Arts & Culture

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Winter in Banyule 2008

Celebrating the Arts
Saturday 9 to Sunday 24 August 2008

Winter in Banyule is Banyule's annual arts festival and this is your invitation to get involved!  each year hundreds of locals get together at arts and cultural events in Banyule.  The festival is put on by the many and varied artists in Banyule, and each year features a broad range of art, music, dance, heritage and film events in locations all around the district.

The documents available for download below tell you all you need to know about the festival.  Fill out the application form and submit it to guaruntee your spot in the Winter in Banyule program.

Enquiries regarding this year's festival can be directed to Jamie Smith, Cultural Services Development Officer
Banyule City Council
Tel 9457 9913
Email: jamie.smith@banyule.vic.gov.au

 

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Connected Culture - Cultural Strategy 2007 - 2011

Art and culture can nourish us, confront, politicise and play with us, fire our imagination and passions, reflect our aspirations, record our sorrows and reveal our common humanity. Art and culture are "food for the soul". Council believes that art and culture include all forms of creative expression, from individual to collective, from grassroots to professional and institutional. These forms of expression frequently draw inspiration from the existing natural and artificial landforms, built environments, belief systems and values which shape who we are - our local, regional and national identities.

Connected Culture has been developed in three theme areas: People & Place (vibrant places, heritage & environment), People Involved (diversity valued, opportunity to engage), People Innovating (creative industries, leadership & energy) with a range of priorities set in each theme area for the coming four years.

Priorities and plans for the next four years include:

  • Undertaking a feasibility study into the development of an Art Gallery within Banyule.
  • Reviewing existing festivals and events and developing three year plans for each event to ensure they continue to be high quality, innovative events for Banyule and the wider community.
  • Engaging the community in locally-based projects that will create and sustain vibrant places.
  • Reviewing the historic Boulevard Lights and developing a five year plan for the event.
  • Creatively documenting places of social and cultural meaning to the people of Banyule, such as public art, character buildings, trees and recreational spaces.
  • Promoting and celebrating Banyule's culturally diverse community in a range of innovative ways with the Banyule community, including celebrating Cultural Diversity Week.
  • Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communications Strategy to increase CALD groups' overall awareness of Council's role and service provision and deliver opportunities for CALD communities' involvement/engagement with the Banyule community.
  • Developing a Cultural Reference Group to help Council in its strategic direction for arts & cultural development within Banyule.

If you would like a copy of the Connected Culture Cultural Strategy 2007-2011 call 9490 4222 or download a copy here.

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Art Gallery Feasibility Study

art gallery indigenous works

The Gallery Feasibility Working Group will provide a formal mechanism for Council to consult the community in the development of an art gallery feasibility study which will look at the possibility of developing a gallery within Banyule. The key role of the Working Group is to:

a) Provide advice on the development of a framework for the feasibility study

b) Identify suitable sources of funding for the feasibility study

c) Provide advice on the development of a consultant's brief for the feasibility study

d) Facilitate formal and informal communication and consultation processes with local arts and cultural industries, practitioners, organisations and residents.

For more information and to nominate for the working group, download the forms below, or email: samantha.walsh@banyule.vic.gov.au

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9"x 5" Quality Makers Market Working Group

The City of Banyule invites nominations for the newly created 9" x 5" Quality Makers Market Working Group. (QMMWG) The Working Group will assist Council to further develop the Quality Makers Market which operates on the second Sunday of the month at the Banyule Arts Space in Ivanhoe. The aims of the market are to:

  • provide an outlet ‘North of the Yarra' for local crafted artists and designers to display unique handmade quality wares available for purchase;
  • offer cultural opportunities for the community and create an ‘arts incubator' for new ideas;
  • profile Banyule Arts Space as a centre for arts and cultural activities; and
  • promote the arts and cultural heritage of the Heidelberg and Yarra Valley area.

Nominations are open to people who have a demonstrated relationship and commitment to the City of Banyule with expertise or interest in the market's development. The QMMWG will include representatives from the arts community, arts education providers, stallholders and local business.

For more information and to put forward your nomination, download the files below, or contact 9490 4222.

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9" x 5" Quality Makers Market now on every second Sunday of the month

Council has embarked on a creative arts market project in Ivanhoe. 9″ x 5″ Quality Makers Market showcases premium quality arts and crafts available for purchase held every second Sunday of the month.

ABOUT THE MARKET

9" x 5″ Quality Makers Market  promotes the work of local crafted artists and designers, displaying unique handmade quality wares available for purchase. The market also aims to offer an outlet ‘North of the Yarra' for local artists; an arts incubator for new ideas; cultural opportunities for the community and promotion of the arts and cultural heritage of Heidelberg and surrounds.

