA – Biennale of Australian Art 

Functional and sculptural ceramics by Natalie Rosin 

8 Nov – 2 Dec Gossamer Threads 

Paintings about memory and dreams by Tamara Bekier 

6 – 23 Dec Weathering The Future 

Collaborative group exhibition exploring climate change, partnering members of the 

Ballarat Writers Group, Soldiers Hill Artist Collective, and Federation University Graphic 

Design students; curated by Jason Nahrung as a Backspace Gallery Special Curator 

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New public artwork to enhance community engagement at 

Cardigan Village Community Centre 

20 June 2018 

Victorian artist Katherine Masiulanis has been chosen to create a public artwork piece for the Cardigan 

Village Community Centre. 

The artwork will be located in the community centre’s courtyard and is aimed at enhancing the look and feel of the 

courtyard to encourage more people to use the space. 

The public art project will reflect on the local stories of Cardigan Village and on the community’s social and cultural 

diversity through the creation of a welcoming new space for community use. 

Masiulanis has designed the public artwork to reflect the geological and volcanic history of the area - Cardigan Village 

is located on an outcrop of ancient Silurian sandstone within the volcanic plain. 

The artwork also refers to the seasonal travel of Aboriginal people from Wendouree to Burrumbeet and migratory 

birds making a similar journey. 

The style of the refurbished courtyard will reflect the 1970s-style reflected in the Community Centre architectural 

design and the history of the first development of the ‘Village’. 

The artwork is expected to be installed by the end of October. 

Background: 

The Cardigan Village Community Centre was given a new lease of life in 2017 following feedback from the 

community. 

The recent upgrades provide better access, more open space, new kitchen and toilet facilities and improve the 

current facility’s aesthetics. 

This upgrade was funded through the City of Ballarat’s Engaging Communities Program – Cardigan Village. 

The centre provides a vital space for the community to connect, play, socialise and celebrate, and will now be more 

responsive to the needs of the growing Cardigan Village community. 

Upon completion of the facility, the Cardigan Village Community Centre Committee of Management expressed a 

desire to work with the City of Ballarat on a public art project to enhance the courtyard space of the building and 

increase community interest and engagement with the centre. 

It is expected the new public artwork will provide these further opportunities for community interaction. 

This $40,000 public artwork project is funded through the City of Ballarat Public Art Program and a community 

contribution of $20,000 each. 


Local poet’s literary work now on display at 

Little Bridge Street Pocket Park 

June 2018 

Shoppers can now view the literary work of local poet Nathan Curnow at the Little Bridge Street Pocket Park. 

Mr Curnow was selected to create a public display of his literary works, which includes four poems portraying life in 

urban Ballarat, drawing inspiration from the local identities, sights and sounds of the site of the Pocket Park. 

The poems inscribed onto seats were installed at the Little Bridge Street Pocket Park recently. They read: 

Put it all down and take a seat 

Pull out a snack from your shopping 

Listen to the trumpeter busking a tune 

With every visit this park is growing 

Killing time takes real devotion 

Stare at the flags and masts of your town 

And the buses coming rolling down Bakery Hill 

It may be cold but we lean to the sun 

If you feel like a square of the Eureka Flag 

That’s hopelessly lost and tattered 

Remember you’re as precious as a corner piece 

We search for you first to get started 

There is something big on Little Bridge 

Not a beanstalk that leads to a giant 

But another day in the life of Ballarat 

All of this gold at the surface 

Background: 

The City of Ballarat’s Public Art Advisory Committee worked with the Ballarat Writer’s Festival to select the final 

poems using a ‘blind selection’ method. 

The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project forms part of the transformation of the Little Bridge Street precinct, aimed 

at encouraging community use and improving safety in the area. 

The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project will strengthen community connection and engagement with the site, 

improve facilities and increase safety in the area. 

The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project is funded by the Victorian Government Community Crime Prevention 

Program and the City of Ballarat. 


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$160,000 announced for regional artists and communities in Victoria 

Fourteen projects in Victoria have received $160,000 in funding through the Australian Government’s highly competitive Regional Arts Fund, 

delivered in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria. 

Director of Partnerships at Regional Arts Victoria, Liz Zito, said that the projects would contribute greatly to the creative activity occurring 

across the state throughout the year. 

Local Projects include: 

Lynden Nicholls 

Facing Up 

Facing Up is a continuous sound installation commenting on prime ministerial statements concerning the status and well-being of Australia’s 

Indigenous population from federation to the present day. Issues such as land rights, citizenship and treaty are revealed. It will take place 

along Ballarat’s avenue of prime ministers in the botanical gardens bringing the statues to life. Opening and closing performances will 

involve Indigenous and non-Indigenous actors and dancers along with a smoking ceremony and welcome to country. Facing Up is a part of 

the Biennale of Australian Art held in Ballarat for six weeks from 21 September 2018 

Spa Country Events Group Inc. 

The Mosquito: Community Storytelling 

The Mosquito is dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Modelled on story slams, ‘The Moth’ in New York and ABC’s ‘Now Hear This’, 

the series is unique in aiming to tell the story of the local community by focusing the slam themes to elicit the story of the Hepburn Shire. 

Storytelling workshops will be conducted by local storyteller Anne E Stewart and offered to community groups and individuals to help prepare 

their stories. These workshops will be followed by storytelling heats, run over 10 consecutive Thursdays culminating in an event to choose 

the “Mosquito” winner. The stories would be recorded for podcast and vidcast. 

Kirsten Bradley 

Why Listen to Bees? 

A new collaboration between permaculture educators ‘Milkwood’ (Nick Ritar and Kirsten Bradley) and national sound art organisation ‘Liquid 

Architecture’, Why Listen to Bees is a sound art project exploring the world of the honeybee. As apiarists, Milkwood’s daily observation of 

their beehive provides complex insights into health, mood and sociality of their bees via the sounds of the hive. Using this ‘bee listening’ as 

an artistic point of departure, this project stages an array of listening encounters - music, lecture-performances, poetry and soundwalks - in a 

sonic investigation of bees in Hepburn 

Glenlyon Progress Association 

Nature devours art 

In this project the relationship of art to its environment will be explored and ecological awareness will be created, by fusing human creativity 

and natural surroundings. An artist-in-residence (Jodie Goldring) and an environmental education consultant (Nicole Howie) will be employed 

to lead the community in identifying and gathering indigenous and exotic plants growing alongside the riparian zone of the Loddon River. 

Under their guidance, the community will work together to create impermanent eco-sculptures and structures using natural and found 

objects. The works are intended to be gradually absorbed back into the landscape by the elements. 

Congratulations to all of the recipients, and we look forward to seeing these outcomes over the next twelve months. 

If you have an idea for a project that requires funding to get it going, give Malcolm a call on (03) 5320 5888 or 0412 459 471 to discuss your 

idea. 

Artlands 2018 

Celebrating twenty years in 2018, Artlands is the event that shines a national spotlight on Australia’s regional arts. 

Artlands Victoria is positioned as a multi-art, cross industry and inter-generational event that provides regional connections. 

Presented as an integrated conference and cultural program it aims to combine a curated program of exhibitions, dance, music and theatre, 

alongside works in progress, explorations and commissioned projects with an engaged speakers program. Designed to reflect and respond 

to emerging trends and needs of regional artists, Artlands Victoria seeks to stimulate critical reflection on practice and provide much-needed 

opportunities for artists to gather, present work and enter into meaningful exchange. Artlands Victoria will be held 10-14 October 2018 in 

Bendigo. 

Early bird registration prices are currently available. Get in quickly for a discounted cost. 

Regional Arts Victoria is offering an amazing registration subsidy for regional artists and independent practitioners to attend Artlands Victoria 

in October. A great opportunity to take part in the national regional arts conference. If successful, tickets for the conference are only $180!! 

Get applying! à http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4398172/Artlands-Artist-Rate-Expression-of-Interest-Form 

Artlands Victoria would like to invite you to take part in a LIMITED EDITION high series trading cards project. 

That’s right, we want to create personalised trading cards of you (single player), your collective, group or organisation (multi-player) to be 

made up into trading sets for Artlands delegates to trade, swap and collect! 

Each participating Regional Arts Victoria Member will have their own football style trading card created, categorised by location and artform. 

Delegates will receive their pack of trading cards on arrival and have opportunity to collect their ‘dream team’ during the event. 

To take part, please fill in the survey, upload an image and get ready to become a limited edition collectible! 

https://artlands.com.au/news/regional-arts-victoria-member-trading-cards 

Quick Response Grants 

Quick Response Grants are also open again for 2018 with $3,000 available for groups and up to $1500 for individuals. Discuss your idea 

with me soon! Give me a call on (03) 5320 5888 or 0412 459 471 

General enquiries in regards to Regional Arts Victoria - 

please contact Malcolm Sanders for the Ballarat region. 

03 5320 5888 (Ballarat) 

03 96441800 (Melbourne) 

m: 0412 459 471 

e: msanders@rav.net.au 

www.facebook.com/RAVcentralhighlands 


Chinese ANZACS touring exhibition @ Trades Hall 

Members of the Ballarat Chinese Australian Cultural Society, including descendants of Ballarat’s original Chinese 

community, gathered for a special viewing of the display Chinese ANZACS: Stories of World War II. Some discovered 

their family names amongst those listed as serving in Australian forces during WWI and WWII, and all celebrated the 

highlighted story of Ballarat’s Tong Way family. 

The Memory Atlas free weekly 

workshops are where you can 

strengthen your interview active 

listening skills and learn how 

easy it is to use the television 

in your pocket - your mobile 

phone, to share your stories 

with the world… 

We are also working on 

recording the stories of how 

veterans of war, conflict and 

peacekeeping missions have 

shaped Ballarat - from Gallipoli 

to the Gulf - Boer to the Sinai. 

We want ot hear from you. 

THE MEMORY ATLAS 

Mick Trembath - 0402 359 973 

www.facebook.com/TheMemoryAtlas 

www.hulballarat.org.au/cb_pages/memory_atlas.php 


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In December ArtsAtlas asked its users for feedback on what changes, updates or general 

overhauls the site could undertake in order to continue being the number one stop for artists 

and art lovers alike in the Central Highlands region. 

The responses were overwhelmingly positive and constructive. 

More than that, your responses were heard! 

As a direct result of the survey, several changes to the site have been discussed, debated and 

planned, including a whole new look, feel and social media presence. 

To avoid disruption to all ArtsAtlas users construction is now underway in the background. 

So keep checking back soon! The next time you log on everything may look shiny and new. 

Check out the new Ballarat SongWays 

Music Mapping self-guided walking tour 

brochure, inviting visitors and locals alike 

to explore significant sites in the Ballarat 

CBD and beyond that have contributed to 

our rich live music culture. 

In addition to an easy-to-follow walking 

guide to the lost and found ‘homes’ of 

our musical history, SongWays Music 

Mapping provides a timeline of our 

community’s cultural development and 

pointers for additional sites that the more 

intrepid traveller might want to explore. 

The SongWays Music Mapping 

brochure is one of a series of outcomes 

from the 2017 Ballarat SongWays Music 

Mapping project that created digital 

documentation of the places, people and 

experiences central to the story of our 

live music heritage – and that component 

of the initiative is now a feature on the 

award-winning HULBallarat website 

(www.hulballarat.org.au/songways). 

Ballarat SongWays Music Mapping 

walking tour brochures are now available 

from the following outlets: Ballarat 

Visitors Centre, Phoenix Building, 

Ballarat Library, Art Gallery of Ballarat, 

Backspace Gallery, Ballarat Rail 

Station, and Craig’s Royal Hotel. 


