The Bellum Hotel will be exhibiting the work of local artists April Hague, students from Allendale East Primary School, Genevieve Byrt and Vivienne Jaffer for the SALA Festival which is held every year during the month of August. The artists' work will be on display and available to purchase. Support our local artists, especially the students from Allendale East PS, and come and enjoy this free, fun and fabulous exhibition.
Friday 12th July 2019 – Pangula Mannamurna Aboriginal Corporation will host a NAIDOC “Family Fun Day Celebrations” at Pangula. The day will begin with a NAIDOC Street March from Cave Gardens with community gathering at the Cave Gardens at 10:30am for the march to begin at 11:00am and proceed down Bay Road to Pangula for the NAIDOC “Family Fun Day Celebrations” featuring the Annual NAIDOC Awards presentations, Aboriginal Band “The Merge, 5GTR broadcast, Aboriginal Dance [...]
Save the date! Join us for art exhibitions + workshops + fine food and wine + theatre + live music. Our festival promotes Penola’s rich literary, art and cultural heritage, and the fine wines of Coonawarra - and it's considered one of Australia’s leading regional arts festivals. Lots to do for the whole the whole family. Program to be released in the coming months - so stay tuned!
Come along to the South East Arts Society Open Day on Saturday 19 January 2019! To welcome in the New Year, and after some hard work in revitalising our space at 'The Stables', we are opening our doors to the public by way of an Open Day. WHEN: 19TH JANUARY 2019 TIME: 10.00am - 4.00pm WHAT'S HAPPENING?: .....................OUR OPEN DAY WILL OFFER.................. - Opening of the SEAS Gallery - Art to purchase and view - [...]
Uncover the deep geological history of Mount Gambier with 'Volcano'. Viewers can experience the incredible story of earth, fire and water with this award winning cinematic experience. The free one-hour screening unearths the region's fascinating past along with a short-film of the Cratibul story. Have your senses wowed with this big screen cinematic experience as it weaves its way through its incredible story of how eight major eruptions created Mount Gambier. This exciting adventure takes you [...]
Jazz music may have its roots in places like New Orleans and New York, but its influence reaches around the globe. Mount Gambier, in South Australia’s Limestone Coast, is Australia’s hot spot for this high-energy sound – largely thanks to a unique annual event called Generations in Jazz. This spectacular gathering on the outskirts of the city made famous for its Blue Lake not only attracts the jazz legends of today, but the bright stars [...]
Collisions, directed by artist/filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, is a virtual reality journey to the homeland of indigenous elder Nyarri Morgan and the Martu tribe in the remote Western Australian Pilbara desert. Nyarri offers us a view of his first contact with western culture during the dramatic collision between his traditional world view and his witnessing firsthand and with no context, an atomic test. Only 6 positions available each session for this Emmy award winning Virtual Reality [...]
TRACKING VIDEO ART INSTALLATION TO OPEN IN MOUNT GAMBIER FOLLOWING RESIDENCY PROJECT Inspired by a residency on the Limestone Coast, the video works of Heath Franco (NSW), Luke Pellen (Mount Gambier) and Caroline Hammat (Millicent) will launch on Friday October 6, 6 – 8 pm at the Riddoch Art Gallery. The artists will be in attendance at launch of TRACKING to be opened by video artist duo Soda_Jerk, recipient of the Ian Potter Moving Image [...]
UnPiano, interpreted by Gabriella Smart, features her live performance on the piano, plus a synchronised electroacoustic composition transmitted onto the piano soundboard itself. This piece will be performed by Johannes S. Sistermanns (composition sound/performance artist), Gabirella Smart (pianist) and Derek Pascoe (Saxophone) and is inspired by the narrative of seven colonial pianos in Australia, including those belonging to Hans Heysen, Robert Louis Stevenson and Percy Grainger. In the Foyer, the trio uses this collaborative sound [...]
TRACKING VIDEO ART INSTALLATION TO OPEN IN MOUNT GAMBIER FOLLOWING RESIDENCY PROJECT Inspired by a residency on the Limestone Coast, the video works of Heath Franco (NSW), Luke Pellen (Mount Gambier) and Caroline Hammat (Millicent) will launch on Friday October 6, 6 – 8 pm at the Riddoch Art Gallery. The artists will be in attendance at launch of TRACKING to be opened by video artist duo Soda_Jerk, recipient of the Ian Potter Moving Image [...]
