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COOROY COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS MARKET
CHRISTMAS in Cooroy will be bigger than ever this year with Cooroy Future Group hosting a community Christmas Market at Butter Factory Arts Centre (BFAC)!
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At 4pm on December 10 BFAC will transform into a Christmas wonderland, hosting 50 market stalls! There will be free, live music with two local bands; Soul Tree Union and Nizami, from 4 – 9pm. As a special act for the kids, we are featuring ‘Larrikin Puppets’ who will give a wildly funny free show at 5pm on the lawn out the front of the Butter Factory.
Shop local and support our creative community by finding a unique, handmade gift for a loved one this Christmas.
We will have food trucks plus a popup bar and the annual Australian Pottery Throwdown will also be on show at the Christmas Market, happening in the BFAC Pottery Studio, located to the left of the Butter Factory building. There will be eight experienced potters demonstrating wheel throwing and creating masterpieces in front of a live audience, starting at 5pm.
Get your creative fill all before dusk when the annual Christmas tree lighting occurs at 7pm in the town centre thanks to the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce.
This event is free and family friendly with plenty of magical and exciting performances to enjoy. Don’t miss this opportunity to see our vibrant creative artisans and support them by taking home one-of-a-kind Christmas gift. December 10 from 4pm. Butterfactory Arts Centre, 11A Maple Street, Cooroy. www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au
TIME FOR A SQUEEZE
[SQUEEZE] is a catalyst for visual art educators, from a diversity of working environments, to share in the common aim of allocating time to maintain or refresh their art making. This collaborative exhibition and innovative opportunity provides valuable professional development and community engagement. [SQUEEZE] is held on a biennial basis and 2021 will be the ninth exhibition in the series. Exhibition dates are December 3 to January 16. It will present approx 40 diverse artworks from over 30 artist/educators, from close to 20 different public and private schools from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions. Butter Factory Arts Centre 11A Maple Street, Cooroy www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au
Lilliana, Olivia and Emma our youngest stampers had a wonderful day.
ANOTHER Annual Christmas Card Charity Workshop is done and dusted. We are so grateful to our local cardmakers and paper crafters for their participation in our 5th annual event. Many thanks to Cooroy RSL for hosting our event raising funds for the ’Footprint Card Program’. Also to Live Life Pharmacy, Richies Bakery and Serene Thai for their donations.
We welcomed Brisbane Stampin’ Up! demonstrators Liz Collett and Zena Kennedy on the day, along with Gaye Schrader, Barbara Boesten and Jill Potts.
DECEMBER AT BFAC
DECEMBER 4:
Workshop – Watercolour Painting with Phil Egan
JANUARY 29:
Workshop – Expressive Drawing Masterclass with Kerry Wilson Butter Factory Arts Centre, 11A Maple Street, Cooroy. www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au
Art on the right track
CARRIAGE ROOM BANANA SHED GALLERY
‘Adorned with Magnolia, Brenda meets the Lyrebird.’
This new exhibition by local artist Julie St Aubyn is a visual diary of her views from hotel quarantine and beyond.
“When I found myself spending two weeks in hotel quarantine, I was luckily equipped with drawing equipment and a view of a wetland and the abundant bird life that lived there. Each day I listened to the radio and recorded my thoughts and observations in drawings.
“I explored my feelings of isolation and separation. In the past year I have used these sketches as the basis for a series of paintings that form the framework of my exhibition,” Julie says. On display from December 4 to 30, Carriage Room, Pomona Railway Gallery
For the month of December our lovely Banana Shed gallery will be transformed into a delightful ‘Artisan Store’. This showcase exhibition will be celebrating over 30 works from our creative and talented local members.
There’ll be a variety of unique handmade pieces, including ceramics, jewellery, hand painted silk, eco-dyed works, sculpture, paintings, prints and more.
Nothing priced above $100 and you’ll even get a chance to meet some of our talented artisans.
We invite you to come down, enjoy the beautiful grounds of the Gallery and support our local artistic community. Open until December 24. Pomona Railway Gallery, 10 Station St, Pomona www.pomonartgallery.com
KIN KIN ART FAIR REVIVES THE VIBE
THE tiny village of Kin Kin with one shop, a cafe and a hotel (currently closed for renovation) recently proved that it can still punch above its weight especially when it comes to ART.
An astonishing 620 visitors and locals descended on the town’s School of the Arts hall on Sunday November 7 to enjoy the inaugural Kin Kin Art Fair.
So successful was the day - with 17 artists’ work on display, lots of sales and ‘a great vibe’ - that the Art Fair is going to be on again next month.
