“Capturing the delicacy of the Sunshine Coast” JAMES FEARNLEY has always captured the beauty of the Sunshine Coast with a clarity and delicacy which most people immediately associate with the allure of the region. He focuses on the natural aspects of the area, on the land and sea as it is, usually omitting any man-made structures, [...]
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INDIGENOUS Australian leader Mick Dodson is the subject of fellow indigenous Australian artist, Jandamarra Cadd for his Archibald Prize entry. Jandamarra is a Sunshine Coast Indigenous artist and art teacher - his origins are with the Yorta Yorta people in Victoria. With an art career spanning 21 years, he graduated from Deakin University in 2004 [...]
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“Another String to his Bow” MONTVILLE ART GALLERY’S feature artist for March is one of the gallery’s most popular - Richard Bogusz. Born in 1947 to German / Polish parents, Richard was five, when his family moved to Australia. His career as a successful, full-time professional artist spans nearly forty years. During the 1970s, Richard won many prizes and [...]
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JUDITH LAWS, well known for her brilliantly coloured semi-abstracts, has turned her hand to portraiture and is aiming for the top with an entry into the Archibald Prize. Her subject is Christine Ballenger the Creative Planning Programmes manager for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Judith shows Christine in two poses for this large diptych – the vulnerable and [...]
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A trio of hardworkingcleaners are left facing the axe in Helen Ellis’ new production, Dirty Dusting at The Events Centre. This tongue-in-cheek comedy stars some of Australia’s well-known personalities, including Silver Logie winner Joan Sydney above right), who is best known for her role in A Country Practice, eight-time Best Actress Award winner Anne Phelan, [...]
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Performers at Beerwah Hotel’s regular ‘Stomp’ are catching everyone’s attention. On March 13 country music icon Kedron Taylor is on stage and will sing from his ARIA nominated album, Every Place I go. This is a must-see performer who is a true professional. Following Kedron are The Foggs -playing a brand of Aussie style country rock [...]
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Phil Monsour, the Australian troubadour who sings songs of hope, humanity, invasion and occupations, that speak with honesty and insight about people’s lives and personal experiences. Phil has been treading the boardwalks of Brisbane for many years coming to fame with the very popular band Popproperly, who toured extensively through Europe back in the late [...]
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The highly inventive Linsey Pollak and his sometime percussionist side-kick, Tunji Beier are giving a Sunday morning recital at the Indian-influenced cafe / restaurant ‘Saffron Namaste’ in Pomona at 10am on Sunday March 7. This musically-bonded pair first performed together at the “Border Crossings Festival” in Germany in 1996 and have played together ever since. [...]
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Local artist Jennifer Law will show her fourth solo exhibition “ Great Southern Land” at Peace of Green gallery space in Maple St, Maleny over the Easter period. The paintings reflect on that moment in Australia’s history when the local indigenous culture and colonialism came face to face. “I am not trying to make a political [...]
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The Australian Chamber Musicians will be appearing in one performance only in Montville on Sunday, March 28 at 2.00pm. The ensemble of four talented artists is being presented by the Montville Uniting Church as a fundraiser for the Chaplaincy Program at the Montville Primary School. The Australian Chamber Musicians was established in 2000 as a professional [...]
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