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Contents Events
Exhibitions Constructed Narratives Tracey Moffatt + Bindi Cole Chocka
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Art After Dark Bindi Cole Chocka + Tracey Moffatt
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Remix
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War Heritage Roadshow
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Impressions: Printmaking in the Wimmera
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Con Kroker Memorial Lecture
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Seeing Voices
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Art After Dark Neon
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Exposed: perceptions in photography
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For Kids + Education Programs
Enmeshed: woven artworks from the Ararat Regional Art Gallery collection
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Art Club Juniors Tuesdays with Nikki Clarke
Performances
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Art Club Juniors Wednesdays with Kate Wade 21 Art Club Drawing with Shane Boland
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How Sweet It Is Frankie J. Holden and Michelle Pettigrove
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Celtic Illusion
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Public Programs & Workshops
Seniors Week Scones, Lamingtons & Chocolate Roll
Meet the Curator: Alison Eggleton
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Meet the Artist: Bindi Cole Chocka
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Seniors Week Lonnie Leigh
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An evening with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Meet the Exhibitions: Exposed and Seeing Voices
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Meet the artists – Agatha Goth-Snape
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Exposing Edith
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Horsham School of Dance
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Meet the Artists from Exposed – perceptions in photography
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You can’t judge a spook by its cover 2017
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Art Club for Adults
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Horsham Arts Council presents… RENT
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A Gallery Experience
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Calisthenics Annual Concert
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Move above A Gallery Experience
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Richard Morris Memorial Concert
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Dancers Zone Concert
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Russian National Ballet presents The Nutcracker 16 Kasey Chambers Dragonfly Tour
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Seeing Voices – performance by Wrong Solo 17 Scrooge’s Christmas, a play by Ken Jones
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Bogan Bingo Christmas Party
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Gina Hogan’s Christmas Belle
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Kids Holiday Program | September 2017 22–24
General Information Venue Information
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Sponsor a seat
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Gift Voucher
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Marketing 30 Up coming events
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Horsham Town Hall Welcome to our 8th edition of the Horsham Town Hall and Horsham Regional Art Gallery Calendar. With this brochure we see the homeward stretch to Christmas, with a full schedule of concerts, exhibitions and events in the upcoming months, and the venue staff are fully focused on providing that memorable experience for you and on your next visit. In October we welcome the return of Celtic Illusion and The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to our theatre. The MSO will transform our stage with their entrancing music composed by Elena Kats-Chernin and guest conductor British clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins. It will be the Wimmera’s chance to submerge themselves in the full orchestra experience. For the theatre lovers we are excited to present Exposing Edith. Winner of Best Cabaret Performance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2016, Michaela Burger will enthrall you with her haunting voice and beautiful tale of this Parisian icon. In the gallery we celebrate our next generation of artists who have come together to be mentored in art practice and exhibition making. The resulting exhibition Exposed: perceptions in photography showcases their talents, and has been made possible through funding from the Department of Education and Training Victoria, Strategic Partnerships Program. It is with amazing pride that the venue is able to host the Russian Ballet with Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Casey Chambers ‘Dragon Fly’ Tour. This is the opportunity to experience world-class entertainment right on our doorstop. Finally, I would like to invite businesses and their staff to our ‘Bogan Bingo’ in December. This event gives you an opportunity to book something new and uniquely different from previous staff Christmas parties. With a meal included and amazing bogan entertainment it will be a night not to forget. So please come join us, on the journey to Christmas.
Cover image; Gail Harradine, Watching, 2017, pigment print on rag paper, 111cm x 75.5cm, New Acquisition purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund 2017.
Regards,
Designed by: Adelle Rohrsheim | argraphicdesign.com.au
Shana Miatke, Venue Manager Horsham Town Hall
Adam Harding, Director Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Remix
Constructed Narratives Tracey Moffatt + Bindi Cole Chocka
19 AUGUST – 8 OCTOBER 2017
19 AUGUST – 8 OCTOBER 2017 The artists in Constructed Narratives explore culturally diverse stories of self-determination and identity; they question the perspective of mainstream Australia. They can provoke the audience to feel uncomfortable and question their relationship to the ideas placed before them. Culture politics is a high stakes game with power at its core. In recognition of this fact many First Nation photographers have successfully utilised humour to great effect as a disarming tactic. Tracey Moffatt is arguably the most significant Australian photo-media artist working internationally today. As a director of photo-narratives, her formal and stylistic experimentation in film, photography and video reference the history of art and photography, as well as her own childhood memories and fantasies. Bindi Cole Chocka’s compelling photographs, videos and installations fearlessly approach taboo topics with dignity, humour and compassion, often referencing her life story and experiences in contemporary Australia. Horsham Regional Art Gallery has been slowly amassing a discrete collection of contemporary indigenous photography. This exhibition has been made possible through the support of our peers collecting Australian photographic practice at MAMA. 4
Tracey Moffatt, Something More # 3, 1989, Cibachrome photograph, MAMA collection. Image courtesy of MAMA.
