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Cultural Capers
Entertainment, Arts and
Culture from Across the North
East Region
For further information regarding this newsletter contact;
Maz McGann
Cultural Development Officer
Wangaratta Rural City Council
T : 03 5722 0762
E : m.mcgann@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
Cultural Capers Overview
 Community Singing Autumn Progarm
23 Apr - 18 June
 African and Brazilian Drum Sing
Dance Program - 8 weeks from 25
Apr
 Wangaratta Choristers Concerts - 2
May - 13 June
 Paul E Mason : Critical Vehicles (Art
Exhibition) 8 May - 7 Jun
 Valley Voices - Community Singing -
10 May - 28 Jun
 Kaleidoscope Exhibition - 16 - 31 May
 Born In A Taxi - Winter Workshops -
23 May - 19 Jun
 Library Week : Libraries Your
Passport to Discovery - 25 - 31 May
 Perceptions (Art Exhibition) 26 May -
19 Jun
 2009 Albury Art Prize - Entries Close
31 May
29 May 2009
In This Issue
Cultural Capers Overview
Music, Theatre, Film & Literature
Awards and Opportunities
Festivals & Events
Visual Arts & Exhibitions
Workshops & Activities
Regulars Who Meet
Friday 29 May 2009
Edition 138
Only a few more days of autumn left so make
sure you make the most of it and enjoy a drive
around the district for some great arts and
cultural activities. Their are some fantastic art
exhibitions on around the region at the moment
and some more great shows coming up in the
near future with the Paul E Mason show
finishing up next week and the first and second
year TAFE students opening their show this
week
Don't forget to get your entries in for
the 50 Icons for 50 Years and check
out our Living Libraries Initiative with
our search for Living Books kicking off
this week.
  King Valley Art Show 6 - 9 Jun Enjoy the last of the autumn weather!
 Trails, Tastings and Tales - Food,
Wine & Heritage Event - 6 - 9 Jun
 Weekend Fit for a King (Gourmet Maz McGann
Food & Wine Festival) 6 - 7 Jun Cultural Development Officer
 Dinner Conversations - 16 Jun
 Steinway In the Library - 17 & 24 Jun
Wangaratta Rural City Council
 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile
Award (Exhibition) 20 Jun - 19 Jul
 Phoenix Exhibition (Art Exhibition) 20
- 28 June
 Memories are Made of This (Live
Choral Performance) 21 Jun
 All About Dogs (Art Exhibition) 26
Jun
 50 Icons for 50 Years - Nominations
Close 29 Jun
 Losing the Thread - Embroidery
Exhibition 4 - 19 Jul
 Stitched Up Textile Festival - 4 - 19
Jul
 Masks, Mandalas and Mosaics (Kids
Art Workshop) 7 Jul
 Beat the Winter Blues 'n Jazz - 10 - 12
Jul
 Literary Lunch with Shane Maloney -
18 Jul
 Call for Papers - ReGenerating
Conference 2 - 4 Sep
 Cafe Culture Series -Feb - Nov 09
 Open Mic at the Vine Hotel - 1st & 3rd
Thursday Monthly
 Moyhu Farmer's Market - 3rd
Saturday of the Month
 Heartsong - Community Singing
 Ostinato - Meets Every Tuesday

Music, Theatre, Film & Literature Literary Lunch with

Wangaratta Choristers
Shane Maloney
Concerts of Sacred Music
2 May - Wodonga at St John's Anglican "Not just a fine crime writer, but a
Church on Beechworth Road fine writer full-stop."
3 May - Wangaratta at the Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Docker Street Malcolm Knox, Sydney Morning
13 June - West Melbourne at St Mary's Herald
Catholic Church Cnr Howard and Victoria
Streets
The first concert of each year by the Wangaratta "There's no doubting the
Choristers has long been devoted to sacred
music, particularly masterpieces of Classical brilliance of the writing."
