Dubbo Artz Inc. Peak volunteer community organisation promoting culture and the arts in the region PO Box 356 Dubbo NSW 2830 ABN: 26 873 857 048 www.dubboartz.org.au President – Di Clifford Secretary – Leonie Ward Phone: 6882 0498 Phone: 6882 6852 Mobile: 0458 032 150 October - November 2018 Mobile: 0409 826 850 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Thank you to all Art Exhibition 2018 Dubbo Artz those who took the time to contribute Newsletter Funding to this edition One Night Stand The Committee is very sad to announce that the Dubbo Regional Deadline for Council did not see fit to renew the December ‘18 @ Foyer of funding of the printing of our January ‘19 Newsletter. Edition: Macquarie Chambers, 73 Macquarie St Dubbo We extend heartfelt thanks to all 18 November 2018 those who took the time to write hopetoun- Thursday 8 November from 6:30pm letters of support for our funding [email protected] application. There were over 40 letters presented to the DRC with our This is an event with an entry fee of $15 which covers grazing platter and drinks. submission. The sentiment expressed Reproduction of Contact Julie on 0458 853 435 to book. All artwork is for sale. material in this in these letters is testament to the Newsletter is generous support within the community. permitted provided the source is The Mayor, Clr Ben Shields replied to acknowledged one of our members with the following quote “Rest assured that Spread the Word! Council views the arts sector as a vital Being a member of element to the economy and Dubbo Artz allows you liveability of our region. In this to go to performances at the Theatre for the regard, Council will continue to Concession Ticket Price advocate and support the arts in our Don’t forget to use your region”. membership card to We have received no correspondence access this great offer! as to why the DRC did not renew our Support funding. Dubbo Artz! The Committee is now looking into other ways to continue with the newsletter circulation. This setback will only renew our commitment! Dubbo Regional Council - Australia Day Awards DUBBO GARDEN CLUB NSW Inc Cultural Person of the Year 2019 We encourage all cultural organisations to consider nominating MEETS 10.00 AM FIRST WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH a potential recipient from within your own committees: The Garden Club visited Kintyre Village to look at the gardens of Gary and Nerida Huggins on Wednesday 5 September 2018. This worthwhile award was first awarded in 2016 and the FORTHCOMING EVENTS inaugural recipient was Olaf Weyand, followed in 2017 by Wednesday 3 October: A visit to The Iris Farm Narromine. Barbara Redgrave. Sadly, in 2018, this award received no October 13 & 14: The Annual Spring Flower Show held at Brennan’s Mitre 10. nominations. Entry of exhibits open to all and is free. This Award came about due to lobbying by the Dubbo Cultural Wednesday 7 November: 10 am visit to Bev Hutchinson’s, Macquarie Park, Forum and Dubbo Artz, in 2015, and is a wonderful opportunity Wellington. Morning tea and lunch. Please bring a plate for morning tea and a to recognise worthy contributors to the cultural fabric of our picnic lunch. Coffee and Tea will be provided. Please bring a mug and a chair. community. For further information please contact: Kay - 0428 821 538 Cultural Person of the Year Award Criteria and Eligibility: Marie - 0417 023 508 or Pushpa – 6882 7506 1. Nominees must be individuals New Members Always Welcome! 2. Regard will be given to a person’s cultural achievements/activities in the year immediately prior to the Award, as well as their past cultural achievements/activities. Nomination forms will become available from the Dubbo Regional Council Website, very soon and will close early December. Well hello fellow music lovers, there are several new things to report. The first is that we have THE UNIVERSITY OF changed our venue and while the meeting THE THIRD AGE - DUBBO times are the same, we now meet upstairs at Providing an educational experience for seniors the Milestone Hotel, Dubbo. This is a great in Dubbo and surrounding areas venue, a perfect room for a session. Fred from Lust for Live paid us a visit and sang very well. It www.dubbo.u3anet.org.au was good to be back in session after a fiasco The University of the Third Age is a unique Worldwide movement that over our August meeting whereby our previous venue proved most encourages older people to take up or continue educational and other interests unhelpful. Our thanks go to Public Officer Peter for helping sort this one. in friendly and informal settings. U3A Dubbo began in 1991, and currently offers Our other piece of news is that we are changing our name. After 30 odd more than 20 courses to nearly 400 