A Horsham Regional Art Gallery Exhibition
Remix draws on both the collections of the Hamilton Gallery and the Horsham Regional Art Gallery. The Hamilton Gallery Collection is renowned for its outstanding holdings of Australian and International decorative arts, sculpture and painting. Mixed with key artworks from our own Collection; painting collides with decorative arts, sculpture with photography; a new series of connections and relationships are formed. Through this selection of artworks by Australian and International artists, we explore the nexus between the perception and the representation of reality. Their artwork challenges materiality and form to present the duality of the object. Embedded with historical, cultural and spiritual agency these magic objects act as a tool with which to view the world and critique it. Remix is curated by Alison Eggleton, Curator Horsham Regional Art Gallery in partnership with the Sarah Schmidt, Director of Hamilton Gallery, Southern Grampians Shire Council.
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Leonard French | Brett Whiteley | Janina Green | Ernst Fries | Daniel Crooks| Yoshikawa Masamichi | Gwyn Hanssen Pigott | Kishi Eiko | Ettore Sottsass | Viliama Grakalic | Valerie Sparks ISHI Eiko, Nohgata #2 2009 Stoneware, 58cm x 76cm x15cm, Hamilton Gallery Collection. Image courtesy of Horsham Regional Art Gallery.
A Horsham Regional Art Gallery Exhibition
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Impressions: Printmaking in the Wimmera
Seeing Voices
19 AUGUST – 8 OCTOBER 2017
14 OCTOBER – 10 DECEMBER 2017
“One drawing is sown on the stone or etching plate, and a harvest is reaped from it.” Vincent van Gogh The act of printmaking in of itself is to make an impression on a surface, traditionally by means of incising an image on to a matrix such as a block, plate, stone or screen – inking the image and running it through a press onto paper. The 19thC Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh considered the reproducibility of printmaking miraculous because it allowed thinkers and artists to disseminate their work. From these humble traditions, printmaking has evolved to encompass Eastern and Western techniques, digital technologies, experimentation in method and materiality, and the single print artwork. Showcasing the diversity in printmaking practice by artists of our region, this exhibition illustrates the contemporary use of drypoint, monotype, etching, oil pastel print, linocut, relief linocut, mono print and block print techniques.
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Anthony Pelchen| Tiiu Reissar | Marian Anderson | Joan Johns | Sue Devlin | Peta Adamson | Angela Walker | Yvonne Preusker | Christine Umbers Anthony Pelchen, For Uncle Clarrie 1,2016, Monotype on paper, Unique State, 21 x 30cm
A Horsham Regional Art Gallery Exhibition
Seeing Voices uses the Monash University Collection as a springboard for thinking through the voice and how it is visualized, employed and reimagined in contemporary art. In the exhibition, the voice might act as a metaphor for collective action, for speaking out against injustice and coming together in gestures of solidarity. It can be a marker of cultural and geographic specificity or the trace of disappearing language. It may also function like a spiritual medium; through its historical recording and archiving it time-travels to haunt the present. The voice is also an index, a measure of positon, perspective, distance and emotion. In private, in public, in conversation, on record – the voice connects our experiences with those of others. In addition to artworks selected from the Monash University Collection, Seeing Voices features loans from Australian and international artists. The exhibition encompasses drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and video. To bring the immediacy of the live voice into the gallery, the exhibition will include a performance by Wrong Solo duo Agatha Gothe-Snape and Brian Fuata.