Music that are rarely heard. The Choristers are Ian Rankin, The Age
delighted to present a selection of these
exquisite works for your pleasure. Tickets are
$25 or $20 Concession with under 16 years
free. Tickets available from Edgar's
Newsagency 5721 3758 or Origin Energy 5721
2059 or at the door. Go to
www.wangarattachoristers.org.au for further
information.
Steinway in the Library -
presented by Wangaratta Arts
Council
Wangaratta Library, Docker Street
Wangaratta
17 & 24 June 2009 at 6.30pm
The popular concerts on Wednesdays in the
early evening continue! Enjoy a one hour recital
by a regional pianist in the intimate and excellent
acoustic of the Family History Room. These
concerts, begun in 2008, are an initiative of
Wangaratta Arts Council which realised that the
housing of the Rural City of Wangaratta’s
magnificent grand piano (purchased in the
1960s with half the cost contributed by the Arts
Council) provided a marvellous opportunity for
local people to play the instrument, and for
audiences to hear and see ‘up close’. The cost is
only $5 per concert.
17 June @ 6.30pm : Jan Wagner
Jan lives in Beechworth, and is well known in the
North East as a very inspiring accompanist. She
has designed a program which traces her
musical life, and will involve some of those with
whom she has worked over the years.
24 June @ 6.30pm : Peter Benson
Peter lives near Bright, and regularly plays easy
listening music in restaurants in the region. He is
preparing a program of jazz and popular music
and movie themes.
Memories Are Made of This -
Ostinato Performance
Goulburn Ovens TAFE Auditorium, Docker
Street Wangaratta
21 June 2009 at 2.30pm.
The concert will see Ostinato, Wangaratta's own
community choir perform a wide variety of
songs, from tunes penned by songwriters such
as Irving Berlin and Cole Porter to spiritual and
religious songs, a variety of pop songs and
standards from across the decades. Cost is $10
per person, which includes refreshments. For
further information contact Joan on 03
57213639.
Shane Maloney is the creator of Australia's
most successful crime series, the Murray
Whelan novels: Stiff, The Brush-Off, Nice
Try, The Big Ask, Something Fishy and
Sucked In.
Each is a stand-alone story. Sequentially,
they follow Murray's journey through the
ranks of a well-known but entirely fictional
Australian political party. The action takes
place mainly in Melbourne.
All these books are published by Text and
are currently in print. Shane Maloney is
working on the seventh novel in the series
which will be published by Text in 2010.
The six Murray Whelan stories are also now
available (again published by Text) in two
collections consisting of three books each.
The Brush-Off won the Ned Kelly Prize for
Crime Fiction in 1996. It was shortlisted for
the Premiers Literary Award and set as an
English text for Victorian secondary
students. Nice Try was a nominee for the
Age Book of the Year in 2000.
In 2004, Stiff and The Brush-Off were
adapted for the screen by John Clarke and
made into movies with David Wenham in
the role of Murray Whelan.
Some of the books are also available on
audio format, featuring either Mike Bishop
or Tiriel Mora as the voice of Murray
Whelan.
Various Murray Whelan titles are published
in Germany, France, Japan, Finland, Britain
and the U.S.
In addition to his novels, Maloney writes
columns, travel stories, articles and book
reviews for various newspapers, magazines
 and anthologies. His Encounters page
Cafe Culture Series February appears every month in The Monthly.
- November 2009
Wangaratta Arts Council’s popular annual series
of concerts has a new twist this year (and a new
Maloney is also the co-author of The Happy
name)! In addition to three fabulous music Phrase — Everyday Conversation Made
concerts at The Vine Hotel, audiences will also Easily, a self-help book for people wanting
see one of Australia’s premier comics in a one to enhance their unintelligibility!
man show at The Gateway. All shows start
promptly at 8pm on a Friday evenings in
February (Carneval Strings), May (Last Drinks), As well as being a brilliant and witty writer,
August (Welcome Strangers) and November Shane Maloney has a reputation as a very
New Melbourne Jazz Band). engaging and enlightening speaker. Take
Many patrons gather for a meal prior to the
shows. ‘We always have the best time. It is
this opportunity to meet him!
lovely to catch up with friends and to hear such
wonderful music. It is such a fun atmosphere.” Visit his website for more information :
says Robyn who has attended the eight concerts www.shanemaloney.com.
at The Vine over the past two years.