9″ x 5″ Quality Makers Market will be held every second Sunday of the month at Banyule Arts Space, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe in the upper and lower halls. 

2008 market dates are 13 July, 10 August, 14 September, 12 October, 9 November, and 14 December.

The 9″ x 5″ Quality Makers Market is managed by Banyule City Council with assistance from a voluntary Steering and Viewing Committee. There are up to 70 stalls available at nominal rental. Casual stalls will also be available.  Please click on the links below to download the Stall Holders Expression of Interest form, Cover Letter and Terms & Conditions.  If you would like to submit your EOI on line, please fill out the Interactive EOI.pdf attached below.  Please ensure that you also attach your CV and images of your work.  

For more information, please contact Customer Service on 9490 4222 or email: artsmarket@banyule.vic.gov.au

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9" X 5" Quality Makers Market - Background

The background to the 9″ x 5″ QUALITY MAKERS MARKET originated due to a number of expressed requests from local artists, the absence of a local gallery / visual arts exhibition space and the national significance of the historic Heidelberg School and the Australian Modernists ‘Birthplace of Australian Art'.

Thanks to a successful grant application made to Arts Victoria Professional in Residence program a part time worker has been employed to establish 9″ x 5″ QUALITY MAKERS MARKET.

9″ x 5″ QUALITY MAKERS MARKET also forms part of the overall cultural programming of Banyule City Council and is conducted in accordance with the Council's City Plan and Cultural Development Strategy.

The market's unique name reflects the paintings of Heidelberg School artists (Australian Impressionists) shown at the infamous 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition which opened at Buxton's Gallery in Swanston Street in Melbourne in August 1889 on cigar box lids measuring nine by five inches.

Banyule Cultural Network

Council's Leisure & Cultural Services Unit manages the Banyule Cultural Network. As part of the Banyule Cultural Network you receive information on arts and cultural activities taking place in Banyule. This may include invitations to exhibition openings, cultural development grants information, upcoming events and programs in Leisure & Cultural Services, training opportunities and networking possibilities with other artists and local arts and cultural organisations.

Art Collection

The City of Banyule Art Collection has over 400 works including paintings, works on paper, jewellery/metalworks, ceramics, glass, textiles and sculpture.

Artworks are displayed in Council Service Centres, public buildings such as libraries, schools, the Banyule Community Health Service and Bundoora Extended Care.

Redeeming the Ruin - The Art of Consumption -Touring Exhibition Jan 2008 - Feb 2009

Living means leaving traces. Our ecological footprint is influenced by the resources we consume and the waste we produce. In western societies, at the heart of this is the commodity. Decorative or functional the commodity is the site of desires and longings. But it is seldom for its intrinsic use value that the commodity is coveted, rather for what it signifies: power, wealth, prestige, success and herein lies its obsolescence. The fashionable artefact is quickly transformed into the old, the despised, the cast-off. Dumped or discarded redundant commodities form the detritus of urban existence.

Redeeming the Ruin - The Art of Consumption exhibition brings together the work of 11 artists from around Australia. Each artist has salvaged consumer waste to consider the elements that underlie consumption behaviour. Employing whimsy, humour and subversion the artists question the role of desire, the influence of the corporate world, the nature of gift giving, the idea of knowledge as a commodity and depletion of natural resources. In this, the International Year of Planet Earth, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to rethink our consumption habits, otherwise the slogan ‘buy now, pay later' may have dire consequences.

Touring Exhibition Dates & Galleries

Latrobe Regional Gallery
138 Commercial Road, Morwell
19 January - 16 March 2008

Shepparton Art Gallery
70 Welsford Street, Shepparton
28 March - 4 May 2008

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington
16 July - 31 August 2008

Banyule Arts Space
14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe
22 October - 29 November 2008

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill
5 December 2008 - 1 February 2009

Arts Directory

Daniel Moynihan, Wickerman, 2002

The directory lists a range of organisations, individuals and businesses offering cultural opportunities. Categories include performing arts, visual arts, heritage, media arts and venues.

Click here to visit the online Arts Directory.

Public Art

Council has a range of public art work across Banyule. These include:

Main Street Greensborough
Artist Alison Peake has created beautiful screen printed tiles of images of the Plenty River and surrounds for her work located in Main Street, Greensborough. 

Kitcheners Reserve Ivanhoe
Artist Leigh Conkie carved the Sleeping Sentinel from a cypress pine stump in Kitcheners Reserve. The work watches over commuters and shoppers as they pass through Kitcheners Reserve creating a sense of place and safety for the local community. 