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Damiano Bertoli, Erik Bünger, Catherine or Kate, Michael Cook, Fayen d’Evie & Bryan Phillips, Léuli Eshraghi, Alicia Frankovich, Susan Hiller, Alex Martinis Roe, Angelica Mesiti, Clinton Nain, Rose Nolan Angelica Mesiti, Silent polyphony 2015, Single-channel colour HD video, 16:9, silent 33.33 minutes. Image courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery
A NETS Victoria and Monash University Museum of Art touring exhibition
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Exposed: perceptions in photography 14 OCTOBER – 10 DECEMBER 2017
Enmeshed: woven artworks from the Ararat Regional Art Gallery collection 16 DECEMBER 2017 – 11 FEBRUARY 2018
As part of the Horsham Regional Art Gallery’s education program, this exhibition is the outcome of our extension activities for students with an interest or talent in the Arts and is funded by the Department of Education and Training’s Strategic Partnerships Program. During term three the gallery partnered with a professional writer, photographer and graphic designer to enrich the visual arts experience for gifted and talented students in regional and remote schools in our region in the medium of art, design and writing. This mentor experience with professionals working in the arts, gives our students an opportunity to be involved in an industry more readily available to their urban contemporaries. The program also provides students with the opportunity to have their artwork exhibited in a public forum, extends the content of their folios in VCE subject areas and prepares them for more intense study at a VCE or tertiary level. Students in Years 10 - 12 from Horsham College, St Brigid’s College, Dimboola Memorial Secondary College, Nhill College, Marian College Ararat, and Stawell Secondary College participated in a 6 – 9 week afterschool program in the areas of English, Visual Communication and Design, and Art/Photography. 8
Madeleine Trudel | Baillie Farley | Caitlin Leckie | Perry Calvird | Atalia Chaplin | Rachel Kemp | Lilly Martin | Julia Clugston | Brena Williams | Courtney Koop | Jessica Revell
Ararat Regional Art Gallery is Australia’s most dedicated presenter of contemporary textile art. Since the early 1970s, the gallery has collected continually and today it holds the most comprehensive collection of textile and fibre art in Australia.
Horsham Regional Art Gallery program. Funded by the Department of Education and Training Victoria, Strategic Partnerships Program.
Enmeshed: woven artworks from the Ararat Regional Art Gallery collection spans the heady days of the 1970s through to now and features works by formative influences such as John Corbett, Ewa Pachuka and Jutta Fedderson alongside more contemporary artists including Kate Just, Sebastian Di Mauro and Lucy Irvine who take the idea of weaving in fresh, new directions. Enmeshed explores the ways artists use textile and fibre materials and techniques to push the boundaries of contemporary practice, from large textile works which soften public spaces, work which reference gender and cultural identity through the relationship of textiles to the body, through to innovative works that combine unconventional materials with reference to weaving traditions. Enmeshed is a Horsham Regional Art Gallery exhibition presented in partnership with Ararat Regional Art Gallery. 9
Clockwise: Kate JUST, Paradise 2006 Hand knitted, machine knitted and hand rug-hooked wool, clay, fibreglass, plastic, metal, glue, 156 x 330 x 266cm; Sebastian DI MAURO, Surrender 2007, Woven neoprene, fibre glass, plastic mesh, glue; Jutta FEDDERSEN, Amanda 1974, Jute, sisal, feathers 120 cm x 30 cm; John CORBETT, Hammock 1974, hand spun and dyed wool, 43 cm x 213 cm x 128 cm (variable); Lucy IRVINE, Covering Ground 2012, Irrigation piping, cable ties, steel and rust proof paint, all artworks from Ararat Regional Art Gallery Collection, images courtesy of the Ararat Regional Art Gallery.
A Horsham Regional Art Gallery Exhibition.
Performances
Performances
MONDAY 9 OCTOBER, 10AM SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, 3PM
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre
TICKETS: $10 General Admission Includes morning tea
TICKETS: $25 General Admission
How Sweet It Is Frankie J. Holden and Michelle Pettigrove
Seniors Week Scones, Lamingtons & Chocolate Roll
Join us for a musical Sunday Afternoon with the legendary Frankie J. Holden and his partner in life Michelle Pettigrove.
Musician, storyteller and performer Christine Middleton, will share the story of her mother-in-law, Sheila who was an Australian town girl who fell for her man of the land in the early 1940’s.
As two of Australia’s best known performers, Frank and Michelle will present a unique and entertaining show, with performances full of laughs and music you will love.
Cooking for shearers, coping with the harsh outback heat, flies and droughts, Sheila travelled side by side with her Farmer husband. At the age of 60, Sheila opened a fine dining homestead restaurant and ran this successful business until the age of 75 years. Journey through Sheila’s life with stories, songs, bush verse, photographs and mouthwatering recipes.
FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER, 8PM VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $64.90 Adults $59.90 Concession $54.90 Children 16 + Under
Celtic Illusion This family friendly show delivers 90minutes of high energy Irish dance at its best, fused with magic and Grand Illusion like you have never seen before. With incredible new choreography, spellbinding magic, heart-racing music and a sensory experience like no other, audiences will be kept on the edge of their seats and left wanting more. “Anthony Street will blow your mind with his very own Australian Irish dance production” Daily Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER, 10AM VENUE: Wesley PAC TICKETS: $5 General Admission Includes morning tea
Seniors Week Lonnie Leigh Lonnie Lee is Australian Rockabilly’s royalty, who presents a show unlike any other. It’s Lee’s natural knack of transforming relatively staid songs into something spectacularly sexy, with throats-a-rumblin’ and sharp shoulders twitchin’ to the rhythm that will see your body bop and boogie in your seats. Considered to be the ‘Last Man Standing’ of his era, sit back and cruise along with Lonnie Lee.
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Performances
Performances
TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER, 8PM SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER, 11AM + 2.30PM
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $60 Adults $55 Concession $35 Children Under 16 $40 Family (Per ticket – 2 adults, 2 children)
An evening with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Special guest British clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins will enthrall audiences as he plays alongside and conducts the MSO orchestra in a riveting series of works, including the dynamic Ornamental Air, written for him especially by MSO’s Composer in Residence Elena Kats-Chernin.
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $20 full $15 Concession/Child
Horsham School of Dance Horsham School of Dance presents Celebrate#2017 Celebrate with us all your favourite times of the year… Christmas Day, St. Patrick Day’s, Diwali, Halloween and so many more, joyously presented by Horsham School of Dance students. From Ballet, Hip Hop, Irish and Contemporary Dance, it will be a celebration of dance.
With special guests 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, Brisbane-born Lloyd Van’t Hoff and Elena Kats-Chernin, the program includes Dvorak’s Serenade for Winds and Beethoven’s Symphony No.8.
WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER, 7PM THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER, 7PM FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER, 7PM
THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER, 8PM VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $30 Full $25 Concession
VENUE: Wesley PAC TICKETS: $12 Full $10 Concession
Exposing Edith
You can’t judge a spook by its cover 2017
Exposing Edith is a stunning mix of authentic French chanson and contemporary sounds. Having explored the undertones of Piaf’s vocals and lyrics, Michaela Burger [vocals] and Greg Wain [guitar] have created their own unique interpretations of Piaf’s work, using voice and acoustic guitar and the subtle use of loop, delay and effect pedals.
In the fair township of Creepy Hollow, the Vamp, Mummy, Boogie and Werewolf families have never gotten along. An ancient grudge between the families dictates they should never associate with one another. Fate take a turn when the townsfolk, in order to win a competition, are asked to demonstrate their community spirit. Their excitement soon turns to fear when they realise the feuding families may spoil any chance they have of taking out the grand prize. Can they devise a daring plan to win the competition and end the family feuds once and for all, by proving you Can’t judge a Spook by its Cover!
Winner of Best Cabaret Performance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2016. “Michaela Burger is a blazing life force in her evocation of Edith Piaf.” - THE AGE 12
A musical comedy written and directed by Larissa Riddell. 13
Performances
Performances FRI 27 OCTOBER, 8PM SAT 28 OCTOBER, 8PM SUN 29 OCTOBER, 2PM THUR 2 NOVEMBER, 8PM FRI 3 NOVEMBER, 8PM SAT 4 NOVEMBER, 8PM
SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 8PM VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $35 Full $30 Conc
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $30 Full $25 Conc/Child $25 Grp 8+
Horsham Arts Council presents… RENT
Richard Morris Memorial Concert
RENT is a Pulitzer and Tony Award winning rock musical with music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson. Based loosely on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème.
The Richard Morris Memorial Concert celebrates the cream of local Wimmera talent of all ages and ensures the ongoing continuation of the Richard Morris Scholarship.
RENT follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village. The group’s dreams, losses, and love stories weave through the musical’s narration to paint a stunningly raw and emotional portrait of the gritty bohemian world of New York City in the late 1980s.
Join Jan Morris and a team of supporting Directors as they present a musical medley of genres and scores that will delightt and enthral audiences of all ages.
Special Note: This show contains adult themes and coarse language, parental guidance is recommended.
The Concert concludes with the presentation of the Richard Morris Scholarship. The scholarship was established to give a young person the opportunity to develop their Performing Arts talents.
SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER
SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 11AM + 2.30PM
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre
TICKETS: $20 Full $10 Conc/Child
Calisthenics Annual Concert Join the Horsham Calisthenics College students as they show off their achievements for this year at their Annual Concert. About 50 students, of all ages, have been developing an appreciation for music, dance, acting, strength, flexibility and performance skills. The concert gives the students a chance to showcase their talents to family and friends. The audience can expect entertaining routines all put together to music with dazzling costumes. The students are excited to be performing once again on the Horsham Town Hall stage. 14
TICKETS: $20 full $15 Child & Concession $7 infants
Dancers Zone Concert – Out of the Story Book In the magical land of fairy tales, our favourite Prince and Princesses will dance their way through magical lands to find their happy ever after. A new style of concert performed by local talented dancers and actors from the Dancers Zone with guest appearances incorporate their love of dance such as Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Musical Theatre, Baby Ballet and a little bit of Drama. Appropriate for all ages including your own little Princes and Princesses! 15
Performances
Performances
MONDAY 20 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM
SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER, XXX 10AM – 4.30PM 4 x 15 minute performances.
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $79 Adults $69 Concession $59 Student/Child Under 12 $69 Groups 8+
Russian National Ballet presents The Nutcracker Celebrate the joy and wonder of the holidays with The Nutcracker as Tschaikovsky’s iconic score whisks you away on a heartwarming adventure through the eyes of the pint-sized heroine Clara, Fritz and the Nutcracker as they battle the evil Rat King. “The Russian National Theatre Ballet is a cut above all others” Washington Post. Take the family or just someone special to enjoy the exhilarating and magical journey of the Nutcracker this Christmas!
VENUE: Horsham Regional Art Gallery TICKETS: Free All Welcome
60 Minutes for Horsham by Wrong Solo This series of four 15 minute performances by Sydney based performers Wrong Solo over the course of a day explores the relationship between witnessing and performing, text and improvisation and transforms the Horsham Regional Art Gallery into a site of active; rather than passive feedback. Wrong Solo is a performance duo comprising artists Brian Fuata and Agatha Gothe-Snape. In 2015 Wrong Solo were the first Australian artists invited to participate in New York’s ground breaking Performa Festival. 60 MINUTES FOR HORSHAM will allow Wimmera audiences to witness performers that have thrilled audiences at the TarraWarra Biennial, at Carriageworks in Sydney, the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Presented by NETS Victoria and Monash University Museum of Art as part of the exhibition Seeing Voices.
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WEDNESDAY 22 NOVEMBER, 8PM
FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER, 8PM SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER, 2PM
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre TICKETS: $59.40 Adults $49.40 Concession $44.40 Children Under 12
Kasey Chambers Dragonfly Tour One of life’s joys is to follow the thread of an artist, particularly one as talented and forthright as Kasey. Each one of her albums is seemingly a signpost of her station in life, and like any art worth its salt there’s enough common ground for all of us to feast upon. Heartache and redemption are good like that. Fresh off the back of sold out shows and rave reviews across the USA, Kasey Chambers announces her long awaited return to Horsham on her “Dragonfly Tour”. The Dragonfly tour and album have been widely heralded by fans and music critics in Australian and the USA, as her “best ever”. 16
VENUE: Wesley PAC TICKETS: $20.00 Adults $15.00 Concession
Scrooge’s Christmas, a play by Ken Jones Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge’s Christmas is a play about Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man, who is well-known for his miserly ways. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts, starting with his old business partner, Jacob Marley. The three spirits which follow; the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, show Scrooge how his mean behaviour has affected those around him. Seeing the error of his ways, Scrooge hopes there is still time for him to change into a generous and kind-hearted human being. 17
Performances
Events
WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER, 6–7.30PM
FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER, 6PM
VENUE: Horsham Regional Art Gallery + Horsham Town Hall, Theatre
VENUE: Horsham Town Hall TICKETS: $50.00 No online sales Please ring 03 5382 9555
Bogan Bingo Christmas Party If it’s your job to organise this year’s staff Christmas party then the HTH events team have the solution for you… Bogan Bingo! This dinner and show promises to delivers a unique game of bingo, where the numbers are cues for songs from the 80’s and 90’s, and along the way everyone gets involved in activities ranging from fashion parades to air guitar competitions. Includes two-course carvery meal, with drinks at bar prices. Strictly NO BYO.
TICKETS: $10 BOOKINGS: 5382 9575 or visit horshamtownhall.com.au
Art After Dark Bindi Cole Chocka + Tracey Moffatt Meet the artist Bindi Cole Chocka to hear her talk about the compelling photographs, videos and installations which fearlessly approach taboo topics with dignity, humour and compassion, on exhibition in Constructed Narratives. Join us for drink and venture into the theatre to warm up with Tracey Moffatt’s Doom followed by her 1989 feature film Night Cries – A Rural Tragedy. Night Cries was the winner of the Best Short Film at Melbourne International Film Festival in 1990 and nominated for the Palme d’Or - Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival in that same year.
SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER, 2PM VENUE: Horsham Town Hall, Theatre
SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER, 10-4PM
TICKETS: $25
VENUE: Handbury Education Centre TICKETS: FREE
Gina Hogan’s Christmas Belle There’s no better way to herald in the Christmas season, than sharing part of your day with the fabulous Gina Hogan. Sit back and enjoy as Gina and her special guest capture the true essence of Christmas, singing some of the most loved and well known carols, along with a few of her personal favourites that are sure to be show stoppers. Gina is a consummate performer who has delighted Horsham audiences for many years, this will be Gina’s first time on our new stage and is very excited to spread some Christmas cheer and love as we say good bye 2017 and hello 2018. 18
War Heritage Roadshow Learn how to care for your precious memorabilia from the University of Melbourne. This free workshop is your opportunity to meet the experts and discover your objects history and how to best preserve it. No weapons or munitions please. BOOKINGS: visit http://bit.do/whroadshow2017 or call 03 9348 5700.
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Events
For Kids + Education Programs
Art Club Juniors Tuesdays with Nikki Clarke
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER, 3–4.30PM VENUE: Horsham Regional Art Gallery
17 October – 5 December, Tuesdays 4–5.30pm
TICKETS: Free All Welcome
Eight week after school art program for 7 – 12 year olds interested in art. Learn new skills and experiment with different mediums and materials. This structured program will see participants work toward a display presented within the Horsham Town Hall Foyer.
BOOKINGS: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Con Kroker Memorial Lecture
Cost: $95.00 per term, includes all materials Bookings: 5382 9575 Payment required on booking.
We live in a world of remarkable beauty, often so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring these details to light, Con Kroker framed this view through a camera lens. Born in Horsham in 1910, Conrad Otto Kroker had a lifelong love of photography. Living almost all of his life on the land, the wildlife and the landscape of the Western District became his natural subjects. Kroker received much local and international recognition for his photography before passing away in Horsham on June 17th 1989.
Art Club Juniors Wednesdays with Kate Wade
Horsham Regional Art Gallery is delighted to hold this annual memorial lecture event. Speakers details will be announced on our website, www.horshamtownhall.com.au
18 October – 6 December, Wednesdays 4–5.30pm Eight week after school art program for 7 – 12 year olds interested in art. Learn new skills and experiment with different mediums and materials. This structured program will see participants work toward a display presented within the Horsham Town Hall Foyer.
FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER, 8 – 10PM VENUE: Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Cost: $95.00 per term, includes all materials Bookings: 5382 9575 Payment required on booking.
Art Club Drawing with Shane Boland
TICKETS: FREE
19 October – 7 December, Thursdays 4–5.30pm
Art After Dark Neon Celebrate the final week of our student exhibition at the Horsham Regional Art Gallery with special night time opening hours for teens only. Find out more about our talented student artists, create, and explore the gallery to the tunes of a DJ. Payment must be made two weeks prior to classes commencing to secure your booking. 20
Eight week after school program for 12 – 17 year olds interested in art. Improve your observational drawing skills as each week graphic designer and illustrator, Shane Boland, helps you work on a series of realistic drawings. The skills you learn will help you create even better drawings at home and at school. This structured program will see participants work toward a display presented within the Horsham Town Hall Foyer. Cost: $95.00 per term, includes all materials Bookings: 5382 9575 Payment required on booking. 21
PET PORTRAITS
Looking for something to do with the kids during the September school holidays? Be inspired, challenged and get creative at our art workshops at the Horsham Town Hall Holiday Program for children aged 5–12 years. For full information and bookings visit our website horshamtownhall.com.au or visit the Box Office to secure your child’s ticket for an exciting school holiday program. Limited capacity and bookings highly recommended to avoid disappointment. Full price and concession prices quoted. All events have limited spaces and capacity.
