African antelope

 The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity commenced on Sunday, the next service will be tomorrow at 10am at St. John’s Anglican Church, Thomson Street, Maffra and will be followed by morning tea. On Friday, June 3, 2022, a service will be held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Pearson Street, Maffra, at 10am and will be followed by morning tea. The week will conclude with a Pentecost lunch on Sunday June 5, 2022, in the Geoff Webster Centre, Thomson Street, Maffra at 12 noon. Entry cost is $10 per person or $20 per family, there will also be a raffle, all monies raised will be donated to the UNHCR appeal for the people of Ukraine. Everyone is welcome to attend this luncheon.  The Term Two Maffra Neighbourhood House brochure of activities is now available to view on Facebook or visit the House, corner Church and Thomson Street, Maffra. A copy can also be emailed by phoning 5147 1487.  The Rotary Club of Maffra Community Market will be held on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the Island Reserve, McMahon Drive, Maffra (at the back of Woolworths car park), from 9am until 12.30pm. Everyone welcome.  St Vincent de Paul monthly garage sale will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the Jack Kelly store, 28 Laura Street, Maffra, from 9am until 10.30am.  The guest speaker for the next Rotary Club of Maffra dinner meeting to be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, will be Lashay Tricker, who will speak on Agricultural and Horticultural Education at Maffra Secondary College. Everyone is welcome to attend, but please contact Duart by Tuesday, June 7, 2022, the meeting is 6pm for a 6.30pm and includes a meal costing $30.

Gallery heats up with Winter collection

LOCALS are being invited to the Gippsland Art Gallery’s Winter Season Launch, offering a first glimpse at a brand-new exhibition.

Fragile Earth: Extinction sees artists come together to explore and articulate through their various art practices the complexity of our current ecological crisis. In response to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, artists from the Gippsland collective CARE (Concerned Artists Resisting Extinction) and invited artists from across Australia use this exhibition to ask: how can we communicate and document the story of rapid loss of species, habitats, and ecosystems? With great sensitivity, the featured artists poetically express the fragile stories of the sixth extinction and work conscientiously to illustrate the relevance of ecology and nature conservation through artistic enquiry. The exhibition is part of the Gallery’s Fragile Earth program, a new series of biennial exhibitions that will each explore different aspects of the changing climate and its effects on life on Earth.

Extinction is the first part of this series, thoughtfully curated by Louisa Waters and Melanie Caple, and drawing together the work of some 100 artists. The Winter Season Launch will take place from 6pm on Friday, June 10. Other exhibitions which can be viewed on the night include:  Richard Young: Gunnai Vibrations  Aunty Eileen Harrison: Connections to Country  Danny McDonald: Overburden  The Art of Annemieke Mein  Adrian Mauriks: Small Sculpture  Art Overcoming Obstacles For full exhibition dates and details, visit the Gallery’s official website: www.gippslandartgallery. com