Bushrangers launch Urban Country Music Festival with a bang
Gun-toting bushrangers set off celebrations with a bang at the official launch of the 2009 QUT Urban Country Music Festival (May 1 to May 4) in Caboolture recently.
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Category Archives: Music and the Arts
Latest news from Dayboro Community Art Gallery March 09
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held, 10am Sunday, 1 March 2009. Nominations were called from Members for positions of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity Officer, Rostering Officer and 3 Gallery Convener positions. At the AGM, decisions will have been made on the "Artist of the Month" for each month for the remainder of 2009.
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Musos Set to Inspire Youth
Yo! It’s Band Camp! It offers local musicians aged 13 to 25 the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of Brisbane and Moreton Bay region’s finest musicians and industry professionals.
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Four young high school artists will represent Moreton Bay Region in the upcoming Creative Generation Excellence Awards exhibition at Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery at Strathpine.
The exhibition, from October 15 to November 15, is being run simultaneously with the 2008 Youth Art Awards on display at the adjacent Strathpine Community Centre.
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The exhibition, from October 15 to November 15, is being run simultaneously with the 2008 Youth Art Awards on display at the adjacent Strathpine Community Centre.
A trio of artists work on display at gallery
A broad range of artwork from photography to lino prints and collage will feature in a trio of art exhibitions running simultaneously at the Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery in Strathpine from November 19 to December 19.
Mayor Alan Sutherland said the first display “Novena for Narcissus,” a series of detailed lino cut and dry point prints by Cooloola printmaker Sarah Mitchell, illustrated a poem of nine verses.
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Mayor Alan Sutherland said the first display “Novena for Narcissus,” a series of detailed lino cut and dry point prints by Cooloola printmaker Sarah Mitchell, illustrated a poem of nine verses.
DAYBORO COMMUNITY GALLERY NEWS November 2008
Well we’ve had an exciting couple of weeks and have lots of news from the Dayboro Community Art Gallery. Three of our members won awards at the recent Alliances BookFest and Art Festival held last recently at the Albany Creek High School. Garry Cole, Lorraine Emmerson and Avril Towerton all won awards.
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OCTOBER 08 AT DAYBORO ART GALLERY
The featured artist for October is
ANTHONY BECKLEY
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Tony started painting creatively from an early age, experimenting with all traditional mediums and finding himself most comfortable with acrylic on canvas.
However, during his Art school years, the lure of pure design attracted him to the advertising industry, where, for 40 years, he worked as a multi award winning graphic designed and art director.
Recently he decided to make art a full time career. His style is very difficult to describe, except to say that it is modern and his affinity for design and composition is demonstrably apparent.
Tony expresses himself through the use of vibrant colour, attracting and stimulating the viewer.
COUNTRY MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN 2008
It’s Saturday 18th October at 6.30 for
It’s great live music from the “Lights on the Hill”.
It’s fantastic entertainment from the extraordinary “Bellaires”.
It’s a wonderful hot country style dinner.
It’s a well stocked licensed bar.
It’s dancing.
And… It’s only thirty bucks.
The "Bellaires" – as Dolly and Dusty.
SEPTEMBER AT THE DAYBORO COMMUNITY ART GALLERY
THE FEATURED ARTIST FOR SEPTEMBER IS LILLIAN TEBESCEFF
The Gallery is very proud to present Lillian, winner of the “2008 Australia Day Pine Rivers Cultural Award” and many other art awards, locally and interstate. Lillian,
Pine River Art Awards Peoples Choice
Burpengary artist, Amanda Russian, has taken out the 16th Annual Pine Rivers Art Awards People‟s Choice prize winning $1000 for her evocative oil painting “Woorim Walk.”
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