Come to the Cabaret!

SATURDAY 21^ST JULY 2012

RAVENSTHORPE TOWN HALL

6.30 pm TO 12.30 am

Music by JAY WESTON

And the

TIPSY GYPSIES

This is a free community event sponsored by the Shire of Ravensthorpe to celebrate the refurbishment of the Ravensthorpe Town Hall

Bar Facilities, Italian Themed Meal available 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Bus from Hopetoun

Meal  & Bus Bookings Essential

Ph Hopetoun CRC 98383962 Ravensthorpe CRC 98381340  

Found Art Project

Sculpted animals are popping up all over the place as students from RDHS participate in a 'found art' project coordinated by Mel Daw of the Ravy Arts Council. Stories from the sculptures' travels are being shared by the people who discover them in obscure places and are inspired or touched by their encounter with the whimsical wire creatures. To read some of these stories click on the found art tab at the top of the page - or from the blog list to your right. In the meantime keep your eyes peeled, you never know where the next one is hiding!

Drawing figures and making a mark at fri night art!

Braving the cold and drizzle, a stalwart few made it to this weeks Friday art gathering and put pencil, ink, charcoal, pastel and bleach, (yes bleach) to paper!
Taking it in turns to hold 30 sec to 2 min poses the aim was to play with the materials and draw expressive and gestural lines.
Part two continues next Friday, hope to see you at the Dunnart gallery, Ravensthorpe 7pm

Find us on Facebook!

Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council can now be found on Facebook!
see www.facebook.com/raveaboutarts to find us, like us and stay uptodate with all the news and upcoming arts and cultural events in our region

Successful Funding Application!!

Exciting news: we have been successful in our grant application to CANWA's Sharing Stories fund (Community Arts Network WA) for the upcoming exciting project with Carina Hoang, the author of 'Boat People'. This was a very competitive and over subscribed pool and is a partnership funding program between CANWA and Healthway.

You can read more about CANWA through a link to their website (see right) or by looking through their recent publication, which is on the coffee table at the Ravensthorpe Community Resource Centre's lounge area!

Read more about this project

Farm Gate Art Workshops

SCULPTURE WORKSHOPS

FARM GATE ART PROJECT 2012 

THEME: “WILDFLOWERS OF OUR REGION”

Come and learn how to weld scrap metals and old farm implements together to make a sculpture for your front gate  alongside Artists Jodie Ditchburn & Tania Spencer.

 Learn techniques and skills that teach you:

• how to identify and prepare metals to weld,
• basic stick welding & grinding welds clean,
• plasma cutting
• spot welding
• working with wire
• designing in metal

WHEN:

Workshop No 1: Saturday 30th June & Sunday 1st July 2012,

Workshop No 2: Saturday 28th July & Sunday 29th July 2012

TIME:  9am till 3pm each day

WHERE: RAVENSTHORPE, Venue TBA

COST: $50 for the 2 DAY workshop

REGISTER NOW SPACES FILLING QUICKLY

Sculptures will be placed around the shire for locals and visitors to enjoy in a “Self Drive Art Trail”.

We are also interested in hearing from farmers who are willing to part with their junk and areas on farms or gateways/entrances for sculptures to be installed. 

Enquiries please contact: Keren Stokes 0488 340555 or email:tim-stokes@bigpond.com

Art group now on EVERY friday!