Posts Tagged ‘art’
Family School Holiday Workshops: Port Phillip EcoCentre
Posted in Events by ecoApril on April 7th, 2011
| 15 April , 2011 | to | 19 April , 2011 |
For autumn school holidays, enjoy Port Phillip EcoCentre’s creative, investigative and interactive activities inspired by the local environment! Explore nature through art, song, and take-home projects for parents and kids. Classes at noon 15, 17 & 19 April. All materials are provided. Adult accompaniment required for these hands-on workshops.
$15 per child per class ($10 if booking for 3 kids or 3 classes).
Bookings recommended. Book with april@ecocentre.com, or call 9534 0670.
15 April – Sketchbook Safari. Learn basic bookmaking then explore the gardens collecting sensory observations in your new handmade book.
17 April – Miniature Museum. Make collection and display tools for your own micro-museum, then start finding natural treasures to populate your museum.
19 April – Felt Making. Where does fabric come from? How is it made? Make your own felt fabric squares, snakes and beads at this hands-on workshop. Back by popular demand!
The Port Phillip EcoCentre is a not-for-profit, community-managed eco-living house and garden in the southwest corner of the St Kilda Botanic Gardens. We’re a short stroll from the 96, 16, 3, or 67 trams and a 10-minute walk from Balaclava train station, and a pleasant bike ride from most anywhere!
55A Blessington Street (cnr Herbert & Blessington Streets), St Kilda
03 9534 0670, www.ecocentre.com
Bookings with april@ecocentre.com
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‘The Slow Ride’ Album Launch Tour
Posted in Events, Movements by Rob Eales on November 1st, 2010
| 20 November , 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Via Kristin Rule
“When you ride a bicycle, all things in life slow down, including album launches!” Kristin Rule.
Five Bicycle Riding Cello Tours are being planned for the coming year as part of Kristin Rule’s ‘The Slow Ride Album Launch’. A true ‘sharing of the soul’ in the spirit of the hauntingly beautiful and exquisite original compositions from ‘The Knife that Cuts a Tear’. See tour poster, dates, reviews and more here, ‘The Slow Ride’ Album Launch Tour.
Warren McLaren writing about the tour for TreeHugger,
A couple of years ago Kristin Rule, alias ‘The Unconventional Cellist’ undertook a 20 week music tour, toting her cello on a motorbike with a solar trailer. With a new album recently released, she is soon to be touring again, but this time by bicycle accompanied by a solar-powered, electric-assist trailer.
The 30 watt solar photovoltaic panel on the ‘Mechanarchy Watt-Bot’ trailer stores electrical energy in a pair of 12 volt batteries. These provide up to three hours of electrically assisted riding for pedalling a cello laden ‘Yuba Mundo’ up hills. The assistance offered by the ‘Watt-Bot’ is said to be “akin to having an extremely strong tailwind.” But there’s much more to the story.
The ‘Watt-Bot’ trailer frame and bicycle tow hitch are both hand built from recycled materials. Not only does it act as an electric assist booster for the bike riding between gigs but can also provide power for the street or bush gigs where mains power is not really available. Power management is controlled by the handlebar mounted ‘Cycle Analyst’, from eBikes.
The huge panniers on Kristin’s Yuba Mundo are crafted of salvaged canvas by Ron D Swan. The panniers not only lug around the usual clothing and camping gear, but also the mixing desk, microphones and even a custom built stage.
Visit TreeHugger, for the full article.
Tipping Point Melbourne: Art & Climate Change
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 19th, 2010
| 28 October , 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
© Hermann Josef Hack via Tipping Point
Art and Climate Change: Waking in fear and living in hope – What kind of art do we need now?
TippingPoint is a network organisation based in the UK that connects the arts and climate science worlds. They have developed a unique conference format with an extraordinary international network of scientists and artists. Their purpose is to re-imagine a global future through dialogue and action, by audiences, artists, scientists and policy makers.
In this Australian first, following short and sharp provocations from our guest speakers including Dick Robertson (TippingPoint UK), Natasha Mitchell (Science Broadcaster and Presenter All in the Mind, ABC Radio National), Marcus Westbury (Arts and culture journalist and TV presenter), will facilitate a different kind of extended conversation, in which you decide what should be discussed. What follows is a night of vibrant and creative conversation that will have you engaged, connected and with a personal climate change action plan. The Malthouse Kitchen and Bar will be open for your enjoyment throughout!
Following this Open Space event 120 artists, scientists and others will be participating in a two day Melbourne gathering of TippingPointAustralia with the objective to develop ideas and commission new works before it moves to Sydney and then Brisbane.
Thursday 28 October 2010, 6pm – 10pm (entry from 5:30pm)
Merlyn Theatre, The CUB Malthouse
Free entry – register on The Malthouse Theatre website
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seven thousand oaks: festival of art and sustainability
Posted in Events by miyuki on June 10th, 2010
The inaugural seven thousand oaks festival will host over 20 artists exploring the issue of sustainability through music, visual art, performance and installation throughout Winter 2010. The festival kicks off on June 17th at Guilford Lane Gallery with Adaptation, the visual art exhibition and the first event within the 5-week festival program. seven thousand oaks (7KO) has the great pleasure of inviting Guy Abrahams Al Gore Climate Change speaker and director of the Christine Abrahams Gallery, to open the festival. Next in the 7KO line-up, come out to the Heide Museum of Modern art on Sunday June 20 for the one-day music program, Touch at a Distance.
