BEGINNINGS & ENDINGS

COUTURE OF PASSION ends this Sunday. This popular exhibition has been a huge success with audiences and will be making way for A IS FOR ANIMALS: AN A TO Z OF ANIMALS IN WAR fresh from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday 6 November at 6pm with special guest Dr Benn Bryant, Senior Verterinarian, Taronga Western Plains Zoo.

REGIONAL ART SPACE applications will be closing next Friday 6 November. Regional Artists are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to realise an exhibition at the Centre for 2010/11. Application forms can be found here.

The ANIMAL IN ART lecture series continues with a lecture to conincide with A IS FOR ANIMALS. To be held on Thursday 26 November, the lecture will explore Animals in War Zones and feature speakers from both the WPCC and Taronga Western Plains Zoo. The lecture will held be held at 7pm in the QantasLink Auditorium. Entry by gold coin donation.

Sunday 1 November is the inaugural ART MARKETS at the WPCC. Come down to the Centre anytime from 10am - 1pm and check the stalls and exhibitors and support this fantastic local initiative.

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THIS WEEKEND CALLED ART

FARE YE WELL

Adnan Begic, Curator WPCC is leaving the Centre to pursue other opportunities. Adnan has finished this week after an 18-month stint in Dubbo. We would like to thank Adnan for his contribution to the Centre during this time and wish him well for his future endeavours. Thanks Adnan!

Kent Buchanan will be Acting Curator until the position is filled. Lea Tucker will be Acting Assistant Curator.

TIME TO READ

Reading Time will be staged in the Children's Gallery each Thursday at 11am until 6 December as part of Hooked On Books: The Albert Ullin Collection. All are welcome and its FREE.

THIS WEEKEND CALLED ART

This Business Called Art will be held this weekend (Saturday 24) at the WPCC. The ever-popular professional development workshops for artists will present three aspects of the art business. See previous blog post for details. Hurry book now!

SANG SONG SUNG
Penny Volkofsky will be giving an artist talk this Saturday 24 at 2pm about her installation Singing in the Regional Art Space. Entry Free.

LODE-ING ZONE
WPCC is pleased to present The Line of Lode & Death of Charlie Day by 2009 Blake Prize winner Angelica Mesiti in the New Media Space. Mesiti (who is also a member of the multimedia powerhouse The Kingpins) participated in a Broken Hill Art Exchange in 2002 and 2007. This video is the culmination of a collaboration with the community of Broken Hill. The Line of Lode... will be on display until 31 January 2010. (Watch out for the 2009 Blake Prize at WPCC in 2010)

AY 2 ZEE
Next up in the Main Gallery is A is for animals: An A to Z of Animals in War. This exhibition from the Australian War Memorial (AWM), was extremely popular whilst in display in Canberra. Using objects from the vast collection of the AWM, this exhibition will provide insight into the hitherto little known role animlas play in warfare. The official opening will be held on Friday 6 Novmber from 6 - 8pm. Special guest speaker will be Dr Benn Bryant, Senior Veterinarian, Taronga Western Plains Zoo. The exhibition will be on display from 7 November 2009 - 31 January 2010.

Until next time........

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(R)october 2009

The Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) is a veritable nest of activity this October with a host of new shows and events to inspire and provoke.

• In the Main Gallery is Couture of Passion: Costumes of Dame Joan Sutherland from the Opera Australia Collection which has been a big hit with audiences.
• The Children's Gallery is playing host to an amazing array of original ilustrations from some of the most well-known Australian children's picture books from the collection of Albert Ullin (pioneering Melbourne children's book specialist). Hooked On Books will make you revisit your childhood bookshelf.
• The Project Gallery features the amazing digital photomosaics of Spanish artist Joan Fontcuberta. Googlegrams features images created by the artist using Google Images and a host of search terms.
• The Regional Art Space features a moving installation by local artist Penny Volkofsky. Singing features exquisitely constructed dresses formed out of relief-printed tissue paper. The works stand as memorials to individuals interred in the Dubbo Cemetery.
• The New Media Space features an interactive project entitled Intimate Transactions. Developed by the Transmute Collective, the piece features a body-shelf on which the participant stands and controls an avatar on a screen, using only their body. An identical set-up at the Albury Regional Gallery, allows both particpants to interact on-screen.
• The Museum Space features an exhibition entitled Dubbo 10: Community Voices which features objects from the Dubbo Regional Museum collection. 10 members of the Dubbo community were asked to respond to the objects and the results are a fascinating insight into the collection.
• Check out are Fabulous Fifties display in the foyer display cases. Curated and sourced by WPCC Ambassador Mary Ratcliffe, it features a trove of objects that will take you back to those crazy 1950s.

READ TO ME
Each Thursday morning at 11am, join our WPCC Ambassadors for book readings in the Children's Gallery until 6 December. All are welcome (there's plenty of pillows) and its free. Discover old favourites as well as new books you may not know.

50/50 VISION
This Saturday 17 October sees the Centre celebrate its 3rd birthday with a 1950s inspired family fun day. Continuing our decade-inspired events (last year's 20s theme was positively smashing), this year will see a visual explosion of the Fabulous Fifties! There'll be heaps of entertainment, food, exhibitions, dancing demonstrations, hula hoop competitions, 50s displays, music, movies.....fun for one and all! The celebrations kick off at 5pm and continue until 8pm. All are welcome and its FREE!

NO SILLY BUSINESS
Saturday 24 October sees the next installment of the ever-popular professional development workshops for artists This Business Called Art. This session will feature 3 speakers discussing differing aspects of the art world - Curator Dr Julia Jones will present a session devoted to the fundamentals of Curating, Arts Lawyer Rebecca Laubi will explore the legal realm in relation to arts practice, and the Artists Anonymous session, Euan McLeod will give us the good oil on his career and experiences as a successful contemporary artist. The workshop will end with an artist talk by current Regional Art Space exhibiting artist Penny Volkofsky, about her haunting installation Singing. The workshop kicks of at 9am and will conclude at 4pm. Registration fee is $25 and includes morning tea and lunch. Contact the Centre on 02 6801 4444 for your space now!

MARK IT
The WPCC will be the venue for the inaugural Art Markets on Sunday 1 November from 10am - 1pm. The markets are being organised by the leader of our hardworking Guides, Waste to Art coordinator and general WPCC stalwart, Lee Cooper. Lee is keen to hear from any artists wishing to set up a stall on the day. Says Lee - "Artists are encouraged to set up a display of their works on the grassy area between the Outlook Cafe and No. 3 Oval (Cricket Oval). One should bring an umbrella (hoping for a sunny day), easels to display, folding chair/table and some float money. There will be access to some easels from the WPCC, and if the weather is inclement, works will be displayed in the QantasLink Auditorium." Further information is available from Lee Cooper on 02 6884 3498.

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