Season Tickets will be on sale from Disclocation PAUL E MASON : CRITICAL

from 2 February, after the music store’s move
from Reid Street to 47 Murphy, Wangaratta VEHICLES
(formerly occupied by Soapbox). The phone ***FINAL WEEK***
number stays the same for credit card bookings :
5721 4594. Season tickets cost $70 (a saving Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery
of $30 on the door price for the four events) with until 7 June 2009.
a further reduction for members of Wangaratta
Arts Council who pay only $65. Details of the
Cafe Culture Series are available in brochures at
Disclocation and other venues in Wangaratta
and district, or by contacting Margaret Brickhill,
phone 5721 6523 (ah), who can also provide
information about joining Wangaratta Arts
Council.

The Met Opera - Live in HD

Wangaratta Cinema Centre
2009 Season
The New York Metropolitan Opera's
groundbreaking series of live, high-definition
performance transmissions to movie theaters
around the world expands in its third season and
it is coming to Wangaratta. To meet increasing
demand, The Met: Captured Live in HD will
present 10 transmissions in 2008–09, up from
eight. Don't miss the chance to experience the
Met live at the Wangaratta Cinema Centre! With
the extraordinary success of the last season of
The Metropolitan Opera productions, cinema
audiences have cried out for more. People who
previously thought Nessun Dorma was a type of
car are now becoming true opera converts after
seeing the New York Met's Operas captured in Paul E Mason
HD on the cinema screen. BOOKINGS Millenium Siege Tower 5
ESSENTIAL. ALL TICKETS $21.00. Limited MDF, cotton, graphite, steel, C Type print, gold leaf, Kauri
tickets available. All Opera screenings are Pine
subtitled in English.
Awards and Opportunities
2009 Albury Art Prize
Entries Close 31 May 2009.
Albury Art Gallery is offering $20,000 to be spent
on an international residency to be completed
within 12 months. The winner will complete a
body of work from the residency to be exhibited
at Albury Art Gallery in 2010. Shortlisted
entrants will be included in the Albury Art Prize
2009 exhibition and catalogue with the winning
artist announced at the launch on Friday 17 July.
The Albury Art Prize 2009 is open to all
Australian citizens and residents. For further
information telephone 02 6023 8111 or go to
www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/alburyartprize .
Performing Fibres Textile
Exhibition - Call for
Submissions
Submission to be received by 7 August 2009
To celebrate the opening of the new Wangaratta
Performing Arts Centre, north east Victorian
artists working in contemporary or traditional
textiles and fibre art are invited to submit
proposals to exhibit 2- 3 pieces in the
Performing Fibres Exhibition. The exhibition will
be presented in the Workshop Space at the
Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery from 12 - 27
September 2009. An entry fee of $10 per artist
is payable to the Wangaratta exhibitions
Gallery. For further information contact Rita
Lazauskas at the Gallery on 03 5722 0761.
Call for Papers &
Presentations - ReGenerating
Conference 2 - 4 September
The Cultural Development Network is
encouraging artists and cultural professionals
and academics to submit a presentation idea for
the ReGenerating Conference in September in
Melbourne. It promises to bring artists, local
government, community and academics together
to better understand the role creativity can play
in community. Presentations are encouraged in
a variety of traditional and creative formats. This
year the Cultural Development Network and
RMIT Globalism Institute is are committed to
integrating the arts into mainstream programing.
Workshops & Activities
Valley Voices - Community
Singing
Moyhu Hall, Moyhu
May 10, 24 & June 14, 28. 1.30pm for a 2pm start.
