ARTS CELEBRATION IN BURNETT HEADS!
For many years the Lighthouse Festival has been a main stay in Burnett Heads. Originally developed as a way to promote and develop local talent and businesses, the event grew to be loved by many. Unfortunately though, like most good things, it came to an end in 2021. However in 2022 we introducing a new event. COTA or Celebration of the Arts. Not to be confused with the Council of the Aging, our event is here to celebrate art in all the forms it takes.
WEAVING A WRAPPED CORD BASKET with ELAINE KIRK
Are you keen on recycling jeans, t shirts, fabrics, ribbons, threads etc?
Does making a basket that’s colourful, messy, funky and stitched with random stitches, appeal to you?
My next class will be making a “Wrapped Cord Basket”.
I will show you how to make the cord using recycled fabrics and threads. Then we will stitch this cord to make a very funky, colourful, original basket.
Date: Saturday 14 September
Time: 9am to 12pm. Morning Tea Provided
Cost: $70 +booking fee (Limited Spots Available)
Location: Burnett Heads Community Hall – 19 Zunker St, Burnett Heads
Materials provided: All materials provided
Cyanotype (sun print) on fabric workshop with William Debois
Learn how to harness the powers or sunlight to create unique and beautiful artworks on fabric, using the simple and ancestral process of cyanotype printing, also known as sun printing. During this 3 hour long workshop, you will explore the principles behind the technique and quickly move to making your own prints on textile surfaces. You will learn how visual art and Science can combine to make prints using only basic and safe chemicals, UV light, and water. Through experimentation and adapting basic techniques, you will quickly progress to using shapes, textures and toning products to create decorative prints on fabric that are as unique as you are.
About the workshop facilitator:
William Debois is a French / Australian visual artist with a background in photography and storytelling. Trained in France, England and Germany, when film photography was the only choice, William feels as confident with traditional photographic techniques as with digital technologies. Currently based in the Gladstone Region since 2013, he has learnt to take advantage of the powerful Queensland sun to explore a very personal visual language using the ancient cyanotype process. The simplicity and speed of printing with the sun allows him to experiment endlessly with this 200 year old process, mixing and adapting techniques to express ideas that extend or offer an alternative to his photographic work. His cyanotype prints been featured in a number of group exhibitions already and the process is central to a larger body of work currently in development.
Date: Saturday 12 October
Time: 9am to 12pm. Morning Tea Provided
Cost: $70 +booking fee (Limited Spots Available)
Location: Burnett Heads Community Hall – 19 Zunker St, Burnett Heads
Materials provided: All materials provided
LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL BURNETT HEADS COMMUNITY RAFFLES
Art & Photography Exhibition 2024
Burnett Heads Community Hall
25 & 26 October 2024.
Opening Night Drinks & Canapes Event – Thursday 24 October
The Burnett Heads Art & Photography Exhibition has developed a reputation for being well organised and easy for artists and photographers to display their work – and for the audience to enjoy it. The exhibition has been extremely popular in Burnett Heads with over 160 pieces of Art in the last show.
SCHOOL ART PROJECT
BACKGROUND
As part of the Burnett Heads Progress and Sports Association Art and Photography Exhibition, the Association will include a School Art Project. Last year, four local schools vied for a perpetual trophy sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bundaberg Central. The winner was Elliott Heads State School.
The theme for 2024 will once again be River, Land, Sea and we encourage the schools to consider their entries covering not just the regions natural resources, but perhaps highlight agriculture, architecture and any other genres associated with use of the regions natural resources.
The following schools have been invited to participate:
Burnett Heads State School, Bargara Primary School, Elliott Heads Primary School, Woongarra Primary School, West Bundaberg Primary School, Kalkie Primary School, Bundaberg East Primary School, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School and St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.
Letters have been sent to the Head of each school for discussion within the School’s Arts family and it is anticipated that entries might be from Years 4 to 6 students, but schools have the option to include younger students if they have specific art groups.
REQUIREMENTS
- Sculpture created by Primary school students using at least some found/recycled resources.
- The sculpture is to depict one or more aspects of the 2024 Art Show Theme of River/Land/Sea.
- The size is to be no more than 50cm x 50cm and mounted on a solid base and weigh no more than 10kgs.
- To ensure transparent judging the name of the school is not to be included in or on the sculpture.
- Entries to be delivered to the Community Hall on Wednesday 23 or Thursday 24 October before 12noon.
Each entry is to be accompanied by a short statement about the sculpture and its creation. - Judging will be based on creativity, how well the sculpture represents the theme and the use of found/recycled items. Judges will be provided with a copy of the statement. Judges will be individuals with no connection to any of the schools.
CONTACTS
Barb Kruger – Ph 0412 635 199
Gayle Mason – Ph 0401 538 019
The Celebration of the Arts is brought to you by
Contact Us
Please feel welcome to get in touch with us no matter what aspect of the festival your enquiry relates to.
Burnett Heads Progress & Sports Association Incorporated
P.O Box 9041, Burnett Heads QLD 4670
By Email: burnettheadsprogress@yahoo.com.au