Events, Festivals & Initiatives.
A little taste of the events, initiatives, activities and happenings in our creative city. We’re interested to hear from you if you’re running a creative event, workshop, activity or initiative. If you want to see your event here, fill in this form and we’ll review it.
Ballarat has a rich history of photography. By the early 1890s, the city boasted over a dozen photographic studios capturing the city’s landscape, events and people.
Pose captures the people of Ballarat through the lens of its talented studio photographers.
Currently on show at the Eureka Centre is The flag of the Southern Cross: An icon, a selection of photographs by Peter Solness. In 2003 and 2004, Solness produced a series of photographs documenting the commemoration of the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat and the many ways in which the icon of the Eureka flag has become a symbol through clothing, tattoos and its use as a political symbol by organisations including trade unions and bikie gangs. The photographs were bought for the Art Gallery of Ballarat prior to the Eureka 150 celebrations in 2004.
The latest project of local artists Cake Industries explores the complexity of the human psyche in a dark and humorous work which balances weirdness, whimsy and grotesquerie.
Overburden addresses the legacy of Victorian Gold Rush mining and explores our relationship with, and perception of, the natural world. These recent drawings by Ballarat artist Lily Mae Martin are the result of a year of focussed research and visits to sites of past mining activity throughout the region
They Are Us is an ekphrastic exhibtion in which 20 Central Highlands writers at various stages of career tackled the titular theme in short fiction and poetry. The SHAC artists responded to those works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, weaving and woodwork.
Currently on show at the Eureka Centre is The flag of the Southern Cross: An icon, a selection of photographs by Peter Solness. In 2003 and 2004, Solness produced a series of photographs documenting the commemoration of the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat and the many ways in which the icon of the Eureka flag has become a symbol through clothing, tattoos and its use as a political symbol by organisations including trade unions and bikie gangs. The photographs were bought for the Art Gallery of Ballarat prior to the Eureka 150 celebrations in 2004.
Peter Solness is a multi-award winning photographer, artist, educator and writer. He runs regular workshops and presentations at institutions and festivals.
Majestic Horses continue on their Victorian tour and team up with Melbourne's eclectic post punk quartet CHESS - Band and local Ballarat band MerakiMinds for one night only Friday 28th February.
Throw your hat in the ring and join the fairground of funny at RAW Comedy, Australia’s largest and most prestigious comedy competition.
Annual celebration of quiltmaking and the textile arts.
Come and learn the most therapeutic, relaxing and meditative craft there is. Some say it's cheaper than therapy. Using yarn and a punch needle come and learn all the tips tricks and techniques needed to create amazing cushion covers, mats, rugs and more
Hamish Kilgour brings his folk-pop drone to Melbourne for a rare performance, backed by members of Thigh Master & more.
Engaging with art helps to foster empathy, the ability to understand or feel the experience of others. Join one of of our specially trained guides on this discussion-based tour which focuses on specific works in the collection which may be capable of evoking emotion and inspiring empathy.
Learn how to screen print step by step and create your very own fashion statements on pre-loved or new fabric of your choice.
Learn how to take photographs that tell your story as an artist. Photographs that convey emotion and create impact.
City of Ballarat and Craft Victoria present…
iPhoneography for makers | Photographing your work in the digital age
Only 15 places in this workshop available!
“Needles, Knots and Threads” is an Exhibition of Embroidery and Quilting by members of the Ballarat Branch of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria. Some 450 items will be on display showcasing, promoting and encouraging the art of embroidery
In this four week drawing for beginners course you will learn the basics of drawing and develop foundation skills including pencil, charcoal, shading, sketching, cross hatching, line, perspective and composition.
The Ballarat Film Society screens an eclectic program of films on the big screen.
March 14, 7.00pm, Screening: Leave No Trace
USA, 2018, 108 min. Dir: Debra Granik - American Survivalist Adventure
The fab duo Pink Moon performing Live at the Lane
KINGSWOOD are BACK! The Melbourne rockers have dropped their brand new single ‘BITTERSWEET’ this morning, announced their defiant new album ‘JUVENILES’ AND announced they’ll be touring Australia with a MASSIVE 20+ date tour kicking off this March.
