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Rocky Art Gallery celebrating House & Home

March 31, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Indigenous, Visual art

Two very different exhibitions at the Rockhampton Art Gallery are celebrating house, home, and all it means to us: Erin Dunne’s House, and Woorabinda community project Your Home, My Home overseen by Nickeema Williams.

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March 31, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Nickeema Williams, Woorabinda, Erin Dunne
Indigenous, Visual art

Rocky RADF round funds everything from millinery to bushcraft

December 01, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in DIY & making, Lifestyle, Visual art

Six artists and arts and cultural groups will be developing skills from bushcraft to milinery via drawing and lapidary, with funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund.

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December 01, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Allana Gregson, CQ Contemporary Artists, Erin Dunne, Lapidary Club, Capricornia National Seniors, Rocky Instincts, RADF
DIY & making, Lifestyle, Visual art

Homage to Duaringa scoops top prize in Queensland Regional Art Awards

September 26, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

Rockhampton artist Erin Dunne, originally from Duaringa, has won the Queensland Regional Art Awards’ Life for Art award for her multi-drawing artbook Destination Duaringa.

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September 26, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Queensland Regional Art Awards, Erin Dunne, Emma Ward, Flying Arts
Visual art

Vote for a local in the Queensland Regional Arts Awards

August 18, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

Vote now for the People's Choice category in this year's Queensland Regional Art Awards - there are eleven CQ artists among the finalists!

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August 18, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Queensland Regional Art Awards, Sophie Czarcowski, Margaret Worthington, Carmen Beezley-Drake, Emma Ward, Peta Lloyd, Gail Meyer, Gerard Kearney, Erin Dunne, E, Emily Szilveszter, Sue Kraatz, Joe Botica
Visual art

Choirs, quilters and the CWA benefit from RADF grants

May 24, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Gigs & Festivals, Lifestyle, Local history, Music, Photography, Theatre, Visual art

The Central Highlands and Isaac councils have announced the latest Regional Arts Development Fund recipients, with a Heinz Variety of projects getting support including choral singing, quilting, children's literature, and the Country Women's Association.

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May 24, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
RADF, Queensland Music Festival, Clermont Artslink, Flaggy Rock Quilters, Stephanie Allen, Mary-Ellen McEvoy, Frances Underhill, Helen Killian, Emerald Art Group, Erin Dunne, Emerald Photographic Club, Emerald Patchwork Club
Gigs & Festivals, Lifestyle, Local history, Music, Photography, Theatre, Visual art
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Rocky Street Press acknowledges the Darumbal people, Traditional Custodians of the Central Queensland region where we live and work.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to Indigenous nations’ rich cultures of art and storytelling. We welcome Indigenous readers and contributors.

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