BUGS Explore the miniature world making wire and bead creepy crawlies! Cost: $12/$10
Bring a photo of your scaly, fury or feathery friend and paint their portrait on a canvas. Cost: $12/$10
FLAPPY FLYING BIRDS Let your creativity fly high! Construct and decorate your own flappy bird puppet. Cost: $12/$10
FANTASTIC BEASTS Make your fantastical beast drawing come to life as a 3D sculpture using armature wire, modelling clay and your imagination. Cost: $15/ $13
ART THROUGH YOUR EYES Enter the gallery and create your own interpretations of the artworks on exhibition using oil pastel on black paper. Cost: $12/$10
GET FABULOUS! Create your own jewellery making using a variety of materials and techniques. Cost: $15/ $13
BLING MY BAG! Personalise a calico bag by embellishing it with fabric paints and pens. Cost: $12/ $10
SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Weekdays between 16 and 25 January 2018. Check out our website horshamtownhall.com or Facebook page for details closer to the date.
Full price and concession prices quoted. All events have limited spaces and capacity. Phone: 03 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au 22
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Public Programs + Workshops
DATE
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
COST FULL/CONC
Meet the Curator: Alison Eggleton
Tuesday 26 September
10.30am–12pm
Pet Portraits
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
Sunday 17 September, 3–4.30pm
2–3pm
Pet Portraits
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
10.30am–12pm
Bling My Bag
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
2–3pm
Bling My Bag
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
10am–12pm
Fantastic Beasts
Handbury Education Centre
$15/$13
2–4pm
Fantastic Beasts
Handbury Education Centre
$15/$13
Wednesday 27 September
Thursday 28 September
Friday 29 September
Tuesday 3 October
Wednesday 4 October
Thursday 5 October
Get Fabulous!
Handbury Education Centre
$15/$13
2–3pm
Get Fabulous!
Handbury Education Centre
$15/$13
10.30am– 2pm
Bugs
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
2–3pm
Bugs
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
10am–12pm
Flappy Flying Birds
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
2–4pm
Flappy Flying Birds
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
10.30am– 2pm
Art Through Your Eyes
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
2–3pm
Art Through Your Eyes
Handbury Education Centre
$12/$10
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Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Meet the Artist: Bindi Cole Chocka Wednesday 27 September, 6–7.30pm
10.30am–12pm
Phone: 03 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
Join us for a coffee, as HRAG Curator Alison Eggleton discusses the cultural iconography of key artworks from Hamilton Gallery’s renowned Collection, where Eggleton undertook an internship before joining the Horsham Regional Art Gallery.
Join us to hear Constructed Narratives artist Bindi Cole Chocka discuss her Melbourne based practice as photographer, new media artist, writer and curator. Her compelling photographs, videos and installations fearlessly approach taboo topics with dignity, humour and compassion, often referencing her life story and experiences in contemporary Australia. This event is part of Art After Dark. Cost: $10 Bookings: 5382 9575 or visit horshamtownhall.com.au
Meet the Exhibitions: Exposed and Seeing Voices Friday 20 October, 10am Join us for morning tea as we explore two new exhibitions Exposed: perceptions in photography investigating the ideas and relationships that are important to our young artists through the lens of their cameras; and our NETS touring exhibition Seeing Voices, which acts as a springboard for thinking through the voice and how it is visualized, employed and reimagined in contemporary art. Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au 25
Public Programs + Workshops
Public Programs + Workshops
A Gallery Experience
Meet the Artist – Agatha Goth-Snape
We are happy to provide tours for community groups or organisations, host your next meeting in the gallery and we will provide a tour, or organise your group and we could give you a tour and share morning tea.
Wednesday 6 December, 6–7.30pm Join us for an evening talk by Seeing Voices exhibition artist Agatha Gothe-Snape, as she returns to Horsham after taking part in ACCA ART# 2 Regional Tour in 2011. Gothe-Snape is a cross-disciplinary artist who has been exhibiting since 2005, and is the subject of this years Archibald Prize winning painting by her partner Mitch Cairns.
Cost: Free Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Presented by NETS Victoria and Monash University Museum of Art touring exhibition. Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Meet the Artists from Exposed – perceptions in photography Sunday 26 November, 3–4.30pm Join us for an afternoon coffee as some of the student participants from our Art Extension program come together again to discuss their involvement in the program and about their work that is included in the exhibition.
Move above A Gallery Experience Contemporary Art on the Road teacher professional development 8 December, 9.30am – 3pm
Art Club for Adults
Contemporary Art on the Road is a professional development program developed by Gertrude Contemporary in partnership with Monash University Museum of Art, and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to bring artists, art educators and regional teachers together to exchange ideas, share creative experiences and explore contemporary art and culture. Teachers are introduced to a range of handson, expertly designed strategies and resources for teaching contemporary art in their classroom. Includes a workshop with Gertrude Studio artist Rosie Isaac.
