arts arts round the shire
2017
Bass Coast Shire Council acknowledges that we are situated on the traditional lands of the Boonwurrung / Bunurong, of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to their elders past and present and, through them, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Bass Coast is home to a thriving arts community. The beauty of its natural environment, and the close proximity to Melbourne, attracts the creative spirit. It is also one of Victoria’s most popular tourist destinations due to the beautiful coastline, scenic hinterland and laid back life style.
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galleries and studios 3 – 9 crafts 10 heritage 11 – 12 photography and film 13 map 14 – 19 writers 20 music, theatre and dance 21 art exhibitions and festivals 22 – 24 community cultural centres 25 – 27 community managed facilities 27 public art 28 – 29 bass coast your art collection prize 30 arts registration and news 31 Cover from the top clockwise: Artwork detail, Inverloch Skate Park, Shadows on the Path, Susan Hall, Artwork, Inverloch Skate Park, Sunrise at Wattle Bank, photography Bob Tyler, Pippin, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group, Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple Autumn), Bonsai Island, Chalk Art Snake, Ulla Taylor at Newhaven Primary School, Mad and Nic, Come and Play Launch, Chalk Art, Ulla Taylor and Cecilia Leys Newhaven and Shearwater Festival drumming workshop photo by Terry Melvin. Page detail, Chalk Art, Ulla Taylor, Newhaven L – R: above 1. Mosaics By the Bay, Heather Fahnle 2. Artwork detail, Inverloch Skate Park, Kyle Charles
Karen V Sandon 24 Cuthbert Street, Corinella m 0402 455 795 e abindingpress@karenvsandon.com.au w karenvsandon.com.au/a-binding-press Open: Thursday to Saturday, 1.00pm to 4.00pm and by appointment. Karen's studio gallery plus a fully equipped print workshop for hire.
2 Annette Spinks – Art Studio and Gallery Annette Spinks 60 Dixon Street, Inverloch m 0418 555 222 e art@annettespinks.com.au w annettespinks.com.au Open: Please phone for opening times. Original abstract paintings.
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Marlene Abela 9 Anderson Rise, Anderson m 0407 368 538 e artfusiongallery@bigpond.com w artfusionstudionandgallery.com Open: Thursday to Monday, 10.30am to 5.00pm. Working steel and glass studio.
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L – R: 3. Wave Series Interception, Annette Spinks 4. Ancient Warrior Intaglio etching, Karen V Sandon, a-binding press
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galleries and studios
Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Inc Jill Rogers PO Box 198, Cowes m 0416 132 045 e jillfromrhyll@bigpond.com w aspi-inc.org.au Visual art, photography, writing workshops and exhibitions.
4 ArtSpace Wonthaggi Ursula Theinert The Centennial Centre, 1 Bent Street, Wonthaggi t (03) 5672 1415 and (03) 5672 5767 e artspacenquiries@gmail.com w artspacewonthaggi.com.au Open: Thursday to Monday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Contemporary art gallery and gift shop.
5 Bass Coast Artists’ Society Wendy Saphin The Goods Shed via Big W carpark Webb Drive, Wonthaggi m 0409 555 225 e info@basscoastartists.org.au w basscoastartists.org.au Open: As programmed. Regular weekly studio groups, workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions.
6 Bonsai Island Elaine Brown 32 Phillip Island Road, Newhaven m 0428 351 113 e bonsaiisland@live.com w bonsaiisland.net Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10.00am to 5.00pm. Bonsai and horticultural art.
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5 6 L – R: 5. Moody Moondahs, Diana Bannister, Shearwater Studio 6. Reflected Game, Frank Schooneveldt, Goat Island Gallery
Frank Schooneveldt 18 Boundary Road, Wonthaggi t (03) 5672 5951 e schooner@ozemail.com.au w schooneart.com Open: Saturday and Sunday, November to March from 11.00am to 4.00pm and by appointment. Contemporary Australian Art.
