We are an arts council
- a group of volunteers
who love all kinds of art.
Our aims are
to maximize the quality of life for Apollo Bay & district
residents, to promote activities of all art forms, to assist
local artists, to assist in bringing artistic performances
to Apollo Bay.
We are 21 years old,
formed in 1985 and incorporated in 1994.
Incorporation enabled eligibility for grant applications
&public liability insurance
Current committee: President- Judi Forrester,
Secretary - Jane Gross, Treasurer - Lyn Butt, Ordinary member
- Bob Knowles
Plus: Cate
Cousland , Brad West, Pat Shannon, Mandy Brown, Marg Lawson,
Fiona Nelson, Joanne Forrest, Sandra Skene, Julene Cook..
What we do -
assist with Art Show in January; at the Music Festival -
Kids under Canvas, local artists’ exhibition in cafes
& this year introduce the Poet’s Breakfast; Church
classical afternoon in June; June Indoor market; Warm Winter
Words - annual readings in August; Arts News in news-sheet.
And also - creative village project- poles
& seats on foreshore maintenance, print postcards, flyers
of project,; published Warm Winter Words book; present exhibitions
& performances anything else that people ask for….
We are funded by
grants, fundraising raffles, sale
of postcards/ books/ tickets.
Anyone can join & it’s free.
Get involved by coming to our meetings advertised
in the news-sheet or call Jane on 52376335 or Judi on 52376318
anytime.
AGM is in June - we always want your ideas, direction
and energy .…
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Warm
Winter Words Book 2 A
collection of writing from the Otways
Remember the
collection of writings from the Otways that
Arts Council published as a Warm Winter Words
book in 2000?
We have been successful in receiving funding
from the Shire & the Regional Arts Fund
to do another one.
It will be of similar format but this time will
include an editing process.See below for editor
details.
Look through your writings or write something
new and submit via our collection box at the
Apollo Bay Newsagency (located under the news-sheet
box) or submit by email to jgross@aapt.net.au.
Deadline is Monday 27th November.
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| Community
Arts Project Awaits Funding Outcome
We have just submitted an application
to
VicHealth to fund 'Youthscape' - community artists
will work with Youth Club users and the community
to design and create artworks for the grounds
of the Youth Club Hall. It will culminate in an
opening celebration to coincide with Steiner &
Permaculture's Spring Festival. A partnership
between Apollo Bay Arts, Youth Club, Steiner by
the Sea & Permaculture. Funding outcome is
December.
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Editor
- Nadine Davidoff
Bestelling author Michelle
de Kretser once said that the excitement she
feels when she is offered a book contract is
not so much that her work will be published,
but that it will be edited. ‘No one will
read my work as carefully as my editor –
not even my mother!’ she saidI
In offering my services as an editor to the
Otway Writers’ Group, I aim to read each
submission with care, respect and attentiveness.
My approach will be to highlight the strengths
of each piece, and to offer suggestions about
how the author might develop their writing further,
if they choose to. I will also look at elements
that may not be working so well, and suggest
how the piece might be improved and made more
effective.
Rather than be prescriptive, I would prefer
the process to be collaborative and informal,
where I converse with the writer about their
submission, using their thoughts and intentions
for the piece and my responses to it as the
basis for a discussion about the writing and
editing process
.Nadine Davidoff
www.nadinedavidoff.com.au
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Of Our Foreshore |
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In 1994, the Victorian Arts Council
(now named Regional Arts Victoria), with whom the
Apollo Bay Arts Council is affiliated, offered the
Creative Village Initiative to regional communities.
Beginning in 1995, Apollo Bay was successful in
the receipt of
Creative Village funds along with
financial support from the local
Foreshore Committee of Management
to target the foreshore Market site.
Colac Adult and Community
Education Inc was successful in
their New Work Opportunities
application for funds from DEET for the employment
of 12 participants and a supervisor for the development
of the foreshore.
This included the Creative Village Project and meant
that the team employed could carry out the landscaping
works for the site, enabling a group of the participants
to sculpt poles under the guidance of John McColl,
also part of the team of 12.
John guided artists and novices through the process
of sculpting 14 poles, 5 of which he personally
sculpted.
Download the Flyer in PDF
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