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Arts& Culture

2020

Welcome to the 2020 edition of the Arts and Culture in the Gannawarra brochure.

This brochure is here for you to use as a guide, as it showcases performances and exhibitions across the Gannawarra.

Gannawarra Shire Council is proud to be hosting performances this year that will cater for all ages and interests. Families can take part in the interactive program I See You Like This, a multi-generational artistic experience where parents and children can work together on a creative digital portrait. You could also attend the hysterical new show by The Listies called, Rolling on the Floor Laughing So Hard, for ages 4+, being held at the Cohuna Memorial Hall in July.

Council is again proud to be partnering with the Kerang Music Society to bring Rhythm and Voice to local students. It will be a day of music and fun for school students Grades 3-7 and you can join in too!

There are many other performances organised by Gannawarra community groups to look forward to in 2020. Whether it is the iconic Quambatook Silo Cinema, the Big Cohuna Festival, community events or art exhibitions, you’ll find there is something on offer for everyone, so be sure to book event dates into your calendar.

You can keep up to date with details online at www.gsc.vic.gov.au/events.

I hope you enjoy all that the Gannawarra has to offer.

Cr Lorraine LearmonthMayor, Gannawarra Shire Council.

Message from the Mayor

ExhibitionsGannawarra Shire Council’s Arts and Culture program represents and supports talented local artists as part of our lively and engaging program of changing exhibitions.

We encourage you to take the opportunity to immerse yourself in each and every exhibition from touring exhibits to the talents of people from different generations, cultural backgrounds and life experiences from within our communities.

Sir John Gorton Library

Venue: Corner Shadforth Street, & Murray Valley Highway, Kerang

Date: Tuesday 11 February – Tuesday 24 March 2020 Submerged: Stories of Australia’s Shipwrecks

Monday 6 April – Sunday 17 May 2020 I See You Like This; portraits resulting from the artists residency I See You Like This

Tuesday 2 June – Tuesday 14 July 2020 Another Chapter, Angelo Adams

Tuesday 4 August – Tuesday 8 September 2020 First Nations Group Exhibition featuring artwork by Esther Kirby and Tyipen Kwe

Wednesday 9 September – Sunday 13 October 2020 Flowers and Stuff, Kerryn Finch

October – November 2020 DELWP, Loddon Mallee Renewable Energy Art Award exhibition Dates TBA

Submerged: Stories of Australia’s Shipwrecks

Silo Cinema - Crocodile Dundee

Time: 8.30pmDate: Saturday 22 February 2020Venue: Guthrie Street, QuambatookPrice: Adults $10, Students/Pensioners $5Rated: MSupporting Event: Pick up your locally-made dinner at the cinema or make a weekend of it and stay at the Quambatook Caravan Park (0428 857 122) or Quambatook Hotel (5457 1206)Booking: facebook.com/QuambySiloCinema www.trybooking.com/BHKHX

Quambatook Community Development Association

“Dress up in your best 80s or safari gear”

Running with Emus is a new play by award-winning Cohuna playwright Merrilee Moss about refugees, identity and belonging. Seventy-six-year-old Pat has dropped out of life. She is living on her verandah, watching birds, when her granddaughter arrives to stir up the town. Throw into the mix an Italian ghost from the past, an old-fashioned Mayor and a chorus of laconic locals and you have a tragi-comic story about what it is to be Australian in a multicultural world.

This World Premiere will include two performances atTree Tops Scout Camp. This will be followed by a two-week season in March at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne. The play has also been selected for the 2020 VCE Playlist.

