"Hit me on the head with a raindrop" launched at Moulamein

The short film "Hit me on the head with a raindrop" was launched on the 25 November to a sellout crowd at the Moulamein Bowling Club. The Malcolm McKinnon film highlighted the resilient and innovative community of the small farming town Moulamein in southern New South Wales. Music and art played a significant role in bringing people closer together during the course of one of the most extended and severe droughts in memory. Continue

Started by Ian Tully Dec 5, 2011.

“Big Fish”The Best of VCE from the Murray Mallee Region

Outstanding works from ten schools in the region will showcase VCE students studying studio arts and visual communications in this dynamic exhibition. This will be of great interest for students currently or aspiring to study art.The Best of VCE from the Murray Mallee Region16 November – 11 DecemberSwan Hill Regional Art GalleryVictoria  Continue

Started by Lorri Lambert Nov 24, 2011.

RECENT WORKS BY JULIE CHISLETT DUFFUS

The art of Julie Chislett Duffus is a result of a personal challenge to represent the light, air and mood of the Mallee and the emotions this landscape evokes. These works address the thousand sparkling grey greens of the Mallee after rain while others have been painted on days when the air is hot and hazy. Further works are of the recent flood waters and new life that has returned to the local red gum forests. Julie believes that she is very fortunate to be an artist who lives in the Mallee,…Continue

Started by Lorri Lambert Nov 24, 2011.

Australian Year of the Farmer..

Follow this link to see all that is planned for the 2012 Australian Year of the Farmer!http://www.yearofthefarmer.com.au/There is also a shoutout to everyone to get involved in posting content to this site. The specially named year is a strong acknowledgement of farmers being creative, resourceful and innovative.It's going to be an interesting year..Continue

Started by Kim Bennett Oct 12, 2011.

ACRE films in NSW.. launching soon!

Hi all Just wanted to give you the heads up that the NSW ACRE film projects are being shown soon.. Save the dates - 25th of November in Moulamein and 26th November in Conargo.Formal invites are being sent in October..Congratulations to the communities, the film makers [Helen and Malcolm] and to Alyce Fisher from South West Arts. Can't wait to see them, guys! Continue

Started by Kim Bennett Sep 26, 2011.

Audio downloads for ACRE 2 program 1 Reply

Anyone who tried to download the audio of the Artworks Feature about ACRE 2 would have had a slightly abbreviated experience of the full joy. The ABC's web system decided it quite liked the idea of the Queen's Birthday holiday, and so it nicked off for a picnic, halfway through the process. But all is well again and the links all work as they ought. So the story page can be found at: …Continue

Started by Michael Shirrefs. Last reply by Kim Bennett Jun 15, 2011.

re∙mode control - rethinking the idea of remote

Fogo Island in June: re∙mode control - rethinking the idea of remote open call for artists opening of new studiosFogo Island Arts CorporationHighway 334 – suite 100Fogo Island NL A0G 2X0Newfoundland, CanadaT + 1 (709) 270 1001artscorpinfo@gmail.comwww.artscorpfogoisland.caA two-day international colloquial to take place on Fogo…Continue

Tags: residency, artist, rural, remote

Started by Fiona Woods Jun 13, 2011.

ACRE on ARTWORKS - ABC Radio National Sunday 12th June 3 Replies

To everyone that I met at ACRE 2, and to those that I have yet to meet, thank you for allowing me into the conversation at ACRE 2 last month. As a radio program-maker, I was utterly captivated by the scope and energy of the conversations. As an artist and a rural resident in Sth Gippsland in Victoria, I felt like I was witnessing an epiphany, with rural artists and arts communities really finding the right gear, and throwing off an awful lot of excess urban arts baggage. It felt like a good…Continue

Started by Michael Shirrefs. Last reply by Ian Tully Jun 14, 2011.

collaborative art work as a result of Acre 2 seminar - WE WANT YOUR NOTES!!

Noreen Jones and I are working on a collaborative art work which is evolving from the acre 2 seminar which we would like other artists, farmers and rural people to be part of.It draws inspiraton from the installations, works and ideas of Neil Berecry-Brown and other speakers at Acre2.  It adds objects/artefacts/installations from our rural lives, to Neils art works which are already at the gallery.  We will also be posting our notes taken from the seminar as part of the art and are inviting…Continue

Started by Peta Thornton May 25, 2011.

A Rural Cultural Embassy - what's that? 7 Replies

Feeling inspired post ACRE2?We honestly couldn't say what we loved most about our second seminar. ACRE2 was another day of diverse speakers, case studies and group discussion about 'art inspiring rural communities' - or - 'art in inspiring rural communities'..We'd like to publically thank our speakers, Fiona Woods [who won the 'travelled the most distance to get to a Seminar' award] from Ireland; Neil Berecry Brown from Mangrove Mountain; William Kelly from Nathalia [the town where everyone…Continue

Started by Kim Bennett. Last reply by Neil Berecry-Brown Jun 9, 2011.