News and Events  
  October 2010
Dear Subscriber,

With the weather warming up and the trees blossoming, take the time to get your cameras out and take a few award winning photographs to enter in the Moulamein Amateur Photograph Competition.

The Moulamein Art Group is again holding its Annual Amateur Photography Competition as part of the Moulamein Old World Collectables Fair in October this year, beginning with the Presentation of Awards at the Gala Opening Night on Friday 8th October at the Moulamein Gallery at 6pm.  This photography competition (the total prize purse is $1200), is a fantastic opportunity for amateur photographers to show off their favourite snapshots, especially those that illustrate the essence of our local country lifestyle. Entry forms are available from the Gallery or contact Jane Taylor on 03-5887 5060, email tails13@bigpond.com or Kerri Redfearn on 03 58873273, email redfearn@activ8.net.au. The exhibition will be displayed at the Gallery (for three weeks), during the afternoon of the Old World Collectables Fair on Saturday 9 October, and thereafter every Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm.

If entertainment is high on your list make sure you go along to one of Mal Webb’s performances.   Mal is a vocal adventurer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne.  His ballads will have you laughing and you will be amazed at what instruments he plays.  

And lastly the Millinery Workshops with Waltraud Reiner have been hugely successful with most venues booked out.  So if you are quick there are still places available in Coleambally 11 & 12 October. 

To see all that is happening in October scroll down and or visit  our Events Calendar.

Keep an eye out for Fund It!, our monthly funding e-bulletin that will arrive in your inbox mid-month. It lists some highlights from our online Funding Database, an excellent resource for artists and community organisations.

Enjoy your arts

Alyce Fisher and Kristen Dyer
South West Arts Inc.
Ph 03 5881 7749
 
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Artists who were chosen to participate in professional development opportunities through South West Arts Long Paddock program will be touring an exhibition of their journey through the Long Paddock project.  The exhibition opened Saturday 18 October at the Peppin Heritage Centre Deniliquin.  On 30th October, the exhibition will then tour to the Mathoura Visitors Centre and then onto the Berrigan Library until the 30th November.  A must see exhibition showcasing works from our local talented artists.










Popular milliner Waltraud Reiner, who has an international reputation as both a designer and tutor, returned to the south west region to host millinery workshops.  Participants enjoyed the opportunity to create a hat and expand their skills in hat making.   South West Arts received funding from the Sidney Myer Fund through their Arts and Humanities Small Grants Program to deliver the workshop series.  The workshops have been booked out at nearly all of the venues.  Alyce is pictured with her fellow millinery students in Balranald.  












From the 25th till the 29th of August 2010 the Regional Arts Australia conference took over Launceston. The city was alive with street art, live performance and hundreds of arts workers roaming the streets. Among these arts workers were Alyce Fisher, Debbie Wills and Catherine Stewart from the South West of NSW. The conference kept them very busy but they did make time to attend several exhibitions and par take in many of the extra activities on offer. All in all a fabulous conference which has given the girls a lot of food for thought.

EVENTS
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Here are some highlights of the wide variety of events scheduled for October - November. To see more, go to our online Events Calendar.

North Tuppal Woolshed Open Days
When
Saturday 2 & 3 October 2010
Where
North Tuppal Woolshed, Tocumwal
After the very successful North Tuppal woolshed historical 72 stand shearing shed re-enactment, (about 16,000 people turned up) the North Tuppal woolshed near Tocumwal will be hosting open days on the long weekend Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October. The open days will include a display of the photographs that were taken over the two days by a number of professional photographers plus Chris McClelland's artwork "Shearing the Rams - Tuppal Station".  It will be a gold coin donation and the proceeds will go to charity.
For more information please phone D Garner (02) 6993 3010

Alive and Kicking Project - Outback Theatre for Young People
When
Week 1 - 27 September to 1 October 2010
Week 2 - 4 to 9 October 2010
No session on Wednesdays
10am – 2pm
Where
Community Building, Hay Park
Outback Theatre for Young People’s ‘Alive and Kicking’ project is running free workshops afterschool, Saturdays and in the school holidays.  The free School Holiday Program will involve activities in art and design, puppetry, theatre and movement.  Come for a day or the week and be involved in something new and exciting whether you are into performing or making stuff, talking about ideas.
For more information please phone Mandy Field 0401 017 471 Email: field.mandy@gmail.com

Moulamein Old World Collectables Fair
When
Saturday 9 October 2010
Where
Moulamein
A wonderful fun filled family afternoon and evening for everyone to take you back in time to 'ye days of olde' through a variety of enticing experiences.   Art exhibition, army tank displays, old cars, tractors and motorbikes, patchwork quilt competition, horse and buggy rides, steam boat rides, jumping castle, wine tasting, fashion parade, quality stalls, music and fireworks.
For more information please phone the Moulamein Visitor Centre

‘Hats Off to Farming Women’ Millinery Workshops
When & Where
Coleambally - Mon 11 & Tues 12 October (Places still available)  
Hillston - Wed 13 October (Booked Out)           
Hay - Fri 15 October (Booked Out)             
Mathoura - Sat 16 & Sun 17 October (Booked Out)   
By popular demand tutor Waltraud Reiner, who has an international reputation as both a designer and tutor will be returning to the south west region to host Millinery Workshops.  Participants will have the opportunity to make a hat and/or expand their skills in hat making.   South West Arts received funding from the Sidney Myer Fund through their Arts and Humanities Small Grants Program to deliver the workshop series.   
For more information please phone South West Arts 03 5881 7749 or 0428 886 438