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40 Lydiard St Nth 

5320 5858 

MEGAN EVANS: 

PARLOUR 

Wed 23 May to Sun 18 Aug 

The Lindsay Family Parlour has been a permanent feature of the 

Gallery since 1967, when it was created to house objects and furniture 

from the Creswick home of the Lindsay family of artists. Artist Megan 

Evans will take over this classic Victorian space, inserting her family 

portraits and her dismembered furniture into the, replacing much of 

the Lindsay family memorabilia with her own. 

Parlour follows Evans’s successful exhibition with Peter Waples Crowe 

Squatters and Savages, which was presented in Ballarat and Benalla 

in 2017. Much of Evans’s current practice involves combining original 

19th century heritage objects including photographs, furniture and 

decorative arts with craft processes such as beading and needlepoint. 

The processes employed in this work, symbolic of both personal 

and universal histories, are combined to unsettle traditional 

understandings of ownership, memory and identity. By placing them 

in a classic Victorian environment the work can be seen in context, 

unstitching our understanding of a ‘civilised’ past. 

Evans will present an Artist Talk on Saturday 2 June at 2pm. 

Parlour is not intended as a reflection or comment on members of the 

Lindsay family, their personal histories or artistic practice, but takes 

advantage of the installation of a typical nineteenth parlour in a gallery 

context. 

Sat 12 May to Sun 26 Aug 

‘Wow!’ And ‘Look at that!’ - Excited statements that express the 

joy that rings out when artists Anne Chibnall and Tim Sedgwick are 

making art with mentors Sarah Lloyd and Geoff Bonney in art HALL 

Learmonth. 

Although sharing keen interest in each other’s work, their practice is 

separate. Tim makes wonderful found-object sculpted creatures and 

Anne creates bountiful and colourful paintings of flowers. 

The two are longtime friends and colleagues, with large catalogues of 

work behind them. 

This exhibition of painting and sculpture promises to be a WOW! 

Art Gallery of Ballarat supporting local artists 

Into Light Drop-in Art Activities Sun 1 Jul, 8 Jul, 15 Jul, 22 Jul, 29 Jul 

Winter School Holiday Programs Mon 2 Jul - Fri 13 Jul 

Into Light Talk: Curator talk with Julie McLaren Sat 7 Jul 

Ade Ishs and eMotion Band Sun 8 Jul 

Let’s Talk Poetry: Recent Australian women poets Tue 10 Jul 

Bastille Day Party at the Mining Exchange Sat 14 Jul 

Appreciating Sparkling Wine with Amie Brulee Thu 19 Jul 

Into Light Talk: A trip to Douai with Bernard Catrice Sat 21 Jul 

Stories to Tell: Gallery Guides’ Conference Wed 25 Jul 

After School programs - Term 3 Wednesday 25 July - Thursday 13 September 

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July 2018 ARTeFACT Newsletter

40 Lydiard St Nth 

5320 5858 

RECENT ACQUISITIONS 2018 

Sat 17 Feb to Sun 2 Sep 

Visit the Gallery to see works which have come into the collection 

in the past two years which have, by and large, not been put out on 

public display before. The Gallery has a wide collecting brief, but its 

main focus is on paintings, works on paper and sculpture. 

Many of these works are gifts, while others have been purchased with 

funds left by bequest to the Gallery. 

Over the duration of this exhibition, parts of the display will be 

refreshed with new works, so plan a repeat visit if you wish to 

see more of what the Gallery has been collecting. Other recent 

acquisitions can be seen on display in the galleries upstairs. 

An Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition 

Sat 23 Jun to Sun 9 Sep 

In the mid-nineteenth century, France was the acknowledged centre of the art 

world, as realist styles of painting were challenged by Impressionism. With 

the advent of photography many artists worked to imitate nature, finding new 

ways of to celebrate light and colour as spontaneous ‘impressions’. 

This exhibition of treasures from the Musee de la Chartreuse, the regional 

gallery for Douai in northern France, traces these developments. It ranges 

from the idealised classical imagery of the late eighteenth century, romantic 

seascapes and tranquil landscapes depicting the mills and canals of northern 

France, through to paintings which celebrate the effects of pure light and 

colour, and works which explore the lives of ordinary people, rarely seen in 

earlier painting. 

Renovations to the Chartreuse building have created a unique opportunity for 

Australian audiences to see sixty nineteenth and twentieth-century gems from 

this outstanding French gallery, alongside key paintings by Australian artists 

working in France and discovering the same traditions, and works by French 

artists from Australian collections. 

Special guided tours will be available every Saturday and Sunday during the 

run of the exhibition and for group visits by arrangement. 

Weekly drawing classes - Term 3 Sat 28 Jul - Sun 16 Sep 

Into Light Talk: French works in Australian Collections with Alison Inglis Sat 28 Jul 

Last Sunday of July Concert: Vivaldi and a little bit more Sun 29 Jul 

Appreciating Red Wine with Amie Brulee Thu 2 Aug 

Celebrating Chopin 2018 Sun 5 Aug 

Parasite Paradise for National Science Week Sat 11 Aug to Sun 19 Aug 

Let’s talk poetry: Australian modern poets on love Tue 14 Aug 

Inspiring Illumination, Creative Curiosity: Dr Ceri Brenner for National Science Week Sun 19 Aug 

Last Sunday of August Concert: Ballarat High School Sun 29 Aug 

The Song Company: Four-Colour-Season Fri 14 Sep 


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BALLARISTA 

RAT GALLERY 

2A lydiard Street South, Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Fri 8-4pm 

Free entry 

THE ART OF ACTIVISM 

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION 

ALDONA KMIEC 

July 2 - August 3 

The Art of Activism is an epic one-day roadtrip 

story to the Far East corner of Victoria 

to photograph a commissioned editorial for 

Gippslandia Magazine. Together with local 

journalist Mim Cook, on a 38C day, we drove 

her rusty old Saab to Combienbar, where 

another beat up Land Cruiser from the 80s 

would take us to Granite Mountain, where we 

visit the blockade in the State Forest, the area 

zoned for logging. Read the story published 

in Gippslandia, see the prints on exhibition 

at Ballarista. Find out more about Goongerah 

Environment Centre (GECO)’s work here: 

www.geco.org.au. 

exhibiting enquiries: - Scott or Diokno 

0401 723 357 

ratgallery2017@gmail.com 

MACARTHUR FRAMEWORKS 

and GALLERY 

1008 Sturt Street, Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30pm 

Sat 9-12 Noon 

Free entry 

LOCAL GALLERIES AND EXHIBITION SPACES 

THE MERCURE BALLARAT 

GALLERY LOUNGE 

Main Road, Opposite Sovereign Hill 

DAVID MELLOWS 

June 9 - August 19 

Opening Thursday, 12 July 2018 at 6pm 

Having this opportunity to hang in a large 

room with a vast wall is perfect to bring out 

some of the large works by David Mellows 

of the past decade. Local sourced images 

are alongside those of travels, interstate and 

international. 

The painting technique remains from that 

evolved after attaining a Diploma in Art & 

Design, Printmaking Major, at Midland TAFE 

in WA. That was stabilized through being able 

to hang in commercial galleries in Melbourne 

after moving to Victoria in 2000. The CV of 

regional art prizes was further enhanced 

and good sales meant the product spread 

about Melbourne, Victoria, interstate and 

overseas. The scale of work and sales was 

complete with small to the panoramic and 

multi-panelled works the like included in this 

showing. 

Themes also evolved through the decade 

of success in Melbourne and that is well 

represented here also. Most are from what 

is seen with the enhancement or diminution 

of the artists’ licence. The crowdscenes are 

purely invention even though many have 

claimed knowledge of some characters. In 

this is the example most appreciated by the 

artist. When the viewers tell their own story as 

told in the painting. 

David Mellows now lives in Creswick and 

though winters can be cool, the colours of the 

seasons change are enjoyed. 

David Mellows may be contacted 0409 133 063 

or davidwas506@gmail.com 

UNICORN CAFE 

131 Sturt Street Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Thurs 7-5pm 

Fri-Sat 7- late 

Free entry 

Various Artists 

enquiries: 

Through July 

5338 7312 

www.unicornballarat.com.au 

BLUE ARTZ GALLERY 

1039 Howitt Street, Wendouree 

Mon-Fri 9:30-3pm 

Free entry 

Trudy Nicholson 

enquiries: Jill 

through July 

0499 555 550 

www.blueartz.com.au 

VARIOUS ARTISTS 

Through June 

new exhibitors welcome: Pam or Paul 

5331 6958 

www.macarthurframeworks.com.au 

CLAYMOTION GALLERY 

34A Mair St Ballarat CBD 

Free entry 


Please check with the gallery 

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enquiries: Dawn 

0438 382 522 

www.claymotion.com.au 

Image : Mezzanine View, David Mellows 

new exhibitors welcome: Simon 

5327 1200 

Google: The Mercure Ballarat 

GALLERY ON STURT 

421 Sturt St, Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Fri 9 - 5:30pm 

Sat 10 - 2pm 

Free entry 


Through July 

enquiries: Leigh 

5331 7011 

www.accentframing.com.au 

July 2018 ARTeFACT Newsletter

ART HOUSE GALLERY 

City Centre Arcade 

315-317 Sturt Street, Ballarat 

Mon-Thurs 9:30-5pm 

Fri 9:30-5:30pm 

Sat 9-4pm 

Free entry 


through July 

LOCAL GALLERIES AND EXHIBITION SPACES 

THE LOST ONES 

14 Camp St, Ballarat CBD 

Wed-Sun 11-4pm 

Free entry 

Painted land 

STEVE SEDGWICK 

4 JULY - AUGUST 5 

Steve Sedgwick is a Ballarat based artist who 

sees more than landscape. In his series Painted 

Land, Steve celebrates the complex colours and 

ever-changing nature of the Australian natural 

landscape. He slowly reduces the elements down 

to their constituent parts of tone and shape and 

colour until they barely resemble the landscape 

that inspired them. Steve paints in the open 

air, which gives each paint stroke a sense of 

place and time. He also works within the studio, 

taking the memories and fragments back to his 

enclosed environment and working his pieces 

into distinct abstracts. His confidence of mark 

making brings to mind Fred Williams and Arthur 

Streeton. 

Drinks and meet the artist on 5th July 

POST OFFICE GALLERY 

cnr Sturt and Lydiard St, Ballarat CBD 

Wed - Sat 12 - 5pm 

Mon/Tue: by appointment 

Free entry 

NAIDOC 2018 

SUN 8 JUL - SAT 4 AUG 

FedUni’s Post Office Gallery celebrates NAIDOC 

and Australiaís First Nations peoples with two 

group exhibitions by local indigenous artists in 

Because of her, we can! alongside, Cooeee!, 

developed through a unique collaboration 

between Federation Collegeís VET Visual Arts 

program, Langi Kal Kal, Ararat and Hopkins 

Correctional Centre. 

The theme for NAIDOC 18 celebrates the 

essential role that women have played ñ and 

continue to play ñ as active and significant 

role models at the community, local, state and 

national levels. 

NB. Open NAIDOC week, Sun 8 Jul - Sun 15 

Jul 2018, 12 - 5pm 

Image : Supervisors, Unknown 

enquiries: Heather 

5331 6084 

www.syarthouse.com.au 

MACSPACE 

110 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Fri 8-5pm 

Sat - 9-12 Noon 

Free entry 

Australiana 

BILL VERMEENDES 

through July 

Local Artist Bill Vermeendës colourful display 

View a range of Oil Paintings depicting 

landscapes and still life. 

Created by Bill with an Australian Flavour. 

A must see display through July. 