8 Goldsmith’s Gallery and Jewellery Workshop Bronwyn Pratt – Gold & Silversmith Shop 3, Bridgeview Arcade, 157-159 Marine Parade, San Remo t (03) 5678 5788 or m 0409 934 543 e info@bepgold.com.au w goldsmithsgallery.com.au Open: Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 5.00pm; Saturday, 10.00am to 2.00pm. Long weekends open Sunday, 11.00am to 3.00pm. Closed August. Quality handmade jewellery, artworks and repairs.
galleries and studios
7 Goat Island Gallery and Sculpture Garden
9 John Mutsaers Art Studio
John Mutsaers 9 Churchill Crescent, Inverloch m John 0402 392 799 Mary 0478 255 803 e opusjoop1@gmail.com w jmartist.com.au Open: By appointment only, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Oil and acrylic painting and sculpture.
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10 Kelly and Gemelli – Art and Design
Adriano Gemelli 57 Phillip Island Road, San Remo m 0419 544 588 e info@kellyandgemelli.com w kellyandgemelli.com Open: Friday to Sundays or by appointment. Contemporary art gallery and café.
11 Ken Griffiths and Karin Ellis 141 Reed Crescent, Wonthaggi m 0414 413 187 e artefactory@bigpond.com Open: Second Sunday of the month, 10.00am to 3.00pm or by appointment. Artists, painters, textiles and wearable art.
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Lee Hutchinson 323 Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, Inverloch m 0407 267 561 e tendertrader@hotmail.com w facebook.com/leezart Open: Friday to Monday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Metal, timber sculptures and quirky furniture.
13 Liptrap Creations Kerry Murrell 323 Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, Inverloch m 0407 267 561 e liptrapcreations@gmail.com w facebook.com/liptrapcreations Open: Friday to Monday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Handmade and home décor.
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L – R: 9. Receptive Field#7, Cristina Popovici, Mingara Gallery 10. Holographic Persimmon 1, Adriano Gemelli, Kelly and Gemelli Art and Design
27 Joseph Road, Corinella m 0408 106 180 e lburrell@dcsi.net.au Open: By appointment only. Contemporary drawing, painting and sculpture. Mural studio on ten acres.
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Noelle Buckley 238-242 Thompson Avenue, Cowes t (03) 5952 3722 e noelle@mingaragallery.com.au w mingaragallery.com.au Open: Wednesday to Saturday, 10.00am to 4.00pm, Sunday, 11.00am to 3.00pm. Contemporary fine art, sculpture and ceramics.
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Heather Fahnle 8 Mountainview Avenue, Ventnor m 0417 562 625 e heather@fahnle.com.au w fahnle.com.au Open: By appointment only 9.00am to 3.00pm. Ceramics, specialising in mosaic art.
17 Phillip Island Community Art and Craft Gallery Aleta Groves (Secretary) Cowes Cultural Centre 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes m 0419 525 609 e info@phillipislandgallery.com.au w phillipislandgallery.com.au Open: Daily, 11.00am to 3.00pm; and from November to April from 10.00am to 4.00pm. A wide range of original art and craft by local artists.
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18 Saraghi Gallery Peter Walker 71 Thompson Avenue, Cowes (enter through CafĂŠ Lugano) t (03) 5952 6492 or m 0400 864 325 e peter@artwalk.com.au Open: Daily, 10.00am to 3.00pm or as advertised. Contemporary paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics and textiles.
19 Shearwater Studio Diana Bannister 83 Lantana Road, Cape Woolamai m 0408 341 898 e dianabannisterartist@gmail.com w shearwaterstudio.com.au Open: Summer weekends or by appointment. Opening hours vary; please contact Diana. Colourful contemporary oil paintings and hebel stone sculptures.
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Ray Dahlstrom 40 Pearsalls Road, Inverloch t (03) 5674 6454 or m 0423 545 677 e raydahld@gmail.com w studio40.net.au Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10.00am to 4.30pm or by appointment. Contemporary and traditional painting.
