Archive for July, 2010
The poetic image to be polished in Batemans Bay
One of Australia’s truly significant poets will give a workshop in Batemans Bay in August. Susan Hampton is that rare combination, a poet and editor, and this makes her a teacher of poetry with an insight into both the creative process and polishing a poem for publication. Susan’s work has been praised by critics for [...]
International poets read in Nowra
Three of China’s most promising emerging poets and two award-winning Australian poets will present an afternoon of public poetry readings in Nowra.
This free literary event will be held from 2pm until 4pm on 24 July at the Manse on Kinghorn Street Nowra, (opposite Aldi). The readings from Debby Sou Vai Keng, Iris Fan Xing [...]
Lost Frescoes – new exhibition from Gerringong artist
Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes.
What would the Romans think of this exhibition?
‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, www.shoalhavenartscentre.com.au explores a response to place, antiquity, lost surfaces and ancient imagery. It evolved from 6 weeks in Italy exploring ancient art, [...]
Matthew Hill – south coast photographer
Matthew Hill’s interest in photography first began as a teenager in the 1970s with the purchase of his first SLR camera. Working in black and white film, he started out taking street scenes throughout Sydney. He then undertook a photographic course at the Ultimo Tech as it was called then. Apart from this formal training Matthew is self [...]
Snapshot of Berry – new blog
Berry artist and photography, Kim Dove, has started a new blog to document the development of her Snapshot of Berry photography project.
http://snapsofberrybook.wordpress.com
Scarlet Stiletto 2010 offers $4750 prize money
SISTERS IN CRIME AUSTRALIA
The Sisters in Crime Australian annual Scarlet Stiletto Women’s Crime and Mystery Short Story Competition is on again. The awards, Australia’s only crime writing competition for women, is celebrating its 17th birthday and offering $4750 in prize money. The awards, organised by Sisters in Crime Australia, are Australia’s most lucrative crime-writing competition for either gender. Story length is [...]
Upcoming South Coast Writers Centre workshops
SCWC WORKSHOPS
Poetry workshop with Susan Hampton – 14 August 2010
Please bring with you 15 copies of 3 pages of your poems/writing. In this workshop we’ll explore working with imagery, and the concept of point of view in poetry. We’ll look at techniques for making your poems stronger and more memorable. We will workshop a few [...]
Sheahan Galleries winter season in Wollongong’s northern suburbs
In two exhibitions, Sue Smalkowski and Mitchell English explore different aspects of the coastal environment.
Smalkowski’s paintings portray both the minutiae of rock pools and the magnificence of the Illawarra escarpment. In this new body of work, Smalkowski has employed the subtleties of an accomplished watercolorist with her lush painterly oils to capture nature’s intimate beauty [...]
