Theatre in Illawarra - Fortnight ending 11th February. Links for all the events below are on my home page together with other information. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~olav/index.html#NEW

2012 Launch - January 28th - Wollongong Workshop Theatre Dad's Army - Auditions - 3rd and 4th February - WWT. Emily of Emerald Hill - Phoenix Theatre, Bridge St. Coniston - Phoenix - 1st to 25th February. The Scarlet Rose. - Berry Showground Pavilion, Albany Street, Berry - Berry Drama Group - 15th-25th February. Motherhood The Musical - IPAC - Christine Harris & Hit Productions, In Association With Gfour Productions - 17 & 18 February.

Steel Magnolias - Wollongong Workshop Theatre - Wollongong Workshop Theatre - 17th February-3rd March. Excerpts from January Newsletter - Wollongong Workshop Theatre. Cheers, Olav

ILLAWARRA FOLK CLUB MEDIA RELEASE

More OS artists for the Illawarra Folk Club - Faye Blais / Get Folked

www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au [email protected]

After a highly successful Festival the Illawarra Folk Club swings back into high class entertainment on Friday February 3rd with another international Act. Canadian Singer, Faye Blais, who appeared at the 2011 festival, is back touring and will be performing at the Club’s usual venue, the Wollongong City Diggers Club. Also performing with Faye will be the dynamic Celtic Band, Get Folked who are fresh from highly successful performances at the 2012 Bulli Festival. Faye Blais is a Canadian artist whose songwriting, presence and personality are showcased beautifully through her impressive jazzy-bluesy folk style, on acoustic and electric guitars, and keys.

Detailed as “continuing the thread started by Joni, picked up by Ani and fashioned by Feist”, Faye’s dynamic vocals are the perfect match for her versatility as an instrumentalist. Blais’ spent three years recording her second and third albums in both Taiwan and Australia, before touring extensively around the globe, covering Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada, where she is now currently based in Toronto. She is touring her new Single/EP “The Ways I Love You”– a teaser for her upcoming record due to release May 2012.

Link: www.fayeblais.com Get Folked started as a traditional Irish band playing at sessions, festivals and other gigs around New South Wales. Over time, they took influence from traditional music from all around the world. Get Folked now has a unique style and sound. They play original numbers, as well as putting their own spin on traditional pieces. They have busked, sessioned and festivalled our way around NSW with all the liveliness and energy that four young, folky blokes can offer. Link: www.soundcloud.com/get-folked

The action starts at 7.30pm with the Mystery Artist opening the program. Cost is just $10 Folk Club members and $15 others and the facilities of the club are available, Tickets availabe at the door.

Cheers! Russell Hannah [email protected] 02) 4297 1777 Released by David De Santi, Folk Club Newsletter Editor, Illawarra Folk Festival Artistic Director

Since its inauguration a little over a year ago, Gallery: 5 Crown Lane has hosted a number interesting, well attended exhibitions and events, thereby cementing its place in the cultural fabric of the Illawarra. 2012 now sees the end of its first 12 month artist residency with the culminating exhibition 'Obscura' by Joshua Wiffen.

To read more about Wiffen and his upcoming show Obscura visit the Helter Smelter website > heltersmelter.com

Gallery: 5 Crown Lane is proud to present the artists first exhibition of 2012 and would like to extend an open invitation to join us at the opening of 'Obscura' Friday 3rd February 7pm.

ThePeople@Gallery:5CrownLane are currently seeking proposals for exhibitions and events for 2012 and can be contacted through this email We are open for viewing, sales and enquiries Monday - Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm or by appointment

Website - Email booking - Facebook

Campbelltown Arts Centre offers a range of workshops each term to suit everyone’s interest. Listed below are the workshops on offer in Term 1 (Feb - Apr). For more information or to book please contact Campbelltown Arts Centre on the below contact details.