Image: Night Fishing 2018 Oil on canvas 

FAIRBANKS EYE GALLERY 

917A Sturt Street, Ballarat CBD 

Mon-Fri 9 - 5:30pm 

Sat 9-1pm 

Free entry 

NEVILLE HIATT 

through June 

enquiries: Tara or Stephen 

(03) 4343 1754 

www.thelostones.com.au 

Image: Image: Gary, Eagle Dreaming, 2017, 

acrylic on canvas, 66 x 80cm. Courtesy the artist 

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FED UNI ARTS ACADEMY 

STUDENTS 

Thu August 16 - Sat September 15 

This special exhibition of recent work 

by Visual Arts students from Federation 

University Australia’s Arts Academy 

showcases new work by our next hot crop of 

visual artists and designers. Held annually, 

this important Arts Academy exhibition 

reflects the breadth and diversity of students’ 

interests, ideas and areas of enquiry, as well 

as the in-depth levels of their medium and 

material investigations within a broad range 

of disciplines, including drawing, painting, 

printmaking, ceramics and design. 

exhibiting enquiries: - Frank 

5333 4617 

www.radmacofficechoice.com.au 

exhibition enquiries: Benjamin 

5333 1133 

www.fairbanksoptometrist.com.au 

Image: Self Evident Map Painting 3 

, Ebony Gulliver 

enquiries: Shelley 

5327 8615 

Post Office Gallery, Fed Uni, Ballarat 


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100 Years of the Magic Pudding 

By Norman Lindsay 

Exhibition: 

July 14 - October 14, 2018 

Creswick Museum 

70 Albert Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363 

Children’s Festival 

September 28-30, 2018 

(03) 5345 2845 

info@creswickmuseum.org 

Ballarat Society of Artists Inc. 

ongoing exhibition at 

The Corridor Art Space 

Trades Hall Building 

Camp Street 

9am - 5pm Mon - Fri 

New art/artists changing monthly 

Cash or Card facilities available 

About the Society 

We formed in 1982 for the mutual support and 

encouragement of fellow artists, through discussion, 

workshops, demonstrations and other activities. 

Membership is open to artists of all ages, styles and abilities. 

Our artists have opportunities to exhibit and sell their 

work at exhibitions held throughout the year - often in 

collaboration with other organisations. 

Interested members can paint together in cooler months at 

the hall and at lake Wendouree in warmer weather. 

We meet on the 1st Saturday of the month at 10:30am at 

Brown hill Uniting Church Hall. Humffray Street North, 

ballarat. 

The newsletter is distributed to members each month. 

Membership costs $45 


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Ballarat Photography Group 

meets monthly, every second Tuesday 

of the month at 7.30 pm. 

Our Clubroom is located at PINAC, 

222 Otway St Sth, Ballarat. 

Our Club invites memberships of anyone 

interested in amateur photography 

whether as a hobby or as an expression of art. New 

members are always welcome to join and share your photos 

with others through field excursions and club competitions. 

This club has been actively promoting and advancing 

photography for 50 years in Ballarat. 

Monthly competitions encourage amateur photographers to 

compare their composition and development with their peers 

in a constructive and non-judgemental way. 

e: photographygroupballarat@gmail.com 

The Ballarat Camera Club Inc. aims to provide opportunities for members to learn about 

and improve their photography, regardless of their level of competence. 

Since its establishment in 1938, members of the Ballarat Camera Club Inc. have encouraged and inspired each other in their 

photographic pursuits and personal growth. Depending on the needs of members, committee and key club members organise a 

variety of activities which facilitate the learning of the many aspects of photography. 

Through participating in monthly competition nights, informal imaging nights (social), workshops and outings, members 

can learn new skills and understandings, such as; how to operate their camera, understand light, process images on the 

computer. Members have the opportunity to seek feedback on their work and view the work of fellow photographers during 

these activities. The Ballarat Camera Club Inc. is affiliated with the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies Inc. (VAPS), 

which allows members to be involved in the wider photographic community in Victoria, including conferences and interclub 

competitions. 

The ‘Ballarat National Photographic Exhibition’ has been proudly run by the Ballarat Camera Club Inc. since 1968. This 

exhibition is held in high regards within photographic circles across Australia and is hung in the prestigious Art Gallery of 

Ballarat. We invite you to browse our website and the galleries within. We hope it inspires you and we look forward to 

welcoming you at one of our activities in the near future! 

Please contact one of our friendly committee members should you wish to join us on one of our activities. 

Ballarat Camera Club, 616 Barkly Street Golden Point VIC 3350 - P.O. Box 1362, Bakery Hill 3354 

*CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR MONTHLY MEETING DATES 

info@ballaratcameraclub.org.au www.ballaratcameraclub.org.au 

*check the website for monthly meeting dates 

info@ballaratcameraclub.org.au 

www.ballaratcameraclub.org.au 

Light Painting is our passion, join us in one of our light 

painting sessions. Fun and inspirational evenings learning 

how to capture images of light using a fun technique of 

creating images with long exposure settings and hand 

held light sources. 

We have spent many nights twirling lights, swinging steel 

wool, creating orbs and domes and swishing light sabres. 

Contact us for more information… 

www.weshootstuff.com.au/light-painting 

www.facebook/ballaratlightpainters 

0421 594 559 

Zlatko Balazik with his light sculptures in Police Lane at the 

lunch of Laneway Lumieres for the Winter Festival 



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Pick My Project - Help Build A Stronger Community 

Pick My Project is a community grants initiative, with $30M available to fund local 

projects. Come up with an idea, vote for your favourites and make your community 

an even better place to live. 

From May 2018, all you’ll need is a project idea to improve your neighbourhood and an 

eligible partner such as a registered community organisation, school or local council to 

help deliver your idea. 

Register for email updates and join our Facebook Page. 

Get talking, spread the word and start thinking about your great idea 

Ideas could include things like arts or cultural projects, community or ideas that 

improve community and bring people together, improving health and wellbeing, 

innovation and technology or upgrades or funding for sporting and recreation. 

activities, 

• Submit your ideas from May 2018. 

• Winning projects will be announced in September 2018 

email us at: contact@engage.vic.gov.au or call 1800 797 818 

https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au 

Our Pick My Project team hit the road on Tuesday 29 May to talk to you 

about your project ideas and how to prepare and submit your application. 

They’ll be visiting metro and regional communities across Victoria via a 

series of information sessions and pop-ups, so make sure you go along and 

say hi. 

Can’t make it to an event? Register for a webinar. 

For all event details and to register, visit https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au 


BALLARAT FILM SOCIETY 

Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, Sturt St, Ballarat 

Thursday July 12 - 7pm for 7.30 start 

This Must Be The Place 

USA, 2012, 218 min. Dir: Paolo Sorrentino USA Comedy 

Sean Penn is bizarrely endearing as Cheyenne, an aging rock/Goth star 

living in Ireland who is prompted by his father’s death to embark on a 

picaresque journey across America - ostensibly to hunt down a Nazi war 

criminal. However, the film doesn’t allow itself, or us, to be too hung up on 

this goal, being driven by a whimsical relish for the absurd and the everyday 

alike. 

Frances McDormand plays Cheyenne’s wife/ soul-mate (who is also a 

firefighter), while a passing parade of characters includes David Byrne (lead 

singer of the band Talking Heads) and the inventor of the wheeled suitcase, 

Robert Plath. 

Hopscotch 

For more info: https://ballaratmi.org.au 

439 Cobden St (car entry from Magpie St), 

Mt Pleasant, Ballarat, Vic 

5332 7526 - 0429 199 312 

Program for July 

Casual visitors welcome on Tuesday, Thursday 

and Saturday 1.30pm – 5.00pm 

Bookings required for all others times 

NB: Friday 13th is Aboriginal Astronomy in the 

evening. 

Evening Program the Observatory will only be open if 

a firm booking is in place 

Bookings essential on 0429 199 312 

or email: bas@cbl.com.au 

for Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday only.. 

July School Holidays 3-13 on July 3, 2018 1:30 pm 

• 3rd Rock Cafe - Plastic Free July on July 7, 

2018 1:30pm 

• Aboriginal Astronomy on July 13, 7:30 pm 

• Planets High 5 2018 on July 14, 6pm 

• Science Week - Forced Landing on Mars 

Competition -17th July to 17th August 2018 on 

July 17, 2018 1pm 

• Science Week- Brain Break on August 10, 

2018 7:45pm 

• SCINEMA 14th -25th August on August 14, 

2018 1pm 

• NASA Mission Scientists Visit Ballarat 

Observatory on August 14, 2018 6pm 

To Subscribe to our Events listing go to the 

website to download the iCal Calendar onto your 

iPhone, iPad or Computer 

ClayMotion will be closed over the July 

school holidays : 1st - 16th July. 

Please send all enquiries to: 

dawn@claymotion.com.au 

• 1.30pm Observatory and 3rd Rock Cafe open. 

• 1.30pm Camera Obscura 

• 1.45- 2pm Tour of the Telescopes 

• 2 - 2.30pm Safe Solar Observation if fine and 

Radio Telescope or virtual sky if cloudy ñ Our 

Sun presentation 

• 2.30 - 3.30pm Children’s activities, make an 

asteroid and Earth to take home. 

• 3.30 - 4pm 3D Movie about asteroids and 

looking at the Busy Solar system 

• 4.00 - 5pm Mars 3D Movie - Close approach 

This year Mars will come close to the Earth, 

as it does every 15 years, find out more about 

our close neighbour with NASA program. 

Mars Credit: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech 

• 5.00pm Viewing at the telescopes - Bookings 

essential. 


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LIFE DRAWING CLASSES 

Supporting writers in Western Victoria 

Ballarat Writers is a grass-roots organisation promoting local writing 

and writers in the Western Victorian region. We run regular readings 

and special events such as workshops, Ballarat Writers Festival and the 

Southern Cross Literary Competition as well as occasional events run in 

partnership with other local organisations. 

Members’ Nights 

Life Drawing will be run fortnightly on Thursdays at Fairweather 

Studio 158 Ryan St ,Brown Hill. 

Sessions are run from 7pm ‘til 9pm. 

Basic materials are available if you need them. But I do encourage people 

to bring along their own sketchbook when possible. These sessions are 

mostly untutored so you are free to do your own thing, however help is 

always at hand if that is something you need :) 

If you are under the age of 18, please have a parent of guardian complete 

the Parental consent form before you come along. It can be found on the 

home page. 

Tea, coffee and nibbles will be provided for you. BYO Wine, Beer or 

whatever takes your fancy...Plenty of off street parking available! 

July: 5, 19 - September: 2, 16 & 30 

For more information: 

e: donnah327@gmail.com 

www.facebook.com/fairweatherstudiogallerydonnapoulton 

p: 0466 910 482 

Our Members’ Nights are held on the last Wednesday of each month 

(except December). They are held at The Bunch of Grapes Hotel, 

at 401 Pleasant St South, which has a private room that is easily 

accessible - no stairs! 

Come along at 7pm 

or enjoy dinner beforehand - the kitchen is open from 5.30pm. 

Write Club 

Write Club for members on Sunday afternoons - a chance to get out 

of the house and devote an afternoon to writing, with great coffee and 

industrious(!) company. There is time for chatting, but the emphasis is on 

getting words down. 

Write Club is held at Racers bar and cafe on Wendouree Parade, every 

Sunday from 2pm till 5pm. Members are welcome to join in for part or all 

of the session. Bring writing implements - power points are limited, so 

make sure laptops are fully charged. 

Ballarat Writers Inc was established in 1989. 


Ballarat 

sQribblers 

hosted by 

Wrainbow 

Writers 

This LGBTIQA+ friendly writing group is for people age 25+ 

Please bring with your notebooks, pens and inspiration! 

Spread the word and let everyone know. 

Thursday evenings 

JULY 19 & 26 

6:30 - 9pm 

Meeting Room, 

Central Highlands Library, 

178 Doveton Street Nth, Ballarat 

Entry will be by the main doors, but exit will be the after hours exit 

Looking for a shared experience with other lovers of words and ideas? 