What happens when pure comedy takes human form.
What happens when a creature is created and bred to do stand up,
Nobody knows because that isn’t a thing. What is a thing is Ross Noble doing a show. You can come and see. This is it.
‘Brilliantly inventive, quirky stand-up …see him and marvel’ The Sun
‘Every night is different and every night is a total joy’ Time Out
‘The great improviser’ The Guardian
The over-produced drama and the production values of Reality TV and movies sure have a lot to answer for.
Meet Carla; 33, single, Virgo, outgoing, straight forward, Cabaret Artist and she's looking for love... still. From first love to happy ever after, every relationship seems to have 'a catch'! Sometimes the road to love is definitely not what you expect and a bit longer. Ok, a lot longer.
Come along and enjoy another printmaking session to develop your creativity in a different way.
Does colour inspire you? What about abstraction?
Engaging with art helps to foster empathy, the ability to understand or feel the experience of others. Join one of of our specially trained guides on this discussion-based tour which focuses on specific works in the collection which may be capable of evoking emotion and inspiring empathy.
The 2 Of Us’, ‘Up Close & Personal ‘ is accompanied by renowned pianist David Cameron, in a two-hour intimate performance. Marina and David will perform their classics from productions such as The Phantom of The Opera, Les Miserables, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and La Boheme, to name but a few, as well as favourites from their award-winning albums.
Ballarat will open creative spaces for you to explore. This program will showcase the process of making, interrogating how space and place plays a role in creative design and production. Discover the workshops, kitchen tables, homes, studios, gardens, warehouses, factories and unused spaces where creative people create magic, play, experiment and make. There will be treasures to discover, ideas to inspire and objects to covet.
Discover exquisite examples of original Victorian fashions in the Gold Museum collection and learn about the process of historical costume reproduction with Sovereign Hill Museums Association curatorial and costume design professionals.
Discover exquisite examples of original Victorian fashions in the Gold Museum collection and learn about the process of historical costume reproduction with Sovereign Hill Museums Association curatorial and costume design professionals.
In this series of workshops, textile artist Deb Weston will take a bale of waste wool, rescued from landfill and put out the challenge to see if the community can successfully re-purpose this waste.
April 3 will be the launch with the unveiling of the bale of materials saved from landfill.
Drop in and try your hand at crafting. Why not try a few different technique?
No bookings required.
1 craft - $10
2 crafts - $17
3 crafts - $21
4 crafts - $25
5 crafts - $29
Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.
Katie Chancellor is a contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from urban art paste ups into colourful birds painted on wood panels, symbolic of her memories growing up on a farm in Alexandra. She creates large, vibrant, abstract paintings while her quirky creatures will continue to appear through film, projection, mural, sound art, drawing or in a laneways.
Neville French is a ceramic artist who works mainly with porcelain to create sculptural vessels that explore place and space. His exhibition pieces evoke notions of quietude and transcendence through the expressive use of wood fired glaze and its relationship to form, tactility, space and light. Neville will also have a selection of functional dinner ware alongside his equisite exhibition pieces.
Talks at 10am each day
Laura is a works with paint and mixed media to create her work. She has a diverse background which includes having established a Screen-Printing studio, an art tutoring business, working as a disability and arts practitioner and has led art workshops in a variety of techniques to hundreds of students. Demonstrations 1-3pm each day
Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.
As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .
Draw your own creative tangled artwork and take part in creating a collaborative art installation at the Michael Unwin winery.
Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.
Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm
Tammy respectfully acknowledges Country and her ancestors and elders who have stood
before her. The spiritual connection to her ancestors and country, has guided her to revitalise and continue cultural practices today such as weaving.
Tammy says,” weaving is part of my journey as an Aboriginal woman, woven circles represent
the yarning over the years and the passing of knowledge, cultural identity, strength, family and
resilience.” Join Tammy while she shares her stories and weaving skills.
Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.
Dawn Whitehand is a practicing artist and arts facilitator with over 20 years experience, currently located at her business, Claymotion. With a PhD in Fine Arts focusing on ceramics, she has exhibited nationally and internationally, been awarded an art residency and written a book about the history of ceramics and pit fired pottery.
Demonstrations; 10am - 12pm - Pottery throwing each day.
Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.
Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.
Eleven artists from the Ballarat Artists Society will join together to present their latest work, love of art and creativity through a variety of mediums.
Susan’s abstract floral and botanical works seeks to capture and communicate the dynamism and magic of nature through fluid, expressionistic and colourful interpretations of nature’s treasures. Primarily working in acrylics, mixed media and occasionally oils, Susan is inspired by her beautiful and everchanging garden where he children play while she works on her verandah.
The session will incorporate a variety of colour printing lino techniques to suit beginners or those with more experience.
Fibre Arts Australia invites you to visit workshops in progress by international artists and exhibitions of Fibre Art in the Beckworth Gallery and the Cleaver Wing. View their Artist in Residence, Jenny Toye and ask her about her art practice. A Pop-Up shop will be trading on Saturday with Fibre Art traders and booksellers.
Hear from Ballarat Societry of Artists member, Trudy Nicholson, talk about her work with pastels.
Hear from Ballarat Societry of Artists member, Trudy Nicholson, talk about her work with pastels.
Learn, shop, and create over three huge days!
Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.
Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm
As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .
Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.
Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.
Neville French is a ceramic artist who works mainly with porcelain to create sculptural vessels that explore place and space. His exhibition pieces evoke notions of quietude and transcendence through the expressive use of wood fired glaze and its relationship to form, tactility, space and light. Neville will also have a selection of functional dinner ware alongside his equisite exhibition pieces.
Talks at 10am each day
Eleven artists from the Ballarat Artists Society will join together to present their latest work, love of art and creativity through a variety of mediums.
Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.
Dawn Whitehand is a practicing artist and arts facilitator with over 20 years experience, currently located at her business, Claymotion. With a PhD in Fine Arts focusing on ceramics, she has exhibited nationally and internationally, been awarded an art residency and written a book about the history of ceramics and pit fired pottery.
Demonstrations; 10am - 12pm - Pottery throwing each day.
Susan’s abstract floral and botanical works seeks to capture and communicate the dynamism and magic of nature through fluid, expressionistic and colourful interpretations of nature’s treasures. Primarily working in acrylics, mixed media and occasionally oils, Susan is inspired by her beautiful and everchanging garden where he children play while she works on her verandah.
Experience using pastel for the first time, would like create art in nature, or would like to add to their own existing skills.
Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.
Paul Ryle s a ‘green woodworker’ using freshly cut timber and traditional hand tools. He specialise in heritage crafts which are now called ‘rare’, ‘lost’ or ‘forgotten’ trades. Pauls' range includes hay rakes, tool handles, spoons, ‘shrink pots’ and garden dibbers, all made from locally sourced timbers. Paul also runs regular workshops in the centuries old tradition of green wordworking.
Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.
Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.
Katie Chancellor is a contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from urban art paste ups into colourful birds painted on wood panels, symbolic of her memories growing up on a farm in Alexandra. She creates large, vibrant, abstract paintings while her quirky creatures will continue to appear through film, projection, mural, sound art, drawing or in a laneways.
Drop in and try your hand at crafting. Why not try a few different technique?
No bookings required.
1 craft - $10
2 crafts - $17
3 crafts - $21
4 crafts - $25
5 crafts - $29
Fibre Arts Australia invites you to visit workshops in progress by international artists and exhibitions of Fibre Art in the Beckworth Gallery and the Cleaver Wing. View their Artist in Residence, Jenny Toye and ask her about her art practice. A Pop-Up shop will be trading on Saturday with Fibre Art traders and booksellers.
A talk with artist Jon Lam from Ballarat Artists to discuss his work with line, ink, wash and oils.
Explore the evolution of fashion with this 18th century French themed drawing workshop focusing on fabric and form.
As your guide, Laura will help you to tap into your own inner wisdom through mindfulness, journaling and personal introspection. Together we will un-cover what your soul is calling you to do and use painting as a healing ritual to release what is holding you back in life.
Suitable for beginners.
A talk with artist Jon Lam from Ballarat Artists to discuss his work with line, ink, wash and oils.