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L – R: 13. Man of purity and light meets lady of the night, Peter Walker 14. Our Carbonic Ocean, Ray Daylstrom, Studio 40 15. We are family, Diana Bannister, Shearwater Studio
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21 Susan A Hall 35a Pier Road, Inverloch t (03) 5674 2097 e gesue@dcsi.net.au w susanahall.com.au Open: By appointment only. A varied range of art work displayed in home studio.
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Ursula Thienert 3 Chisholm Road, Wonthaggi m 0439 699 241 e wersula@gmail.com w ursulatheinert.com.au Open: By appointment only. Ursula is an acrylic painter and Werner is a photographer.
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Clockwise from top left: Karen V Sandon, Bass Coast Artists Society Life Drawing Exhibition Opening, Bronwyn Pratt and Susan Hall.
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Bass Group CWA Craft Group Carol Young PO Box 108, Grantville t (03) 5678 8041 e caroly@dcsi.net.au Meet fourth Monday of the month, except December, at the Grantville Hall from 10.00am. Contact Annie Graham on 5678 8037. Friendly craft group, extend your skills and learn new ones. Phillip Island Patchworkers Inc PO Box 59, San Remo Michelle Trewin m 0418 356 478 e phillipislandpatchworkers@gmail.com Patchwork Club with an exhibition on Melbourne Cup Weekend annually. Various groups meet regularly across Bass Coast contact Michelle for one near you. Wonthaggi Patchers Inc. Christine Mitchell Cricket Club rooms, Korumburra Road, Wonthaggi t (03) 5674 3316 e inverchris@gmail.com Meetings held on first and third Friday of each month, except January which will be the third Friday of the month. 10.00am to 3.00pm. Patchwork, sewing and craft.
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18 19 Top: 17. Sonia Camm with participants, Cowes Cultural Centre Gallery workshop L – R: 18. Artwork detail, Inverloch Skate Park 19. Chalk Art detail, Ulla Taylor Newhaven Come and Play All of May
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23 National Vietnam Veterans Museum 25 Veterans Drive, Newhaven t (03) 5956 6400 w vietnamvetsmuseum.org Open: Daily 10.00am to 5.00pm. Exhibits, dioramas, artwork, images, stories pertaining to the Vietnam War.
24 Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society Malcolm Swaine 56 Chapel Street, Cowes t (03) 5952 5740 e piadgs@gmail.com w piadgs.org.au Open: Tuesday and Saturday, 10.00am to 1.00pm; Thursday, 10.00am to 4.00pm and Friday, 1.00pm to 4.00pm. The society aims to promote, foster and practice genealogical (family history) study.
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Christine Grayden Heritage Centre, 89 Thompson Avenue, Cowes t (03) 5956 8501 or m 0400 900 612 e history@waterfront.net.au w pihs.org.au Open: Thursdays and Saturdays, 10.00am to 12.00pm. Tuesday, 10.00am to 12.00pm during holidays. Displays on the history of Phillip Island and district.
20. Afternoon Concert Party at Wonthaggi Bowling Green, Wonthaggi and District Historical Society
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26 Phillip Island RSL 225 Thompson Avenue, Cowes t (03) 5952 1004 e info@pirsl.com.au w phillipislandrsl.com.au Open: Monday to Saturday, 9.00am to midnight; Sunday, 10.00am to midnight. Military memorabilia – medals, firearms, bayonets, flags, uniforms, provision, photos and large military equipment on display outside.
27 Wonthaggi and District Historical Society Fay Quilford Railway Station Museum, Murray Street, Wonthaggi m 0434 141 275 e wonthaggihistsoc@dcsi.net.au w wonthaggihistoricalsociety.org.au Open: Saturday, 10.00am to 2.00pm; and second Sunday of each month (market day), 8.30am to 1.30pm. This display includes historical photos, documents, newspapers and memorabilia relating to the history of Wonthaggi and district.
