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Splendour 2024 cancelled

It's official, Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled.

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Community grants on offer

Ingrained Foundation is running its fifth annual grants program, with a funding pool of $150,000.

We just love him!

If you’re over 50 you might not be a fan of Tom Jones, but you can bet your mum is. If you’re under 40 you might not even know who he is, but your grandmother probably wet her pants at the mere mention of his name.

Way of the dog

One of the more disappointing aspects of the decline of Byron Bay, and I have a long list, is...

Premier yet to respond to Albo’s offer of disaster recovery funds

Northern Rivers community groups are renewing calls for the NSW premier to formally ask the Commonwealth to fully fund the region's 2022 disaster recovery.

A seasoned bard

Guy Kachel had an idyllic entry to the world of music. Born in Tamworth, he was raised on the banks of the Peel River. The landscape was a fertile ground for his imagination. Seeing this rustic world change, as Tamworth developed into an inland city and friends grew to sometimes troubled adulthoods, provided insights for the artistry that later powered his career as a performer.

Dynamic, rustic yet polished

Animal Ventura is the brainchild of Byron Bay-based singer-songwriter Fernando Aragones. Growing up playing punk and reggae in noisy garage bands in Southern Brazil, Aragones ventured to Australia where the eclectic sounds of the Sydney music scene beckoned.

Lismore Regional Gallery

The Archibald Prize has continued to be one of Australia’s most prestigious art awards and never fails to draw interest, attention and debate. This year, 54 finalists were shortlisted by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 884 entries. Satellite venue, Lone Goat Gallery in Byron Bay Library building, also house some of the works, including the Packers Choice. An Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibition toured by museums and galleries of NSW touring regionally, at Lismore Regional Gallery until 12 April.

Upcoming exhibitions 18 April – 23 May 2015:

Dear Bodhi: Judy Cassab. Cassab has an enduring relationship with the northern rivers, primarily through her son John Seed, grandson Bodhi, and Bodhi Farm. The exhibition traces memories of family and landscape by this renowned Australian artist. It includes illustrated letters to Bodhi, written in the 80s, portraits of the family, and paintings Cassab made around the northern rivers, at The Channon, Bald Rock and Byron Bay.

Cosmology in Me: Michael Philp. Born in 1966 in Tweed Heads, Michael Philp is a Minjungbal man, a tribe of the Bundjalung nation. His father was a white fisherman and his mother was a Murri woman. Philp’s lyrical, poignant works are about experiences that have affected him and this exhibition brings together two bodies of work from different periods of his life.


Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre

Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

The world is not a foreign land

An Ian Potter Museum of Arts and NETS Victoria touring exhibition curated by Quentin Sprague

This exhibition presents work by Timothy Cook, Djambawa Marawili, Ngarra, Rusty Peters, Freda Warlapinni and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu.

Crossing three geographical and culturally distinct regions – the Tiwi Islands, the Kimberley and northeastern Arnhem Land – each artist presents a strikingly different perspective on what constitutes Indigenous contemporary art. Seen together, their work also reveals a series of productive and meaningful relationships: a network of connections that ask audiences to consider how certain objects and practices might relate beyond the confines of existing categories.

Phone 6670 2790, artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au.

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Ngarra Katcha 2006 Synthetic polymer paint on paper 50 x 70 cm © Collection of Ngarra Estate, courtesy Mossenson Galleries, Perth

 


LOUD in the Gallery at NRCG

Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) presents LOUD in the Gallery! A dynamic exhibition celebrating National Youth Week, with final-year works from Alstonville High, Ballina High, Southern Cross School K–12, Xavier Catholic College and Emmanuel Anglican College. These HSC works explore a range of subject matters including identity, social issues and spiritual connections. A must-see event in NRCG’s and the region’s annual arts calendar. Exhibition runs until Sunday 26 April.

The May showcase provides visitors with a special opportunity to view an international award-winning audiovisual work by Grayson Cooke. The work titled AgX is an art-science project about memory and forgetting; it features time-lapse macro-photography of photographic negatives being chemically destroyed.

NRCG Ballina, phone 6681 6167. ballina.nsw.gov.au/nrcg.


Byron School of Art 

Byron School of Art has a great range of upcoming short courses and workshops on offer in printmaking, sculpture, encaustic, painting and drawing.

Artist Dominique Sutton will be teaching an evening class in April on drawing to sculpture – looking at innovative approaches to ideas using a wide variety of materials, so contact BSA to ensure a place.

The Project Space can be hired for group and solo exhibitions among other creative projects.

Visit the BSA website for all the details and subscribe online to receive newsletters about future events -  byronschoolofart.com.


Creative Mullumbimby

Having public art in the Mullum townscape is getting closer. Mullumbimby Sculpture Walk, a project backed by Mullum Chamber of Commerce and Byron Shire Council, is making another step towards realisation with a pledge from Creative Partnerships Australia for $10,000 – if the same amount is raised by crowdfunding first. Your $20 or $50 is needed now; make a donation (it’s tax deductible). See mullumsculpturewalk.com.au.

We just love him!

If you’re over 50 you might not be a fan of Tom Jones, but you can bet your mum is. If you’re under 40 you might not even know who he is, but your grandmother probably wet her pants at the mere mention of his name.

Peter Garrett gives Bluesfest the nod

If I say the words ‘US Forces give the nod’, I can pretty much guarantee that you will hear the unmistakable voice of Peter Garrett ringing in your ears. Your head may even start to bob up and down a bit. 

Save Wallum finalist in NSW 2024 environment awards

The Save Wallum campaign has been named as a finalist in the Nature Conservation Council of NSW Environment Awards 2024. The award ceremony will be held in Sydney tonight, and Save Wallum spokesperson and ecologist James Barrie will be attending with Tegan Kitt, another founding member of the group.

New report highlights gaps in rural and remote health

The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report has just been released. Presenting the latest data on the health of rural and remote Australians and evidence on service gaps, it identifies issues in urgent need of attention from service providers, funders, partners and policy makers.