Step back into art history and learn the lost trade of hand-making artist paints using ancient recipes with eco-friendly, earth mineral pigments. Participants will be shown how to hand-make rich coloured paints that are 100% pure, archival, UV stable and non-toxic. Learn how to apply this paint onto illustration prints from interesting cultural historic periods.
Be inspired by traditional, environmentaly sustainable paint recipes that have been used by many cultures for 1000's of years. This workshop is suitable for adults, both familar or unfamilar with painting.
All materials provided ... explore, discover ... and take home your own slice of history.
Fiona Crawford will discuss the embroidered textiles in her current exhibition created in vintage linen, thread and text, and how her methodologies and materials have enabled her to not only transgress conventions but also explore and reinterpret women’s stories.
Twelve selected participants will have the opportunity to work with Vipoo to bring their superhero designs to life as ceramic sculptures as part of the Ballarat Open Studios: Art of Making program. Please fill out the form below and submit to us and you could have the opportunity to attend one of these special workshops. Submissions due 13 March 2020 . We will advise the successful candidates the week beginning 16 March 2020. You do not need to have had any experience with ceramics and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Add to your very own Sovereign Hill Victorian Sampler Book with heritage hand sewing dressmaking stitches typically used in the 1840s and 1850s such as running stitch, back stitch, whip stitch, flat-felled seams, gauging and perhaps even a buttonhole.
Twelve selected participants will have the opportunity to work with Vipoo to bring their superhero designs to life as ceramic sculptures as part of the Ballarat Open Studios: Art of Making program. Please fill out the form below and submit to us and you could have the opportunity to attend one of these special workshops. Submissions due 13 March 2020 . We will advise the successful candidates the week beginning 16 March 2020. You do not need to have had any experience with ceramics and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Decades of research by Clare Gervasoni and Dorothy Wickham has led them to consider various stories concerning the Eureka Flag. This talk will highlight their discoveries.
Free event. No booking required.
Using a diverse variety of haberdashery and old bottles and jars of all shapes and sizes, participants will be guided in creating and upcycling the products into beautiful table centres or vases.
Instead of buying a leather belt off the shelf, turn back the clocks and begin the story the right way by making your own using traditional methods at Sovereign Hill’s leather harness and wheelwrighting workshop. Suitable for beginners.
This event features internationally recognised artist, Kate Just, who will introduce her practice and discuss how artists have deployed textiles to comment on social inequity and injustice, including from a feminist perspective. Kate will then chair a panel discussion with artists from our region who share in common a socially-engaged textile art practice.
In this series of workshops, textile artist Deb Weston will take a bale of waste wool, rescued from landfill and put out the challenge to see if the community can successfully re-purpose this waste to knit a basket.
You are invited you to pop in to our pop up where you can show off and share you work, or catch up on advice, encouragement and problem solving in the wonderful world of colourful, creative crochet that we inhabit. You can see our current project - crafting a new, full size Eureka flag from 10cm x 10cm granny squares.
Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.
Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm
Dawn Whitehand is a practicing artist and arts facilitator with over 20 years experience, currently located at her business, Claymotion. With a PhD in Fine Arts focusing on ceramics, she has exhibited nationally and internationally, been awarded an art residency and written a book about the history of ceramics and pit fired pottery.
Demonstrations; 10am - 12pm - Pottery throwing each day.
Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.
Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.
Joan Tallant is a Realist/Impressionist painter and my subject matter is quite varied - still life, figurative, landscapes, seascapes, animals, portraits, etc… Her usual mediums are pastel and oil with some pen and watercolour.
Drop in and try your hand at crafting. Why not try a few different technique?
No bookings required.
1 craft - $10
2 crafts - $17
3 crafts - $21
4 crafts - $25
5 crafts - $29
Laura is a works with paint and mixed media to create her work. She has a diverse background which includes having established a Screen-Printing studio, an art tutoring business, working as a disability and arts practitioner and has led art workshops in a variety of techniques to hundreds of students. Demonstrations 1-3pm each day
Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.
Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.
As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .
Maggie Dannatt is a pet portrait artist working with soft pastels on pastel paper. Maggie’s portraits may look photorealistic at first glance, however she aims for a looseness and spontaneity to show the expression and character of the much loved pet.