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L – R: 21. Wonthaggi Railway Museum, photography Laurie Culph 22. Colonel Ryan outside the Australian 1st Division’s headquarters on Anzac. AWM P02648.001 Australian War Memorial Collection 23. Bass Coast Artists Society, The Goods Shed In Action
28 Bass Coast Camera Club Hazel Zander The Goods Shed in Wonthaggi t (03) 5672 5300 or Liz Glynn 5672 2944 e hazelz@dcsi.net.au or rdtyler@yahoo.com w basscoastcameraclub.org.au Meetings held monthly on the third Saturday at 1.30pm. Provides regular meetings with guest demonstrators and special tasks for evaluation.
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map bass coast shire
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Corinella
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Cape Paterson
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Anderson 3 Artfusion Studio and Gallery 9 Anderson Rise, Anderson
Cape Woolamai 19 Shearwater Studio
83 Lantana Road, Cape Woolamai
Corinella 1 a-binding press
24 Cuthbert Street, Corinella
14 Lisa Burrell
27 Joseph Road, Corinella
Coronet Bay 37 2013 BMX Track Sculpture by David Kopelman Fred Gration Reserve, Bantering Bay Road, Coronet Bay
38 2014 Bronze Yarns Sculpture Trail by David Murphy Foreshore Reserve, Bay Road, Coronet Bay
Cowes 15 Mingara Gallery 238-242 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
17 Phillip Island Community Art and Craft Gallery Cowes Cultural Centre, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
18 Saraghi Gallery 71 Thompson Avenue, Cowes (enter through Café Lugano)
24 Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society 56 Chapel Street, Cowes
25 Phillip Island and District Historical Society
Heritage Centre, 89 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
26 Phillip Island RSL
225 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
29 Cowes Cultural Centre 91 – 97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes 16
35 2012 Harmony Bells by Dr Anton Hasell Cowes Town Square, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
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Shimmering Water Kelp by David Fincher Cowes Town Square, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
Grantville 33 2009 The Grantville Memorial Park Sculpture by Victoria Nelson Grantville Transaction Centre, Bass Highway, Grantville.
Kilcunda 39 2015 Site Lines by Bonnie Charles and Sarah Hicks Kilcunda Foreshore Reserve
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Annette Spinks – Art Studio and Gallery 60 Dixon Street, Inverloch
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John Mutsaers Art Studio 9 Churchill Crescent, Inverloch
12 LeeZart
323 Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, Inverloch
13 Liptrap Creations
323 Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, Inverloch
20 Studio 40
40 Pearsalls Road, Inverloch
21 Susan A Hall
35a Pier Road, Inverloch
30 Inverloch Community Hub 16 A’Beckett Street, Inverloch
40 Inverloch 2016 TRAX coordinated by Mary Sullivan and Inverloch Community House Inverloch Skate Park, Reilly Street, Inverloch 17
Newhaven 6 Bonsai Island
32 Phillip Island Road, Newhaven
23 National Vietnam Veterans Museum 25 Veterans Drive, Newhaven
San Remo 8 Goldsmith’s Gallery and Jewellery Workshop Shop 3, Bridgeview Arcade, 157-159 Marine Parade, San Remo
10 Kelly and Gemelli – Art and Design 57 Phillip Island Road, San Remo
Ventnor 16 Mosaics by the Bay 8 Mountainview Avenue, Ventnor
Wonthaggi 4 ArtSpace Wonthaggi The Centennial Centre, 1 Bent Street, Wonthaggi
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The Goods Shed via Big W carpark Webb Drive, Wonthaggi
7 Goat Island Gallery and Sculpture Garden 18 Boundary Road, Wonthaggi
11 Ken Griffiths and Karin Ellis
141 Reed Crescent, Wonthaggi
22 Theinert Gallery
3 Chisholm Road, Wonthaggi
27 Wonthaggi and District Historical Society Railway Station Museum, Murray Street, Wonthaggi
28 Bass Coast Camera Club The Goods Shed via Big W carpark Webb Drive, Wonthaggi
31 Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre 96 Graham Street, Wonthaggi 18
14 Baillieu Street East, Wonthaggi
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34 2011 Shaft and Seam by Shane Cargill and Martin Moore Wonthaggi Centennial Centre, 1 Bent Street, Wonthaggi.
