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Welcome to the May edition of the Creative Mandurah Newsletter. You can quickly scroll to content sections using these quick links:
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Stretch Arts Festival 2018 - Mandjar Square
with thanks to our major sponsor Act-Belong-Commit
Saturday 5 May: 10am - 10pm
& Sunday 6 May: 10am - 4pm
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The Stretch Arts Festival celebrates Mandurah's cultural achievements and aims to inspire festival goers to participate in unique and diverse art and cultural activities. Throughout the duration of the festival, participants experience and enjoy performance, dance, music, visual arts, theatre and outdoor activities with events being delivered by renowned and upcoming local, national and international companies and artists.
Experience music from emerging and professional artists on the Main Stage in Festival Square presented by Act-Belong-Commit and at the CASM stage as well as various Spotlight spaces throughout the festival. Download the full program here.
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Peel Open Studios
18, 19, 20 & 25, 26, 27 May
The inaugural Peel Open Studios brings together a diverse range of both established and emerging artists and provides visitors with a unique opportunity to see artists at work.
Stretching from Byford and Jarrahdale to Mandurah, Dwellingup, Boddington and Waroona, visitors will be able to explore the beautiful Peel region of WA, whilst visiting established and emerging artists working across many art disciplines.
Open over two weekends in May, visitors can visit a range of painters, printmakers, sculptors, ceramicists, jewellers, photographers and textile artists. Entry is free. Read more.
Image: Marilyn Monroe by Jos Coufreur
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Trickle to Torrent
Stretch Arts Festival 2018
Saturday, 5 May
Turn a trickle into a torrent and take part in an amazing community sound experience! Here's what to do:
Step 1:
- Choose an instrument
- Bring a boom box, portable speakers or phone.
Step 2:
- Choose and download one of four sound files
- Or livestream audio via Soundcloud.
Step 3:
- Meet in the carpark of the Merchant Café, located on the foreshore, at 5:15pm to begin the parade towards Festival Square at 5:30
- Get dressed up - water is the theme!
Step 4:
- At 6pm, switch your water sounds on together at the Hydrodome in Festival Square, presented by Act-Belong-Commit, for a collective sound experience
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Sydney Writer's Festival -
Live and Local
Stretch Arts Festival 2018
in association with ManPAC
One of Australia's best-loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writer's Festival will stream it's headline events from Carriageworks in Sydney direct to Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 May.
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Prepare to be stimulated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions, as the Festival brings the world's finest authors to Mandurah in real time via digital live-streaming project, Live and Local. As well as hearing new ideas from great thinkers, audiences have the opportunity to participate in Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions direct to the Sydney stage.
Program available from the ManPAC website.
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Wearable Art Mandurah Showcase Auditions
Sunday 6 May, North Fremantle
If you are destined to be under bright lights - we want to meet you!
Wearable Art Mandurah Showcase roles available include:
- Dancers
- Dance crews
- Performance artists (special skills)
- Singers (solo and small groups)
We welcome performers of all ages and experience to audition. Anyone under 14 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to all rehearsals and performances. Register here.
Image: Sands of Time, Silver Chain. Winner of Powertex Award.
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Wearable Art Showcase
Audio description for the visually impaired, Sunday 10 June
BOLD! EVOCATIVE! BREATHTAKING! If you love theatrical spectaculars but find it hard to see or hear, call the Box Office on 9550 3900 and ask about Sunday's accessible matinee package, quoting the code words 'Audio Description Tickets'.
The matinee package includes a behind the scenes meet and greet with designers, premium showcase seating and access to a live audio description of the event, via a personal headset. Read more.
Image: Designer Marie Gallin as part of the 2017 tactile experience for the visually impaired.
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Wearable Art Workshops
As part of the June Showcase Calendar of Events
Creating Form with Fibre
with Kate Campbell-Pope
Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June
Creating Movement in Wearable Art
with Helen Coleman
Sunday 10 June
Felt the Body: Armatures, frames and skeletons in handmade felt
with Martien van Zuilen
Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 June
Full workshop details.
Image: Martien van Zuilen, One for Every Day of the Week.
7 Treasures Nests 2013.
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Masterpieces 2K18
Art Exhibition
Friday, 20 April - Sunday, 13 May
Help celebrate the 6th year of the Masterpieces exhibition, presented by CASM and Youth Development.