WORD BANQUET* meets at the magnificent Ballarat Mechanics Institute for 

about an hour and a half at 7.00 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 

March to November. 

Come along to read and listen to poetry, prose, plays - a different word form 

each month. There’ll be themes. Read work you love - yours or someone else’s 

- or join moderated big conversations on a topic we’ll post beforehand so you 

can think about it. 

IMPORTANT: Want to read on a particular night? Look out for the Facebook 

EVENT PAGE for that date, and add your name in the comments. If you 

forget, you can add your name to a list at the BMI on the night and you can 

read if there’s time. Count on up to five minutes, maybe more, depending how 

many of us are there. 

Word Banquet. ‘Letters: The Lives of Others’ 

Let’s read letters aloud. Let’s talk about them. Bring letters you’ve kept, or 

for tantalising glimpses of other lives, find letters that excite or intrigue you 

among anthologised letters or letters found online*. Remember receiving 

letters? When you were in swift sensory relationship with the sender before 

even reading it? A tongue moistened the envelope’s line of fastening glue, soft 

breath whispered over the paper’s surface, warm fingers left DNA traces now 

mingling with yours. And folded within, trembling among the words, invisible 

messages ripe for decoding (we’ll decode in our discussions)-people always 

reveal more than they intend. Join our table and reignite your enthusiasm for 

letters-we all miss them! Readings up to 5 minutes each round-if unsure, do a 

little pre-event timing. 

*BYO snacks and drinks. We’ll kick on over the road at The Lost Ones 

Basement Bar after 8.30 to 9.00-ish if we have more to say. Entry by gold coin 

donation to cover operational costs. 

*Letters of the famous right here: http://www.lettersofnote.com/p/archive.html 

Examples to get you thinking. 

NICK CAVE TO MTV: “I feel that it’s necessary for me to request that my 

nomination for best male artist be withdrawn and furthermore any awards 

or nominations for such awards that may arise in later years be presented to 

those who feel more comfortable with the competitive nature of these award 

ceremonies. I myself, do not. I have always been of the opinion that my music 

is unique and individual and exists beyond the realms inhabited by those who 

would reduce things to mere measuring. I am in competition with no-one.” 

VIRGINIA WOOLF TO VITA SACKVILLE-WEST: “Look here Vita-throw 

over your man, and we’ll go to Hampton Court and dine on the river together 

and walk in the garden in the moonlight and come home late and have a bottle 

of wine and get tipsy, and I’ll tell you all the things I have in my head, millions, 

myriads -They won’t stir by day, only by dark on the river. Think of that. Throw 

over your man, I say, and come.” 

MARILYN MONROE: ‘Last night I was awake all night again. Sometimes I 

wonder what the night time is for. It almost doesn’t exist for me’it all seems like 

one long, long horrible day.’ 

TED HUGHES’ TO DAUGHTER FRIEDA: “T.S. Eliot said to me ‘There’s 

only one way a poet can develop his actual writing - apart from self-criticism 

& continual practice. And that is by reading other poetry aloud - and it doesn’t 

matter whether he understands it or not (i.e. even if it is in another language.) 

What matters, above all, is educating the ear’.” 

Wednesday July 11 at 7pm 

Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute 

117 Sturt Street, Ballarat CBD 

Entry by gold coin donation to cover heating 

Find us on Facebook! 

enquiries via the group page: 

www.facebook.com/susiesurteeshost/ 

*A BMI cultural event hosted by Susie Surtees and Amy Tsilemanis. 


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WEEKLY DRAWING CLASSES - TERM 3 

Portrait Drawing 

Saturday 28 July - Saturday 15 September 

10.30am - 1pm (8 weeks) 

Sunday 29 July - Sunday 16 September 

1.30pm - 4pm (8 weeks) 

Life Drawing 

Saturday 28 July - Saturday 15 September 

10.30 - 1pm (8 weeks) 

Sunday 29 July - Sunday 16 September 

1.30am - 4pm (8 weeks). 

Winter School Holiday Programs 

Monday 2 July - Friday 13 July - Various times available 

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS - TERM 3 

Wednesday 25 July - Thursday 13 September, 4 - 5.15pm 

SUN CATCHERS WITH MAGGIE DANNATT 

Monday 2 July, 10am to 12pm, OR 1pm to 3pm 

Monday 9 July, 10am to 12pm, OR 1pm to 3pm 

At this time of year, you need to make the most of any sun 

you can find. In this two-hour workshop, Maggie will show you 

how to make a sun catcher to hang in your window using a 

simple printing technique, rubber bands, water colours and oil. 

Make it for yourself or gift it to someone that you think could 

use some extra sunshine in their life this winter. (Bring an art 

smock/old shirt for this workshop). Age: 6 to 10 years 

STRAW PEOPLE WITH JODIE GOLDRING 

Tuesday 10 July, 10am to 12pm OR 1 to 3pm 

Humans have been recreating images of themselves in straw, 

bulrushes and other natural fibres across many ancient 

cultures for thousands of years. As we start to look for 

alternatives to the throw-away, plastic world we have created, 

we can look back into history for inspiration. This ancient craft 

is fun, environmentally sustainable and only limited by your 

imagination. Age: 6 to 10 years 

FRENCH VELOCIPEDE WITH CARLA MAXWELL 

Wednesday 4 July, 10am to 12pm OR 1 to 3pm 

Wednesday 11 July, 10am to 12pm OR 1 to 3pm 

In the nineteenth-century Jean Louis Gourdoux the 

‘velocipede’ or tricycle and merged it with the rocking horse 

to create a three-wheeled bike, made in France by the Jugnet 

factory, which had the body of a horse, a steel plate for a face 

and a horsehair tale. Join Carla in the Education Studio to 

recreate your own version of this French antique favourite. 

Age: 5 to 9 years 

THE CHARTREUSE WITH MARK MAXWELL 

Thursday 5 July, 10am to 12pm OR 1 to 3pm 

Thursday 12 July, 10am to 12pm OR 1 to 3pm 

Tour Into Light and soak in the themes of colour and light. 

Head back into the studio to create a cluster of miniature 

French-inspired buildings, using the bright light and colours 

explored in the exhibition as your inspiration. Age: 5 to 9 years 

MAKE YOUR OWN MINIATURE THEATRE w CARLA 

MAXWELL 

Friday 6 July, 10am to 3pm (BYO lunch, no nuts please) 

Toy theatres were hugely popular in the nineteenth century 

and were collected by adults and children alike. Successful 

productions from popular theatres would be reproduced in 

miniature to recreate the performances for family and friends 

at home. In this workshop, build and decorate your own 

miniature theatre. Age: 6 to 12 years 

PERFORMING INTO LIGHT WITH EMIL FREUND 

Friday 13 July, 10am to 3pm (BYO lunch, no nuts please) 

Enjoy a day of theatre-making, drawing inspiration from Into 

Light. Collaborate in groups to write, direct, and perform short 

pieces. Learn how to create a performance from your first 

idea through to realization, exploring narrative, character, and 

composition. Age: 10 and over 

5320 5858 artgal@ballarat.vic.gov.au 

www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au 

ClayMotion offers a range of creative pottery and art classes 

for the general community ñ adults, children and families ñ for 

local businesses, and Professional Development for teachers 

and professional artists, within the Ballarat and surrounding 

area. 

Enrol in a class at the studio or, if you are a school or 

community group (eg scouts/cubs), have ClayMotion visit you 

for a workshop. 

• Services include: 

• pottery classes for adults and children 

• mosaic classes for adults and children 

• school holiday program 

• birthday parties for children and adults 

• hens afternoons 

• corporate teambuilding and reflection workshops 

• pottery and art supplies (clay, modelling tools, journals, 

etc) 

• casual studio hire 

• exhibition space 

• one to one tuition/professional development 

The owner of ClayMotion, Dawn Whitehand, has extensive 

experience in the arts, including writing about art and 

exhibiting both nationally and internationally. 

Dawn has been teaching art for over eighteen years in many 

different learning environments including schools, kinders, 

University and community centres. 

Dawn’s personal studio is located in Dunnstown, a semi rural 

environment 10km outside of Ballarat (on the Melbourne side) 

and is also available for birthday parties, teambuilding and 

reflection workshops if you would like to combine tranquil 

surroundings into your art experience. 

CASUAL STUDIO SPACE HIRE 

Casual Studio Space hire is available during shop opening hours 

and is a shared unsupervised/untutored space. It is ideal for people 

who have projects that they don’t have enough space to realise at 

home - anyone from the hobbyist through to a professional artist 

with a short term project. The room has ample bench space and 

loads of shelving for storing works in progress. 

EXHIBITION SPACE 

Pop into Claymotion to see what it or follow on Facebook 

All Welcome 

Exhibition Space - calling for 2018 proposals. This new space 

in Mair Street, Ballarat features a hanging system and plinths for 

the display of both 2D and 3D artwork. Proposals are encouraged 

for all mediums and are being accepted from artists Australia wide. 

For application information visit the website 


CLAYMOTION SHOP 

The ClayMotion shop is proud to support local makers and 

showcases locally crafted giftware. 

If you are a local artist/crafter contact Dawn for 

more information 0438382522 



Wendouree Centre For Performing Arts 

1220 Howitt Street, Wendouree - 0353 380980 

wcpa.com.au 

MUSICAL MURDER MYSTERY 

July 19-21 Multiple times 

Learn how to make a drypoint etching with printmaker 

Bridget Farmer. 

In this workshop you will learn how to scratch into and 

prepare a drypoint plate. You will then ink up the plate and, 

using a printing press, create your own original print. For 

beginners to practising artists, all are welcome! 

This class will take place in Bridget’s home town of 

Guildford, (just 10 mins south of Castlemaine and 20 mins 

north of Daylesford) in one of Australia’s oldest music halls. 

There will be a maximum of only 6 students in each class 

to maximise individual attention. Workshop runs from 10am 

until 4pm. We will break for lunch at 1pm which can be 

bought across the road in Guildford’s wonderful general 

store. 

Classes: Sat 21st July (sold out) - Sat 18th August 

All printmaking materials will be provided, just bring an 

apron or old shirt, rubber gloves and ideas and enthusiasm! 

If you have any questions please email Bridget at 

bridget@bridgetfarmerprintmaker.com 

Guildford Music Hall, 35 Fryers St, Guildford 

MADAM BUTTERFLY 

June 26 - 7:30pm 

DEBUT - AMATEUR POLE COMPETITION 

August 11 - 6:30pm 

THE AUSTRALIAN BEE GEES SHOW 

August 30 - 8pm 

HERMAN’S HERMITS 

SEPTEMBER 5 - 6pm 

AN AFTERNOON AT THE PROMS 

OCTOBER 20 - 2PM 


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STURT STREET GALLERY 

ACRYLICS ART CLASSES - ADULTS 15th July - 5th 

October 

(12 weeks of 2 hour sessions) 

Classes for Beginners and more experienced artists. 

Incorporating textural components, colour study, choosing the 

correct paints, techniques and brushes for a particular work, adding 

mixed media into your works, developing your own style and much 

more. Artists will create a number of artworks using a variety of 

techniques. Fully trained and qualified tutor with more than 20 years 

experience. 

Monday 10 - 12, Monday 1 - 3, Monday 4.45 - 6.45, Fridays 1 - 3, 

Fridays 4.30 - 6.30, Sundays 4.30 - 6.30 

$25 each 2 hour session with basic materials included. Two free 

classes if paying for the full program at the start. (missed classes 

can be caught up on in another session) Preference will be given to 

those booking for the entire program. 

$250 if paying for full program up front otherwise $25 per week. 

