JULY 2024 A GUIDE TO THEATRE • ARTS • HERITAGE • CULTURE
WHAT’S ON | JULY 2024
MRAC Cinema Club
The Crime is Mine
Wed 10 Jul | 6.30PM Presented by Maryborough Regional Arts Council, Come enjoy Art House and foreign movies, followed by refreshments.
TINA - The Queen of Rock’n’Roll
Mon 12 Aug | 8.00PM
Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner with this energetic stage production, with hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s.
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box Office Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
Heathers The MusicalMacabre Theatre Co.
Fri 12 Jul | 7.30PM Sat 13 Jul | 7.30PM
Heathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit.
Sam MaddisonMorning Melodies
Thu 15 Aug | 11.00aM
Old favourites and potential masterpieces, Timeless Classics is a celebration of songs performed with heart and soul.
James Reyne - The Hits of Australian Crawl
Sat 20 Jul | 7.30PM
James Reyne is dipping back into the Crawl File, hitting the road to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s first greatest hits.
The UK Rod Stewart Show
Sat 17 Aug | 7.30pM
The UK Rod Stewart Show brings to the stage a vocalist direct from the UK, the very epitome of the real deal, complete with powerful, raspy vocals and frosted mullet.
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COVER IMAGE: Detail: Kym Latter, Misconceptions of Love 2023. Recycled cardboard and wood. Part of the 77th Annual Art Competition – Maryborough Regional Art Society at Gatakers Artspace until 28 July.
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SHAKE & STIR THEATRE CO AND BROLGA THEATRE PRESENT
166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm
Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
EXHIBITIONS
Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT
Until 14 Jul
Matilda Davis: The White Man’s Web
Until 14 Jul
40th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition
Hervey Bay Art Society: 27 July - 8 September
Exhibition Opening: Fri 26 July | 5:30pm
Showcasing a broad range of subjects and mediums including, landscapes and seascapes, abstract artworks, flora and fauna, figurative works and portraits, miniatures, and an open category.
EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
NAIDOC Week Celebrations
Flag Raising Ceremony
Mon 8 July | 10AM
CQID Connected Beginnings Exhibition
Mon 8 – Sun 14 July
Pop-up showcase of photos of our Aboriginal and Islander Community.
Family Fun Night
Wed 10 July | 4PM A night of rides, community and culture.
Phoebe Paradise Live
Mural Painting
15-19 July
Watch two mentee artists work alongside Phoebe Paradise to complete a mural in the gallery foyer.
Sketch Club
Sun 21 July
Images (from top left to right): Tomoko Kashiki, I am a rock, 2012. Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2013 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation; Matilda Davis, The White Man’s Web, 2023, digital photograph; Paul Neale, Cockatoo Eating Berries, 2023, pastel.
www.ourfrasercoast.com.au
ARTSPACE EXHIBITIONS Until 28 July
WHAT’S ON | JULY 2024
311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818
Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS
77th Annual Art Competition
Maryborough Regional Art Society
Showcasing works from local and regional artists across multiple categories and mediums.
2 August – 15 September
Jamie Congdon
On a limb
Hervey Bay Spinners, Weavers & Fibre Artists
Traditional Textiles in the 21st Century
CREATIVE SPACE
Julie McGillivray
Natural Connections
Artist in Residence & Exhibition
28 June - 21 July
Lucinda Dumont Faces
Stefano Guseli
A Trilogy - Cultural Diversity, Quietude of Profit & Woman in White
Shanay Manitzky
Artist in Residence
16 July - 25 July
Rolf Sieber
Creating Art is a neverending journey Artist in Residence & Exhibition
26 July - 25 August
NAIDOC Week traditional craft Thu 11 July | 11 AM - 2PM
Artist Biography Workshop
Sun 21 July | 9.30AM
Project Planning Workshop Sun 21 July | 1.30PM
Nuno Felting workshop with Anita Johnson Sat 3 & Sun 4 Aug | 9AM
Image (above) Chris Postle, Forest Kaleidoscope.
4123 7221 Kent & Richmond Sts, Maryborough
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm. Weekends 9.30am - 2pm.
Tea with Mary
Groups can enjoy a fascinating tour guided by your very own Mary Poppins inspired character. By Appointment.
Stories of the Stars Exhibition
Daily
Star stories from classical myths, to epic cosmic sagas, to the influence of stars in the works of PL Travers.
in the birthplace of her author PL Travers
Explore the heritage listed former bank as you interact with displays featuring the life of P.L. Travers and her enchanting stories of the practically perfect nanny. Featuring two levels of interactive displays, pocket park and retail shop.
Fraser Coast Scene is distributed free as a marketing and engagement initiative of Fraser Coast Regional Council. It’s about promoting Council’s programs and services by sharing stories of our arts and cultural community and their connection to Council’s spaces.
STAY INSPIRED!
This guide shares a taste of Council’s arts, culture and heritage program and was correct at time of printing. To keep up to date with the latest information visit our website.
We welcome contributions from our creative community. For more information email ArtsCulture@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
4190 5722
Wharf Street, Maryborough
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm. Weekends 9.30am - 2pm.
One Object, Four Ways
Daily
Four community members from different backgrounds reflect on how artefacts from our collection resonate with them.
A taste of the past
Explore the Bond Store and let this beautiful, heritage-listed building share its stories as you wander through the space.
Add to your experience with tantalizing tales and fantastic flavours. Enjoy a selection of premium quality ports and liqueurs as our storytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.
Tastings & Treasures
By appointment
Enjoy a selection of premium quality liqueurs as one of our s torytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.
Take home a taste of the region with delicious delicacies or curious keepsakes.
Fraser Coast Regional Council acknowledges to the east, the Butchulla (Badtjala) and to the west, the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) People, their connection to Country (land, sea and sky) and recognise the many places of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance in the community. We pay respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge other First Nation Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people, who reside in the Fraser Coast region.
www.ourfrasercoast.com.au
NUTURING LOCAL ARTISTS
PROFILE: MARYBOROUGH REGIONAL ART SOCIETY
Goodness in a community comes from the nature of people who share their own generosity with others. It involves friendship, guidance, support and care and a sense of unity with like-minded people of all ages and backgrounds. These qualities are made even richer when it’s a team of volunteers who are the driving force behind the spirit of the community and this is evident at the Maryborough Regional Art Society, a 100% volunteer based organisation that encourages artistic interest in the region.
Seventy-seven years after its inception, the Art Society is a thriving community and it comes down to the dedication and support of the volunteers who keep turning up with a common goal of creating a welcoming centre of the arts. Formed in 1947 by a group of individuals with a strong interest in art,
the Art Society has evolved and changed over the years, never losing sight of the main goal to support and foster artists on their artistic journey and share local art with the community and afar.
Maryborough’s close-knit art fraternity is enriched further with the relationship between Gatakers Artspace and the Art Society and often the two intersect with the goal of nurturing community art in mind.
The Art Society Annual Art Exhibition held at Gatakers art gallery each year receives hundreds of entries in multiple sections with artists enticed by cash prizes and an opportunity to display their works at the prestigious exhibition.
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Story: April Spadina .
Photo: Cody Fox