Discover the artworks of forty-five local Mandurah artists, between the ages of 13 and 25, showcasing contemporary life through painting, drawing, sculpture and digital media. Read more.
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SUNDAY, 13 MAY 2 - 3:30PM - ARTIST TALK
Join the Masterpieces 2018 exhibition artists for a casual and informative artist talk at CASM. Engage with the artists as they discuss their artwork, the concepts behind the work and the techniques they explored during creation. Read more.
Image 1: Kyrana Humphreys with 'Hidden Mental Illness'. Photography by Roz D'Raine.
Image 2: Mark Liston at the Masterpieces 2K17 artist talk.
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Beyond the Seam:
Conceptual Works in Fibre Art
26 May - 24 June
Exhibition Launch and Artist Talk
Sunday, 27 May - 2pm
Beyond the Seam: Conceptual works in fibre art brings together the work of 12 outstanding national and international contemporary artists. Curated by Martien van Zuilen, the exhibition explores how fibre art, its materiality and the various processes of making can engage our understanding of the tactile and transformative potential of working with cloth, fibre natural materials and thread in the creation of conceptual works of art. Read more.
Featuring: Helen Coleman, Kate Campbell-Pope, Ruth Halbert, Philomena Hali, Anita Larkin, Aimee Lee, Vicki Mason, Amanda McCavour, Jan Mullen, Caitlin Stewart, Robi Szalay and Martien van Zuilen.
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CASM Cultural Eco Garden
Come along to CASM and meet Mandurah's macro-invertebrates!
Wednesday, 23 May - 11AM - 12:30PM
Murdoch University researcher Sorcha Cronin-O'Reilly, works in the exciting realm of benthic macro-invertebrates, from aquatic worms to crabs that live in/on the sediment.
Sorcha returns to Mandurah with samples of the macro-invertebrates she is studying, as a continuation from her recent presentation at Peel Bright Minds' inaugural science café event. To meet Sorcha and learn more about the biodiversity of our estuary, join us at CASM, and then stay for a BYO shared picnic lunch.
Contact Helen Coleman at coleman_clan@bigpond.com to RSVP.
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Notes from the Garden
Hi everyone,
Members of the public and the Koolbardies Talking Group came together last weekend at a workshop facilitated by local artist Karen Morgan to create ceramic plant labels for the 35 species of local native plants in the garden.
The signs will be installed ready for the Stretch Art Festival on 5-6 May, when visitors to the garden can participate in a free ecodyeing workshop as part of the weekend long family festival.
Noongar elder George Walley and Community Development Officer Tara Hohaia have been assisting us with dual language signage for the garden, and it was lovely to show him what we have done so far, and thank him in person for his contribution.
The next volunteer workshop is Tuesday 15th May.
Hope to see you at the free workshop or in the garden soon!
All the best,
Helen Coleman
CASM Cultural Garden Manager
For further information about the project and volunteer group, contact Helen Coleman on
coleman_clan@bigpond.com.
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Reflecting with Art Program
Artists wanted!
Reflecting with Art is a creative engagement program tailored for people living with dementia and their support companion. Informal art appreciation sessions and hands-on workshops take place monthly at both the CASM and Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery spaces, in addition to outreach sessions that are taken to local care facilities.
We are currently looking for expressions of interest from local artists who are interested in allowing the team to use up to three artworks for presentation sessions, or would like to be involved as a guest artist and talk to participants about inspirations, ideas and the pieces they have created. Guest artists will be renumerated for their time, as well as offered training opportunities with Alzheimer's WA throughout the year.
For more information, please contact Jo Towse at Lakelands Library and Community Centre on 9550 3835 or jo.towse@mandurah.wa.gov.au.
Image: Paul Fleetham and the Opal Murray Gentlemen
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Studio Residency Applications Open:
10 May
Apply by 30 July 2018
Tired of working on your kitchen table?
Want to stop packing up your artworks everyday?
Want to be involved in your creative community?
Then you need a studio!
CASM Studio Residency applications open Thursday, 10 May for the 2019 calendar year. For a small, weekly fee you will have a 15m-squared space of your own and gain your creative freedom! Successful applicants have access to the studio from Monday to Sunday, 6am - 10pm for 12 months, and the opportunity to exhibit at CASM in the following calendar year.