If there is a song in your heart, then come and join in a
few hours of songs, fun and laughter and sing in the
round. Everyone is welcome - confident and bathroom
singers alike. Be uplifted and energised with the
power of son. No auditions just sing your heart out.
Call Carol on 03 5729 7647 for further information or
email carol.kunert@bigpond.com .
Dinner Conversations
Espresso On Ovens - Upstairs, Ovens Street
Wangaratta.
16 June 2009 at 7pm.
A great night with stimulating conversation and great
food. A chance to talk, listen and discover more about
issues and ideas that we don't often get a chance to
discuss. Cost is $36 which includes food and wine.
For further information contact Bernard Young on 0417
236 840.
Born In A Taxi - Physical Theatre
Winter Workshops
Dancehouse, 150 Princes Street, North Carlton
Weekend Introduction : 23 & 24 May
Five Day Intensive : 15 - 19 June 2009
With 20 years experience creating and performing their
own genre of improvised physically driven theatre, in
theatres, on the street at arts festivals, in galleries,
stadiums, rubbish bins and all manner of events, Taxi
have a comprehensive and unique working
methodology in ensemble improvisation. The
workshops are highly physical and attend in equal
measure to dance and the theatre of performance.
Teachers are Penny Baron and Nick Papas. For
further information contact Nick on 0425 755 317 or
email borninataxi@yahoo.com .
Community Singing - Autumn
Program
The Music Room at St Bernard's Primary School -
Cnr Phillipson Street and Williams Road.
Thursdays Fortnightly from 23 April - 18 June 2009
Come and experience the sheer joy of your voice in
song. Be uplifted as Singing leaders Andy, Pauline and
Eleanor [all Community Music Victoria trained]
 http://www.cdn-
generations.net.au/conference.htm You won't
want to miss it! For further information contact
Marnie Badham at marniebadham@gmail.com
Festivals & Events
Library Week - Libraries: Your
Passport to Discovery
25 - 31 May 2009
Wangaratta Library, Docker Street
Wangaratta.
Australian Library and Information Week is 25-
31 May. Come and participate in a range of
events from library catalogue demonstrations;
introduction to our new website; tours and
children’s storytimes. A treasure hunt will also
be on offer, so pick up your passport and
question sheet and see how well you know the
library! Try your hand at mini-golf on
Wednesday night 27 May from 6pm. There will
be 9 holes throughout the library – come and
test your putting skills! For more information,
please contact Library staff on 5721-2366.
Trails, Tastings and Tales -
Food, Wine and Heritage
Event
6 - 9 June Queens Birthday Long Weekend
Glenrowan Region Wineries
There’s something for everyone in the
Glenrowan Wine Region. Six wineries in the
region play host to the weekend of ‘Trails,
Tastings & Tales’ along Ned Kelly’s old stomping
ground in one of Australia’s oldest and most
historic wine regions. Our family-friendly festival
offers a more intimate experience than the wine
events taking place in the north east region
during the Queen’s Birthday weekend and our
visitors like that – they can visit all of us in one
day, go in the draw to win a luxurious weekend
break and cases of our best wine, and then take
in all the other great activities the north east
offers for the rest of the weekend. Contact
Jenny Booth at
jennifer.booth@taminickcellars.com.au or phone
(03) 5766 2282 / 0427 662 443.
Weekend Fit for A King
facilitate singing for fun. Community Singing brings
people together to share and learn a range of songs,
including simple rounds, harmonies and tunes from
around the world. No experience necessary, no
rehearsals and you won’t need to read music.
For further information contact: Pauline Daniel on 5722
3292 pauline-64@hotmail.com or Andy Kimber on
5766 2207 or Eleanor Foster on motef@bigpond.com .
African and Brazilian Drum, Sing,
Dance Program
CWA Hall, Templeton Street Wangaratta.
