Work has started on the refurbishment and conversion of Ballina’s Old Council Chambers, pictured, into the Northern Rivers Community Art Gallery.
Transfield Services commenced work this week on the substantial redevelopment of the Old Council Chambers, Ballina, which is expected to take 10-12 weeks to complete.
The design will maintain the heritage look and feel of the building, […]
The call has gone out for Aboriginal artists in the Ballina Shire area to enter this year’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Northern Rivers Region Aboriginal Art Award.
The award will be held in collaboration with the Grafton Regional Gallery, 158 Fitzroy Street, Grafton from the 4 July to 12 August 2007. The official opening […]
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The ancient art of oral storytelling has been enjoying a revival around the world in the last few decades.
Just as the Slow Food […]
ALP candidate for Ballina Melanie Doriean has welcomed a major boost to arts funding in the area, with the awarding of $232,000 in NSW Government Cultural Grants to local groups.
“The Cultural Grants Program is part of the Iemma Government’s commitment of $29 million in 2007 to support the arts in communities throughout NSW,” Ms Doriean […]
Acclaimed Indigenous actor David Gulpilil will give a public talk on peace and healing during Orientation Week at Southern Cross University.
Mr Gulpilil will be welcomed to kuntri by Bundjalung, Arakwal, Widjabal and Yaegal Elders at a gathering being hosted at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples next week and give his public talk the following […]
Bourbon Street are back — and they’ll perform on the big stage at the Beats on the Beach concert at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, on New Year’s Day.
Lismore-based Bourbon Street gained a national profile in the 1980s and 1990s, recording three albums. The boys even toured in the United States.
They stopped performing in 1993 but […]
Visual artist Jennifer Boyle has combined her love of horses and of early history to create a unique photographic exhibit for Southern Cross University’s Exit 06 Visual Arts exhibition, opening at 5.30pm this Friday, November 3.
Jennifer, from Bangalow, is one of the 53 graduating students whose work will be on display at the University’s Visual […]
Lennox Head residents have welcomed this week’s news that Ballina Shire Council has allocated funding of up to $5 million for a community centre.
The council will call tenders for a detailed design and documentation of the community centre.
However, the council will seek further input from Lennox Head residents to determine if they want the centre […]
They’re whimsical and childish, bizarre and disturbingly surreal.
Some of the best short animations on the planet will be playing at Southern Cross University on October 19 and 20.
Over two days the university is hosting the Australian International Animation Festival (AIAF) featuring ground breaking films from 13 countries.
Sessions include the cult 90s MTV series Aeon Flux, […]
A Southern Cross University visual arts lecturer is one of four Australian ceramic artists invited to China to celebrate the establishment of an Australasian Ceramic Art Museum.
Fiona Fell, an internationally and nationally-recognised ceramic artist, will spend four weeks in Fuping, central China, creating ceramic pieces which will be exhibited in the newly built museum.
“There is […]
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