Watsonia Library
Artist Andrea Tomaselli created the ‘Wing of the Waa’ from pressed steel for the redeveloped Watsonia Library. The work represents indigenous heritage and the many uses of the library such as literature, visual arts and multi media. The shape of the sculpture resembles the trajectory of a bombshell and relates to the history of the building.

Street Party Kit - Now available

Neighbourhood Street Parties provide a great opportunity to get to know your neighbours and build community spirit.  They also provide a way for neighbours to build relationships, enjoy conversation and meet new residents.

Council encourages residents to enjoy Neighbourhood Street Parties, and has put together the Neghbourhood Street Party guide to help make your party a success.

Click on the link below to download the Street Party Guide.

Banyule Event Guide - Guidelines, Checklists and Application forms

Council will be officially launching its new Banyule Event Guide as part of the Winter in Banyule-celebrating the arts festival in August.

The Banyule Event Guide is both a resource for event and festival organisers as well as an Application Form for the new Banyule Event Permit which is a requirement for all event or festival organisers who hold events on Council land, streets, roads and parks.

The Banyule Event Guide contains lots of information, including: 

* ‘how to’ organise an event
* which permits are required
* statutory requirements
* how to develop risk management plans
* traffic management plans
* how to conduct an accessibility audit, and
* lots of templates and example forms to help you along the way.

It also provides a list of useful contacts for any festival or event organiser. The Banyule Event Permit is a new process for Banyule City Council’s Obstruction Permit - Local Law Number 1, Part 2, Clause Number 202. The Obstruction Permit has always been required for circuses, carnivals, festivals, street parties and processions but has never been adequately enforced.

Due to the amount of organisation and level of risk that is generated by holding an event or festival on public land, Council is now ensuring all event and festival organisers apply for a Banyule Event Permit to minimise this risk, and to ensure that events are well-planned and well-run.

For event and festival organisers who organise events on private land or within schools, this guide is also a great resource with easy to follow guides and checklists.

Many events that do not require a Banyule Event Permit may still need a Temporary Food Premises Permit or an Occupancy Permit from the Victorian Building Commission.

Details about these permits can also be found in the Banyule Event Guide. Council has also introduced the Event Management Team (EMT), an internal committee made up of Council staff from across the organisation.

The EMT is there to assist festival and event organisers determine which permits are required, what infrastructure they need and to assist them to apply for these permits.

For your copy of the Banyule Event Guide click the link below or call 9490 4222.

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Works on Paper Art Award 2007 @ Banyule Arts Space 3 Oct - 3 Nov 2007

The Banyule Art Collection is a contemporary collection of art works by leading and emerging Australian artists. While it includes a range of media it is distinguished by its collection of works on paper. The City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award capitalises upon this strength by developing this side of the collection further. It is an acquisitive prize of $4,000 and is held biennially.

Artist, Fiona Cabassi was successful in being awarded the major prize with her work titled Gliding.   Artists John Ryrie & Angela Cavalieri were Highly Commended for their work.  Council would like to encourage you to visit the exhibition and cast your vote for your favourite work which will be collated as part of the People's Choice Award.

Banyule Sculpture Award

The Banyue Sculpture Award & Exhibition will be held every second year, and will next be held in 2009.  The Award provides an opportunity for artists to exhibit their work in a public forum and the opportunity for people to be actively involved with art as the event takes art to the community.

For further information, contact Council's Arts & Cultural Development Officer on 9490 4222 or email:  tony.smith@banyule.vic.gov.au

Tom Roberts - 1856—1931

Condemned as a 'pain to the eye', the infamous 9 by 5 Impressions Exhibition in 1889 presented a radical departure from the artistic conventions of the day and a challenge to contemporary taste. Tom Roberts was the main thrust behind this exhibition, a member of the Heidelberg School and hailed by many as the father of landscape painting in Australia. This year marks 150 years since his birth. His legacy for the area of Heidelberg has been invaluable. His memory lives on and his paintings continue to inspire.

For more information on Tom Roberts, please download the brochure below.

Images of West Heidelberg DVD

"Images of West Heidelberg" was a community arts project based in the West Heidelberg Neighbourhood Renewal area.  The project involved local residents working with a photographer to develop their interest in photography whilst capturing the people, the area, the diversity and the culture of West Heidelberg through their eyes.  The project resulted in the production of the DVD entitled 'Images of West Heidelberg'.

The DVD is available for purchase from Council's Rosanna office, 44 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna and is priced at $5.00.

 For enquiries please phone 9490 4222.  Sonya Maunders is the contact person for information.

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