YOGA A consistent practice reaps many benefits, including better health and spiritual wellbeing. These classes are at a moderate pace with influences from Hatha Yoga, which incorporates relaxation, simple breath awareness, strength, balance and flexibility. Bring water and a towel or yoga mat if you have one. Pre Natal enquiries welcome. Tutor: Nick Flatman Dates: Tuesdays 7 Feb - 27 Mar (8 wks), Times: 7pm – 8:30pm (please arrive 10 minutes prior) Cost: $15 per session | $55 for 5 consecutive lessons pre paid (wk 1 – wk 5) | $90 for full 8 weeks Ages: 16yrs+. All ability levels welcome

CYBERNETIC CARNIVAL FACTORY Campbelltown Arts Centre invites you to meet and create with Australian artist Paul Gazzola and French artist Paul Granjon as part of their new collaborative project Cybernetic Carnival Factory, which investigates the co-evolution of humans and machines. Pull apart video recorders and tape players, and put them back together to make all manner of robot-like human extensions in this session of feverish manufacturing activity. Final products will become part of OH! I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY!, a major, upcoming curated dance experience. Artist meet and greet: Sat 11 Feb 10am – 12pm or Tues 14 Feb 6.30pm - 7.30pm Practical workshop: Sat 18 Feb, 10am – 1pm Open Studio: Mon 20 Feb - Fri 24 Feb, 10am–4pm Cost: Free. Families and groups welcome Ages: All ages and ability levels welcome

CERAMICS ON SATURDAYS Create artworks using hand building or the potter’s wheel, while enjoying Campbelltown Arts Centre’s newly refurbished ceramics room. Try your hand at our new ceramics extruder to create brilliant designs. Step by step demonstration will be followed by individual tuition. Tutor: Elsa Jara Date: Saturdays 11 Feb – 31 Mar (7 wks – no class 3 Mar) Time: 10am–1pm Cost: $140/$120 Conc & Friends (7 wks) or $30 per session. Cost includes materials Ages: 15yrs+. All ability levels welcome

CERAMICS IN THE EVENING Can’t make it for our Saturday ceramics series? Join us in the evenings instead, in our newly refurbished ceramics room. Includes step by step demonstration, as well as individual tuition. Try your hand at our new ceramics extruder to create brilliant designs. Tutor: Elsa Jara Date: Mondays 13 Feb – 2 Apr (8 wks) Time: 7–9.30pm Cost: $150 / $130 Conc & Friends (8 wks) or $30 per session. Cost includes materials Ages: 15yrs+. All ability levels welcome

NIDA @ CAMPBELLTOWN 9-12 YEARS Improvisation: explore themes and detailed scenarios in the moment. Act with spontaneity and believability. Develop your ability to communicate with others and perform with confidence. Dates: Sundays 19 Feb - 1 Apr (7 wks) Time: 10.30am–12pm Cost: $190 (earlybird $180) Bookings: Visit www.nida.edu.au or Phone 9697 7626

NIDA @ CAMPBELLTOWN 12-15 YEARS Improvise with ease: channel your imagination effectively. Build confidence in working as a group and individually. Using a variety of stimuli, create truthful characters and situations. Engage in challenging actor exercises that build and sharpen your performance skills. Dates: Term 1: Sundays 19 Feb– 1 Apr (7 wks) Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm Cost: $250 (earlybird $230) Bookings: Visit www.nida.edu.au or phone 9697 7626

KOREAN PANSORI SINGING WORKSHOP Meet two of the greatest Korean Pansori singers of our time and be introduced to their ancient craft. Traditionally, in order to master the various elements of Pansori, singers would spend long periods in isolation practicing on waterfalls. Marvel at some of the most exciting and exotic vocal expression ever heard in Campbelltown. Date: Sun 26 Feb Time: 2pm – 4pm Cost: $25/$18 Conc & Friends Ages: 15yrs+

WATERCOLOUR SERIES This six-week series includes three outdoor sessions in Campbelltown Arts Centre’s beautiful Japanese Gardens. Learn the classic art of watercolour to create beautiful . Be guided through various techniques and processes with experienced painter Laurel Peel. Tutor: Laurel Peel Dates: Saturdays 25 Feb, 3 Mar and 10 Mar, 10.30am – 1pm and Tuesdays 13 Mar, 20 Mar and 27 Mar, 7pm – 9.30pm (6 week series) Cost: $180/$175 Conc & Friends (cost includes materials) Ages: 15yrs+. All ability levels welcome