867 Sturt St, Ballarat, Victoria (just west of the Sturt St) 

Ring Road intersection) 

@sturtstreetgallery 

(03) 5334 1217 

sturtgallery@post.com 

http://www.sturtgallery.com 


Sweet Mona’s Choir, based in Ballarat, Australia, is one of Victoria’s 

leading, and longest running, gospel and world music choirs. 

The choir was born organically in mid-nineties, when an enterprising 

teacher used choral singing as an innovative way to teach voice skills in 

a performing arts course. Sweet Mona’s has evolved over time, with the 

complexity and variety of arrangements increasing as the choir reached a 

professional standard that surpassed its original purpose. 

Sweet Mona’s Choir focuses on a Capella and rhythm and performs a 

broad range of contemporary, world and gospel music, including music 

from the Staple Singers and the Golden Gate Quartet. Expertly directed 

by multi-instrumentalist, renowned percussionist and vocalist Stella Savy 

(Los Locos, Ballarat Ska Union), their sound ranges from a rich, deep 

resonance to a lively, energetic tone, to haunting melodies that stay with 

you long after the performance is over. Sweet Mona’s Choir are also 

famous for their world-class arrangements, created by Barry Deenick 

(Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Bustamento), Stella Savy and more. The 

choir has also been privileged to work with some of the best musicians 

on the Australian and international music scene, including Venetta Fields, 

Mal Webb, Tony Backhouse, Hugh Masekela, Valanga Khoza, Andrea 

Khoza and Vika & Linda Bull. Sweet Monaís Choir has performed at 

a huge range of venues including music festivals from Apollo Bay to 

Brunswick, from churches, weddings and community events to Federation 

Square in the heart of Melbourne. 

Comprising 30-40 singers, from a diverse range of backgrounds and 

ages, countless people from the community have enjoyed, and benefited 

from, performing with the choir over the past 20 odd years. Each member 

offers something different to the choir, keeping Sweet Mona’s Choir a 

colourful and lively human music machine! 

AUDITION 

Want to audition? Read on 

Places in the choir are very limited. When we audition, we are looking for 

a combination of factors- the ability to hold and match pitches, blending 

and balancing your voice with others, the ability to clap and step in time 

and the ability to be a proactive member of a group. 

Please note: Rehearsal is held Tuesday nights (in Ballarat) 7-9pm during 

school terms and is mandatory. Choir members are expected to be 

available for gigs throughout the year. 

*Don’t be alarmed if you don’t hear from us for a long time, we usually 

only hold auditions once a year! 

We will email you when we are holding auditions. Your details will be held 

safely in our database! 

MINI MONA’S CHOIR 

The Mini Mona’s are a community children’s choir who perform a Capella 

and accompanied contemporary, world and gospel music. Singing these 

styles of music opens avenues of understanding and appreciation of other 

culture’s musical styles, languages, attitudes and perspectives. Children 

of any age and ability are welcomed and given the opportunity to sing, 

create and perform! 

Ballarat’s longest-running community choir, BCS has a focus on 

classical work with regular explorations of more contemporary works. 

Founded over one hundred years ago, BCS maintains a friendly 

community feel and a high standard of singing. We are a small choir with 

a big sound, a collective of people who are passionately committed to 

singing great music, and doing it well. With the support of our talented 

Musical Director, Helen Duggan, we are known for our beautiful renditions 

of the classics - from Mozart to Beethoven and beyond - and our 

exploration of the lighter side of music. Please join us on our vibrant 

musical journey, as an audience member, a supporter or a chorister. 

@ballaratchoralsociety 

info@ballaratchoralsociety.com 

http://www.ballaratchoralsociety.com 

@sweetmonaschoir 

https://sweetmonaschoir.com 

Genre: Gospel and world music choir 

Band Members 

www.myspace.com/sweetmonaschoir 

https://sweetmonaschoir.com/ 

www.facebook.com/sweetmonaschoir 

Home Town : Ballarat 

About: 

Vibrant, harmonically magnificent Sweet Mona’s Choir is a Ballarat based 

gospel and world music choir of exceptional quality! For over 20 years, 

the ‘Monas’ have continued to delight audiences with their energetic stage 

presence and stunning vocals. 

Biography: Born organically in mid-nineties, when an enterprising teacher 

used choral singing as an innovative way to teach voice skills in a 

performing arts course, Sweet... See more on the website! Booking agent: 

Sarah Sainsbury - go to ‘contact us’ at https://sweetmonaschoir.com/ 


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Mr Bailey’s Minder 

Ballarat National Theatre 

• 7th July Gala Night 

• 8th July Sunday Matinee 

• 11th – 13th July Wednesday to Friday 8 pm 

• 14th July Saturday Matinee 

The play centres around Leo Bailey, one of Australia’s greatest 

living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, 

cynicism and self-loathing, can no longer take care of himself. His 

resentful daughter has been through a succession of minders, until 

Therese comes along, fresh out of prison and determined to make a 

go of her limited options. 

Mr Bailey’s Minder is a tough, funny and big-hearted play. It’s 

about shame and judgment, about who deserves to be loved and 

forgiven. It looks at how people exploit each other and where they 

find the beauty; and the qualities of transcendence, letting go and 

forgiveness. 

“Like her character Leo Bailey, playwright Debra Oswald reveals 

the luminous inner beauty of ordinary men and women emotionally 

scarred by life.” - Mark Hopkins, Sydney Morning Herald 

Mr Bailey’s Minder by Debra Oswald (2005) won the Griffin award 

for best new Australian play and broke box office records during its 

2006 national tour. 

Bookings: Her Majesty’s Theatre Box Office business hours, or 

Majestix https://hermaj.com/whats-on/ballarat-national-theatreseason 

Darlings, I would like to acknowledge the traditional 

owners of Ballarat, the Wadawurrung people, and I 

pay my respects to all elders past, present and future. 

LaNCE tv 

Local stars Lance DeBoyle and Gabriella Labucci chat with an array of VERY 

interesting local / national guests, via a blend of mixed media and live 

studio interviews, as they bring you a variety show with a difference! 

Streaming LIVE to Facebook 

Saturdays from 8:30pm AEST 

from Ballarat in Western Victoria 

Interviewing the Infamous! 

www.facebook.com/pg/LanceTV 

e: lancetv@gmx.com 


Plastic Flower making workshops at the Ballarat Tramway Museum 

1st Tues of Month 11.00-12.30 

2nd Sunday of Month 1.00-3.00pm. 

July 3rd & 8th Aug 7th & 12th Sep 4th & 9th Oct 2nd & 14th 

Contact Details: 

Pam Waugh, Floral Tram Coordinator 

pamelawaugh@aapt.net.au 

0429 601605 

Ballarat Tramway Museum 

South Gardens Lake Wendouree 

P.O. Box 632 Ballarat Vic 3353 

Ph 53341580 

peter.waugh@btm.org.au 

http://www.btm.org.au 

Invitation 

Join us at the Ballarat Tramway Museum to reinvent a “FLORAL TRAM” for the 2019 Begonia festival 

We need everyone’s help to 

RECYCLE and REUSE PLASTIC to COVER A TRAM with FLOWERS 

You can help: 

• Collect material (see materials advice below) and deliver them to the Tram Museum or contact us to collect (We need lots!) 

• Make flowers (we need thousands!) at home, at the Tramway Museum flower workshops or as a group activity with a club 

or friends 

• Deliver finished flowers to the Museum as you make them 

(Please let us know when you are coming as sometimes there is no-one there) 

• Contact us to collect from you 

• Final flowers by Xmas 2018 

• Help to cover the tram with flowers during January 2019 

• Be a special guest at the Official Launch, March 2019 

• Ride and enjoy the Floral Tram at 2019 Begonia Festival 

Don’t have much reusable plastic? Ask your friends to collect as well and we’ll keep it out of landfill. Looking forward to your 

involvement with us. 

Materials for Begonia Festival 2019 Decorated Tram: 

Collect for us or use in your own creations PLASTIC that would normally be thrown away or placed into recycling bins 

• Grocery plastic bags 

• Plastic bottles with lids 

• Vegetable plastic bags 

• Vegetable net bags 

• Lids all sorts (wine bottle lids are 

excellent) 

• Acrylic wool/string (needs to be 

strong enough not to break) 

• Ribbon waterproof 

Flower Criteria for Begonia Festival 2019 

Decorated Tram: 

Flowers should be 

• Made from PLASTIC that would 

normally be thrown away or placed 

into recycling bins 

• Waterproof 

• Light weight 

• Able to be joined together e.g. 

Plastic bag flowers with long ties /or 

• Able to be stapled or glued to backing board e.g. Plastic bottle flowers 

• Durable enough to cope with wind and rain while travelling along Wendouree Parade at speed. 

Flower Colours 

• Predominantly one colour or have a definite main colour. 

• Plastic can be already coloured, Painted or Coloured with waterproof felt markers 

o White , Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Clear 

Flowers can be as creative or interesting as you like. Workshops will concentrate on some basic styles, but interesting base 

materials create interesting flowers. 

Repeat flowers for us to create bunches and groups, 

• Styles: Colours: Sizes - Inspirations: Pinterest - You Tube - Instruction Sheets on Web pages - Workshops - Vintage paper 

flower patterns. Substitute soft plastic for crepe/Tissue paper - Historic photos 


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LOCAL LIVE MUSIC 

ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT 

40 Lydiard St Nth, Ballarat CBD - 5320 5858 

Sunday July 8 

Ade Ishs and eMotion Band 

Sunday July 29 

Last Sunday of July Concert: Vivaldi and a little bit more 

Sunday August 5 

Celebrating Chopin 2018 

CABARET CLUB 

4/9367 Western highway, Warrenheip, Ballarat 

(p 0408 591 213 e dani@thecabaretclub.com.au 

Friday July 6 

Electric Blues Duo 

Saturday July 7 

Dave Graney and The Mistly 

Friday July 13 

Shane Gilbert 


Son Of A Gunzel ‘Sit In Sessions’ 


“The Price Is Wrong’ Game Show 

Friday August 3 

Old Melbourne Road 

BALLARAT JAZZ CLUB 

Ballarat Golf Club - 1800 Sturt St, Ballarat - 0456 689 123 

Sunday July 15 

Davey G and Strings 

BALLAARAT MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 

117 Sturt St, Ballarat - 5331 3042 - ballaratmi.org.au 


Phileas Fogg Trio 

BASEMENT BAR 

Underneath The Lost Ones Contemporary Art Gallery 

14 Camp St, Ballarat - 0456 689 123 

Friday July 6 - 7:30pm 

Paige Duggan 

Saturday July 7 - 7pm 

Polyphonic Voices: Tallis On Top 

Sunday July 8 - 3pm 

Rod Gear 

Thursday July 12 - 7pm 

Jazz with Stephen Fewell 


Paige Duggan 


High Havoc 




Paige Duggan 


Simon Pianta 

Wednesday July 25 - 7:30pm 

Bar Choir sing-a-long 




Paige Duggan 


Paige and The Vinleys 

Saturday August 4 - 7:30pm 

Geoffrey Williams sings Bill Withers and Nina Simone 

IRISH MURPHY’S 

36 Sturt St, Ballarat CBD - 5331 4091 


Rothschild 


Trunk 


No Mistake 


Beattie Boys 


MissBehavin’ 


No Plans 

Friday July 3 

Blank Canvas 

GEORGE HOTEL - Live at the Lane 

27 Lydiard Street Nth, Ballarat CBD - 5333 4866 


Jesse Zahra 


Kieran Tobin + Ryan Bell 


Steffi 


Anna Oliphant-Wright + Ash Egan 


Brodie Farlech 


Kev Antonio + Jesse Zahra 


Brodie Glen 

KAROVA LOUNGE 

Field & Camp St, Ballarat CBD - 5332 9122 

Wednesday July 

The Preatures + Ali Barter 


Didirri + Moreton + Kat Edwards 


KL 14 deat. Dewey and The Panel Beaters + Wax Nomads + 

Butterfunked + Barry Sunset 


The Southern River Band 


Slum Sociable + Milan Ring 

OPULANCE 

203 Dana Street, Ballarat CBD - (03) 4310 2919 


Andy Firth & Rebecca Mendoza + The Benny Goodman / Billie Holiday 

sessions 


Georgia Brooks 

NORTH BRITAIN HOTEL 

502 Doveton St Nth, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat - 5331 1291 

Sunday July 8 

Harrty lamb 

MUNSTER’S ARMS 

10 Victoria Street, Bakery Hill, Ballarat CBD - 5332 2323 

check with the pub 

Gordon Ukulele Club 

We have several in the group who like to vibrate strings: 

if you are one - or even an aspirant or just curious - 

then this may strike a chord for you! 

