Illawarra Folk Festival attracts 160 acts
Kiama’s 2019 Australia Day ambassador, Darren Coggan, is the opening act at this year’s Illawarra Folk Festival. The multi-award-winning country music star, who now calls Helensburgh home, is hailed as […]
Category Archives: The Arts
Five top picks for Folk By The Sea
Kiama’s annual folk festival is on this month at Kiama Showground, from September 21-23. With 45 acts and 100 performances over three days, there will be plenty to choose from. […]
Gerringong PS enters Sculptures at Killalea
From Gerringong Public School: For the second time, Gerringong Public School has an entry in the Sculptures at Killalea festival, alongside another eleven primary and high schools from across the […]
40th Kiama Art Society Exhibition
Kiama Art Society members are making final preparations for their Annual Exhibition. More than 300 paintings will be on display, with all of them for sale. After nine years, Judy […]
Next crop of portrait artists
Kiama Art Society’s annual Little Archies attracted approximately 200 entries from students of the five primary schools in the district. Deputy Mayor Kathy Rice opened the well attended three day event […]
First outing for our Speigeltent
This year’s KISS Arts Fest is the first occasion to enjoy what is hoped will be a semi-permanent arts venue for us – the Kazador Speigeltent. “This will be some […]
Matinee success
Those involved with the establishment of the Kiama Matinee Theatre are very excited to reveal that their first production, the farce Murder Upstairs Downstairs at Upton Priory, raised over $5600 […]
Sculptor donates wind homage
Gerringong has a piece of public art in its main street thanks to the generosity of local sculptor Michael Greve. He created Homage to the Offshore Wind to show respect […]
Local artist wins major art prize
Jamberoo’s Helinka Orszulok has won the $50,000 Glover Art Prize at her first attempt. The prize is awarded each year for the best contemporary landscape painting of Tasmania. The artist […]
Celebrating strong women
Inspired by the burgeoning social media campaign Project Strong Women, Bruce Ferguson and Jamie Cole of the Little Blowhole Art Bar, asked photographers and artists from the local area to […]