8 Weeks from April 25 2009, 10am - 1pm.
Come and enjoy these fantastic inclusive and
accessible African and Brazilian Drum/Dance/Sing
Workshops presented by Club Wild. Cost is just $10
full or $5 concession - Carers are free - with morning
tea provided. Bookings are essential by phoning
Karen Roben on 0458 454 050 or
karenroben@bigpond.com .
Ukulele for Beginners and
Advanced
Pangerang Community House, 38 Ovens Street
Wangaratta
From 22 April 2009 5.15 - 6.15pm.
Uke classes for beginners and experienced players
Cost $10. Contact Trisha Scott or Bill Plant
0357221217.
Ukeplayers meet at the Vine Hotel last Thursday of the
month from 6pmonwards. Jam with the group, play
your newest song or come along to listen.
Masks, Mandalas and Mosaics
Pangerang Community House, 38 Ovens Street
Wangaratta
7 July 2009, 10am - 1pm
Your children are invited to explore their creativity at
Pangerang Community House in this fantastic school
age children course. Masks, Mandalas and Mosaics is
being held in conjunction with the Stitched Up Textile
Festival. Cost is $20 per child and bookings are
essential. Call 03 57221 3813 or email
pangerang@swiftdsl.com.au for further information or
to book.
6 - 9 June Queens Birthday Long Weekend
King Valley Region Wineries
Join the winemaking families of the King Valley
for their annual winter celebration Weekend Fit
for a King. Enjoy delicious gourmet food,
premium wines, great music and warm King
Valley hospitality. There are many new release
wines on debut this weekend showcasing the
diversity of styles and flavours of King Valley
wines, including Grecanico, Saperavi,
Marzemino and Barbera. Sip and chat with the
winemakers as they reveal the fascinating
stories behind these diverse wine styles. For
further information contact the Wangaratta
Visitor Information Centre on 1800 801 065.
Everyone Has A Story
Stitched Up Textile Festival To Tell
4 - 19 July 2009
Wangaratta and Surrounds
Share Your Story with our
Presenting their tenth festival, the Wangaratta Living Library!
Stitched Up Textile Festival again has a great
program of activities on offer throughout the
festival. From workshops to competitions and Are you an octogenarian, a skater dude, or
some fantastic exhibitions of textile arts and a foster carer?
crafts, there is lots to see and do. For further
information go to www.stitchedupfestival.com Maybe you are a reformed drug addict, a
war veteran, a plumber or an artist.
Beat the Winter Blues 'n' Jazz Become a Living Book through the Living
10 - 12 July 2009
Milawa Gourmet Region Libraries Project. Sit down and speak to
The Milawa Gourmet Region will turn up the individual members of the public and share
heat this winter, when it swings into action for our story, your experiences and your
Beat the Winter Blues ‘n’ Jazz weekend (10-12 unique knowledge.
July). Wineries, cafes, restaurants and country
pubs will serve up a feast of blues and blues-
inspired music, along with the great food, wines Be part of this exciting project to be
and hospitality for which the Milawa Gourmet launched in Wangaratta in July 2009.
Region is renowned. The line-up of bands will
deliver a range of musical styles, from raw
acoustic delta blues, old country tunes, to For further information contact Virginia
urban/Chicago sounds and blues-rock. For Eckels on 0408 109 707 or email
further information contact the Wangaratta nemeet@bigpond.com
Visitor Information Centre on 1800 801 065 or
email tourism@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

Literary Lunch With Shane

Become a Living
Maloney
18 July 2009, 11.30am for a 12pm start.
The Gateway, Ryley Street Wangaratta.
Book!
This year’s guest for Wangaratta Arts Council’s
annual literary event is the creator of Australia's Regulars Who Meet
most successful crime series, the Murray
Whelan novels, as well as columns, travel
stories, articles and book reviews for various
Regulars Who Meet
 newspapers, magazines and anthologies. He is
both a brilliant and witty literary writer, and a
very engaging and enlightening speaker. Visit
www.shanemaloney.com. The Literary Lunch is
on Saturday, 18 July at The Gateway. Tickets
are now available for groups and individuals at
Harvey World Travel, Wangaratta. Phone (03)
5721 5888.
