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Darebin Arts ProgramJanuary — June 2017

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Darebin City Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional landowners and the historical and contemporary custodians of the land on which the City of Darebin and surrounding municipalities are located. Council also recognises and pays tribute to, and celebrates, Darebin’s long standing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.

Welcome to Darebin Arts

Art is being made in every corner of Darebin and we couldn’t be happier.

Council recently commissioned a report into the economic impact of the arts and creative sectors in our area and the results were impressive. Over 2,500 people are employed in the creative sectors in Darebin and the total contribution to gross regional product (GRP) is $436.2 million. This GRP makes the creative sector the eighth largest in Darebin. The creative ecology here in Darebin is unique and we’re very proud to be supporting artists and the community to take advantage of the outstanding work being made right here in our backyard.

Under the banner of Darebin Arts the breadth of creative opportunities on offer is exceptional.

Northcote Town Hall and Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre are packed with music, theatre, dance, visual art and workshop options.

The Bundoora Homestead Art Centre continues to present a range of contemporary art exhibitions and workshops in the context of a significant heritage building and gardens that are worth a visit in their own right.

Darebin Arts is shining a light on the huge diversity of our city, amplifying and recognising the rich and diverse local community of makers, presenters and audiences.

Now it’s your turn to participate in this creative ecosystem – I encourage you to take a leap and see something new, inspiring and exciting!

Cr Kim Le Cerf Mayor, Darebin City Council

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VISUAL ART

NGV Kids on TourPresented by Darebin Arts’ Loud Mouth, this creative and interactive workshop is part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Kids On Tour program. Children and families will have the opportunity to engage in arts activities coinciding with NGV’s exciting summer exhibitions Atelier: Viktor&Rolf for Kids and John Olsen’s The You Beaut Country.

Under the guidance of Georgina Humphries, children will discover the fun of contemporary art and design in these free workshops. Tiny artists as young as two years old can participate with their adults in dedicated workshops for toddlers while young artists (aged five plus) create their own masterpieces in a fun and dynamic way. Adults and families can explore the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre’s grounds, cafés and exhibitions.

Image: Shane Bell

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 darebinarts.com.au/loudmouth

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3–4 MARCH

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Bell Curve By Speak Percussion, presented by Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy.

Experience an immersive and intimate performance work for 12 independent musicians playing the Federation Hand Bells. Through an exploration of complex mathematical and spatial relationships, a massed sound event unfolds across the performance space, a world revealed between the attacks and beating patterns of tuned bell resonance.

Speak Percussion is supported by Museum Victoria; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and the Department of Education and Training; Australia Council for the Arts; Darebin City Council; City of Melbourne, and Speak NOW.

Image: Robert McFadzean

Northcote Town Hall, 9481 9500 darebinarts.com.au/speakeasy

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THEATRE

8–12 APR

The Ball Room By Cat Sewell and Nancy Sposato, presented by Darebin Arts’ Loud Mouth.

Come and play with us in The Ball Room, a contemporary theatrical space for children young and old! Let your sense of play be the fabric of the performance.

Embark on a journey through highly theatrical environments that inspire the imagination.

What else could this ball be? An eyeball, an apple, the earth… Performers make physical a poetic narrative and let you follow the trajectory of over 2,000 balls onto the stage! Here we bend the rules of the theatre and truly let you play.

Crafted to a stimulating sound score and accompanied by live musicians, this experience will have you bouncing to a beat and dreaming of ballrooms from yesteryear.

Image: Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore

Northcote Town Hall, 9481 9500 darebinarts.com.au/loudmouth

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Morning Music 11AM, THU 20 APR11AM, THU 23 MAR

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Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, 8470 8280 darebinarts.com.au

CarmenPerformed by Melbourne City Ballet

As Australia’s only full-time professional neoclassical company, Melbourne City Ballet has established a strong following throughout Australia. Artistic Director Michael Pappalardo reimagines Bizet’s Carmen through a combination of neoclassical opera and ballet, bringing to life this evocative tragedy. With sharp movements, dazzling costumes and very distinctive vocals, this performance will take audiences to the Spanish town of Seville to experience the passion, betrayal and inevitable loss that is Carmen.

Pavarotti – King of the High C’sThe Music. The Voice. The Life. A thrilling musical biography of one the finest classical artists of the 20th century.

Selections include Nessun dorma, La donna mobile, Vesti la giubba, Ave Maria, O sole mio, My Way and La Vie en rose. Woven in are stories and anecdotes from Pavarotti’s life and his career which paint a vivid portrait of the artist and the man. Performed by David Rogers Smith (Carmen, Madam Butterfly, Pagliacci and The Phantom of the Opera). Devised and musically directed by Mark Jones.