19 October – 14 December 2017, Thursdays 6.30 – 8.30pm
Funded by Department of Education and Training Victoria through the Strategic Partnerships Program.
Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
A fun series of evening workshops over nine weeks providing adults with a “taste” of three different mediums with three different tutors. Collagraph prints with Peta Adamson, painting with Ron Penrose, and pastel transfers with Joan Johns.
Cost: Free Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Cost: $250 includes all materials. Bookings: 5382 9575 hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au. Payment must be made two weeks prior to classes beginning to secure your booking. 26
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General Information
General Information
Venue Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Horsham Town Hall Box Office
80 Wilson Street, Horsham
71 Pynsent Street, Horsham
Tuesday – Friday 10am–5pm Saturday 11am–4.30pm Sunday 1pm–4.30pm
Monday – Friday 10am–5pm (Also open one hour before scheduled performances)
Phone: 03 5382 9575
Phone: 03 5382 9555
Wesley PAC Corner Roberts Avenue & Urquhart Streets, Horsham (Open one hour before scheduled performances only)
Tickets for Horsham Town Hall and Wesley PAC events can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the box office. Online horshamtownhall.com.au
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CONCESSIONS AND STUDENTS Concession rates to apply to Government issued Pension or Health Care Card holders. Concession rates do not apply to Senior Card holders. Student rates apply to all pre-school, school and university students who must provide proof of eligibility when purchasing tickets. Ticket purchase terms and conditions can be viewed at horshamtownhall.com.au ACCESSIBILITY & ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES We aim to make our events and venues accessible to all. To discuss your access requirements please contact Horsham Town Hall on 03 5382 9555 or email boxoffice@hrcc.vic.gov.au Should you require assistance the venue can provide listening devices for use in the Theatre. The units are free of charge and available from the Box Office.
ALL DAY PARKING
We also welcome Companion Cards.
The closest all day parking for patrons is located at the rear of Horsham Plaza (access via Park Drive); in the Forty Winks car park on Darlot Street (ticketed); or in Park Drive near the Skate Park.
The creative program of the Horsham Town Hall has been supported by
SHORT TERM PARKING
The redevelopment of the Horsham Town Hall has been made possible by the support of
There is a range of one hour and two hour short term metered and unmetered parking on streets in the vicinity of the Horsham Town Hall and in off street car parks in Wilson Street, Ward Street and Darlot Street. Check the parking signs for information on the exact times that apply to particular bays, and we recommend that you avoid parking in the Horsham Plaza Car Park (Darlot Street) if you’re planning on extended periods in the venue.
The Geoff & Helen Handbury Foundation
Horsham Town Hall acknowledges the support of our sponsors
DISABLED PARKING There are disabled parking bays on Wilson Street in front of the Horsham Town Hall. PASSENGER DROP OFF AND PICK UP A passenger drop off and pick up zone is located in front of the Horsham Town Hall on Wilson Street.
Jennifer Smith, in memory of Gwendda J Smith
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Support Us
Individuals, families, teams, community groups, and clubs are all welcome to have their name on a Theatre seat. Cost: $200 Donations are tax-deductible.
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Marketing To support Horsham Rural City Council’s initiatives to reduce paper and postage expenditure the Horsham Town Hall quarterly publications will be moving to an e-magazine and membership based distribution. To ensure that you continue receiving our popular calendar please contact our Box Office to update your profile information and stay tuned for our new HTH membership which will offer great incentives and benefits.
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The Horsham Town Hall Gift Certificate is a great gift for a loved-one or someone special who loves going to the theatre. Certificates can start as little as $10 and is a great stocking filler, Kris Kringle or gift.
February 2
Elvis & Queen Show
HTH Theatre
February 10
Blue Ribbon Ball
HTH
February 17
As far as the eye can see
HRAG
March 6
HART by She Said Theatre
HTH Theatre
March 8
All My Love
Wesley PAC
March 24
Diversity Day
HTH Theatre
March 27
Landcare Harmony Day
HTH Theatre
April 6
Celtic Tenors
HTH Theatre
April 7
Billy Joel Tribute Show
HTH Theatre
April 19–21
Circus Oz
HTH Theatre
May
Horsham Arts Council Production
HTH Theatre
May 26
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
HTH Theatre
May 27
Melbourne Welsh Choir
HTH Theatre
June 1–11
Art Is Festival
June 13–14
Personal
HTH Theatre
June 15
Mirusia – From the Heartl
HTH Theatre
Please note at the time of print these events are correct and subject to change. For updated information and ticketing visit horshamtownhall.com.au
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