Arts News - Cultural Services - Wollongong City Council 21 August 2018

Tuesday 21 August 2018

WCC Cultural Services
SAVE THE DATE!
VIVA LA GONG FESTIVAL
10 NOVEMBER 2018
Viva la Gong is presented by Wollongong City Council,
and is an award-winning, waste-wise arts and community festival.
It is a free family-friendly event that will take place on Saturday 10 November 2018 at MacCabe Park,
in the heart of Wollongong’s CBD.

WCC Cultural Services
Playing in the Precinct 2018
Bring your lunch and listen to live music in the Arts Precinct.
Presented in partnership with UOW Music Society and Wollongong Conservatorium of Music.
Every week day throughout September
12Noon – 2pm

Click here to register your interest in future performance opportunities.

WCC Cultural Services
'TREASURES'
Objects from Wollongong Museums Panel Project
Bonacina Walk - Wollongong City Council Building
Wollongong Heritage & Stories
Wollongong Heritage & Stories is an online resource that acknowledges the amazing objects and stories unearthed in our
local museums and collections. All the images in this panel exhibition located on the wall of Wollongong City Council building, are held in various museums located in Wollongong. You can visit these museums and see many other items that make up the rich history of Wollongong. Explore the digital collection on Wollongong Heritage & Stories website

WCC Wollongong City Libraries
HISTORY WEEK
At Wollongong Central Library
41 Burelli Street Wollongong
Join us for History week 2018! With a theme of Life and Death, we are exploring life's milestones and defining moments.
Monday 3 Sept, 10am-2noon - Author Talk: John Parkinson & Jo Oliver. Two writers talk about their research and journeys writing 'The Surgeon's Eye', based on Dr Richard Bowler and a biography of WW1 nurse, Jessie Trail.
Friday 7 Sept, 10am-12noon - Family History: Birth to Death. The Illawarra Family History Group will give a talk on how to start your research.
Saturday 8 Sept, 2pm-4pm - Guest Speaker: Darling's Suicides. Join James Dunk as he explores Governor Darling's moral purge that possibly lead to suicides in the early colony of NSW.
Bookings Essential. Click on event above to book your FREE ticket via Eventbrite.
This is an official event of History Week 2018, supported by the History Council of NSW.

WCC Youth Services
HEROINES YOUNG WOMEN WRITERS PROGRAM
By Neo Perennial Press
Wed 22, 29 Aug & 5 Sept, 3.30pm-5.30pm
Wollongong Youth Services
Run in association with the South Coast Writers Centre's Young Writers' Group, and the Wollongong Youth Services, this writing program will provide creative writing and performance skill-building workshops for young women writers on the theme of re-writing or re-imagining the heroines of fairytale, folklore, and mythology, with tutors, Dr Sarah Nicholson (Director, Heroines Festival), Helena Fox (Young Writers’ Group facilitator, South Coast Writers’ Centre), & Gabrielle Journey Jones (Director, Creative Womyn). Open to all high school aged young women, and people who identify as women in a significant way.
Full scholarship places available; please email Wollongong Youth Service youthservices@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

WCC Youth Services
SAVE THE DATE!
YOUTH SERVICES 25 YEAR CELEBRATION

Wollongong Youth Services is celebrating its 25 Year Anniversary this year! We are planning a community open day on Saturday 13th October 2018.

If you have any stories, photos or a history with Youth Services or the Youth Centre, we would love you to share them – please email them to: youthservices@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Exhibitions
Kiama Art Trails - Upcoming Exhibitions and Open Days
28 Sep - 1 Oct Kangaroo Valley Art Prize 2018 Exhibition & Art Sale

Live Music / Entertainment / Performance
22 Sept 7.30pm Steel City Strings presents Serenades & Dances, Wollongong Art Gallery
What’s on at Wollongong Conservatorium of Music
What's On at Yours and Owls 95a Crown Street Wollongong
Thursdays 8-9pm - No Lights No Lycra Wollongong $5 Old Court House Wollongong

Theatre / Performances
Sat 8 Sept, 3pm The Song Company presents Four-Colour-Season Wollongong Art Gallery Tickets
10-25 Aug, My Fair Lady, Arcadians Theatre Group, 141 Princes Hwy Corrimal
Season 2018 Arcadians Theatre Group
What's On? at Merrigong Theatre: Upcoming events @ W'gong Town Hall, IPAC & Music Lounge

History Week Events
3 Sept 10-12noon Author Talk: John Parkinson & Jo Oliver Wollongong Central Library - Book Free Ticket
7 Sept 10-12noon Family History: Birth to Death - Wollongong Central Library - Book Free Ticket
8 Sept 2-4pm Guest Speaker: Darling's Suicides - Wollongong Central Library - Book Free Ticket

Workshops / Classes
ANCHORS AWEIGH ART STUDIO Urban, Contemporary & Graphic Art Workshops
Repair Cafe is looking for some NEW volunteers! Every Friday 10-1, New Outlook, 3 Station Street Wollongong
25 August - Irish Basketry Workshops - Kiama
Drawing & Painting classes with Kathryn Orton.
25-26 Aug - Books & Covers with Liz Jeneid - Different kinds of book-making techniques
Heroines: Young Women's Writing Workshop. 22/8/18 - 5/9/19. Wollongong Youth Service
Urban Sketchers Wollongong - Sketching group Email: uskwollongong@gmail.com1
THE WRITERS' BOOT CAMP offers Weekly Writing Havens, Monthly Group or Private Coaching plus traditional and cutting-edge courses
WEA ILLAWARRA - Ongoing art and craft courses each term.
Big Fat Smile ARTSPACE STUDIO Visual Arts Workshops for Children and Adults
WATERCOLOUR CLASSES with Ann Clarke. On-going enrolments. Wollongong
Various workshops & mediums Wollongong Design Studio
Wollongong Art School (RAVA) ongoing classes - day and evening

Expressions of Interest / Opportunities
Create NSW Metro Art – Public Art Opportunities in Sydney - Close 27 August
Submissions Open - The 2018 Threatened Species Exhibition to be held 5-9 September. Close 24 Aug
Palliative Care NSW Conference Art Competition for display Kiama Fire Station Gallery November Enter Here
EOI - Shellharbour City Council - 'Cultural Treasures' 2018 Multicultural Festival Apply Here
Wollongong Welsh choir is eager to find new singers. Ring Paul 0428790378
Artists Studios for Rent - Port Kembla Email misha_harrison@hotmail.com for further information
Artwork Competition for ACON Health’s Reconciliation Action Plan - Prize of $2000 Apply Now!

News / Events Locally
SAVE THE DATE 6-9 Sept - 14th Latin American Film Festival - Gala Cinema - Free Event!
26 Aug 2.30pm - Wollongong Welsh Choir Concert Unanderra - $15 at the door
Heroines: Festival of women writing about women. 7/9/2018. Thirroul Neighbourhood Centre
Heroines: Anthology Launch. 5/9/2018. The Philanthropy Tribe Bookstore.
Subscribe to Shellharbour City Council's Cultural Treasures Newsletter
Creatives on the Coast - Facebook Group for folk interested in all things arts + culture
Online Events Calendar Destination Wollongong

News / Events Outside Local Area
Accessible Arts & Create NSW - Online survey on arts and disability is now live!
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery Nowra - Newsletter
Artshub - Aid offered after Fringe fiasco + How to grow diversity + $3m music fund
Art Almanac - Midsumma Festival | 2018 Rio Tinto WA Emerging Sculptor Mentorship recipient

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