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writers
Ibis Writers' Group Carolyn Landon 1 Cape Paterson Road, Wonthaggi t (03) 5672 5939 e crlandon@tpg.com.au w sites.google.com/site.ibiswriters/ Meetings held on the second Monday of the month, 12.30pm to 4.00pm at Newhaven Yacht Squadron. Ibis Writers is a friendly group who meet for discussion and workshop.
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L – R: 29. Dance Design Evil Spirit 30. Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Evita 31. Dance Design Frog Prince 32. Shearwater Festival photo by Terry Melvin 33. Dance Design Dr. Facilier
Dance Design Michelle Todd 214 Graham Street, Wonthaggi t (03) 5672 1290 e dancedes@bigpond.net.au Evening classes held at various locations: Wonthaggi on Monday, Cowes on Wednesday, Korumburra on Friday. Pre-schoolers on Monday afternoon and Wednesday mornings in Wonthaggi. Jazz, tap and contemporary dance classes.
music, theatre and dance
Bass Coast Chorale Wayne Maloney 1740 Loch-Wonthaggi Road, Ryanston t Wayne 0402 727 364 or Julie 0438 390 145 e wayne.moloney95@gmail.com Rehearsals on Tuesdays, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Wonthaggi Citizens Band Room, Billson Street, Wonthaggi. Fifty member choral group performing traditional/contemporary and original works.
Offshore Theatre Group Secretary PO Box 675, Cowes m 0412 146 208 e contact@phillipislandoffshoretheatre.org.au w phillipislandoffshoretheatre.org.au Community theatre group. 'The Shifting Heart' from 30 March until 9 April 2017. Other productions will be announced in 2017.
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art exhibitions and festivals
Bass Coast Your Art Collection Program Bass Coast Your Art Collection Awards and Exhibition program offers an award to exhibit in an exhibition in September each year. At this exhibition, one painting is selected by an independent panel to become part of Council’s art collection. The prize is worth $5,000 and all artists invited to exhibit will also receive $1,000. To be eligible, you must be chosen by a judge at one of the following registered community art shows: • Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Cup Weekend Exhibition, Cowes 2017 • San Remo Art and Photographic Show Labour Day weekend, San Remo 2017 • Inverloch Art Show, Labour Day weekend, Inverloch 2017 • Bass Coast Artists’ Society Easter Exhibition, Wonthaggi 2017 • Corinella and District Community Centre Traditional Art Show, Queens Birthday weekend, Corinella 2017 Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Jill Rogers PO Box 198, Cowes m 0416 132 045 e jillfromrhyll@bigpond.com w aspi-inc.org.au Two annual exhibitions at Easter and Melbourne Cup Weekend. Bass Coast Artists’ Society Wendy Saphin The Goods Shed via Big W carpark Webb Drive, Wonthaggi m 0417 590 881 e info@basscoastartists.org.au w basscoastartists.org.au
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36. Sculpture found objects, Bass Coast Artists Society
Come and Play All of May Celebrating the arts of Gippsland 2017 Creative Gippsland welcomes you to May! This will be the eighth Gippsland-wide month filled with the region’s creativity. In Bass Coast there will be workshops, studio visits, artist’s talks, performances and music. Look out for the unexpected.
art exhibitions and festivals
Inverloch Art Show Committee Inc. Marie Mc Donald 14 Reilly Street, Inverloch t 0409 747 181 e granza21@outlook.com Labour Day Weekend March 2017, Saturday and Sunday, 10.00am to 5.00pm and Monday, 10.00am to 3.00pm. Art Show - original paintings, sculptures and jewellery.