The Kin Kin Community Group, which staged the FREE art fair to give artists a chance to exhibit and sell their work without having to pay a fee or commission, is putting on the Kin
Kin Christmas Art Fair at the School of the Arts on Sunday December 5 starting at 8am.
“I’ll be there with bells on,” promised Cooroy ceramicist Tania
Edwards who along with painters, jewellers and mosaic artists from
Kin Kin, Cooran, Pomona, Mothar
Mountain and Wolvi attended the first Fair and was thrilled with the public attendance and positive sales. So too was Gympie great Peter
Hughes, who painted four new canvases during the day and sold some of his larger works. Peter will again be showing off his extraordinary skills with brush, palette knife - and even fingers - at the Christmas Art Fair where he will be joined by several new artists as well as those who previously participated.
As well as attending the Art Fair, visitors to Kin Kin can enjoy a morning stroll around the village’s re-energised market on the Showground. Admission to both the market and Art Fair is free so here’s a shout out to everyone: come along and enjoy the artistic vibe of Kin Kin and buy art for Christmas!
The Emperor’s new clothes
Susan and Margaret sorting out the costumes
NOOSA Arts Theatre is delighted to announce their traditional favourite pantomime show is back with a blast in 2022 after last year’s enforced COVID-19 hiatus. This will be director Susan Dearnley’s ninth pantomime.
The show is Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy-tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes with a brilliant panto twist.
When the egotistical and clothes-obsessed, Emperor Fancypants engages con-artists Nip and Tuck, to make him the most fabulous outfit, they fool him into purchasing a suit of clothes so finely made, that only the most intelligent of people can actually see it. Unfortunately the costs keep escalating, until the kingdom is virtually bankrupt. After much comedy business, the Emperor’s eyes are finally opened by an innocent child, and Nip and Tuck’s trickery is finally exposed.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the cast numbers are slightly lower but out of the wonderful cast of 21, 11 are returnees to the pantomime stage which just confirms how much actors both young and old love this genre. As we know it’s a huge amount of fun for not only the kids who can get involved but the adults can revert into their childhood days and enjoy the ride too.
The show is on for three weekends opening on Saturday January 8 and closing Sunday January 23. There are two shows both on the Saturday, 11am and 2pm and on Sunday, 1pm and 4pm. So don’t miss out on this fun adventure. Book now to avoid disappointment. BOOK ONLINE noosaartstheatre.org.au or phone 5449 9343. Counter Sales: Tues to Fri 10am to 2pm. 163 Weyba Road, Noosaville.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy & Safe 2022
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ART generates the animal in Fiona Groom, this months YLL cover girl!
The well-known hinterland artist excels in bringing nature’s creatures to life on canvas, often in quite quirky style – and her latest exhibition will be on show outside the Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, on December 10, from 4-7pm, as part of the Christmas in Cooroy celebrations.
“As an artist I like to create emotion, response and narrative in my work,” Fiona said.
“The natural world, but mainly animal life is what inspires and enlightens me on the directions I need to take, and as a new composition slowly comes to life, the painting establishes itself with its own story, its own response to evoke and a sentiment that lingers on.”
Fiona’s work is enjoyed far and wide, including being on display in Florence, Italy, Scotland, and the US. She also donated various works for the Explorers Against Extinction presentation in London.
She was also featured in a TV episode of Put Some Colour in Your Life.
Here at home, Fiona has exhibited in numerous state and national arts festivals, and locally she has participated as a volunteer in the local artistic community as well as working in several galleries across the Coast.
Fiona’s local volunteering has involved her in an assortment of local community events, including Noosa Open Studios, group exhibitions, exhibition installation and facilitate art projects, children’s art workshops, painting workshops, plus art group tutoring and community-based artisan markets.
She has also had the chance to make her animal art large-scale with the creation of a variety of murals that can be found across the Coast and surrounds.
Fiona’s creative journey started early, taking her through a series of art diplomas, culminating in an arts double degree majoring in fine arts and visual culture.
Christmas in Cooroy is expected to attract thousands of locals and visitors, and Fiona’s art will share a platform with a variety of fellow artisans and potters in a market-style setting.
The Butter Factory Arts Centre is on Maple Street in the town centre.
For more details on Fiona Groom, visit www.fmgfionagroomvisualartist.com.
CHRISTMAS IN COOROY
POSSUMTrail
Find all the Possums in the Shop Windows for a chance to WIN $300
Pick up an Entry Form & Find all the Possums in the windows of the businesses listed below, write the Possum Number on the line with the corresponding business. Once you have found them all (write your name & phone number on the back of the Entry Form), then drop your entry into the Christmas Post Box outside of Wimmers Factory Shop & Save on Garnet Street, Winner drawn 17 December [T & Cs apply] Entry Forms available at participating Businesses
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