The get together on..... 

- Wednesday Evenings at 7pm 

at the Gordon Hotel 

- First Sunday of the month at 3pm 

at the Gordon Hotel 

- Third Sunday of the month at 10am 

at Gordon Bleu 


WHAT IS BALLARAT EVOLVE? 

Ballarat Evolve is a trial program supported by the Ballarat Arts Foundation. This program is investigating the sustainability of 

linking private businesses with micro-creative enterprises and artists, and permitting access to empty retail spaces throughout the 

regional city’s central business district - focusing on fast tracking the city’s evolution. 

WHAT IS THE REASON FOR BALLARAT EVOLVE? 

Taking learnings from the hugely successful Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia initiatives, and relying upon the advice and 

guidance of Arts Law Centre of Australia, Ballarat Evolve was borne out of genuine interest from local traders. Interested groups 

started to notice the changing profile of the inner city streets, and a private initiative was undertaken. Volunteers logged empty 

retail environments in a selected area of the CBD, noting those buildings highlighted with a ‘For Lease’, ‘For Sale’ and those which 

were clearly empty. This was matched with attitudinal research of 220 individuals living, using and working in the heart of the city. 

“62% of people believe there are fewer people shopping in the heart of Ballarat compared to a year ago.” 

— Ballarat Public Use Survey, Feb 2018 

“87% of those who live and work in Ballarat believe that there are many empty shops in the heart of the city.” 


WHY IS THE BALLARAT ARTS FOUNDATION INVOLVED? 

The Ballarat Arts Foundation was approached with the concept to support a trial, investigating the feasibility of placing creative arts 

practitioners and small businesses into identified empty retail environments. Ballarat Arts Foundation, as the city’s primary grantmaker 

to the creative and arts community, has agreed to support the project’s trial till the end of December 2018. The Ballarat 

Arts Foundation will assess applicants, and coordinate the profiling matching of applicants to suitable locations in conjunction with 

the landlords and their representative agents. It is hoped that following the review period, the program will be established as an 

ongoing concern. 

WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED? 

Ballarat Evolve is supported by a range of different private bodies, including real estate agents Colliers International and legal 

teams offering their services pro-bono. 

“56% of respondents disagree that the centre of Ballarat is vibrant and lively.”” 


“84% of people in Ballarat believe that empty retail shops should be made available to micro-businesses and enterprises. 

” 


APPLYING TO BE A PART OF THE BALLARAT EVOLVE TRIAL 

FOR ARTISTS 

We are currently seeking creative industries, artists and makers to put themselves forward for consideration. The trial will be small 

and tightly managed, so we would encourage you not to be disappointed should you not be successful on this occasion. Please 

submit your Expression of Interest, and we will coordinate interviews and appointments with those who are successful. 

www.ballaratartsfoundation.org.au/evolve-ballarat/ 

FOR LANDLORDS 

We are seeking submissions from landlords with properties in the Ballarat Central region that have proven difficult to lease. We 

seek the support of property owners who have vacant buildings to make them available for this project trial, adding them to our 

existing list of properties under consideration. 

www.ballaratartsfoundation.org.au/evolve-ballarat/ 


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ARTISTS CALLS, AWARDS, PRIZES, GRANTS & FUNDING 

PRIZES 

Black Cat Gallery 

Seeking proposals by artists, curators & collectives - all mediums for our 

2017 exhibition program. 1103 Burke Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123 

blackcatgallery.com.au/sumit 

No listed deadline 

CFP: A Critical Examination of Arts, Activism 

& Human Rights In Partnership With Amnesty 

International 

Seeking articles by practioners wishing to explore ways of documenting 

their practice. www.intellectbooks.co.uk 

stephaniejaneknight@gmail.com 

Brunswick Street Gallery 

Call for EOI’s in 2017. With multiple gallery spaces, we have a variety of 

approaches for our curatorial platform. Offering space for emerging art 

practice, BSG engages with contemporary theoretical approach 

brunswickstreetgallery.squarespace.com 

Digital picture books 

Like A Photon Creative seeks submissions for an interactive storytelling 

platform with national and international audiences. Pixapops is a digital 

world featuring picture books and animated stories for readers up to six 

years of age. For more information: aimee.lindorff@gmail.com 

Mundaring Arts Centre 

Mundaring Arts Centre | 2018 Call for Submissions 

Do you have a good idea for an exhibition or know artists looking for a 

venue? If so, we want to hear from you! MAC is now inviting exhibition 

applications from visual artists and curators for consideration in our 2018 

exhibitions program. We encourage applications from emerging, mid- 

≠career and established artists from across all disciplines and visual art 

forms, as well as curatorial proposals. 

If you are interested in exhibiting your work or curating an exhibition in one 

of our gallery spaces at Mundaring Arts Centre you can apply using the 

process below. 

Download and read the Information and Terms & Conditions Form 

Download and complete the Exhibition Applications Form 

Email or post completed proposals to info@mundaringartscentre.com.au 

or Mundaring Arts Centre 7190 Great Eastern Hwy Mundaring WA 6073 

For more information contact our Administrator Louella Hayes on 08 9295 

3991 or lhayes@mundaringartscentre.com.au 

Belconnen Arts Centre 

Belconnen Arts Centre Artist in Residence Program 

Belconnen Arts Centre is developing its seasonal Artists in Residence 

program and is offering assistance to local artists, writers, performers, new 

media collaborators and other creative professionals looking to use studio, 

performance and exhibition space for development and presentation 

of new work. As part of this program, the Centre can offer significant 

discounts on the hire of space, mentoring and professional development, 

plus support through profiling and marketing. 

The aim of the Artist in Residence program is to encourage practising 

individual artists, writers and performers or small groups to develop a work 

or series of works within the Arts Centreís available studios and workshops 

and to then have the opportunity to present or exhibit that work. Available 

spaces include the Dance Studio during school holidays and the Creative 

Workshops, suitable for creation of larger work and or group work, and 

writing, multimedia and some performance development work. 

Venue specifications, costings and terms and conditions for each of the 

available spaces are available here. 

If you are interested in applying for an Artist in Residence at Belconnen 

Arts Centre, please complete the Venue Hiring Enquiry Form here and 

return with the completed Artist in Residence Proposal and CV to info@ 

belconnenartscentre.com.au. Please attach any additional relevant 

information, to give us a better idea of what you want to do. 

To discuss your idea with the programming team, please feel free to 

contact the Centre on (02) 6173 3300. 

We are happy to accept applications from Artists in Residence at any time 

of the year. 

GRANTS 

QuickstART 

No Interest Loan Scheme For Artists Commercial no interest loan scheme 

for individual artists, groups, and creative practitioners, created by Positive 

Solutions & Brian Tucker Accounting info@foresters.org.au 

No Deadline 

Regional Arts Fund 

The Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund program supports 

sustainable cultural development in regional and remote Australia. The 

Regional Arts Fund is managed in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria and is 

delivered in two main categories, Community Grants and Quick Response 

Grants. 

Quick Response Grants 

Quick Response grants of up to $1500 for individuals and $3,000 for 

organisations are available throughout the year. 

The Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant Funding is open. 

www.rav.net.au/funding-opportunities/regional-arts-fund 

About the Rattle Poetry Prize 

The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $10,000 for a single 

poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. 

Ten finalists will also receive $200 each and publication, 

and be eligible for the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be 

selected by subscriber and entrant vote. 

Additional poems from the entries are frequently offered 

publication as well. In 2017 we published 20 poems that had 

been submitted to the contest from just over 4,000 entries. 

With the winners judged in an anonymous review by the 

editors to ensure a fair and consistent selection, an entry fee 

that is simply a one-year subscription to the magazine - and 

a large Readers’ Choice Award to be chosen by the writers 

themselves - we’ve designed the Rattle Poetry Prize to be 

one of the most inspiring contests around. 

Past winners have included a retired teacher, a lawyer, and 

several students. It’s fair, it’s friendly, and you win a print 

subscription to Rattle even if you don’t win. 

DEADLINE: July 15, 20 


BALLARAT ARTS FOUNDATION 

Ballarat Evolve 

Fundraising Film Night “The Square” 

15th August 2018 at 6.15pm 

Tickets are only $25, and show your 

ticket after the show to secure 15% 

off your first drink at The Lost Ones 

Basement Bar. 

Need a night out to see some 

pithy humour and help the arts 

community of Ballarat at the same 

time? 

Buy your tickets now! 

Your receipt from your ticket 

purchase serves as your proof of 

entry. 

Tickets: 

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With One Voice Social Franchise Start-Up Funding 

https://www.creativityaustralia.org.au/choirs/start 

Start-up Funding Overview 

Creativity Australia is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation, through the neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. The With 

One Voice Social Franchise program is about building supportive networks, strengthening diverse communities and inspiring individuals to find 

their voice. 

Together, we can change the world… one voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors, rehearse weekly followed by 

supper and perform at community and corporate events. 

To make it easier for communities to start their own choir, Creativity Australia is offering a limited number of start-up funding grants of up 

to $10,000. Successful applicants will receive the start-up grant and join a 12-month intensive mentoring program to guide them through the 

process of building their own With One Voice Social Franchise choir. 

Success is determined by our unique “Health of Choirs” indicators that measure member engagement and participation through our personalised 

program App. During the first six months one of our program staff will mentor the organizing committee to interpret the indicators and use them 

to focus their efforts to lay a strong foundation for the choir to succeed, be socially inclusive and build community wellbeing and inspirational 

outcomes for participants. 

How the With One Voice Social Franchise program works 

With One Voice Social Franchise programs are set up and ran by local volunteers using the resources and materials provided by Creativity 

Australia. By establishing a local community choir under the auspices of Creativity Australia (as a registered charity) you hold a licence that 

enables the choir to raise funds to support projects and initiatives at a local level. The choir is set up as an unincorporated association under the 

umbrella of Creativity Australia. This includes an independent bank account which is jointly managed by the local choir volunteers and Creativity 

Australia. 

There are seven key components to the With One Voice Social Franchise program: 

1. bringing together a diverse range of local community individuals and organisations to promote, commence and participate in the 

program 

2. finding an extraordinary music leader (who is empathetic and inspiring) 

3. finding a safe, nurturing space to sing (that is accessible and close to public transport or infrastructure) 

4. seeking out diversity (all are welcome…all ages, backgrounds and cultures...no auditions) 

5. showcasing your choir … share the love (perform locally, celebrate accomplishments) 

6. nurturing social connections (rehearse weekly, share supper, share the “Wish List”) 

7. building sustainability (develop community & business connections, recruit some helpers, start fund raising). 

Priority 

Funding is not prioritized for any particular group or type of organisation, however, there is a set of criteria that applicants must meet. Please see 

the information pack that can be downloaded from the website for more information 

Limitations. 

