We are an arts council
- a group of volunteers
who love all kinds of art.
Our aims are
to maximize the quality of life for Apollo Bay & district
residents, to promote activities of all art forms, to assist
local artists, to assist in bringing artistic performances
to Apollo Bay.
We are 24 years old,
formed in 1985 and incorporated in 1994.
Incorporation enabled eligibility for grant applications
&public liability insurance
Current committee: President- Judi Forrester
Secretary - Jo Forrest Treasurer - Lyndi Whalen
Plus - Brad West
Members: 35+
What we do -
assist with Art Show in January; at the Music Festival -
Poets' Lunch, street parade image; winter classical afternoon; Warm Winter Words - annual readings in August; Arts
News in weekly news-sheet; assist Tuesday Arts Group; assist Community Choir.
And also - creative village project- poles
& seats on foreshore maintenance, print postcards, flyers
of project,; published books of local writings; present exhibitions
& performances anything else that people ask for….
We are funded by
grants, fundraising raffles, sale
of postcards/ books/ tickets.
Anyone can join & it’s free.
Get involved by coming to our meetings advertised
in the news-sheet or call Jo on 0417702526 or Judi on 52376318
anytime.
AGM is in July - we always want your ideas, direction
and energy .…
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Warm
Winter Words Book 2 - Otway Writers - Apollo
Bay Arts community project
funded by the Shire & the Regional Arts Fund, includes contributions from 42 writers of all ages. Otway Writers books are available from Galapagos Bookshop, the Newsagency, Visitor Information Centre, Apollo Bay or from Jane on
03 52 376 335
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Warm Winter Words 17
an Afternoon of Laughs with Sue-Ann Post and Catherine Deveny.
to be held on Sunday 8th August at 2pm
at the Krambruk Room, Apollo Bay Hotel.
Sue-Ann Post is Australia's favourite six-foot, ex-Morman, lesbian, incest-surviving, diabetic writer and comedian.The story of her life seems like a jigsaw put together from a whole series of different puzzles, and the experience of working it all our has left her uncommonly wise and funny. |
Tuesday Art t Group meets each week between 10am – 1pm at
King Parrot Gallery, Tuxion Rd.
All welcome. Info: John 52 376280
or Carol 52 376678
Travelling
the Great Ocean Road - a journey
through time & place is
a new book out by Apollo Bay resident & arts
council member, Cate Cousland.
It tracks the history of Victoria's south-west
coast from Torquay to Port Fairy. Following years
of research, Cate provides a compelling narrative
exploring the coast from the time of Gondwana
to the present era. Available from bookshops,
Info Centres & Newsagents along the coast.
Anglican Church.Our AGM held on Friday 16th July was a success. The committee remains President Judi Forrester, Secretary Jo Forrest & Treasurer Lyndi Whalen. Katie Maxwell performed beautifully to allow a celebration of the arts in Apollo Bay at Shannons Galleryn |
Sue-Ann has been to America journeying into the Mormon heartland to film a documentary about gay and lesbian Mormons thus her book about the trip, The Confessions of an Unrepentant Lesbian Ex-Mormon published in 2005.
Catherine Deveny is a comedy writer, stand-up comedian, and was a regular columnist in The Age newspaper from 2001-2010. She has performed on all Australian TV networks, in Australian comedy venues and on radio. Deveny is the author of Rank and Smelly (1997), Babies, Bellies and Blundstones (1999), Our New Baby (2005); Collections of her column It's Not My Fault They Print Them (2007) and Say When (2008) and Free To A Good Home (2009). She returned to stand-up last year in Mother of The Year as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival & appeared at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention Melbourne with Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer, Philip Adams and PZ Myers. Her one woman show God Is Bullshit, That's The Good News part of the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival was a total sell out.
Further information:
Jane Gross 52 376335 jane.gross@pobox.com
Tickets $10 from Galapagos Books/on the door
Sponsored by the Victorian Writers Centre. .
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In 1994, the Victorian Arts Council
(now named Regional Arts Victoria), with whom the
Apollo Bay Arts Council is affiliated, offered the
Creative Village Initiative to regional communities.
Beginning in 1995, Apollo Bay was successful in
the receipt of
Creative Village funds along with
financial support from the local
Foreshore Committee of Management
to target the foreshore Market site.
Colac Adult and Community
Education Inc was successful in
their New Work Opportunities
application for funds from DEET for the employment
of 12 participants and a supervisor for the development
of the foreshore.
This included the Creative Village Project and meant
that the team employed could carry out the landscaping
works for the site, enabling a group of the participants
to sculpt poles under the guidance of John McColl,
also part of the team of 12.
John guided artists and novices through the process
of sculpting 14 poles, 5 of which he personally
sculpted.
Download the Flyer in PDF
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