KIDS SKETCH AND ART CLUB An art club for kids who love being creative and want to develop their art skills. Develop your art making ability using a variety of different drawing and painting materials to explore still life’s, portraits, landscapes and more. Includes individual art making activities as well as a main project. Bring a snack if you wish, and a small plate of food to share at our exhibition on the final day. Tutor: Tina Wheatley Dates: Thursdays 1 Mar – 5 Apr (6 wks) Time: 4pm - 5.30pm Cost: $80 for 6 sessions prepaid or $15 per session. Cost includes materials Ages: 7yrs+. All ability levels welcome

CALLIGRAPHY Discover the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with experienced tutor Seiko Yamada. Learn how to master beautiful brush strokes and techniques to write Japanese/Chinese characters and create fine art pieces. Tutor: Seiko Yamada Date: Sat 10 Mar Time: 10am–1pm Cost: $45/$40 Conc & Friends. Cost includes materials Ages: 15yrs+. All ability levels welcome

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MUSIC DISCUSSIONS You mean you compose music for toy instruments? Learn why some new music composers prefer toy pianos to real pianos and can compose a concerto for a baby’s rattle. These music discussions will be lead by educator and young composer Alex Pozniak. Alex is Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney’s Music Department in composition and digital music techniques and teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium High School. Date: Thurs 15 Mar Time: 4pm Cost: Free Ages: All ages welcome

BUSH DRAWING MASTERCLASS Create intriguing drawings from skulls, bones, bits and pieces of bushland and insects from artist Suzanne Archer’s personal collection, or your own. Use a variety of materials including charcoals, pencils, pastels and ink wash to create both large and small scale pieces. Tutor: Suzanne Archer Date: Sat 17 Mar Time: 10am – 3pm Cost: $95/$90 Conc & Friends. Cost includes materials Ages: 15yrs+. All ability levels welcome

KIDDIES CUSHION CONCERT The return of the very popular Fishers Ghost Orchestra Cushion Concert. Meet the instruments of the orchestra in a fun and entertaining way. Date: Sun 18 Mar Time: 2pm Cost: Free. Ages: Suitable for children 3 – 8yrs

COLLECTION TOUR – LOCAL ARTISTS Join our Exhibitions Officer Renee Porter for a special discussion tour focusing on one of the highlights of Campbelltown Arts Centre’s permanent collection. Includes works by Elisabeth Cummings, Suzanne Archer, David Fairbairn, Keith Lane, John Peart and more. Tour includes Devonshire tea at the Arts Centre Café (optional: $6pp. Please advise upon booking). Other components of the Centre’s collection are available for viewing by appointment. Date: Tue 20 Mar Time: 11am – 12pm Cost: Free Ages: All ages welcome

EMBROIDERER’S GUILD OF NSW CAMPBELLTOWN The popular Embroiderer’s Guild of NSW Campbelltown Group meets regularly to encourage participants to learn a range of new techniques. Participants will be tutored by experienced guild members and specialist guest tutors. Beginners and experienced embroiderers welcome. Monday group Dates: Feb 6, 20, Mar 15, 19, Apr 2 Time: 10am - 2:30pm Wednesday group Dates: Feb 1, 15, 29 Mar 7, 21, Apr 4 Time: 7pm - 9:30pm

Full payment must be made upon booking to reserve your place in a workshop. All enrolments must be made at least four days prior to workshop commencement to avoid unnecessary cancellation of workshops. Workshops in this program are run subject to the level of enrolments in each class. Enrolments are assessed four days before the start of each workshop to determine if there are sufficient participants for the worksho p to commence.

Dear Friends of Gerringong and District Historical Society,

We would like to invite you to an entertaining evening in Gerringong!

Bobby Miller and Gordon Street will present a fascinating insight into the life and works of Lloyd Rees. Friday 10th Feb, 7.30pm, Gerringong Town Hall Tickets $10 at the door. Support provided. Monies raised will be for the benefit of Gerringong and District Historical Society.

Kind regards Ruth Walker Museum Development Officer

Illawarra Migration Heritage Project

Email address [email protected]

Dear colleagues

Do you know any tertiary students who are eligible to apply for the Powerhouse Museum Movable Heritage Fellowship? The $5,000 Fellowship aims to

● stimulate research into the movable heritage of New South Wales ● increase skills in movable heritage interpretation ● raise awareness of the importance of community collections in understanding Australian society ● encourage students to work with community museums.