Time: 2pm and 6pmDate: Saturday 29 February 2020Venue: Tree Tops Scout Camp Spences Bridge Road, CohunaPrice: Adults $15, Concession $10Booking: Cohuna Neighbourhood House 5456 4666 www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=588009&

Jessica Wilson presents

- I See You Like This

Time: 45 minute sessions between 10am - 3pmDate: Wednesday 1 April 2020Venue: Sir John Gorton Library Corner Shadforth Street & Murray Valley Highway, KerangPrice: Family $20 includes 1 Adult with 1-2 ChildrenBooking: Council’s Customer Service Centres in Kerang and Cohuna www.trybooking.com/BHFVL

I See You Like This turns the camera around, allowing your child to view you as the subject through the lens of their own imagination. With an exciting collection of materials and objects, the child uses their parent’s face as the canvas for a unique, and often bizarre portrait.

This amazing digital portrait is yours to keep. A selection of portraits from the workshop will form part of a future exhibition in the gallery space at Sir John Gorton Library, Kerang.

Time: 10am - 2pmDate: Friday 1 May 2020Venue: Kerang Memorial Hall 2 Nolan Street, KerangSuitable for: Grades 3-7 students and everyone is welcome to the concert.Price: Free

Rhythm and Voice Rhythm and Voice, a day of music and fun for school students is proudly presented each year in the Gannawarra.Grades 3-7 students share in this day of inspiration and creativity for our young ones and you can join in too.

The day is directed by the outstandingly talented Jenni Heinrich and Peter Butler, who started a similar program in Bendigo many years ago. A massed choir song leads theday then students break off and participate in diversemusical workshops.

Rhythm and Voice is a day that inspires not just the joy of music, but its myriad of benefits. Come to the concert and you too can be inspired.

For further information please contact Council’s Arts and Culture Officer by emailing arts@gannawarra.vic.gov.au

“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for

education, because rhythm and harmony find their way into

the inward places of the soul.” – Plato

Time: 7.30pmDate: Friday 12 June 2020Venue: Leitchville Community Hall, Hawken Street, Leitchville Suitable for: AdultsPrice: Adult $25, Concession $20Booking: Council’s Customer Service Centres in Kerang and Cohuna www.trybooking.com/BHFXI

An honest and hilarious discussion of mental health with a theatrical twist.

Ever wondered if you’re doing it right? Well did you read the label? Life didn’t come with a label, but you will be told your whole life how you should behave or who you should be.

Jude reminds us when to be aware of these labels, and when the labels are totally useless - and most importantly, that we are not alone. She’ll talk about some tough stuff, make you laugh and make you feel truly human.

Jude Perl, I Have A Face

Written & Performed byMatthew Kelly & Richard Higgins as The Listies

“No-one else does comedy for kids this brilliantly, and what’s more the adults have just as much fun!” - Sydney Morning Herald

A bonkers sketch comedy extravaganza of epic proportions, made just for kids. Jam-packed with magically stupid stuff like a burpershop quartet and the kind of madness that only the award-winning maestros of kidault comedy can make.

Be prepared, The Listies may just have you rolling on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee comes out!

Time: 10amDate: Wednesday 8 July 2020Venue: Cohuna Memorial Hall 21 King Edward Street, CohunaPrice: Adult $15, Children $7, Family $35 includes 2 Adults, 2 ChildrenSuitable for: Ages 4+Booking: Council’s Customer Service Centres in Kerang and Cohuna or go to www.trybooking.com/BHPLZ

The Listies & Critical Stages Touring

ROFLSHALBOWCO(Rolling on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee comes out)

Time: TBADate: Monday 12 October 2020 (Choir workshop) Tuesday 13 October 2020 (Choir workshop) Time: 7.30pmDate: Saturday 17 October 2020 (Concert)Venue: Kerang Memorial Hall 2 Nolan Street, KerangPrice: Adults $25, Concession $20Booking: Council’s Customer Service Centres in Kerang and Cohuna or go to www.trybooking.com/BHPNG

Mama Kin Spender– The Sound of Your TownMama Kin Spender is a touring workshop and live show that takes the soulful sounds of Mama Kin and couples it with the harmonies of community choirs from rural towns to create an immersive live act that sings of stories, people and joy that becomes a major community event.

