Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
April is shaping up to be a busy month at the Newstead Arts Hub, featuring the launch of the thought-provoking Rudderless exhibition and a hands-on traditional straw plaiting workshop. The Hub also continues its popular weekly Art Hang sessions and invites community members to consider membership. Exhibition: Rudderless Opening this weekend, Rudderless is an experimental…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
The brilliant artist John Wolsely, getting close to nature at Cascade Gallery. Photo courtesy Rob Leeson. Visiting an art gallery might seem like something that only tourists do, but there’s nothing stopping locals from enjoying art in their own town. Indeed, the current exhibition at Cascade Art Gallery, featuring etchings and paintings by John Wolseley,…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Maggie Smith as Miss Jean Brodie, Prime. Maldon Golden Movies kicked off the year with ‘une belle soirée’ of cheese, wine and a gentle French film in February. It was lovely to catch up with returning members and some new faces in 2025. It is never too late to join: MGM welcomes new members at…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Jemma resting – Oil on linen, Liadaan. It’s time to drop in to the MANet Art Gallery to see a particularly interesting exhibition of the work of three women. Two new MANet members are currently on show at Maldon’s bijou gallery, together with guest printmaker Leah Mow-Yoffee. Leah said that this exhibition is a retrospective…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Artists invited to submit for Wildflowers installation. A new project involving Mount Alexander Shire Council in partnership with Castlemaine Art Museum and Buda Historic Home and Garden seeks artists to celebrate the lives of a group of local women through public art. ‘Wildflowers’ is the name of a permanent art installation, located at the Castlemaine…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
John Wolseley. Photography Brodie Ellis. The Magnificent Return of Bilbies, Bettongs and Hare Wallabies to Newhaven Don’t miss the opening by Robyn Davidson OAM of the next exhibition at the Cascade Art Gallery at 2pm on Saturday 8 March. John Wolseley’s exquisite prints of strange little creatures in their native habitat are delightful and very…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Harcourt Applefest and Art Show on the move. The 2025 Applefest will be bigger and better. It has outgrown James Park and the Harcourt Heritage Centre so in 2025 the Art Show and the Applefest is re-locating to Harcourt Recreation Reserve, Cnr Binghams Road and Mills Road, Harcourt. The Art Show is to be held…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Fleeting Fields: A Pop-Up Sculpture Park Sunday 30 March, 12 4pm Artists are invited to transform the landscape surrounding the Newstead Arts Hub with spontaneous sculptures, performances, and creative interventions, all with a focus on sustainability. Work individually, collaborate with others, or involve the public in bringing your vision to life. Photographers and filmmakers are…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Young Muckleford artist’s work hits the road. Thea Sydes of Muckleford, who was recently presented a Mount Alexander Youth Award in Music and the Arts, is a multi-talented artist with a passion for nature and so was the perfect candidate to create a gorgeous design for the side of a waste collection truck. Thea is…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
Julie Andrews. Photo courtesy of Leon Schoot. No this is not about the singer, but the artist Julie Andrews whose landscapes are both mysterious and meditations on the early evening or twilight time, when everything is softer and dream like. They are on show at Cascade Art Gallery in a highly desirable exhibition of work…
To access this post, you must purchase a Subscription.
Keep up with the locals!