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Morning Music 11AM, THU 15 JUN11AM, THU 25 MAY

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Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, 8470 8280 darebinarts.com.au

By the Waters of Babylon Performed by the Australian Chamber Choir

Internationally renowned for their tours, with 18 fine hand-picked voices performing the masterworks of JS Bach. The classic hymn By the Waters of Babylon is no less potent in the 21st century than it was in 500 BCE. Based on Philip Hayes’ 18th century setting of that Psalm text, popularised by Don McClean on his 1971 American Pie album. The Australian Chamber Choir has commissioned Australian composer, Tom Henry, to write a new work on this theme.

Schubert’s Death and the MaidenPerformed by Melba Quartet

Dark, passionate and virtuosic, the thrilling Melba Quartet demands enormous musical and emotional resources from its musicians. Join us to witness this pinnacle of the chamber music repertoire performed by one of the country’s most respected and experienced chamber ensembles.

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Darebin Community and Kite Festival

Let’s go fly a kite! Perennial favourite, the Darebin Community and Kite Festival, is back. Held throughout the picturesque Edwardes Lake Park in Reservoir, the Festival is an outdoor cultural and community celebration. Fun, free and immersive, it offers a broad range of performances, workshops, community stalls, food and beverages, a pet expo, and of course, kite flying!

The 2017 Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with numerous activities for all ages on offer throughout the day. Don’t have a kite? Make one on the day! Relax in the green surrounds as you soak up the incredible array of performances, nurture your inner bookworm in the Storytelling Corner, get creative with visual arts activities, or enter your (doggie) friend into the pooch parade!

There’ll be something for everyone, so gather your friends and family, pack a picnic rug, and come and celebrate with the Darebin community.

Image: Nicole Cleary

SUN 26 MAR

Edwardes Lake Park, 8470 8888 darebinarts.com.au/festivals

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Meet the Makers Showcase

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Preston City and Shire Halls, 8470 8888 darebinarts.com.au/foodandwine

The Meet the Makers Showcase features homemade wine tasting and an opportunity to meet our fabulous local wine makers. The event also includes demonstrations, seminars, information stalls and more! Enter your own homemade wine, beer, passata, avjar or olives into competition and win great prizes!

Entries close on Wednesday 24 May 2017. Visit the website for an entry form and all the details.

Image: Michael Findlay

Darebin Homemade Food and Wine Festival

29 MAY – 4 JUN

Various locations across Darebin darebinarts.com.au/foodandwine

Celebrate food traditions and sustainable food practice at the Darebin Homemade Food and Wine Festival. The week-long program features workshops, seminars, demonstrations and special events which will have you exploring culture through food and getting you inspired about all things homemade.

Image: Michael Findlay

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Verdant Garden

26 NOV 2016 – 5 FEB 2017

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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

Drawing inspiration from the role of the garden on contemporary life, this exhibition celebrates the long, intimate and symbolic relationship between artist and garden, exploring ideas of germination and the impact of urbanisation on Australia’s love affair with the garden. Featuring Mark Dober, Sarah Hendy, Penelope Hunt, Gina Kalabishis, Elizabeth Nelson, David O’Brien, Alice Wormald and more!

Image: Elizabeth Nelson, Green Garden (detail),

2015. Pastel, oil stick, crayon, gouache, and

watercolour on paper, 168 x 380cm. Courtesy of

the artist.

Regeneration

23 NOV 2016 – 5 FEB 2017

Featuring quilts by members of the Victorian Quilters Inc., these new works depict the artists’ impressions of plant life, rejuvenation, re-growth and the garden as a site of renewal. Created by various processes involving both natural and synthetic fabric dyes and paints, the works are enhanced with a wide variety of stitch methods and contemporary techniques.

Image: Susan Mathews, Anigozanthos 5, (detail),

2015. Hand dyed cotton, linocut printing, silk screen,

ink, thread, 35 x 35cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Proudly supported by Barry Plant

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Bundoora Nebula ResidencyThe inaugural Bundoora Nebula Residency Program presents eight artists developing new work either within Bundoora Homestead Art Centre or inside Nebula – a revolutionary custom-built portable studio placed in the Homestead’s heritage garden. This is a rare creative opportunity for artists across all disciplines, offering time and space in a unique and supported environment. Each month-long residency will involve two artists, each pair including one artist with a disability. Watch and be inspired by their creative process and experience the Homestead in a completely new way.

Bundoora Nebula Residency is a partnership between Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and Arts Access Victoria.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

RESIDENCY

8 FEB – 4 MAY

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Creative Spark

8470 8888, darebinarts.com.au

To support the community of artists and creative individuals in Darebin, Creative Spark aims to bring people together for panel discussions, workshops and networking events. Join us in connecting with your creative neighbours, discover local success stories, and share in the trials and tribulations of making it as an artist. Celebrate the vibrant community of artists who live, work and create in Darebin.

