October Newsletter 2019

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Yiradhu Marang Creative Community, Lyllardya here! I hope October is treating you all well and it comes as a timely reminder that Christmas is roughly 10 weeks away! (insert panic face here).  The countdown for Artstate is on! only 2 weeks remaining until the WRA team is on the road to see all the amazing workshops and speakers planned for the massive event spent on Kamilaroi country. We will have lots of updates coming out of this event and hope to connect with artist on the ground from across the region. There is still plenty of time to register if you are interested in attending the massive event. WRA is currently in the process of establishing an artist network in our region. If you are located in the Western Riverina Area and would like to be apart of our artist features in our monthly newsletter and receive up to date information on jobs, grants and opportunities within our region then please get in touch! We are working on ways we can support and help our creative community. Reach out at comms@westrivarts.com.au. Mandaang guwu, Lyllardya Briggs-Houston.   ARTIST OF THE MONTH Meet developing, emerging and established artist within the Western Riverina region!   Creative Community, Meet Linzie Ellis! The featured work above is titled 'Aqua' by Linzie Ellis - a Leeton local artist, teacher and mother. Linzie's work investigates the human experience of rural living, the isolation and wide open space. She explores the process of painting through a variety of techniques and materials and shows the true complexities of the painting medium. Linzie ignites the different sensations of water and the human condition. The very talented Linzie holds a degree in Visual Arts from the Australian National University, as well as time spent as an affiliate student at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art in London, UK. Linzie has received many accolades across the span of her career including recipient of the CAPO Reading Room Exhibition Award in which she featured at the Reading Room Gallery in Soho, London. She was also a finalist of the 59th and 60th Blake Prize and winner of the 6th Prospect Portrait Prize. We encourage our Western Riverina creative community to show some love for Linzie's work on her website and instagram account. Let's rally behind our local artists and show some support for the work they are contributing within our regional art scene. LATEST NEWS MY FEST is back! A fantastic free all ages concert promoting young local musicians at Griffith Memorial from 5pm on Friday 25 October. Local line-up includes Triple J’s Unearthed Harry Catanzariti; hip-hop artist AKIB; NOBODY NEEDS PAM, rappers Dwayne Broome and Kuntry Krano, Little Big Band and the Grassroots winners Harriet Kelly, Zac Spalding and Madz! Plus, sparks will fly in the grand finale with an incredible PARKOUR PYRO AND FIRE show by Xcite and DMC! There'll also be a free music production workshop, HitFM pop up party with giveaways and games, food and coffee vans, chill-out chai tent and MORE! For more info check out the My Fest page to keep up-to-date! The Digital Writers’ Festival is an online writers’ festival dedicated to celebrating the work of writers from Australia and across the world, and fostering new relationships through collaboration between writers, where ever they may be. Everything takes place online, so location is no barrier to access – all you need is an internet connection. DWF is a product of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, a not-for-profit organisation whose foundations are built on supporting emerging writers. EWF is a place where creativity and innovation are celebrated, where new talent is nurtured and where diverse voices from across Australia are represented. The 2019 Digital Writers’ Festival runs from Tuesday 29 October – Saturday 2 November. Are you a developing, emerging or established artist or creative in the Western Riverina Area? Do you want to be a featured Artist in Western Riverina Arts newsletters and social media? Or maybe you would like information about up and coming jobs, grants and opportunities available to you in our region? If you said YES to any of these questions - reach out and get in touch with Lyllardya, WRA's Projects and Communication Officer at comms@westrivarts.com.au UPCOMING EVENTS POLYMER CLAY WORKSHOP 2PM - 5PM SAT 19 OCTOBER NARRANDERA ARTHUB JASON RICHARDSON: EARTHWORKS & SOUNDSCAPES 27 SEPT - 27 OCT GRIFFITH REGIONAL ART GALLERY DWAYNE BROOME: MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOP 5:30PM  25 OCT MY FEST  GRANTS GRIFFITH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL 10:30AM, SAT 19 OCTOBER GRIFFITH MEMORIAL PARK MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL OF GRIFFITH LAKEVIEW COLLECTION: BEGUILE 27 SEPT - 27 OCT GRIFFITH REGIONAL ART GALLERY KIYOMI CALWELL:  TAIKO WORKSHOP 11:30 - 12:30PM  20 OCT GRIFFITH REGIONAL THEATRE OPPORTUNITIES

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