Creative Gippsland - be inspired - Arts Festival

Creative Gippsland – be inspired! Arts Festival

1 - 31 May 2009

A month-long celebration of the arts across Gippsland

The Creative Gippsland – be inspired! Arts Festival will be inspiring visitors for the entire month of May - with over 150 events happening in galleries, studios and workshops across Gippsland - from Phillip Island to Mallacoota, and everywhere in between.

V/Line can take you to many of these events – find out times and fares by using the Plan Your Journey tool to the left.

Below is a snapshot of upcoming events – grab the complete program online at creativegippsland.com (new window)

Events in focus

Image: Cellist by the river

Music & Manna NEW
Sun 31 May

Enjoy live entertainment while sampling lashings of delicious local food & wines.

Bring the family, the picnic rug, relax & enjoy an autumn afternoon on the beautiful Mitchell River.

Entertainment will be provided by over 50 local musicians, EG Symphonia, EG Brass Band, LE Secondary College jazz ensemble and SCAM9 (woodwind quartet).

Port of Bairnsdale, Mitchell Port Rd on the beautiful Mitchell River, Bairnsdale.
(Picnic Point Hall if inclement weather)
1:00 pm - 4.30pm
Cost: Free
Contact: Andrea Fail 03 5156 2162
Email: dadamj@bigpond.com

Location on a Google map

Image: Painting at "A New World" exhibition in Morwell

A New World NEW
All through May

The Cbus Collection of Australian Art comprises more than three hundred artworks, dating from the mid 1800s to the present day.

A New World presents some of the finest early works from the Collection that reflect the fascination European and Australian artists such as Louis Buvelot and Conrad Martens had for the landscape, light and development of the young colony, reconciling a developing national identity with the strong desire for European approval.

The exhibition also explores the development of Australian art in the early twentieth century and the new modernist approach by artists such as Clarice Beckett and William Dobell.

Latrobe Regional Gallery
Commercial Rd, Morwell
Web: latroberegionalgallery.com (new window)

Get here by catching a V/Line Gippsland line train service to Morwell Station.

The gallery is located on 138 Commercial Rd, approx 200m west of the station.

Image: Creative Yarragon painting

Creative Yarragon

Creative workshops and exhibitions that you can do in an easy daytrip – feltmaking, bookbinding, artist talks – all with great food and coffee nearby. The gateway to Creative Gippsland and only a short walk from the V/Line Yarragon Railway Station.

more info about Creative Yarragon (new window)

Silent Movie Extravaganza

Rare early film and cartoons showing at the Silent Movie Extravaganza at Warragul.

As part of the Creative Gippsland Arts Festival, the Warragul Theatre Organ Society is presenting a Silent Movie Extravaganza - an evening at the movies with comedy capers from the 1920s and 30s.

Recently restored by the National Film and Sound Archive, some previously unseen and rare early footage of film from the earliest days of the cinema, will be showing at the Wesley of Warragul on Sunday 17 May starting at 7pm.

The Wesley Theatre (62 Victoria St, Warragul) is walking distance from the Warragul train station – approx. 800m north.

Location on a Google map (new window)

Tickets:

Family $20 (2 adults/2 children)
extra child $5
single $10

Tickets available at the door

more info about Silent Movie Extravaganza (new window)

Transformer: Views from the Valley

Latrobe Regional Gallery, an easy walk from the Morwell Station, features three great exhibitions during May.

Transformer: Views from the Valley is one of them, bringing together some of the most striking images of the Latrobe Valley and surrounding areas.

Included in the exhibition are Mandy Martin’s monumental paintings of APM and the briquette works, Janina Green’s haunting photographs of the Latrobe River near Yallourn as well as works by some of Australia’s best known artists through drawing, sculpture and printmaking.

Get here by catching a V/Line Gippsland Line train service to Morwell Station.

The gallery is located on 138 Commercial Rd, approx 200m west of the station.

more info about Transformer (new window)

Admission to events

Mix of free and paid events – check the program on creativegippsland.com (new window) for more information.

Image: Artist John McKenzie with a selection of paintings. Picture (c) Ray Cox.

John McKenzie's work is exhibited as part of East Gippsland on Show.

Work is on display at the Twitter exhibition, Nowa Nowa

Getting there – timetables and fares

V/Line operates coach and train services throughout Gippsland.

Use the Plan Your Journey tool (on the left) to plan your journey. Timetables are also available to download as printable PDFs at vline.com.au/timetables

If your journey begins or ends in metropolitan Melbourne, pre-purchase your V/Line ticket. On the day, you can use it to travel on Melbourne metropolitan public transport from your front door all the way to your arrival station at no extra cost.

See Your V/Line ticket is also a Metcard for more info.

Buying V/Line tickets

Buy your V/Line tickets online today (more info and help) or from a V/Line ticket sales outlet.