In this series of workshops, textile artist Deb Weston will take a bale of waste wool, rescued from landfill and put out the challenge to see if the community can successfully re-purpose this waste to knit a blanket or shrug.
Ana Petidis is a studio weaver based on the unceded lands ohf the Wadawarrung/Ballarat. Having studied textiles at RMIT, her practice is process driven, often concerned with human ecology and embraces material exploration, colour and techniques. Ana hand weaves and tells stories reflecting on human relationships in western contemporary life.
Demonstration at 11am
Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.
Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.
Following a demonstration by Donna Poulton, produce a hand formed dish that will be fired with a crystal glaze of your choice. Refreshments included.
Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.
Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm
Dawn Whitehand is a practicing artist and arts facilitator with over 20 years experience, currently located at her business, Claymotion. With a PhD in Fine Arts focusing on ceramics, she has exhibited nationally and internationally, been awarded an art residency and written a book about the history of ceramics and pit fired pottery.
Demonstrations; 10am - 12pm - Pottery throwing each day.
Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.
As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .
Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.
Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.
Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.
Maggie Dannatt is a pet portrait artist working with soft pastels on pastel paper. Maggie’s portraits may look photorealistic at first glance, however she aims for a looseness and spontaneity to show the expression and character of the much loved pet.
Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.
Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.
Joan Tallant is a Realist/Impressionist painter and my subject matter is quite varied - still life, figurative, landscapes, seascapes, animals, portraits, etc… Her usual mediums are pastel and oil with some pen and watercolour.
You are invited you to pop in to our pop up where you can show off and share you work, or catch up on advice, encouragement and problem solving in the wonderful world of colourful, creative crochet that we inhabit. You can see our current project - crafting a new, full size Eureka flag from 10cm x 10cm granny squares.
Step back into art history and learn the lost trade of hand-making artist paints using ancient recipes with eco-friendly, earth mineral pigments. Participants will be shown how to hand-make rich coloured paints that are 100% pure, archival, UV stable and non-toxic. Learn how to apply this paint onto illustration prints from interesting cultural historic periods.
Be inspired by traditional, environmentaly sustainable paint recipes that have been used by many cultures for 1000's of years. This workshop is suitable for adults, both familar or unfamilar with painting.
All materials provided ... explore, discover ... and take home your own slice of history.
From June to November each year in Ballarat you will find performances from Debating, Pianoforte, Chopin, Speech and Drama, Bands, Instrumental Solos, Vocals, Dance, Calisthenics and more, including their latest discipline The Arts for All.
Friendly faces, drinks, music and laughs.
Bring along a song or two to teach others or just see what others bring on the night.
All acoustic instruments welcome!
Our Members’ Nights are held on the last Wednesday of each month (except December). They are held at The Bunch of Grapes Hotel, at 401 Pleasant St South, which has a private room that is easily accessible – no stairs! Come along at 7pm or enjoy dinner beforehand – the kitchen is open from 5.30pm.
Please join Soldiers Hill Artist Collective and Words Out Loud Ballarat for the official opening of their collaborative art exhibition "They Are Us".
The topic for this year’s Greg Binns lecture is Audience Engagement and the Museum, presented by Donna McColm Associate Director Audience Engagement at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and Elisha Buttler, NGV Audience Engagement Manager.
This information session covers the qualities of a professional screenwriter who works in the business and an outline of the course offered.
Join us as we shine a light on different experiences and expressions of gender equality, stereotypes, respectful relationships, cultural identity and violence against women. We aim to invoke insight and thoughtfulness regarding the way in which we interact with these themes on a daily basis, whilst celebrating diversity and equality.
The Federation University Australia Pipe Band hosts the Ballarat Highland Gathering supported by Pipe Bands Victoria. Come join the free event in the Ballarat sunshine with your loved ones. It's not too be missed
You're cordially invited to the maddest tea party of the year!
Enter the darkest parts of your imagination and join Alice as she returns to Wonderland again in this new Australian work by local playwright, Elodie Boal.
Do you run an entertainment venue, or an arts and culture organisation in regional Victoria? Are you looking to build your audiences?
Join us as we shine a light on different experiences and expressions of gender equality, stereotypes, respectful relationships, cultural identity and violence against women. We aim to invoke insight and thoughtfulness regarding the way in which we interact with these themes on a daily basis, whilst celebrating diversity and equality.