True North

8470 8888, darebinarts.com.au, truenortharts.com.au

True North is a celebration of arts and community in the creative, culturally diverse suburb of Reservoir. A rolling series of participatory arts projects and events will delight locals, inspire visitors, and bring people together through sound, illustration, music, dance, food and play. Join us as we explore and celebrate the unique character of this thriving northern suburb. All you have to do is head True North.

Above: Traditional dance teacher Rosa Voto gives

a tour of dance inspired by local places as part of

The People’s Tours of Reservoir, a 2016 True North

project. Image: Carla Gottens.

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The Darebin Community and Kite Festival is a perennial favourite. Local artist NEDA and her All Colour

Project performed Afro-Brazilian beats and high-energy dance numbers at the Festival, March 2016.

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The 2017 Darebin Community and Kite Festival will take place on

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VISUAL ART

11 FEB – 30 APR

Closing the DistanceClosing the Distance brings together contemporary Chinese and Australian-Chinese artists to explore issues of migration, place and the contemporary diaspora experience. The exhibition will focus on artists whose works make connections to shared Chinese cultural heritage, lineage, and lived experience. Central are the exploration of contemporary migration and the movement of people, culture and history across local and global boundaries.

Artists featuring, from across the world, include Kevin Chin, Pei Pei He, Pia Johnson, Lindy Lee, Owen Leong, Chun-yu Liu, Eugenia Lim, Jason Phu, Cyrus Tang, Guan Wei, Shen Wei and Louise Zhang. Curated by Sophia Cai.

Image: Kevin Chin, Sheltered (detail), 2016, oil in

linen, 97 x 142cm. Courtesy of the artist and This is

no Fantasy + dianne tanzer gallery.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

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Technician’s Choice

3 MAY – 6 AUG

We’re giving a nod to the technicians who install art. We’re inviting several who are also artists to select one of their own works. Then for one day they can battle it out to determine which work goes where. Finally the technician can choose where an artwork goes with no input from the curator — pure, exciting bedlam!

Image: Jordan Marani, PUREEVIL (detail), 2014,

acrylic and pencil on board 51 x 61 cm. Courtesy of

the artist and Daine Singer, Melbourne

Portraits Remastered

8 MAR – 28 MAY

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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

In this unique solo exhibition, young artist Patrick Francis presents a selection of new portraits honouring art history’s greats as well as celebrities from today. See the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Diego Velazquez and Leonardo da Vinci reinterpreted and transformed anew and stars like you’ve never seen them before. Francis’ unique style won him the A1 Darebin Art Salon, presented by Bundoora Homestead in 2015, which awarded him this major solo showcase.

Image: Patrick Francis, Nicki Minaj (detail), 2014.

Acrylic on paper, 83 x 58 cm. Courtesy of Arts

Project Australia, Melbourne and the artist.

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Life Drawing Classes

6–8PM, 29 MAR & 14 JUN

VISUAL ART

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

Relax within the grand setting of Bundoora Homestead whilst life-drawing with others. Join our facilitator and life model for a workshop on drawing, form and capturing the essence of a figure over a period of time. Suitable for artists at all stages in their development, whether trying it out for the first time or with advanced drawing skills. Online booking required.

Image: Ju-Yuen Merran Chew, Head Study #6, 2015.

Graphite on paper, 30 x 40 cm. Courtesy of

the artist.

Group Formalism

5 MAY – 18 JUN

Group Formalism brings together artists who explore abstraction and formalism, often in reductive ways through colour, symbols, line, shape and texture. The exhibition questions to what extent perception of the world and indeed abstraction, is governed by our personal and subjective triggers. Artists featured: Peter Adsett, Craig Easton, Denise Green, PJ Hickman, Robin Kingston, Aaron Martin, Antonia Sellbach and Peter Summers. Curated by Jeremy Gales.

Image: Craig Easton, Painting Language (detail),

2016, acrylic, LED aluminium, 20 x 32 x 5 cm.

Courtesy of the artist.

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Skin ThingSkin is a living organism that contains humans and many animals. It can be decorated with ink or ravaged by disease. At times it is re-configured into commodities such as belts, shoes or jackets. As a surface, it has been endlessly explored through painting, sculpture and photography. Skin also forms a crucial pivot within debates concerning gender, race and body image.

Skin Thing explores this highly charged surface through works by Polly Borland, Adam Geczy and Peter Sculthorpe, eX de Medici, Paul Knight, Archie Moore, Perimeter Books, Stuart Ringholt, Charles Robb, Salote Tawale and Jodie Whalen. Curated by Jane O’Neill.