Everyone is encouraged to think about how you might be involved and your Creative Gippsland team are eager to assist you. www.creativegippsland.com.au Corinella & District Community Centre 48 Smythe Street, Corinella t (03) 5678 0777 e coord@cdcc.asn.au w corinellacommunitycentre.org.au The Community Centre holds two art exhibitions each year, traditional art on the Queen's Birthday weekend and contemporary art show on Labour Day weekend. Information is available on the Centre’s website. San Remo Art and Photographic Show Judy Lawrence m 0418 325 055 e info@rotary-phillipisland-sanremo.org.au w rotary-phillipisland-sanremo.org.au/artshow 10 to 13 March 2017. Biannual art and photographic show.
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art exhibitions and festivals
Creative Spirit Festival Margaret or Priscilla St Phillips Anglican Church Hall Corner of Thompson Avenue and Church Street, Cowes t Margaret 5952 2557 Priscilla 5952 3477 e anglican@waterfront.net.au w anglicanparishbassphillipisland.com 5 to 7 May 2017 Exhibition: Sense of place: Sharing Place – Sharing Ways. Celebrating arts, music and spirit. Shearwater Festival The Shearwater Festival is a cultural, creative and environmental event which brings communities together to celebrate the return of the Shearwaters from their migration. The Festival includes a cultural exchange, a street parade, workshops, performances, guided walks and talks at the Shearwater rookeries and an education program. Held in November each year on Phillip Island. www.shearwaterfestival.com.au Winter Arts Trail Phillip Island Tourism & Business Association t (03) 5952 2729 w visitphillipisland.com Queen’s Birthday Weekend, 10 to 12 June 2017. Pick up your Winter Arts Trail map from the Visitor Information Centres in Newhaven and Cowes. Follow the trail to local businesses displaying local art and sculpture. You could win your very own art piece.
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91 – 97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes The Cultural Centre offers various facilities for the public: • Meeting Room 1 (seats up to 40), includes tea/ coffee facilities, whiteboard, tables and chairs, TV/DVD • Meeting Room 2 (seats up to 20), includes tea/coffee facilities, whiteboard, tables and chairs • Cultural Centre Hall (seats up to 250), includes tables and chairs, dressing room, stage, lighting, sound and a piano • Kitchen caters to professional style catering up to 250 people • Heritage Centre Meeting Room (seats up to 60), includes whiteboard, table and chairs, projection screen and kitchenette
community cultural centres
Bass Coast’s Community Cultural Centres cater for a variety of activities. From professional theatres to small meeting rooms; workshop/ wet areas to space for art exhibition; convention space to celebrations and functions; dance to taekwondo or meetings and theatre in the round – whatever your needs, there is a space for you.
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16 A'Beckett Street, Inverloch The Inverloch Community Hub offers the following facilities: • Large meeting room with small kitchenette, includes tea/coffee, whiteboard, table and chairs (seats up to 40 in forum style set up) • Spare office meeting room includes fixed desk, table and seats 4-6 people • Community Hall (including kitchen and stage), seats up to 280 for a dinner/dance function, AV equipment and screen • Stadium (existing YMCA and community-run activities happen here, or you could start your own) 25
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• Internal Street/Art Exhibition space • Secure external art exhibition space • West Gippsland Regional Library Corporation, Visitor Information Centre and Council Customer Service, Inverloch Community House, Maternal Child and Health, Gippsport Inc. are also part of the Hub • Public toilets and baby change room www.visitbasscoast.com Contact the Community Hub officer on 5674 1569. Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm for further information.
31 Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre 96 Graham Street, Wonthaggi The Arts Centre offers magnificent opportunities: • Theatre/Auditorium is fully raked seating up to 418 with access seating for wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Theatre includes proscenium arch stage, orchestra pit, lighting, sound, piano, two dressing rooms and a scenery dock • Foyer great for exhibitions and small (up to 6) community meetings • Separate entrances to theatre/auditorium/foyer • Cinema showing films during school holidays and other programmed times throughout the year
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14 Baillieu Street East, Wonthaggi The Town Hall offers the following: • Foyer (seats up to 40 people), includes tea/ coffee facilities, electronic whiteboard, tables and chairs • Main Hall (seats up to 200 people) measures 23m x 11m, includes stage, oblong tables, 10 round tables and chairs • Kitchen facilities for professional style catering up to 200
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Community Managed Facilities Archie’s Creek Hall Bass Hall Cape Paterson Hall Corinella Hall Coronet Bay Hall Dalyston Hall Glen Alvie Hall Grantville Hall Kernot Hall Kilcunda Community Hall Krowera Hall Newhaven Hall Rhyll Hall San Remo Recreation Centre For more information on these halls, contact Council’s Customer Service Team.
