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  Eesti :: Jay-Dea Lopez

  22 Jun - 25 Aug 2019
  Lismore

  Eesti is a video work consisting of field-recordings and photographs taken over a number of weeks in the village of Mooste, Estonia. Arriving at the beginning of (more)

  Eesti is a video work consisting of field-recordings and photographs taken over a number of weeks in the village of Mooste, Estonia.

  Arriving at the beginning of winter the incongruous sounds and sights of Mooste initially stimulated the artist’s senses. Relics from the colonial Soviet-era stood alongside traditional Estonian residences; forests stood beside barren winter farmland. However the weight of Mooste’s colonial history and its dark northern winter gradually became oppressive. The low frequencies emanating from local objects began to reflect the harsh surrounds.

  Through the use of sound and image Eesti explores our emotional response to location and is a study into the psycho-geographic construction of “place”.

  Tue - Sun: 10am-4pm
  Free Event
  Lismore Regional Gallery
  11 Rural St, Lismore (map)
  Sarah Harvey
  02 6627 4600
  art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
  www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
  www.lismoregallery.org

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  Gesture of Balance :: Grant Vaughan

  6 Jul - 8 Sep 2019
  Lismore

  Grant Vaughan’s work belies our expectations of worked timber. Characterised by a gestural interplay of smooth, rolling forms and juxtaposed with sharp flowing (more)

  Grant Vaughan’s work belies our expectations of worked timber. Characterised by a gestural interplay of smooth, rolling forms and juxtaposed with sharp flowing lines and edges, the work is made using a meticulous reductive process. Taking inspiration from the organic forms of natural objects, it offers an impression of growth and honours the inherent beauty of wood.

  Vaughan has worked in the Lismore area (from his Rock Valley studio) for over thirty years. His work is represented in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; Power House Museum, Sydney and Museum of Fine Art, Boston. Grant Vaughan has exhibited in Australia, the United State and in the United Kingdom, but this is his first solo exhibition in the Northern Rivers.

  Tue - Sun: 10am-4pm
  Free Event
  Lismore Regional Gallery
  11 Rural St, Lismore (map)
  Sarah Harvey
  02 6627 4600
  art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
  www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
  www.lismoregallery.org

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  Beginners Stained Glass Course

  24 Jul - 28 Aug 2019
  Lismore

   iImmersing yourself into creativity is the ultimate self care strategy, so is learning new things. Northern Rivers Stained Glass aims to grow glass creativity in (more)

   iImmersing yourself into creativity is the ultimate self care strategy, so is learning new things. Northern Rivers Stained Glass aims to grow glass creativity in the community. Beginner, intermediate and refresher classes will be held throughout the year in six week learning blocks – two hours each week on a set day in the evening, join a small group of six people max. to design and create a stained glass project. 12 hours inclusive of all materials

  The creative projects will vary with workshops either utilising Lead Came traditional style and Tiffany Technique copper foil style. Each workshop will be designed for the finished products to be either a square, rectangle or round window, mirrors or 3D objects like jewellery boxes or plant holders.

  Skills and techniques will vary based on the style you are learning but includes: design concepts for lead and/or copper foil, glass types, scoring and snapping glass, cutting lead, soldering for lead and soldering for copper foil, copper foil method, strengthening through design and technique, finishing projects – putty, pinta, polish projects.

  4pm-6pm
  Fixed Price: Adult $300
  Northern Rivers Stained Glass
  177 Keen St, Lismore (map)
  Maire Joy Barron
  0429 891 936
  nrstainedglass@yahoo.com
  facebook.com/northernriversstainedglass/
  nrstainedglass.com

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  Up & Down exhibition

  26 Jul - 14 Sep 2019
  Lillian Rock

  'Up & Down’ exhibition at Blue Knob Hall represents many aspects of the theme with some confronting images and some loosely interpreted ideas. We often (more)

  'Up & Down’ exhibition at Blue Knob Hall represents many aspects of the theme with some confronting images and some loosely interpreted ideas. We often describe things in terms of ‘up and down’ with ‘what goes up must come down’, ‘I’m feeling a bit up and down’, 'up hill and down dale’. We have landscapes, large and powerful totems by Rebekah Seriah Webster, 3D and 2D artworks from recycled bedsprings to ceramics and wood carving. ‘Rainforest Trees of Australia’ by Peter Poropat is in The Solo Space. Peter’s interest in identifying Australian rainforest trees has led him to publish two popular books on the subject; 'Barks and Trunks' and 'Barks and Trunks vol 2'.  Peter’s skill and experience is such, that he is able to link rainforest trees to their family by bark characteristics, textures and trunk shapes. This exhibition represents a small selection of the over 2500 tree species that make up Australian Rainforest’s.

  Exhibition opening night Friday 26th July.