Polly Borland, Pupa VII (detail) 2012. Archival

pigment print, 166 x 136.5 cm. Ed. 3 + 3 Aps; 90 x 75

cm Ed. 6+3 Aps. Courtesy of the artist and Murray

White Room, Melbourne.

23 JUN – 6 AUG

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 9496 1060 bundoorahomestead.com

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Exhibitions at Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre

VISUAL ART

Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre 8470 8282, darebinartscentre.com.au

Are you an artist seeking a space to exhibit your work? Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre has a free exhibition space. A variety of works are on display throughout the year including paintings, drawings, pastels, photography and more. The exhibition space is open Monday to Friday and is free to enter. Artists are required to hang the works; all works must be hung. For further information contact Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre.

History Tours

2.30–3.30PM, 23 MAR & 18 MAY

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 9496 1060, bundoorahomestead.com

Hear the stories that have helped shape Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. Trace its history from Smith family home to Convalescent Farm for returned servicemen to Repatriation Hospital, before finally becoming a public art gallery for the Darebin community. Tour through the house and grounds as your guide brings to life its unique stories, prominent architectural features and colourful past. Online booking required.

Credit: Bundoora Repatriation Mental Hospital

c.1929. AWM H12897.

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Decibels RecordsDarebin City Council’s Decibels Records program is a youth-led initiative for young people aged 15–25 interested in pursuing a career within the music industry. The year-long program gives participants first-hand experience running an independent record label, while being mentored and exposed to networking opportunities with key industry figures.

Each year, two artists are signed to the label. With the support of the label and industry professionals, these artists get to develop, record and release an EP at Decibels Youth Music Centre in Reservoir. These EPs are launched at a special artist showcase event at the end of the year.

Decibels Records is currently looking for two upcoming local bands or solo artists aged 15–25 to work with throughout 2017. For more information, contact Decibels Youth Music Centre.

Image: Ryley Clarke

Decibels Youth Music Centre decibelsrecords@darebin.vic.gov.au 8470 8001 darebinarts.com.au/decibels

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FReeZAThe FReeZA program is a Victorian Government funded initiative giving young people the opportunity to lead the planning and staging of live music and cultural events in their local communities. Participants produce and promote four live music events within the Darebin municipality, getting hands-on experience and training in the music industry. The program provides important performance opportunities for local musicians and emerging artists to showcase their talent through competitions such as the FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands. All FReeZA events are suitable for all ages.

They are fully supervised, drug, alcohol and smoking-free.

For more information or to apply for the 2017 program, contact Decibels Youth Music Centre.

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Decibels Youth Music Centre freeza@darebin.vic.gov.au 8470 8001 darebinarts.com.au/freeza

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Arts Partnership InitiativeThe Arts Partnership Initiative is designed to enable new artistic partnerships within Darebin. Darebin Arts is pleased to announce the 2016 – 2017 partners are:

Ilbijerri Theatre Company Jamie LewisCompassionate Voices Community ChoirWestside CircusKids Own PublishingWalkerAbercrombie

Flag IncJoseph O’Farrell (JOF) Darebin City BrassArts Projects Australia Preston Symphony Orchestra Speak Percussion

Visit the Darebin Arts website for information about upcoming Expressions of Interest for the 2017 – 2018 Initiative.

darebinarts.com.au

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Darebin Arts Development Program

The Darebin Arts Development Program focusses on the creation of new work, supporting creative artists and companies with access to space, mentors and materials. Those supported from January – June 2017 are:

Katy WarnerEmma HallNeda Rahmani & The Tumbarumba Percussuion BandMKASarah Austin & Melinda HetzelLuke KerridgeKAGEPaige MarshallDoug Galbraith.

For more information regarding the program visit darebinarts.com.au.

Above: Speak Percussion, Bell Curve development,

2016, Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre.

Image: Greta Costello.

darebinarts.com.au

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1 Northcote Town Hall 189 High Street, Northcote northcotetownhall.com.au

2 Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre Corner Bell Street & St Georges Road, Preston darebinartscentre.com.au

3 Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 7–27 Snake Gully Drive, Bundoora bundoorahomestead.com

4 Edwardes Lake Park Cnr Edwardes St and Griffiths St, Reservoir

5 Preston City and Shire Halls 284 & 286 Gower Street, Preston

6 Decibels Youth Music Centre Reservoir Community and Learning

Centre, 23 Edwardes Street, Reservoir

All Darebin Arts sites are wheelchair accessible. Our events are devised with consideration of all abilities. If you would like more information about the accessibility of our events, please call 8470 8888.

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