Visit the Dark horse exhibition and then work with artist Jazmina Cininas to produce a single-colour linocut.
Presented by ClayMotion owner, Dawn Whitehand, this eco-dyeing workshop is a contemporary application of traditional natural dyeing using plants.
Experience the comedy of Shakepeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the beautiful Buninyong Botanic Gardens. Set in Ancient Greece; on a night of madness, mayhem, mischief, and young love gone awry. Where young lovers find themselves in a dream-like enchanted forest - where sprites lurk and fairies rule.
Experience the comedy of Shakepeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the beautiful Buninyong Botanic Gardens. Set in Ancient Greece; on a night of madness, mayhem, mischief, and young love gone awry. Where young lovers find themselves in a dream-like enchanted forest - where sprites lurk and fairies rule.
VOX are a choral ensemble of 6 voices from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia, formed in 2005 with the intention of singing challenging choral works, with either one or two voices per part.
The bohemian legend himself, Harry Lamb will be getting the love groove on for this Valentines day at the Lane, 6.30pm start
Join us on February 14th, as we shine a light on different experiences and expressions of gender equality, stereotypes, respectful relationships, cultural identity and violence against women. We aim to invoke insight and thoughtfulness regarding the way in which we interact with these themes on a daily basis, whilst celebrating diversity and equality.
Coffee is on us for our first Arts & Culture Drop In where you get to come and chat about your arts and culture interests. Pop by and let us know what you’re thinking about making, producing and creating, or ask us what we’ve got planned and how we’re going rolling out the Creative City Strategy and others.
The Ballarat Film Society screens an eclectic program of films on the big screen.
Feb 14, 7.00pm, Film: Aurore
Learn how to screen print step by step and create your very own fashion statements on pre-loved or new fabric of your choice.
Experience the comedy of Shakepeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the beautiful Buninyong Botanic Gardens. Set in Ancient Greece; on a night of madness, mayhem, mischief, and young love gone awry. Where young lovers find themselves in a dream-like enchanted forest - where sprites lurk and fairies rule.
Do you enjoy enjoy mixing and matching? Then you may enjoy another printmaking technique of 'jigsaw printing'.
Come along to a small group session on Saturday February 8th (6 - 8 maximum)
Catered for beginners and those returning can learn something new.
Cost: $50 (Morning tea provided)
E: susanclarkeartworks@gmail.com P: 0409 431 960
This workshop will develop your unique story framework to support your creative work, your business socials or your organisational themes.
Perfect for creatives, small business operators, those trying to kick-off a side hustle and those neck deep in the gig economy. You've got an idea you've been toying with that deserves the light of day. You need an idea? Maybe you need to write a story? This is the place to start!
Experience the comedy of Shakepeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the beautiful Buninyong Botanic Gardens. Set in Ancient Greece; on a night of madness, mayhem, mischief, and young love gone awry. Where young lovers find themselves in a dream-like enchanted forest - where sprites lurk and fairies rule.
Join us for drinks on the Deck and be treated to the tunes of Matty Chaps.
Check out all the events across 7, 8 & 9 February 2020 for all the Bands, Fashion, Pinups, Dancing, Cars and the return of Ballarat's favorite Street Party!
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so February will bring Songs from the Heart. For heavy hearts, elated hearts, broken hearts, joyful hearts, big and small hearts!
Free entry - pay what you feel for the music.
The City of Ballarat welcomes creative genius Haraldur (Halli) Thorleifsson as the 2020 Pause Fest guest speaker. Halli started Ueno, a full-service creative agency, as a one-man operation out of his Reykjavik apartment in 2014.
Halli will expand minds and challenge ideas, spark creativity and blow assumptions out of the water.
Amie Brûlée sings French songs, old jazz, old time and other tunes that take her fancy. With enchanting stories and humorous anecdotes between songs, she takes you on journey to other places, times and worlds.
In this workshop run by local acclaimed photographer/designer/artist and nature lover Louisa West, we will explore a number of ways to capture plant anatomy using observational and contour drawing techniques. You needn’t have ever drawn before – this workshop offers tips & tricks of the trade for all.
