We still have some vacancies in the Artspace school holiday program next week but you had better be quick! There are loads of inspiring workshops to choose from including - ‘glow in the dark’ , robot construction and song writing for kids aged 5 to 12 years! Help ease those youthful brains back into concentration mode with Artspace’s fun and creative holiday sessions. We’re at our inspiring new studio at 98 Railway Street, Corrimal (in the old House To Home). Call 4283 9967 to book and please tell your friendsJ

Theatre in Illawarra - Fortnight ending 4th 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 TheatreMax Drama Studio - Drama Classes for the coming term (including over 18's) Emily of Emerald Hill - Phoenix Theatre, Bridge St. Coniston - Phoenix - 1st to 25th February. Cheers, Olav

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

Monoxide’s Half High Circus January Holiday Program 2012

Looking for something to do these holidays? Come to Circus Monoxide where we have something for everyone! If you just want to have a taste of circus then come to our amazing jam-packed days of silly games and circus skills such as aerials, tumbling, object manipulation and more. Loads of fun! For all those kids who want to fly high this summer we are running aerial intensives. And then there’s our big, ginormous five day summer program for kids who just can’t get enough of circus! For mums and dads we have adult aerials, the ultimate way to get super-fit. Call 4285 0066 to find out more or make a booking. Classes start at $70.

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 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 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.

Following the success of Coptic Soldiers 2011 national headline Acoustic Hip Hop tour and on the back of a three week capacity residency at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory, The Local Taphouse on Sydney’s popular Flinders St. have invited Coptic Soldier to grace their stage alongside his three piece band every Saturday night in February, March and April.

Since releasing his debut solo EP ‘The Sound Of Wings 2’ in early 2011, Coptic Soldier has been deemed “one of the most promising acts in Australian hip-hop” (The AU Review) and has quickly turned heads both on the ground and in the upper echelons of the Australian music industry. After being branded a Music NSW featured artist, AMRAP AirIT featured artist and beating out highly acclaimed pop acts such as Sparkadia and Cloud Control as well as genre giants The Herd and Urthboy in the AMRAP AirIT charts, Coptic Soldier went on to win Triple J Unearthed & NIDA's video clip competition and the resulting film clip “Liquid Company” received regular rotation on ABC's RAGE.

Liquid Company (Acoustic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLQ-jZ5WkoU Luke Girgis I Forget, Sorry! Management M: 0422 022 334

Coptic Soldier | Johnny Utah | Mind Over Matter | Phatchance | Smiles Again

P.O Box 832 Jannali, NSW , 2226 www.iforgetsorry.com