BEST OF SHEPP, GOULBURN VALLEY ON DISPLAY

A Cup of Shep and GV art contest

Greater Shepparton Council through its destination brand Shepparton and Goulburn Valley is invitning community members to participate in the art contest, A Cup of Shep and GV.

The diverse commnity and its people are at the heart of what makes this region specoal.

This contest focuses in the hidden talents of the community, with the opportunity for residents to develop creative artwwork which represents some of the unique towns found within the region.

The competition closes on Sunday, August 6 at 10pm.

Open to all ages, artists are encouraged to use their favourite physical media technique to create an original pice that represents one of the following communities in the Shepparton and Goulburn Valley. Shepparton, Mooroopna, Tatura, Dookie and Murchison.

Artworks are to be submitted via Council’s website shepp.city/ artcontest

A total of five winners will be chosen, one art piece per town. Winners will be announced at 12 Noon, Monday August 14 via Shepparton and Goulburn Valley social media channels – Facebook and Instagram.

Finalistrs will be invited to attend an awards ceremony where the winning artworks will be revealed and prizes presented.

The winners will receive an art package, including a voucher for art supplies, entry to an art workshop .

Entries are open to all ages and skill levels, A Cup of Shepp and GV is an open call to all artists living in Greater Shepparton, to participate and showcase ther creativity and talent.

For further information and contest guidelines please visit shepp.city/ artcontest

Kingston Arts

Kingston Layers – Robert Scholten is an art exhibition of paintings, printmaking and drawings inspired by different areas of Kingston all made on location in the spirit of en plein ait art and includes sketches and photos showing the process behind the work.

The Arts

ing. To have ‘thin skin’ is to be hypersensitive o the world around you. Paint is a thin sjin on the surface.

Exhibiion opens July 20 and closes September 23. Monash Art

Building F, Caulfield Campus Princes Hwy, Caulfield.

Zsahalkaworld

An artist’s archive

Anne Zahalka is one of Australia’s most highly regarded photo-media artists who has exhibitied extensively in Australia and overseas for ove 50 years.

Her work explores cultural and environmental points of tension, interrogating them with humor and a critical perspective.

Will King be Queen again?

Exhibition closes Saturday August 12.

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For Our Elders –NAIDOC Week 2023

Kingston Arts presents a group exhibition of esteemed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists that encourages conversation between traditional practices and contemporary approaches.

Exhibition closes Saturday August 23. Opening hours are Wednesday to Saturday 11am, - 1pm.

Kingston Arts

G3Artspace Parkdale

64 Parkers Rd. Parkdale.

At Caulfield

Thin skin

An exhibition of paintings by 36 Australian and international artists who explore the liminal space between figuration and abstaction Thin Skin has been guest-curated by Australian, London based writer, curator and former editor of Frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie.

As a term,’ thin skin’ is joyfully ambiguous. It refers not onl to the delicate membrane that separates body, mind and environment, but to other borders: thresholds between reason and unreason, wisdom and foolishness, life and death, the conscuous and unconsciuos, laughter and weep-

This is a special opportunity to speak with Anne Zahalka directly and find out more about her work.

The artist will join the sessions remotely brom her studio in Newtown, Sydney , and visitors will be able to connect with her at MAPh.

Session date and times:

■ Thursday, July 20, 11am -12 Noon.

■ Thursday, July 27, 11am – 12 Noon.

Exhibition closes September 19. Museum of Australian Photograpy (MAPh)

869 Ferntree Gully Rd. Wheelers Hill - Peter Kemp

Grease charity

■ Grease, which opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne on December 31, has announced the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre as the Official Charity Partner. Grease’s ‘Sandy’, Annelise Hall, will be the official Ambassador for Olivia’s Walk for Wellness this year, which will take place on Sunday, October 8 at the Alexandra Gardens.

All funds raised from that event will go towards wellness programs that reduce the side effects of cancer treatment and help people with cancer to thrive.

- Jessica Bendall

■ Thanks to an article in a weekend magazine, we hear of the pending return of Poppy King, the lipstick magnate of the early nineties. Poppy was a media magnate and was awarded Young Australian of the Year 1995. Her matte lipstick brand came to a grinding halt and folded. Poppy, now 51, relocated to NYC, and by this September will return to Melbourne and set up a lipstick manufacturing plant.

Listen to a podcast interview with Poppy King on curveballshow.com

Charlie Watts clearance

■ Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has earmarked a number of his antique collections for auction. There are vintage books, clothes, cars he has never driven, so Charlie will be in the money.

Public Previews will be seen in LA, NYC and London.

Closer to home ME Auctions will conduct an online auction, July 30, of a 1937 Daimler. Details: murrayevansauctions.com

Relationship long and short

■ The US gossip mags are currently running stories on who is hooked up with whom. One couple caught our attention : actor Sean (with a four-letter surname) Penn is dating his latest squeeze, Olga Korotyayeva with eleven letters in her surname. The age difference is also poles apart by 19 years, they looked very happy sight-seeing in Saint Tropez

Office dogs in limelight

■ Taking your dog to the office has grown in leaps and bounds since the pandemic. So, dogs deserve to have their own national competition based on a strict criteria. Categories include People's Choice, Top Office Dog, Top Dog with a Job. Sign up your canine, Google OZTOPDOG

Growth phase for radio

■ GfK Surveys has released their latest survey results on Australian commercial radio stations. Good news all round - audiences are listening an extra hour per week compared to previous survey and there are more folk tuning into radio than previously.