Every Saturday during the festival the public art program, Arena, will take place on the streets of Melbourne at City Square. Finally, seven thousand oaks would like to invite you to Plant Out, a tree planting on July 16 – 18. Pack a tent, some warm clothes and hop a free bus to Moyston approximately 230km from Melbourne and join us for a weekend of tree-planting, educational activity and camp-dirt fun.
June 17- July 24 2010, Melbourne
Check out the full program at www.seventhousandoaks.org/festival
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Freedom To Speak Exhibition: Gunns 20 Fundraiser
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on January 20th, 2010
Source: Climate Action Calendar
Image: Hogan Gallery
This February, four defendants will stand trial in the long running Gunns 20 case. Gunns Ltd – the Tasmanian native forest logging company – is suing three individuals and one grass roots environmental organisation. The case has already cost Gunns Ltd $2.8 million and is likely to cost much more by the end. It is one of the longest running and most expensive cases of its kind in Australian legal history. The case will have far-reaching implications for the right to protest and the right to free speech.
Artists from Tasmania and Victoria are collaborating to bring awareness to the trial and the importance of Free Speech for the exhibition at Hogan Gallery. Printmakers, Photographers, Sculptors, Painters and Makers will show their art that has been inspired by the Gunns 20 case and Tasmania’s threatened wilderness areas, in attempt to gain wider exposure for this history-making legal case.
The exhibition is being curated by the Black Sassy Collective, the artistic arm of the Huon Valley Environment Centre. Huon Valley Environment Centre is one of the Gunns 20 defendants.
Hogan Gallery, Smith St, Fitzroy, Fri 15 Jan – Thu 28 Jan
Bindarri – Australian creatives for positive change
Posted in Models by Ferne Edwards on June 5th, 2009
The new Bindarri website will keep audiences informed of all the latest news and events relating to artists and designers working for positive change in Australia. The Bindarri website includes the largest online directory of Australian designers, as well as essential resources to assist others seeking to create positive outcomes.
The website showcases individuals and organisations which are leading in their creative fields in a number of special features which will be released bi-monthly. The first edition includes couture designer Rachael Cassar, photographer Rodney Dekker and artist Van Thanh Rudd, amongst others. The Bindarri team expect the project to grow rapidly once launched as it allows anyone the opportunity to add their own news and websites on the site.
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Bushfire Relief Art Fundraiser
Posted in Events by Virginia on May 18th, 2009
The horrific fires of February 7 has left us in disbelief and feeling helpless. A few of us began talking about what we can do to help and show our support and it was quickly apparent that an art auction would be one good way. All monies raised from the auction (100%) will go to The Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund. All art works are to be donated in full without reserve.
Event: Artists Unite Art Auction Fundraiser
When: Thursday 21st May, 6pm
Where: Fitzroy Town Hall, Cnr Napier and Moor St, Fitzroy.
Entry into the Auction will be $20 and includes a glass of wine from Gippsland and a selection of gourmet foods from Gippsland and Yarra. For more information please contact Dawn Stubbs on 5145 8282 or email gallery@ australianwildlifeart.com. To book your tickets, go to bookings.
Calls for Expression of Interest to Display Artwork
Posted in Events, Seeking by Ferne Edwards on April 30th, 2009
The Sustainable Cities Round Table – The Energy to Change, 20 May 2009
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) are looking for artists to display their environmentally-themed art work at the upcoming Sustainable Cities Round Table – The Energy to Change, Thursday 20 May 2009. The Sustainable Cities Round Tables are events held approx. every 6 weeks that feature a variety of speakers who provide three minute glimpses of what they are doing to create a sustainable Melbourne. The talks are diverse in their perspective, topics and approaches whilst also balancing well-known leaders with fresh, local talent. The upcoming Sustainable Cities Round Table on Energy will take place from 6-8pm, Thursday 20 May, at the Village Roadshow Theatrette, Entry 3, La Trobe Street, State Library of Victoria.
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Sustainable Living Festival to kickstart sustainable action in 2009!
Posted in Events by Ferne Edwards on January 15th, 2009
When: 20-22 Feb 2009
Where: Federation Square, Melbourne
Who: Everyone!
More information: http://www.slf.org.au/festival/
The Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities. Explore the Festival’s three-day program in the heart of the city of Melbourne and be a part of the celebrations.
Penny Algar speaking about sustainable art at the Sustainable Cities Round Table, 24 September 2008
Posted in SCRT Videos, Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Devin Maeztri on October 9th, 2008
Penny Algar, Artist and Landscape Designer, spoke at the recent Sustainable Cities Round Table on Waste Not Want Not about some of the artists work featured in the show “Embodied Energy†at the Counihan Gallery, Brunswick. Most of the artists worked with recycled or found materials of one form or another and all are committed to a sustainable art practice. It was a very successful exhibition with very favorable reviews in the Press. To view Penny’s presentation please see below.