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public art
33 Grantville 2009 The Grantville Memorial Park Sculpture by Victoria Nelson Grantville Transaction Centre, Bass Highway, Grantville. Victoria worked with the community to tell the story of Grantville.
34 Wonthaggi 2011 Shaft and Seam by Shane Cargill and Martin Moore Wonthaggi Centennial Centre, 1 Bent Street, Wonthaggi The works shows the volume of coal each miner was expected to bring above ground each day.
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2012 Harmony Bells by Dr Anton Hasell Cowes Town Square, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes The Bells represent he sea waves as well as the waves of people who come and go from Phillip Island.
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2012 Wind and Wave and Maregold or Shimmering Water Kelp by David Fincher Cowes Town Square, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes The two cypress pine seats, are inspired by driftwood washed up on the rocks, shaped and forged by the action of wind and wave.
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2013 BMX Track Sculpture by David Kopelman Fred Gration Reserve Bantering Bay Road, Coronet Bay
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38 Coronet Bay 2014 Bronze Yarns Sculpture Trail by David Murphy Foreshore Reserve Bay Road, Coronet Bay The trail consists of five bronze sculptures based on local stories and events, plus 15 small sculptures by school children.
39 Kilcunda 2015 Site Lines by Bonnie Charles and Sarah Kicks Kilcunda Foreshore Reserve Commemorates the foundations of Kilcunda’s settlement, tracing the mining, agriculture and rail infrastructures of which remnants can be found today.
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2016 TRAX coordinated by Mary Sullivan and Inverloch Community House Inverloch Skate Park, Reilly Street, Inverloch Many locals, as well as established artists Geoffrey Ricardo, Tom Murray-White, Rohan Manhal and Kyle Charles, were involved in the community Mural Jam and TRAX arts events that were held on site, resulting in the explosion of color that now appears at the park. 29
bass coast your art collection prize 2016
Bass Coast Your Art Collection prize 2016 Ursula Theinert won first prize at the Bass Coast Your Art Collection Exhibition with Acrylic and Charcoal on canvas 'Windy Day'. This artwork is now part of Council’s art collection. Ursula says: “My fascination with trees relates to the mythological traditions of the ‘World Tree’, which is a contact between the mundane and the divine….the forms of striving branches, contorted forms of struggle and mystical groves… “Humans are not separate from nature and this understanding will help us accept and understand the need to work for a sustainable future and face the challenges of change.”
For more information about the Bass Coast Your Art Collection Awards and Exhibition go to page 22.
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arts registration and news
Arts Registration and News To help Council inform artists and their audience of arts activities in the region, we have a register for artists, whatever your field; be it dance, music, theatre arts, visual artist and/or word. To receive our arts e-newsletter, register online at www.basscoast.vic. gov.au or contact Council’s Recreation and Culture Team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211.
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Many thanks to Bass Coast artists and groups for allowing Council to use their images. If you would like to be included in next year’s ARTS (Arts Round The Shire) booklet, please contact 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211. L – R: 45. By our Hand, Karen V Sandon, a-binding press 46. Offshore Theatre The Hollow 47. Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple), Bonsai Island 48. Dance Design Contemporary 49. Dance Design Wonthaggi Junior Tap
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Contact Details Office Address: 76 McBride Avenue Wonthaggi VIC 3995
Postal Address: PO Box 118 Wonthaggi VIC 3995
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Email: basscoast@basscoast.vic.gov.au
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