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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 Australia 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 painting to create beautiful paintings. 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.