Applications for the 2012 Fellowship close on 3 February, 2012. Details are available at http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/pdf/regional/2012/Movable_Heritage_Fellowship_20 12_Guidelines.pdf

The Fellowship is a wonderful opportunity, not only for the student, but also for the museum on which their research is based, to improve the documentation and interpretation of significant items in their collection for the benefit of their communities.

For information on previous projects you can see the blogs of Sally Inchbold (2011 Fellow) and Carly Todhunter (2010 Fellow) Regional Services « Inside the collection – Powerhouse Museum

As I will be on leave until after applications close, please direct any queries to Einar Docker 02 9217 0412 or email [email protected]

Rebecca Pinchin Regional Services Coordinator

Mt Kembla Workshops

NOTES FOR YOUR 2012 DIARY

March 10 &11, 2012 Liz Jeneid Book workshop - Notebooks & Journals

Liz Jeneid trained as a weaver at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, USA, in the early 1970’s where she worked with many well-known textile artists. After returning to Australia in 1977, she set up a co-operative weaving studio in Sydney where she trained apprentices with assistance from the Australia Council Apprenticeship Scheme. She taught drawing, textile arts and book arts in the Faculty of Creative Arts University of Wollongong for 20 years. Liz works in a number of different media: prints, artist’s books, textile and installation works.

She has had residencies in Paris, Greece, Vermont USA, NERAM NSW. and on ships travelling to the polar regions.

Her works have been shown in many venues including galleries in Australia, Japan, Poland, the USA, Spain, Sweden, Mexico and held in numerous collections in Australia and overseas, both public and private. www.lizjeneid.net

Notebooks & Journals

Ever wanted to make your own travel journal or notebook? The weekend workshop will begin with making a journal with blank pages, then we will look at stitched bindings - coptic binding, books on tapes and multi needle stitched bindings. A folder or box will be made for one of the finished books.

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus a small material charge

March 31 & April 1, 2012 Tony Ameneiro Monotype workshop;

Tony Ameneiro studied art at the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education in Sydney from 1978 to 1981. He currently teaches at Wollongong West TAFE. He is an artist-printmaker, working across the areas of intaglio, lithography and relief printmaking.

He began exhibiting professionally in 1978 and has shown his work regularly in both solo and group shows since.(Tony Ameneiro is represented by Port Jackson Press in Victoria).

Tony Ameneiro was the winner of the National 2007 , and was also twice chosen by the Print Council of Australia as their commissioned print artist. Twice finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of NSW, 2003 and 2006, and was represented at the Biennale Jogja VIII 2005 Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He secured a 6 week residency in early 2011 at the “Art Vault” in Mildura, Victoria

His work has been collected by several major institutions including the National Gallery of Australia, The Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery, The Art Gallery of South Australia and the State Library of Victoria and also by various private collections within Australia and overseas. www.tonyameneiro.com

A two day workshop using the versatile medium of mono-printing to produce both single colour and multi-colour ‘monotypes’. (Each printed image remains unique, hence the title ‘monotype’.) Learn how to make prints using the “reductive” method; inking plates and wiping back. Explore colour printing and learn the necessary skills to produce multi-colour monotype prints using up to three plastic plates. Being considered a hybrid of printmaking and painting, the medium is suited to people working in both fields.

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus $20 for materials

April 28 & 29, 2012 Kathryn Orton Drawing workshop

Kathryn Orton worked as a graphic artist for many years. She studied Fine Arts at West Wollongong TAFE and then gained a Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong. Since 1987 she has taught Fine Arts for TAFE NSW, Illawarra Institute - both part-time and full time. Kathryn has exhibited widely since 1984, including ten solo shows and she exhibited print works annually with the Six by Six printmakers in Wollongong from 1984-98. She is now in the Southern Highland Printmakers. Kathryn has had work selected to show in the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Sulman Prize, the Dobell Drawing Prize, the Shell Fremantle Print Award and the Kedumba Drawing Award and many other national and state group exhibitions. Artist residencies include Wollongong City Gallery 1994, Yirrkala, North East Arhnem Land 1996, and the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts 2007, Greece. Her work has been aquired by the Art Gallery of NSW Research Library, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, University of Wollongong Permanent Collection, University of Wollongong Union Collection, Wollongong City Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and private collections throughout Australia. Landscape & Imagination Participants will be introduced to a number of drawing techniques, graphite, charcoal, coloured pencils, water soluble pencils and crayons. The use of mixed media will also be demonstrated and encouraged so the final drawings may be a combination of different media, traditional techniques and collage or layered drawings. Participants will be inspired by the area around the workshop in Mt Kembla for imagery. Additional subject matter can be brought from home - using your imagination will be encouraged. Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus a small material charge