members. years, we feel unanimously that the name Dubbo Folk Club does not Course Leaders provide their time and services free of charge. This allows us to keep our fees (currently $20.00 per annum) to a minimum. reflect the breadth of music that we espouse. Therefore, after much debate we have selected the name Dubbo Acoustic Music and are in the John Summers and U3A process of changing the registration with Fair Trading. The name of the Many who missed out on attending university in the 1960s are sessions at this point is DAM-jam, which reflects the way that music is enjoying the challenge of learning through enrolment in Dubbo’s currently heading. All acoustic music has always been welcome, if it University of the Third Age. While affiliated with similar U3A groups comes from the heart, and the new name reflects that more closely. throughout Australia, Dubbo U3A can trace its current success to I hope to see some of you to try the new sessions out: Second Sunday of the foundation efforts of committed citizens such as John Summers. the Month, Milestone Hotel at 2pm Currently, John Summers has a claim to fame from his still being a Yours in music, Jock Webb - 6889 2069 U3A teacher after 20 years plus! Margaret Samuels has been in his Literature class for all those years. He has been assisted for many years by Mary McGhee, who coordinates books borrowed from Dubbo Regional Library. John travels from beyond Wellington to teach twice per month. Perhaps it is his role as one of the early Presidents of U3A that John Summers should be most recognised and appreciated in the Dubbo region. He negotiated, in his role as president from 2001/04, with Dubbo City Council, for a permanent home for the University of the Third Age. He worked closely with Ron Dean, the Secretary, and was succeeded by Colin Jones, who finalised the agreement for use of the Cultural Centre. Dubbo The Literature class involves discussion of poems and novels, opening minds to concepts that may be outside normal daily experience for Art and Craft those growing up in a rural town or on a property. For example, John Summers helped students consider the role of literature in influencing the concepts of modernism and post modernism. Modern Society attitudes towards feminism and sexuality are expressed widely in Cottage Shop & Gallery - 137 Cobra St Dubbo literature. New students can join the literature class during school Paintings, Silverwork, Embroidery, Woodwork, China term. It meets on first and third Thursday each month at 1 p.m. in Painting, Folk Art, Spinning, Weaving and knitting. the Cultural Centre adjacent to the Museum. All works are locally made by shop members Enrolments for U3A for 2019 are planned on 1st and 4th February. You Open 10am to 4pm - 6881 6410 may find information on 28 courses and activities on the website, <www.dubbo.u3anet.org.au>. All teachers are volunteers, so enrolment 'If the flags are out - there's art about' costs a nominal $20 per year. What’s on @ The Cottage: Art: Saturdays 11am – 4pm: Pam Richardson|68851918 Patchwork: Mondays 10am – 3pm: June Driscoll|68824677 Sugar Craft: 1st & 3rd Thursdays and 4th Monday: Shirley Gruber|6887 3150 Silver Craft: 3rd Tuesday 10am: Julie Martin |6884 4919 The Dubbo Embroiderers' Guild Spinning & Weaving: Fridays 10am: Jo Thomas|6885 6875 Biennial Exhibition Bobbin Lace: 3rd Wednesday 10am: Elsie|6882 6136. Night session also available: Elizabeth|0408 682 968 27 - 28 October, has been CANCELLED Porcelain Painting: 2nd & 4th Thursday: We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused Norma Furney|6882 4474 The Dubbo Embroiderers' Guild Machine Knitting: 4th Sunday 10am: Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, and every 3rd Saturday Anne Crannis|68872612 Beading: 1st Tuesday 10am – 4pm: 9.30am to 3pm - at the Bridge Club, Bultje St, Dubbo All Welcome Margaret McLaren|6886 6140 Woodturning & Carving: Wednesday 8am: Enquiries: Isobel - 6882 3889 - Saturday Group: Ruth - 6882 7336 Phil Drew|0417 511 579 Papercraft: 4th Wednesday: Gloria Klaassens|6884 4700 Camera Club: 2nd & 4th Monday 7.30pm: Lorna White|6882 7778 OCMA meets on the last Sunday of every Month for a walk-up muster from 2-6pm at the Dubbo RSL Club. We enjoy all types of country music, so, get your boots and hats on, and we will see you there! Further Information: Chris Gorton – 0405 291 813 DUBBO FIELD NATURALIST AND CONSERVATION SOCIETY Fostering interest, knowledge and Enjoyment in natural history and conservation since 1977 Membership is $30 per household/annum. EXHIBITIONS Membership forms and further information can be accessed at www.dubbofieldnats.org.au OCTOBER Friday 12: Birds & Botany Trip. Narromine Wetlands, Boggy Cowal, Tullamore Road. – could see the Painted Honeyeater.