Visual Arts & Exhibitions
Paul E Mason : Critical
Vehicles
8 May - 7 June 2009
Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery, 56 Ovens
Street Wangaratta
Mason fabricates structures and takes a variety
of found objects to transform them into amazing
forms that draw attention to the corruption of
power and politics at play in our world. Everyday
paraphernalia become weapon’s of mass
destruction or familiar domestic forms, such as
the trio of flying ducks that adorned the walls of
old suburbia, take on new incarnations that
reference technology and modern consumer
society. Mason’s social commentary, while
serious in its intent, is also delivered with a great
deal of humour and an aesthetic sensibility that
is well refined. Audiences will delight in the
recognition of source materials - wrenches,
electrical wires and cord, tin cans and the faces
of world leaders. For further information contact
the Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery on 03 5722
0865.
Kaleidoscope : Wangaratta
Artists Society Exhibition
16 - 31 May 2009
The Workshop Space, Behind the Wangaratta
exhibitions Gallery, 56 Ovens Street
Wangaratta.
A multi-facetted view on life expressed by
members of the Wangaratta Artist Society, this
exhibitions offers local residents and visitors to
the region and opportunity to view a diverse
range of artworks. Offical opening by Davie
Godkin 5:30pm Friday 15 May. For further
information contact the Wangaratta exhibitions
Gallery on 03 5722 0865.
Perceptions - GOTAFE
Student Exhibition - Jewelery
Everton Open Mic Session
Everton Hotel Beer Garden
2nd Sunday of each month @ 1pm
If you can sing, play an instrument, recite
poetry or tell a good yarn come along to the
Everton Hotel for fun family friendly activity.
Contact Cheryl and Allan on 5725 1998 for
further information.
North East Embroiders Guild
St John's Retirement Village
4th Tuesday of the Month at 9.30am
1st Monday of the Month at 7pm
The North East Branch of the Victoria
Embroiders Guild invites you to attend one
of their regular monthly gatherings. New
members welcome - all skill levels catered
for. A great way to enjoy the company of
others and to learn and develop wonderful
craft skills - that will last a lifetime. For
further information contact Faye Dreher on
5721 3508 or Julie Carolane on 5729
7516. .
The Vine Open Mic Night
1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month at
7.30pm
The Vine Hotel, Detour Road North
Wangaratta.
All players and performers welcome.
Moyhu Farmers Market
Moyhu Lions Park or Moyhu Hall on wet
weather days
3rd Saturday of the month.
Wangaratta Ukulele Showband
Beginners Classes and Rehearsals
Thursdays from 5.30pm
For experienced ukulele musicians the
Ukulele Showband meets on Thursday
eventings at Pangerang Community House,
Ovens Street Wangaratta. All welcome!
cost $5. For further information contact
Maz McGann 5722 0762 or
and Design m.mcgann@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
29 May - 19 June
The David Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta Library Ostinato Choir
Foyer, Docker Street Wangaratta
Perceptions, an exploration of myths through art,
St John's Village
will showcase regional art students talent in Williams Road, Wangaratta
visual arts and jewelery. The first and second Ostinato is a community based choir which
year visual arts and jewellery students from welcomes members of all ages. For further
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE work
encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing,
information telephone 5721 3639.
jewellery and photography. Artist Kathy Whelan
will officially open "Perceptions" at noon on
Friday May 29 in a lunchtime celebration - all
welcome.

King Valley Art Show

5 - 9 June 2009, open 10am - 5pm daily.
