Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Pine Lime Splice wins top Coast Art Prize

BRISBANE-BASED artist, Miles Hall is the winner of the fifth annual Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Miles is the son of Maleny residents Les and Rae Hall. Miles has won a $15,000 cash prize and four weeks workshop residency at Arley Farm in Maleny. The winning painting is an abstract called Splice (Pine Lime). This year’s judge, [...]

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Artists on the Green … more often!

Artists come back to Montville Village MONTVILLE-BASED creative group, Arts Connect Inc. have received Council approval to stage monthly art events on the Montville Village Green. Having been trialled over the last year Artists on the Green will now be held on the second Saturday of each month from 8.30 am to 3pm. A diverse range [...]

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Art 4 the Street

Art4place is an exciting new community-based arts enterprise that wants to see more art in public places on the Hinterland. The concept not only brightens our built environment but helps give people a sense of belonging to the community. Art4place is working with artists, community groups, businesses and all levels of government to highlight art that [...]

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Fiction : June Godkin – Moving Forward …?

I DO SO WANT this job. But I don’t like the look of the interviewing panel. The woman on the right, with Mrs Blair on a card in front of her, her mouth turns down at the corners, and she’s gazing through me at something behind my head. Then there’s Jones, on the left. He [...]

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Maleny Film Society – September Screenings

Saturday September 11 FOOD INC – (US) PG – Documentary – 94 mins Must-see documentary for anyone who eats … The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several [...]

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Book Bites with Anne Brown of ROSETTA BOOKS

MIRROR – JEANNIE BAKER This innovative picture book is comprised of two stories designed to be read  simultaneously – one from the left & one from the right. Page by page, we experience a day in the lives of two boys – one from inner city Sydney and the other from a small village in Morocco. These [...]

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From Little Things… new books grow

Following the success of the children’s picture book From Little Things Big Things Grow the publishers, One Day Hill are launching three more books that use the strong lyrics of iconic Australian songs. ALL THREE books have illustrations by local Hinterland artist Peter Hudson (above), whose enthusiasm and commitment to the Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody book, [...]

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Kevin Oxley has “ways of seeing”

ONE OF THE advantages of growth is being able to appreciate different aspects of a subject and for an artist, life experience is invaluable. This is apparent in the works of Kevin Oxley who has the enviable combination of honed artistic abilities, plenty to express and a genuinely different way of looking at the world. A [...]

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ARTIST OF THE MONTH – Ken Wenzel

Still painting at 80! KEN WENZEL was born in Brisbane in September 1930. He has called Maleny home for well over thirty years and has been a major exhibitor at the Montville Art Gallery for nearly as long. “They’ll have to carry me away in a box,” Ken told us. “I find constant inspiration from the magnificent scenery surrounding my home and studio on the crest of the Conondale Range, [...]

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Blues & roots at Palmwoods

September means another blistering Palmwoods hotel lineup of the best Australian blues & roots talent. On Saturday, September 4, Canberra based DJ Gosper (left) and the Hot Flush Blues band hit the Palmwoods stage for the first time. DJ - the award winning singer and harp player – released her debut album “Hot Flush Blues” in 2009 and is set to establish a new fan base in SE Qld. Palmwooods Got The Blues is back on Saturday September 18 [...]

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