  Gallery/Cafe open Thur, Fri & Sun 10am-3pm, Sat 8.30am-3pm
  Free Event
  Blue Knob Hall Gallery
  719 Blue Knob Rd, Lillian Rock (map)
  02 6689 7449
  www.blueknobgallery.com/

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  Gunyah :: Melody Popple

  3 Aug - 15 Sep 2019
  Lismore

  Gunyah is a performance artwork that explores concepts of belonging to the natural environment as well as the personification of an innate feminine presence within (more)

  Gunyah is a performance artwork that explores concepts of belonging to the natural environment as well as the personification of an innate feminine presence within the Australian landscape. Unveiling the interplay of her Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage, Melody uses the art making process as a way to understand current feminine cultural identities and connections to Country, manifested as intuitive expressions of collaborative dance, site specific installation, ochre painting, natural dying/eco-printing, film production and the shared therapeutic experience.

  The creation of Gunyah allowed Melody, as well as the other creative contributors involved, to look inward and reflect on the natural beauty in this world that must be celebrated and protected. Experienced as a return to one's natural home, the artistic process has allowed barriers surrounding perceptions of feminine identity to be reinvented in this ever shifting Australian cultural paradigm.

  Tue to Sun: 10am - 4pm
  Free Event
  Lismore Regional Gallery
  11 Rural St, Lismore NSW 2480 (map)
  Sarah Harvey
  02 6627 4600
  art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
  www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
  www.lismoregallery.org

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  25 Artists Exhibition - Southern Cross University

  5 Aug - 1 Sep 2019
  Lismore

  Southern Cross University has nurtured the development of nearly 700 visual art students over the last 25 years. Their achievements have been numerous, with work (more)

  Southern Cross University has nurtured the development of nearly 700 visual art students over the last 25 years. Their achievements have been numerous, with work exhibited not only in Australia but also internationally. As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, a curatorial team from the Bachelor of Art and Design program has selected 25 alumni who have sustained their practice over time with innovation and originality. This diverse selection is testimony to the powerful exchange that takes place in an educational setting for artists, and the impact that university training can have on the practice, career and lifelong learning of our visual art alumni.

  Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
  Free Event
  Southern Cross University
  Military Road, East Lismore (map)
  1800 626 481
  www.scu.edu.au/about/history/25th-anniversary/25-artists-exhibition/

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  Growing Abundance Food Security course

  13-22 Aug 2019
  Nimbin

  Learn to grow an abundance of organic food year-round for domestic self-reliance, small scale market gardening and community food security with Robyn Francis and (more)

  Learn to grow an abundance of organic food year-round for domestic self-reliance, small scale market gardening and community food security with Robyn Francis and Angela Skehan at Djanbung Gardens.  

  Course fee includes all tuition, extensive course notes and handbook, e-resources, and discounts on items from PCA bookstore.

  Tues 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-3pm and Thur 9am-5pm
  $595
  Djanbung Gardens
  74 Cecil St, Nimbin (map)
  02 6689 1755
  www.facebook.com/Djanbung-Gardens-207103726347399/
  permaculture.com.au/shop/growing-abundance-garden-to-table-course-spring/

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  Mystery Box rally

  17-21 Aug 2019
  Byron Bay

  Almost 400 people from across Australia and the globe are arriving in Byron Bay, NSW this week tobegin a five-day driving adventure, with no idea where they are (more)

  Almost 400 people from across Australia and the globe are arriving in Byron Bay, NSW this week to
  begin a five-day driving adventure, with no idea where they are going!

  The charity event is Mystery Box Rally and it’s all about fun and fundraising for cancer research.
  Participants must drive 25+ year old cars thousands of kilometres with that day’s destination revealed
  each morning. The journey into the unknown also reflects the experience cancer patients face when
  diagnosed.

  Teams of two will set off with full tanks, crazy outfits and big hearts. They return to the same location five days later.

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  Registration fees apply
  CAVANBAH CENTRE
  EWINGSDALE ROAD, BYRON BAY (map)
  0429 050 119
  

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  canadian and australian baseball junior training camp

  20-27 Aug 2019
  Lismore

  The Canadian and Australian under 18 National baseball teams will be in Lismore for a training camp Prior to the Junior World Cup in Korea. Teams will prepare with a (more)

  The Canadian and Australian under 18 National baseball teams will be in Lismore for a training camp Prior to the Junior World Cup in Korea.

  Teams will prepare with a series of training and warm up games. It is anticipated squads will play games on 22, 23 and 24 August at Albert Park with the community welcome to come along. Albert Park Baseball Complex is currently undergoing a major facility upgrade. The upgrades completed so far in stage 1 have put the Lismore facility at an international level allowing training camps and matches of this calibre to be hosted.

  9am-4pm
  Free
  Albert Park Baseball Complex
  Keen St, Lismore (map)
  1300 87 83 87
  

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  Bingo

  20 Aug 2019
  East Lismore

  Come along with the family and friends to East Lismore Bowling Club for Bingo (more)

  Come along with the family and friends to East Lismore Bowling Club for Bingo.

  7:30pm
  Other: $6 per book for 20 games
  East Lismore Bowling Club
  76 Nielsen St, East Lismore (map)
  02 6621 5098
  eastlismorebowlingclub.com.au

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