May 12 & 13, 2012 Kathryn Orton Collagraphs

The preparation of relief plates will be demonstrated. Multiple plates and masks will be used to create your final colour prints. If you participated in the drawing workshop, images from that workshop can be used on the plates otherwise bring images that you would like to try in the printing process - photographs, photo copies, simple shapes etc.

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus $20 for materials

August 11 & 12, 2012 Tim Winters Introduction to non-toxic etching using aluminium printing plates

Winner of the Country Energy Prize for Landscape Painting and the Central West Regional Artists Award. Forthcoming projects include ‘Island to Island’; a series of large scale prints completed as International Visiting Artist, Peacock , Aberdeen, Scotland, together with new works created in Australia, to be shown at Cowra Regional Art Gallery in 2012.

Recent projects have included ‘Place’, an exhibition of paintings at Artsite, Sydney in 201l; and ‘Artist at Work’, a studio installation and exhibition of drawings and paintings at Western Plains Cultural Centre / Dubbo Regional Gallery in 2010.

Works in the collections of: Artbank, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Print Council of Australia, Western Institute of TAFE, Australia/Japan Society, and Australia ICOMOS.

Introduction to non-toxic etching using aluminium printing plates and a copper sulphate solution. Learn how to prepare the aluminium plate and paper, apply and wipe the ink, set up the printing press for printing, including how to print multiple plates for colour. Explore your own image making skills using line, tone and colour. www.timwinters.com.au

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus $20 for materials

August 25 & 26, 2012 Liz Jeneid - More dyeing using natural materials, and a book!

Paper will be be dyed using a variety of plant based dyes. We will then change the surface of the paper, using the marks made during the dye process to guide the stitching, cutting or embossing of the pages. A book will be made using the simple concertina form with added pages or small objects stitched into the folds. It will be a weekend of exploring possibilities using simple materials that you can use at home.

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus a small fee for materials

November 17 & 18, 2012 Anita Larkin Assemblage - Sculpture with Found Objects

Anita Larkin graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney College of The Arts in 1993, and has since exhibited extensively around Australia and internationally. She is represented by Defiance Gallery in Sydney. The unique sculpture Larkin creates has featured in numerous exhibitions including Sculpture by the Sea, The Wynne Prize, The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Wollongong City Gallery, and internationally in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Mexico and the UK. Her work is represented in private and public collections.

Assemblages of collected objects are a large part of her studio practice as well as making felted works, bronze casting and working on public art commissions. Transforming the collected object into sculptures evoking a human narrative, Larkin reveals a strange beauty within the forgotten and discarded. Larkin has taught art workshops for 18 years. www.anitalarkin.com

Anita Larkin has a special interest in the narrative associations that can be made from the found object and uses this as a beginning to develop sculptures. A small-scale sculpture provides an opportunity to gather a viewer in close to an artwork, providing an intimate personal experience, drawing attention to small surface details.

This workshop will explore various simple mechanical methods of joining found objects together and skills needed in working with diverse materials. This will include basic assemblage techniques, riveting, and using fillers.

This is a weekend of alchemy, of animating the inanimate, of creating story and sculpture out of discarded objects.

Times: 10am - 4pm each day Cost: $180.00 plus a $20 fee for materials

Tea and coffee are supplied - participants are asked to bring lunch to be shared.

Classes are small (8-10) so that places fill quickly. A place can be secured by sending a cheque made out to Elizabeth Jeneid for $20. Deposits will be refunded only up to two weeks before the course. Please indicate which course you would like to do.... a material list will be sent nearer to the time of the course. ______Name: Address: Email address: Course & date:

Deposit $20 enclosed - mail to Liz jeneid, 29-33 Stones Rd., Mt Kembla NSW 2526 Please make cheques out to Elizabeth Jeneid.