Silo Cinema - Red Dog

Time: 8.30pmDate: Saturday 24 October 2020Venue: Guthrie Street, QuambatookPrice: Adults $10, Students/Pensioners $5Rated: MSupporting Event: Pick up your locally-made dinner at the cinema or make a weekend of it and stay at the Quambatook Caravan Park (0428 857 122) or Quambatook Hotel (5457 1206)Booking: facebook@QuambySiloCinema

Quambatook Community Development Association

RED DOGHe’s been everywhere mate!

A Migrant’s Son is a true story, exploring migration fromGreece to Australia during the 1930s. This extraordinary musical theatre performance conveys incredible historical events that are bought to life through original compositions, creating a unique and touching account that is bothhard-hitting and hilarious.

Greek-inspired picnic food will be available to purchase on the night, or BYO picnic most welcome.

Critical Stages Touring

A Migrant’s Son- Created & Performed by Michaela Burger

A Migrant’s Son will be held at a pop-up location in Kerang, you will be advised by 5pm Saturday 14 November 2020.

Time: 7.30pmDate: Saturday 14 November 2020Venue: TBA a pop-up location in KerangBookings: Council’s Customer Service Centres in Kerang and Cohuna or go to www.trybooking.com/BHPNN

The Big Cohuna Festival

The community festival brings together somuch of Cohuna’s enterprise, creativity andcommunity spirit. Make it a priority to get yourbackside creekside this year.

Date: Friday 30 October 2020 to Tuesday 3 November 2020 (inclusive).Booking: Special Events Co-ordinator: Sarah Mostyn, Cohuna & District Progress Association Facebook: The Big Cohuna Festival Facebook: Get Your Backside Creekside www.cohuna.org.au

Kerang Rotary Easter Art Show

Date: Friday 10 April 2020 7pm – 10pm, Saturday 11 April 2020 10am – 6.00pm, Sunday 12 April 2020 10am – 3pm.Venue: Kerang Basketball Stadium Corner Scoresby & Maxwell Street, KerangDetails: High standard exhibits for sale by many talented artists from all parts of Victoria and interstate. rotarykerangartshow@gmail.com

Golden Rivers Artists

Date: Held monthly at Northern District Community Health Kerang, for Members, Juniors and Micro Juniors. Stalls and exhibitions are held throughout the year.Venue: Kerang Sports and Entertainment Venue, 25 Victoria Street, KerangDetails: goldenriverartists@gmail.com or follow facebook www.facebook.com/GoldenRiversArtists/

Cohuna Community Art Gallery

Date: Open Fridays and Saturdays to shine a light on artists from Cohuna and district.Venue: 23 King Edward Street, Cohuna

Community Events

How to get involved

Upload your event toCouncil’s online events page.

Go to www.gsc.vic.gov.au

Contact Council’s Arts and Culture Officer,phone 5450 9333

Join the arts email newsletter list byemailing arts@gannawarra.vic.gov.au

and write ‘Subscribe’ in the title.

For updated information follow Gannawarra Shire Council on Facebook and keep informed by checking these links.

Gannawarra Shire Council eventswww.gannawarra.vic.gov.au/Business-and-Events

Community eventswww.facebook.com/gannawarra

or

Read the Gannawarra Times andThe Koondrook & Barham Bridge newspapers.

Gannawarra ACE Club Become a Gannawarra Arts, Culture and Entertainment (ACE) Club member to join in the fun and support all the amazing shows and events that we have within our region.The Gannawarra ACE Club organise tickets and transport to events if needed. Membership is $10 per year.Phone Cohuna Neighbourhood House on 5456 4666or email nhcohuna@bigpond.com for more information.

Regional Arts VictoriaRegional Arts Victoria’s Creative Arts Facilitators work closely with artists, communities and local government in the Gannawarra region, supporting our community to develop creative ideas, projects and assisting with grant advice.Call 0438 920 653 or visit www.facebook.com/RAVSwanHill

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