The organising committees of With One Voice Social Franchise Choirs must represent the community and applications will be assessed based 

on their diversity and/or plan to achieve diversity. If you would like assistance on whether or not your group or organisation would be suitable to 

help establish a With One Voice Social Franchise choir, please contact Creativity Australia. Please note, local and state government are not eligible 

to apply. 

Applications / Guidelines 

Applications Open: June 2, 2018 

Applications close: August 31, 2018 

Application methods: Online 

Website: http://www.creativityaustralia.org.au/choirs/start/ 

Guidelines: https://www.creativityaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Information-for-starting-a-With-One-Voice-program-2018-1.pdf 

Application: https://goo.gl/forms/6EjBhqoNmkF4Suaz2 

We can provide Banners, JPEGS and our Media release for you to use with all e-news, social media, website and newsletter communications as 

well as Suggested Social Media Posts for Facebook and Twitter – to make your helping a little easier ! 

Contact Details 

Nathan Lange – Programs Manager - Creativity Australia - With One Voice, Level 1, 10 Dorcas St South Melbourne 3205 VIC 

p: 03 8679 6088 e: nathan@creativityaustralia.org.au 


WHAT IS UNSCENE? 

Unscene in a short film competition that gives emerging Australian filmmakers the 

opportunity to showcase their talent on the big screen. 

Make an engaging film that answers the prize for your chance to win a share in an 

amazing prize pool worth in excess of $25,000. First prize includes $10,000 cash 

and a slew of gear courtesy of Blackmagic to help you keep creating! 

Each short film will be voted on by the public and judged by industry experts with 

winners announced at the Gala event at Village Cinemas Rivoli on December 6, 

2018. 

This year’s theme is ìChoicesî. Submissions open on July 2, so get creating 

BRIEF 

This year’s theme is to make a short film (maximum 5 minutes including credits) 

based on the theme ìChoices”. 

Choices dictate our lives. We feel the impact of good choices, the burden of bad 

choices, and the constant ìwhat ifî of how our lives would change if we’d done 

things differently. Your film could explore any genre, be it comedy, documentary, 

animation, horror, musical ñ whatever you like to make! We just want to see your 

point of view. 

The judges are on the lookout for innovation, good storytelling and the ability to 

move an audience. 

Submissions will open on July 2 so get a team together and start creating! 

HOW TO ENTER 

Create a short film, under 5 minutes (including credits) that explores the theme 

ìChoices”. 

Download the end card and include it at the end of your film. 

Upload your film to Vimeo and submit your film via the submissions page. 

ENTRY DATES 

June 1: Call for submissions 

July 2: Submissions open 

October 17: Submissions close 

October 22: Online voting commences 

November 2: Online voting closes 

November 9: Finalists Announced 

December 6: Gala Event, winners announced at Village Cinemas Rivoli 

PRIZE DETAILS 

FIRST PLACE 

$10,000 Cash 

Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro, URSA Viewfinder, Vlock Battery Plate & URSA Mini 

Shoulder Mount Kit 

The First Place Film to play in selected Village Cinema locations foyer video walls 

for six months 

SECOND PLACE 

$2,000 Cash 

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K 

The Second Place Film to play in selected Village Cinema locations foyer video 

walls for six months 

Through November - screenings will be 

on nights when the weather is good. Free 

The Mallow Hotel will be hosting it’s first 

ever Short Film Festival. 

Screening late November (weather 

dependant) we plan to make this an 

extraordinary welcome back to summer! 

We’ve got some awesome guest judges & 

some even better prizes to be won for our 

filmmakers (we will reveal these later!) 

Our very own outdoor cinema will be decked 

out with couches & pillows so you’ll feel 

right at home! 

We’ll chuck on a few drink specials, pop 

some popcorn & possibly even have 

something awesome for intermission. 

Anyone can enter & it’s free to attend! 

Details for filmmakers: 

Duration: 7 minutes or under (but we 

don’t mind if you go a bit over) 

Signature Item: Similar to Tropfest, our 

signature item is Beer. You can include the 

signature item in any way you like, but it 

must be present and our guest judges will 

be looking for it! 

To enter: 

You will need to upload your video on either 

YouTube or Vimeo and simply fill out the 

form provided in this event and send that to 

our email themallow.filmfest@gmail.com 

and you’re in! It’s that easy! 

Entry is open now & closes 4th 

November. 

The Mallow Hotel 

20 Skipton Street, Ballarat, 

Victoria 3350 

THIRD PLACE 

$1,000 Cash 

Blackmagic Video Assist 4K, DaVinci Resolve Studio License & Da Vinci Micro 

Panel 

The Third Place Film to play in selected Village Cinema locations foyer video walls 

for six months 

ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS 

Films will be available for public voting on October 22 via Facebook likes. 

Voting will close on November 2, with the winner gaining automatic entry to the 

finals. Additional finalists will be determined by a panel of industry judges, who will 

be invited to a Gala event at the Rivoli Cinemas on December 6. 


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Future/Forward 

14 - 15 August 2018 

National Gallery of Australia and Parliament House 

This year’s Federal Budget disappointed the nation in failing to offer a vision for championing and strengthening Australia’s 

contemporary arts. 

That means it’s up to us. 

Future/Forward will ignite the nation’s capital with timely collaboration on how best to advance rights, sustain incomes and 

develop practice in Australia today. 

NAVAís been giving a lot of thought to exactly this question. At Future/Forward, we’re going to launch the commitments 

we’re making to the sector through our new Strategic Plan. And top of our list is the Code of Practice for the Professional 

Australian Visual Arts, Craft and Design Sector. 

What needs to go into the updated Code? How do we make that Code enforceable? How will we create policy change, 

redress inequity and take action together? 

Our first day at the National Gallery of Australia will focus on negotiating the institutional aspects of professional practice. 

Our second day at Parliament House will focus on the politics of policy change. Each day will offer a blend of talks, 

hypotheticals, scenarios, games and case studies that get us thinking actively. 

We welcome artists to attend, participate and lead new conversations. Abdul Abdullah, Fiona Foley, Patricia Piccinini, Peter 

White and pvi collective are confirmed so far. 

We welcome organisational, government and philanthropic leaders to join us and participate actively. 

Whether you’re joining us in Canberra or online, we’re planning two days of focused artistic thinking for creative action. 

Travel Subsidies 

With thanks to our colleagues at the various state government arts agencies, NAVA has secured travel subsidies to 

support artists’ attendance. At this stage, subsidies are available for Queensland, South Australian, Western Australian and 

Victorian artists. We are working on securing funding for other states. 

We are looking to support artists who will directly benefit from attending Future/Forward and who demonstrate an active 

engagement in the arts sector. 

You must be a NAVA Premium or Premium Plus Member to apply. Sign up to become a Member here: 

https://visualarts.net.au/shop/products/?category=Membership 

Our first day at the National Gallery of Australia will focus on negotiating the institutional aspects of professional practice. 

Our second day at Parliament House will focus on the politics of policy change. Each day will offer a blend of talks, 

hypotheticals, scenarios, games and case studies that get us thinking actively. 

https://visualarts.net.au/future-forward/ 


Police Lane Laneways lumieres 

Looking for something new on a wintery Ballarat Saturday night? 

Get your groove on at Ballarat’s newest retro theme night: 

20th Century Countdown 

Counting down the classics from the 1950’s to the year 2000. 

July 28th at the Mechanics Institute. 

Tix $15 from https://www.trybooking.com/396869 


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Shop 2/501 

Main Road 

Ballarat 3350 

Sun-Mon: closed 

Tue-Thurs: 10am-5pm 

Friday: 10am-7pm 

Sat: 10am-3pm 

03 5340 0631 

costumes@getchagearon.com.au 

608 Peel St Nth 

Recent acquisition of 800 costumes. 

Extensive vintage selection a feature 

Come and Explore! 

BLOC Costume Hire 

Wigs 

Accessories 

Altering available 

Mon 2-8pm 

Thursday 2-8pm 

or by appointment 0439 811 626 


RESOURCES 

Arts Access Victoria 

222 Bank Street, South Melbourne 3205 - 9699 8299 

Delivering opportunities for arts and culture participation for people with 

disabilities. info@artsaccess.com.au 

Art Education Australia 

150 Palmerston Street, Carlton 3053 - 93546 5188 

Supporting art educators, students, researchers, and others with an interest 

in visual arts education. enquiries@arteducation.org.au 

Arts Hub Australia 

Find jobs, see what’s on, and read news in the arts. www.artshub.com.au 

Arts Law Centre of Australia 

Low-cost specialist legal advice and services, including advocacy, 

publications (inc’ sample contracts), education www.artslaw.com.au 

Ausdance Victoria 

45 Moreland Street, Footscray 3011- 9689 2055 

Supporting the dance sector with training, education and curriculum 

development, advocacy, and programming. 

Australia Council 

372 Elizabeth Street, Surrey Hills, NSW 2010 - 1800-226-912 (02) 9215 

9000 

The Australian government’s arts funding and advisory body, providing 

funding, research, and audience development. mail@australiacouncil.gov.au 

Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) 

We’re here for the music. We help music creators get paid for their work and 

give music users easy ways to legally play and copy what they like. Royalties 

keep the music coming and ensure the industry’s future. 

General Enquiries - 02 9935 7900 General Enquiries - apra@apra.com.au, 

apraamcos.com.au/about-us/ 

Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society 

16 Mountain Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 - (02) 9935 7900 

Supporting the music sector with advocacy, promotion, and ensuring 

royalties on work that is played, performed, or reproduced. apra@apra.com. 

au 

Australian Writers Guild 

National Voice Report – Annual survey and analysis of theatre programming 

across Australia’s 10 top theatre companies. www.awg.com.au 

Auspicious Arts Incubator 

228 Bank St, South Melbourne 8682 0470 

Supporting independent artists and arts practices through mentorships 

developing sustainable creative businesses. www.auspiciousincubator.com. 

au 

Australian Art Prize Planner 

On-line calendar of upcoming awards and competitions. 

www.art-prizes.com.au 

Career Lounge 

Build your portfolio and network with young people and industry pros. www. 

careerlounge.com.au 

Creative Partnerships Australia 

Level 2, 405 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 - 9616 0300 

A resource hub for the facilitation of business partnerships, social 

investment, and philanthropy for the cultural and creative sectors. 

info@creativepartnershipsaustralia.org.au 

www.creativepartnerhipsaustralia.org.au 

Craft Victoria 

31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000 - 9650 7775 

Fostering creativity, experimentation, and professionalism in contemporary 

craft and design through exhibition and retail opportunities, advocacy, 

programming, professional development, and promotional support. 

craftvic@craftvic.org.au 

Creative Victoria 

Level 31, 121 Exhibition St, Melbourne 3100 - 8683 3100 

State government body responsible for the arts; policy advice, funding and 

opportunities for Victorian artists, and overseeing the state’s cultural facilities 

and collections. artsvic@dpc.vic.gov.au 

Cultural Development Network 

Level 2, 17 - 23 Lygon St, RMIT Building 96 PO Box 48, Carlton South, 

Melbourne 417 038 824 

Independent non-profit linking individual practitioners, community 

organisations, and government around issues of cultural vitality through 

networking, projects, advocacy, and discourse. 

admin@culturaldevelopment.net.au 

Culture Victoria 

Online educational resource for those interested in Victoria’s stories, 

collections, and places. www.cv.vic.gov.au 

Expert Arts eNewsletter 

Learn about free and low-cost monthly events focused on empowering the 

arts sector www.creative.vic.gov.au 

Heritage Victoria 

Department of Planning and Community Development Level 4, 55 Collins 

Street, Melbourne 3000 - 8644 8800 

Victorian government’s heritage agency; identifying, interpreting, protecting, 

and advising about Victoria’s cultural heritage resources and administering 

Victorian Heritage grants. heritage.victoria@dpcd.vic.gov.au 

Koorie Heritage Trust 

295 King Street, Melbourne 3000 - 8622 2600 

Community non-profit that preserves, protects, and promotes the living 

culture of the Aboriginal people of southeastern Australia. 

