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Yeehaw! the Nevertire Rodeo is back in 2023 By HARRIET GILMORE AFTER a three-year hiatus, the Nevertire Rodeo is back for 2023! To be held on the October Long Weekend, the committee that runs the event, known as, “We of the Nevertire”, has elected a new leadership team to bring the rodeo back. Tom Russ, son of outgoing President, Kim Russ, will takeon the President’s role together with partner, Alicia McCarten as Secretary, and Georgia Lawler as Treasurer. But don’t worry, it’s not their fi rst rodeo(!), with the new leadership team having served on the committee for a number of years, and Tom himself a prize-winning bronco rider. “I’m really excited to be leading the committee this year, and stoked we can fi nally bring the rodeo back to town,” he said. “COVID meant we couldn’t host an event for the last three years, which has been really disappointing, considering we only held our fi rst one in 2018,” he added.
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New exhibition of local artists Julia and Anna, light-up WAM By HARRIET GILMORE THE Warren Museum & Art Gallery (The WAM) will showcase a new exhibition throughout the month of June, with works from Coonamble-based artists Julia Borowski and Anna Kennedy. Although the two artists have different styles and techniques, and weren’t working on a collective theme, they both take inspiration from the “joy in life” and “joyfulness” with many of the pieces on display, and for sale, at The WAM encapsulating this. Exhibition curator and local artist, Jude Flemming was excited to have Julia and Anna in Warren after meeting them through her association with Outback Arts, the regional arts organisation based in Coonamble. Although Julia and Kate share a studio space in Coonamble, this is their fi rst collaboration. Working in pottery and ceramics for the past 15 years, Anna recently moved into painting and said it was Julia’s invitation to join the exhibition, and a “friendly shove” that got her into this body of work for The WAM. She said this work, is a lot about place and belonging. “This collection of work is
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Artworks by Julia Borowski, which are currently being exhibited at the Warren Museum & Art Gallery. PHOTO: WARREN STAR. themed around the idea of being grateful for home, the simple things that bring so much joy,” she said. “Sometimes I get drawn into thinking. . . ‘is there more to life than living in Coonamble?’ But I know that it doesn’t matter where I am, there is always ‘greener grass’”; so, this
collection is about tending my own lawn so to speak, to really show gratitude for home.” Originally from London, Julia lives with her family on a farm bordering the Pilliga State Forest and said her subject matter is strongly focussed on f lorals and the native birds in her
garden. Of her work on show at The WAM, she said: “I am drawn to the romantic and the whimsical, which I think shows in my figures. “Colour and design are important, too,” she added. Continued page 4