King Valley Cucina, 4515 Wangaratta-
Whitfield Rd, King Valley
Now in its 12th year, the King Valley Art Show
attracts more than 250 artworks by local,
Victorian and interstate artists working in both
contemporary and traditional styles across
several mediums. Exhibition opening Friday 5 50 Icons for 50 Years
June 7:30p. Tickets $22 available by calling 03 Our great quest continues… Building on the
5721 3187 after 7pm. Tickets mus be pre- success of Heritage Idol in 2008, we would
purchased by Monday 1 June. Exhibition open
Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm and Monday again like to invite you to celebrate our local
10am-4pm. Entry $3. For further information heritage.
email contactus@kingvalleyartshow.com.au
This year, to coincide with the Rural City of
Wangaratta Contemporary Wangaratta’s Jubilee Celebrations, we are
inviting the community to nominate an Icon
Textile Award Exhibition that has been present in our community
20 June - 19 July 2009
Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery, 56 Ovens during the last 50 years.
Street Wangaratta
Coinciding with the tenth Wangaratta Stitched It could be a well-known business or
Up Textile Festival, this exhibition features
artworks from across Australia by some
building, a significant person who has
outstanding contemporary textile artists. A rare contributed to the community, a natural
opportunity to see a collection of amazing textile feature of your neighbourhood, or a
artwork. This is the inaugural Wangaratta community event or activity. We are
Contemporary Textile Award with a prize valued
at $4000 being awarded to one of the featured
looking for 50 things that have contributed
artitsts. For further information contact the to our community since 1959 – making the
Wangaratta exhbitions Gallery on 03 5722 0865. Rural City of Wangaratta a special place to
live.
Phoenix Exhibition - Gillian
Fytch and Heather Williams Our top 50 Icons will be announced during
20 - 28 June 2009. Open Daily from 10am -
4pm. the Heritage Idol Festival, 1 – 16 August
The Store, LaTrobe University Beechworth 2009 and celebrated during the Rural City
With all proceeds from the exhibition donated to of Wangaratta 50th Jubilee celebrations –
 the Victorian Bushfires Appeal, this is a
worthwhile event - not only for the art but also for
the cause. Featuring a collection of sensitive
artworks by two local artists, Gillian Fytch and
Heather Williams. For further information
contact Gillian on 0429 017 987.
All About Dogs an Exhibition
by Sharon Kohne
23 June - 12 July 2009
The David Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta Library
Foyer, Docker Street Wangaratta
You are invited to attend this debut exhibition by
local artist and photographer, Sharon Kohne.
The opening is on Friday 26 June at 6pm with
guest speaker, RSPCA representative, Guy
Gorman. For further information contact 0419
828 400.
Losing the Thread
4 - 19 July 2009
The Workshop Space, Behind the Wangaratta
exhibitions Gallery, 56 Ovens Street
Wangaratta.
Featuring the work of the North Eastern Branch
of the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria. Don't miss
an opportunity to see the fine work of these
skilled textile craftspeople. Stunning work with
amazing attention to detail. For further
information contact the Gallery on 03 5722
0865.
nominations will be drawn at random, with a
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18 – 20 September 2009.
How to Nominate
To nominate something to be one of our
official
50 Icons for 50 Years you need to do the
following
1. Complete the nomination, which is
available at the Wanggaratta Library or the
Wangaratta Government Centre, with your
name, address, contact details and the
name of the nomination.
2. Write a story about your nomination,
explaining why you think it is a Rural City
of Wangaratta Icon – what is significant
about it and why you think it is important.
This can be typed or hand written and
should be no longer than an A4 page.
3.Send your nomination to :
50 Icons for 50 Years
PO Box 238
Wangaratta Vic 3676
Nominations Close on Monday 29 June
2009
Win a Great Prize!
Not only will you be contributing to a great
community initiative, your nomination for
the 50 Icons for 50 Years will be eligible to
go into our $500 prize draw. One of the
prize valued at $500 prize awarded to the
winner – which could be an individual, your
school or your community group.
Further information can be obtained by
contacting Wangaratta Rural City Council
Cultural Development Officer
on 03 57220762 or
m.mcgann@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
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