info@koorieheritagetrust.com 

I’ll Show You Mine 

Blog showcasing contributions by Australian artists and producers about the 

arts industry, funding and sustainability. www.illshowyoumineaus.wordpress. 

com 

Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) 

South Melbourne Town Hall, Level 1, 208 - 220 Bank Street, South Melbourne 

3205 9188 3681 

Victoria’s peak organization supporting cultural diversity in the arts through 

programming, networking, and advocacy. Inter-faith spoken word prog 

documented in video series. Visible 10 - Work by musicians participating 

in the MAV Music Mentoring Program. ReMastered Myths Intercultural 

collaborations and eclectic new music captured on video. office@ 

multiculturalarts.com.au 

Museums Australia (Victoria) 

PO Box 385, Carlton South 3053 8341 7344 Regional freecall 1800 680 082 

Victorian office of the national Museums Australia, supporting professional 

development opportunities for staff, volunteers, independent contractors, etc. 

www.mavic.asn.au 

Music Victoria 

Level 3, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056 - 9380 1566 

Contemporary music industry peak body supporting all genres through 

advocacy, promotion, and professional development opportunities. 

info@musicvictoria.com.au 

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) 

Level 1, 43 – 51 Cowper Wharf Road, Wooloomooloo NSW 2011 (02) 9368 1900 

Australia’s peak body for the visual arts, craft, and design sector, working 

through advocacy and service provision including research, funding, and ed. 

nava@visualarts.net.au 

Performing Lines 

Producers, marketing and production experts avail to offer project advice, 

budget templates, freight tips/social media advice. www.performinglines.org.au 

Public Galleries Association of Victoria 

Ian Potter Centre NGV Victoria, Federation Square, Melbourne 3000 8662 1585 

Membership organisation supporting public galleries across Victoria through 

networking, advocacy, education, promotion, and administration of the 

Robert Salzer Foundation grant program. anne.robertson@pgav.ngv.vic.gov. 

au 

Regional Arts Victoria 

Level 3, 370 Lt. Bourke St, Melbourne 3000 - 9644 1800 - 1800 819 803 

Victoria’s peak agency resourcing and supporting contemporary and 

innovative regional cultural practice through research, funding, advocacy, 

and personnel. 

enquiry@rav.net.au 

Reverse Art Truck 

17 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood 3134 - 9879 1264 

Member organisation providing recycled materials for the wider community, 

artists, crafters, and art educators. info@reversearttruck.com.au 

Small Is Beautiful 

Microbudget Case Study - Producer Chris Kamen sharing his experience 

developing the microbudget documentary Small Is Beautiful. 

www.smallbeautifulmovie.com/blog/micro-budget- documentary-case-study 

Arts Information Exchange 

New online Q and A forum enabling anyone to post questions about the 

arts and receive answers from a collection of skilled and experienced arts 

advisors drawn from arts agencies, organisations, and individuals across 

Australia. 

Developed with support from Creative Victoria and a range of Victorian arts 

organisations. www.castanet.net.au 

How Music Can Change Your Life 

Online course providing free video, audio and journal resources explaining 

the 6 basic principles of how music can influence individual and communtiy 

health and well-being. University of Melbourne www.coursera.org 

Paxinos and Habash Arts Tax 

Company offering advice for artists and companies Run by John Paxinos 

and Shadi Habash, PHtax is based in Southbank, Melbourne. Tax related 

services, a monthly e-newsletter providing concise tax and other arts related 

advice. There will also be space in the newsletter to advertise shows and 

events. protect-au.mimecast.com to receive the newsletter. To advertise a 


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COMMUNITY RESOURCES 

Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre 

507 Eyre Street - 5331-4107 

manager@ncable.net.au www.ballaratcommunityhouses.org 

Ballarat North Neighbourhood House 

6 Compton Street - 5329 1101 

alison.dumuth@aus.salvationarmy.org 

Ballarat South Community Hub 

Tuppen Drive, Sebastopol - 5329 3273 

www.bschub.com.au 

Wendouree West Community House and Learning 

Centre 

18 Violet Grove - 5339 5069 

wncadmin@ncable.net.au 

Ballarat Community Health Centre Lucas Community Hub 

12 Lilburne Street - 5338 4500 

City of Ballarat Library 

178 Doveton St Nth, Ballarat Central - 5338 6850 

www.centralhighlandslibraries.org.au 

Buninyong Community Website 

www.buninyong.vic.au 

Hepburn Shire Neighbourhood Centres Creswick 

Neighbourhood House 

19 Victoria Street, Creswick (03) 5345-2356 

creswick@ourneighbourhood.org.au 

Clunes Neighbourhood House and Lee Medlyn Home For 

Bottles 

70 Bailey St, Clunes, VIC 3370 (03) 5345 4078 

thegateway@clunes.org 

Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre 

13 Camp Street, Daylesford - 5348 3569 

daylesford@ourneighbourhood.org.au 

Trentham Neighbourhood Centre 

High Street, Trentham - 5424 1354 

trentham@ourneighbourhood.org.au 

LOCAL RESOURCES 

ABC Radio Ballarat 

Events Calendar www.abc.net.au/ballarat 

ARTeFACT e-Newsletter 

Monthly compendium of all things cultural. Freely available via the link on 

the front page of the Central Highlands Arts Atlas website. 

Submit articles by the 15th of each preceding month. 

Community Art Co-ordinator: deborahklein@ballarat.vic.gov.au - 5320 5643 

ARTeFACT layout and design: petersparkman@gmail.com - 0424 874 598 

Arts Atlas Website 

Integrated information about art events, news, spaces, people, and 

opportunities across the Central Highlands. www.artsatlas.com.au 

Ballarat Arts Alive 

24/7 News, views, reviews, and all the happenings in the arts www. 

facebook.com/ballaratartsalive - www.ballaratartsalive.org 

Ballarat Light Opera Company Wardrobe Hire 

Mondays and Thursdays, 2-8pm 

608 Peel Street North - (03) 5331 8559 

Getcha Gearon Costumes 

Tue-Thur 10-5pm, Friday 10-7pm, Saturday 10-3pm 

shop 2/501 Main Road, Golden point, Ballarat (03) 5340 0631 

City of Ballarat Community Events Calendar 

Ballarat hosts a huge number of events and festivals throughout the year 

which celebrate the best of the region. View the calendar or submit your 

event. It’s free! 

www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/lae/events.aspx 

The Ballarat Courier - ArtConnect 

Caleb Cluff and several other journalists - by 5pm each Tuesday 

www.facebook.com/CourierEntsArts 

The Miner (Weekly local newspaper) 

0353424796 - 0408317 617 

e: news@theminer.net.au 

www.theminer.net.au 

Forte Magazine 

Local and regional live music news 

www.fortemagazine.com.au 

Trouble Magazine 

Arts news and reviews 

www.troublemag.com 

DISCLAIMER 

Any views or opinions expressed herein are solely those of the 

authors and do not necessarily represent those of the City of 

Ballarat. 

The City of Ballarat accepts no legal liability whatsoever 

arising from, or connected to the accuracy, reliability, currency, 

relevance, or completeness of any material contained in 

ARTeFACT or on any website or email linked to the ARTeFACT 

Newsletter. 

The maximum amount of care is taken to include concise, 

updated information at the time of publishing. 

It is the responsibility of each reader to make their own decisions 

and ultimately do their own research and sourcing. 

The newsletter is a helpful guide only. 

*NOTE! 

You may have received 

an e-mail containing the 

link to the on-line viewable 

and downloadable PDFs of 

the ARTeFACT Newsletter 

because you chose to 

subscribe to our email list, 

back when the newsletter 

was only available as an 

e-mailed PDF document. 

Now, it is freely available 

to anyone that follows 

the link on the front page 

of the Central Highlands 

Arts Atlas website. If you 

wish to unsubscribe to the 

e-mail list, just drop a note 

to deborahklein@ballarat. 

vic.gov.au with ‘ARTeFACT 

cancel’ as the subject. 

However, please be aware 

that you can check out the 

current version (or past 

versions) of the newsletter 

via the Arts Atlas at any time, 

as can any member of the 

general public… 

Please feel free to pass the 

link onto others that may 

be interested. It still comes 

out at the beginning of each 

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Photos / contributions by: 

Deborah Klein 

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Malcolm Sanders 

Kate Gerritsen 

Wendy Bolger 

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FEB EVENT PLACE TIME 

Th5 

West African Drumming & Percussion workshop 

Cats In Art exhibition begins pg 13 

Laneways Lumieres light display – nightly until 29 th pg 20 

F6 

S7 Cats In Art exhibition Opening pg 13 

Carnies exhibition Opening pg18 

National Theatre Play ‘Mr Bailey’s Minder’ commences – until 14th July pg44 

LANCE TV live streaming on Facebook pg. 44 

Trial by Jury – Gilbert and Sullivan favourites pg. 55 

Eastwood Leisure complex 

Backspace Gallery 



Unicorn Lane Gallery 

Courthouse Theatre 

Facebook 

B’rat Sth Seniors clubrooms 

S8 Plastic Flower making Workshop for Floral Tram pg. 45 Ballarat Tramway Museum 1pm 

M9 

7-8:15pm 

12-4pm 

5pm-midnight 

2-4pm 

12-2pm 

Check the ad 

8:30pm 

2pm 

T10 Ballarat sQribblers meeting pg. 39 Ballarat Library 6:30pm 

W11 The Arts program on 99.9 VOICE FM 

99.9 VOICE FM 

6-7pm 

Word Banquet meeting 

Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute 7pm 

Th12 


Ballarat Film Society monthly viewing 

Words Out Loud poetry meeting pg. 39 

F13 

S14 LANCE TV live streaming on Facebook pg. 44 

S15 

Ballarat NOIR pg. 56 


Words Out Loud – spoken word and poetry meet 


Ballaarat Mechanic’s Institute 

The Printers Room 

Facebook 

The Lost Ones Basement Bar 


The Printer’s Room, Mair Street 

7-8:15pm 

7pm 

7pm 

8:30pm 

7pm 

7-8:15pm 

7-9pm 

M16 

T17 

W18 The Arts program on 99.9 VOICE FM 99.9 VOICE FM 6-7pm 

Th19 West African Drumming & Percussion workshop Eastwood Leisure complex 7-8:15pm 

F20 

S21 

The Arts program on 99.9 VOICE FM 


99.9 VOICE FM 

Facebook 

6-7pm 

8:30pm 

S22 Cats In Art exhibition closes pg. 13 Backspace Gallery 2-4pm 

M23 

T24 

W25 

The Arts program on 99.9 VOICE FM 

Joseph and the amazing technicolour dream coat performance until 28 th pg 44 

Bar Choir – come along and sing pg. 56 

Ballarat Arts Alive Member’s Monthly Soiree pg. 59 

99.9 VOICE FM 

Damascus College Auditorium 

The Lost Ones Basement Bar 

The Lost Ones Gallery (tentatively) 

6-7pm 

Check online 

7:30pm 

6pm 

Th26 


When I grow Up: SHEILAS exhibition begins pg. 15 

Ballarat sQribblers meeting pg. 39 

F7 

S28 When I grow Up: SHEILAS exhibition Opening pg. 15 


20 th Century Countdown 

S29 Laneways Lumieres light display finishes pg. 20 

Ballarat Winter Festival finishes pg. 21 

M30 

T31 



Ballarat Library 


Facebook 

Ballaarat Mechanic’s Institute 


Around town 

7-8:15pm 

12-4pm 

6:30pm 

2-4pm 

8:30pm 

7:30pm 

Midnight 

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JULY 2018 ARTeFACT Magazine

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