Mal Webb
When & Where
Deniliquin Men’s Club - Friday 15 October 2010 - 7.00pm
Barham (part of Barham Show) - Saturday 16 October 2010 – 1.30pm
Tocumwal Bowls Club - Saturday 16 October 2010 – 7.30pm
Mal Webb will be sure to entertain all the family at his extraordinary performances.  He's a vocal adventurer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne.  Mal sings his songs about all manner of stuff, using all sorts of vocal techniques, guitar, mbira, slide trumpet, trombone, chromatic harmonica and a loop recording pedal called Derek.   For a lively night/afternoon purchase your tickets from South West Music - Deniliquin & Barham gold coin donation.  Tocumwal Adults $10, school aged children free. 
For more information please phone South West Music (03) 5881 4736

Fundraising Workshop
When   
Sunday 17 October 2010
Where
Multi Arts Centre, Cressy Street Deniliquin
Creative Memories has joined with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help grant wishes to sick kids. Come along and help to raise some money by purchasing new exclusive Make-A-Wish products from which up to $2 per product is donated to making wishes come true.  Prizes and giveaways on the day.  9am - 4pm
For more information please phone South Bec Doncon 0418451065.

Wamba Wamba/Perrepa Perrepa Cultural Week
When
18 – 24 October 2010
Where
Deniliquin
Wamba Wamba/Perrepa Perrepa Cultural Week is a celebration of the culture of Deniliquin's Traditional Owners - our ancient heritage and contemporary connection to Country.  The week includes hip/hop workshops, tours of Island Sanctuary - its cultural landscape and traditional bush foods, Reconciliation dinner with keynote speaker - renowned Wiradjuri author Dr Anita Heiss, Yarkuwa exhibition in the multi-arts centre and Koorioke night at the Edward River Hotel.
For details and bookings contact Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre on 03 5881 3312.

Brew Guitar Duo 
When
Saturday 23 October 2010 – 8.00pm
Where
Multi Arts Centre, Cressy Street Deniliquin
BREW Guitar Duo has delighted audiences all over the country with its impeccable ensemble skills and captivating stage presence. The guitar duo from Canberra will be performing classical and modern guitar repertoires at 8.00pm at the Mulit Arts Centre.  Admission will be $20 Adults and $5 School aged children
For more information please phone South West Music (03) 5881 4736

Palette on the Pier – Harbourside Walsh Bay.
When
Wednesday 27 October 2010  7.00-10.00pm
Where
Walsh Bay, Sydney
Up to 1000 diners will sit down to an al fresco degustation dinner on the water‟s edge of the historic shipping wharf at Walsh Bay. The event will showcase the fine food of the Walsh Bay restaurants with wines from the Canowindra region in the central west of NSW, accompanied by some cool jazz. This will be the first annual dinner that will bring together the arts, business and residential interests that form the Walsh Bay community with all proceeds to be donated to one of the resident arts organisations. For this inaugural event, proceeds of the dinner will be donated to Regional Arts NSW to assist them in their work to support arts and cultural development and activities that build positive futures for regional, rural and remote communities across NSW. To enhance the fundraising element of the evening, there will be a silent auction of selected artworks from each of the 14 arts regions.  Tickets will be on sale 13 August - 20 October from Sydney Theatre Company Box Office 02 9250 1777  $150 (transaction fees may apply).
For more information please phone (02) 9270 2500 www.regionalartsnsw.com.au

Cadell Fair
When
Friday 29 October  and Saturday 30 October 2010
Where
Mathoura
Mathoura's 2010 Cadell Fair will pay tribute to the red gum timber industry, which has provided the town with its livelihood for the past 150 years.  The Fair starts Friday 29 October at 6.30pm with wine and cheese tasting at the Mathoura Visitor & Business Centre.    The red gum industry will be the centre of attention on the Saturday with displays, wood chopping competitions and old machinery.  There will be children's activities and market stalls on the day.  A photography competition offering more than $100 in prize money will also form part of the event.
For more information please phone Mathoura Visitor & Information Centre 03 5884 3730  www.mathoura.com.au

Free farm family day out
When
Sunday 10 October 2010 11.00 – 2.00pm
Where
“Pinegrove” Mairjimmy, Arnold Rd Jerilderie/Berrigan Rd, Berrigan
Entertainment on the day is local DJ Peter Salt with special guest speaker John Harper from “Mate Helping Mate”.  There will be health checks and a Workcover farm safety display, face painting for the kids and a demonstration of dancing by Suzii's dance school. TAFE NSW Riverina Institute will be on site to assist people with pathways to gain Certificates for life skills.  A two course meal will be provided, please bring your own chair.  Hosts are Bill and Nellie Petzke

3rd Annual Go North Arts Festival
When
26 – 31 October 2010
Where
Swan Hill
Go North Arts Festival is an exciting and diverse celebration of arts and culture in the Swan Hill Region.  Enjoy visual art, concerts, dance, performance, open studios, living books, children’s activities, the George Fairfax Memorial Regional Schools Theatre Festival and much more.  Go North during the last week of October to experience the flavours, sights and sounds of the heart of the Murray.
Visit the website for a full program. http://www.gonorthartsfestival.info/

Balranald's 5 Rivers Outback Festival
When
Friday 1 October – Sunday 3 October 2010
Where
Balranald
This festival celebrates the regions 5 rivers and its natural diversity.  Come and enjoy three days in Balranald.  There will be market days, sausage sizzles and movies for children, fishing competions, Yanga Homestead tours, lawn bowls competition, Burke and Wills lecture, poets breakfast, my camp oven rules and live music.
For more information visit www.5riversoutbackfestival.com.au