Further information, including the terms and conditions, can be found on the CASM webpage. Visit the studio space, chat to the current resident artists and talk to the CASM Gallery Development Officer, prior to submitting your application.
Image: Alana Grant in Studio by Roz D'Raine
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Creative Mandurah Grants - Now Open!
Are you a Peel creative? Do you need funding to develop an artistic concept in Mandurah, or to improve your creative skills? You can receive up to $2,000 for a project or skill development through a Creative Mandurah Grant.
For more information, visit the grants webpage or contact Cheryl at 9550 3842 or Cheryl.rodgers@mandurah.wa.gov.au.
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Transformation Mandurah Bridge Photographic Competition
To celebrate the opening of the Mandurah Bridge, we invite our community to share images of the bridges, old and new, through the Transformation Mandurah Bridge Photographic Award.
Shortlisted images and chosen memories collected at the August 2017 community bridge walk will be on display throughout the City and online, and a photobook will be created as a keepsake of this memorable achievement. Read more.
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Mandurah Bridge Banners
Looking for expressions of interest from local artists
An exciting opportunity exists for local artists to have their work featured on the newly created Mandurah Bridge banners.
For more information, contact Emily Arnold, Arts Strategy Officer, on 9550 3842 or Emily.arnold@mandurah.wa.gov.au.
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StartUp Smart Creative
The next StartUp Smart Creative entrepreneurship workshop starts in May. The program provides tools to start a new business, and is focused on hands on learning. Participants may also enrol in Re-Use. Re-Make. Re-Imagine, where they will learn how to repurpose old products.
The course consists of 9 two-hour, weekly sessions, and hands-on courses will be held on Saturdays. Further information can be found on the website page, or by contacting economicsteam@mandurah.wa.gov.au.
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Workshops for Young People
Join guest artists at Billy Dower Youth Centre for some great creative workshops:
- Custom Shoe Design with Isaac Leef
- Song-writing with Carus Thompson
- Photography with Camera Story
- Photoshop Tips with Camera Story
For more information, visit the Youth Development webpage, or call Mitch on 9550 3670.
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Upcoming calendar of events
Fri, 20 April -
Sun, 13 May |
Masterpieces 2K18 Exhibition |
CASM Gallery |
| Sun, 13 May - 2pm |
Masterpieces 2K18 Artist Talk |
CASM Gallery |
Sat, 5 May -
Sun, 6 May |
Stretch Arts Festival |
Mandjar Square |
| Sun, 6 May |
Wearable Art Mandurah
Showcase Auditions - Fremantle |
North Fremantle |
Sat, 5 May -
Sun, 6 May,
10am - 4pm |
Free Ecodyeing Workshops |
CASM Eco Garden |
Wed, 23 May -
11am - 1:30pm |
Macro Invertebrates
with Sorcha Cronin-O'Reilly |
CASM Eco Garden |
Sat, 26 May -
Sun, 24 June |
Beyond the Seam: Conceptual Works in Fibre Art Exhibition |
CASM Gallery |
| Sun, 27 May - 2pm |
Beyond the Seam: Conceptual Works in Fibre Art Official Opening and Curator Talk |
CASM Gallery |
Wed, 6 June -
Thurs, 14 June |
Wearable Art and Floral Art Exhibition presented by South Metro TAFE |
ManPAC Foyer |
Fri, 8 June -
Sat, 9 June |
Workshop: Creating Form with Fibre, with Kate Campbell-Pope |
ManPAC Dance Studio |
| Fri, 8 June |
Beyond the Seam Curator Talk and Designer's Welcome Reception |
CASM Gallery |
| Sat, 9 June |
Wearable Art Mandurah Awards Showcase |
ManPAC |
| Sun, 10 June |
Wearable Art Mandurah Matinee Showcase (with audio description for visually impaired) |
ManPAC (Box Office Bookings Only) |
| Sun, 10 June |
Workshop: Creating Movement in Wearable Art, with Helen Coleman |
CASM Workshop |
Mon, 11 June -
Tues, 12 June |
Workshop: Felt the Body: Armatures, Frames and Skeletons in Handmade Felt, with Martien van Zuilen |
ManPAC Dance Studio |
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