Now known as the ANL Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition, the award promotes excellence in maritime and seafaring subjects in art and assists in raising the profile of the 1.5 million merchant seafarers responsible for transporting more than 90 per cent of world trade.

Global efforts to improve conditions for seafarers are constant, as has been the provision of welfare services by the MTSV since 1857 in the Port of Melbourne.  The ANL Art Prize is an important event made possible with thanks to naming rights sponsor ANL, corporate sponsors, the contributing artists and the individuals who give their time and expertise to curate, judge and select the works.

All works exhibited are for sale and pay a 33% commission toward supporting seafarers’ welfare.

Entries close Monday 2nd September 2013, 2012.

The exhibition is open for public viewing from 3rd – 27th October, 2013  at the historic seafarers’ centre at 717 Flinders Street, Docklands from 12 noon – 7pm Tuesday – Sunday

More details can be found at the Mission to Seafarers Victoria website, here

Venue: Drum Theatre – Cnr Walker Street and Lonsdale Street, Dandenong (VIC)
When: 16 May 2013 8pm

Presented by Ilbijerri Theatre Company
An extraordinary tale written and told by one of the nation’s near forgotten treasures.

Uncle Jack Charles is an Australian legend: veteran actor, musician, Koori elder, activist and, until recently, heroin addict and cat-burglar. This is a show about his life – told by him.

From Stolen Generation to Koori theatre in the 70s, from film sets to Her Majesty’s prisons, Jack Charles V The Crown runs the gamut of a life lived to its utmost. Charles’ unswerving optimism transforms this tale of addiction, crime and doing time into a kind of vagabond’s progress – a map of the traps of dispossession and a guide to reaching the age of grey-haired wisdom.

Accompanied by a three-piece band, this one-man show is a theatrical delight and a celebration brought to us by the oldest Indigenous theatre company in Australia.

Contains strong language and adult themes.
75 minutes, no interval.

Tickets:
A: $45
M: $35
C: $40
G4+: $40
U25: $25

Photo by Bindi Cole

Ticket Information:
Tickets available at the Drum Theatre box office – phone 9771 6666 or buy tickets online.

World Knit in Public Day is unique, in that it’s the largest knitter run event in the world. Each local event is put together by a volunteer or a group of volunteers. They each organize an event because they want to, not because they have to. They bring their own fresh ideas into planning where the event should be held, and what people would like to do.

If you’re interested in organising an event, gather your knitting friends together and find a place to Knit in Public! It could be at a cafe, in a shopping mall, outside in a park or anywhere at all.

WWKiP Day is really about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity in a very distinct way. In some places there are many different knitting groups that never interact with each other, on WWKiP Day they come together in one place, making them hard to miss.

In 2005, there were about 25 local events around the world. In 2006, there were about 70 local events, and in 2007, almost 200. In 2008, there were 800 events, and in 2009, 751 events.

Over the years there have been local events in Australia, China, England, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United States and so many more countries.

WWKiP Day takes now takes place from the second Saturday to the third Sunday of June each year; making it a week long celebration of knitting and other fiber arts. So grab your needles, find a public place and start knitting!

More information can be found at the world Knit In Public day website, here.

Kate continued this theme during her residency here and here we present some of the beautiful works she has created while here.

All of our 2013 Artist in Residence’s will be showing their final work in an exhibition from the 8 November – 8 December here at Heritage Hill. It’s going to be an amazing exhibition, so mark it in your diaries now!

Thomas Street Car Park
Level 5, 50 Thomas Street, Dandenong

Through a series of precise cuts, this bollard departs from the rhythm of the car park expressed rigidly aligned concrete columns and repetitive architectural structures.

Through Rowlands carefully considered reconfiguring of the bollard, audiences are invited to see the object as an entirely new form or to read it back into its former self. In doing so, the opportunity exists to reflect on the wider process of change.

First up – Kids On The Case where our participants found insteresting items from around Benga and created ideas about their possible histories:

“I had to dial”

“the corsets they wore”
“why is there no butler’s room?”
“Why is there no oil portrait?”

Next up, Ancient Tales, a story telling workshop and tales shared from many cultures:

making a story cube to help inspire stories

More story cubes being created

performing the story out under the fig trees

Last for today was our Old Fashioned Games Festival:

Table Soccer, played with straws and pom poms

3 Legged Race

Even the parents joined in the fun and games!

12pm–5pm

Enjoy a chilled-out Autumn afternoon at a fun, free event featuring live music, family-friendly entertainment and a host of activities.
Autumn Fest will be held at Keysborough’s Wachter Reserve and is a great chance to meet with friends and family for a relaxed afternoon in the park.
Music lovers can grab one of our colourful bean bags and settle in for some live music including performances from the amazing Victorian Police Band Code One, a traditional didgeridoo performance and several talented local and emerging artists.
You can also take part in the many free activities including:

• a 10-metre rock climbing wall
• ride inside the ground zorb balls
• visit the special Under 5s world
• try sports activities including squash, soccer, cricket and more
• arts and crafts
• and much more

There will also be roving performers, food and market stalls and give-aways.

Next up we have two exhibitions – Colours of Seniors Imaginations in Laurel Lodge and Dreamtime Aboriginal Artists Exhibition in Benga. Both these exhibitions are open from next Friday, so come and visit some beautiful art by local artists

Project participants will work with a professional animator to develop a group story, based on their own life experiences, and create an original short animation film. The project will explore storytelling, storyboarding, film production and various animation techniques, with a focus on using the iPad as an animation tool.

The project runs on Saturdays from 1-4pm at North Melbourne Town Hall, starting Sat 20 April and running for 12 weeks. A small weekly fee will be agreed depending on circumstances and funding package.

If you’re interested, or know someone else who would be, please contact Wild@heART on 9326 9970 or info@wildatheart.org.au.

Wild@heART’s most recent animation project, You See Me, was recently screened at the Other Film Festival, at Moscow’s Breaking Down The Barriers disability film festival, and is soon to be screened on Federation Square’s big screen. You can view the You See Me animations at http://www.youtube.com/wildatheartcommunity.