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Finalists announced in the 2022 Environmental Art & Design Prize
Congratulations to the 212 finalists from across Australia who have been selected to exhibit in our annual Environmental Art & Design Prize Exhibition, across three Northern Beaches venues from Friday 5 August to Sunday 28 August.
Pia Johson, no 2 from The Weight of Fallen Trees (series) (Works on paper & Photography), and The Social Outfit, Disco Bomber Jacket' (Wearable design).
Three new major public artworks
Long Reef, Narrabeen and Avalon
Council has been working with artist Frances Belle Parker and Urban Art Projects to deliver new artworks along the Coast Walk.
Image detail: Frances Belle Parker, Whale Songs, 2022 (visualisation) - Courtesy the artist and UAP.
Culture Map Live celebrated
Culture Map Live was recently recognised in the 2022 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards. The Map helps you discover and connect with culture and creativity in your neighborhood. 1,245 entries and growing!
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2022
Ochre Woman exhibition
Fri 1 - Sun 10 Jul, 10am - 4pm (daily)
Curl Curl Creative Space
Council's Arts and Creativity Grant recipient Heidi Lee Warta presents Ochre Woman, a series of portraits illustrating ten inspiring First Nations women living or culturally associated with Gai-mariagal Country.
Image detail: Heidi Lee Warta, portrait of Jess.
Weaving Bridges unveiling
Wed 6 Jul, 10am
Manly Library
Celebrate the launch of the 2022 Weaving Bridges collaborative artwork: Sky Spirits.
Image detail: Weaving Bridges 2021
Gai-mariagal Festival 2022
On until Sun 10 Jul
Across Sydney
Weaving workshops, film screenings and more. See the full program online.
Image: Caroline Glass-Pattison, performing an ochre blessing
Local Creative
This month's spotlight is on Heidi Lee Warta
As Heidi opens her latest exhibition Ochre Woman, part of NAIDOC Week celebrations in July, we ask her about the inspiration behind the works and the themes that thread through her diverse practice.
Image: Heidi Lee Warta, courtesy of the artist.
What's on
A year in review with the printmakers
Mon 13 - Sun 26 Jun
Curl Curl Creative Space
The Warringah Printmakers Studio (WPS) is back with its annual exhibit of new works. Drop by to find an exhibition full of contemporary works on paper, reflecting the diverse practice of the WPS members.
Image detail: L Bassett, Branches
Shop a collective of creative businesses all in one place
Wed 15 - Thu 31 Jun
Mona Vale Creative Pop Up
Explore a curated range of hand-crafted objects in the heart of Mona Vale village. From homewares to jewellery, find something special and support local.
Image: Courtesy of Rosie Browning
Keep the kids creative these school holidays
Mon 4 - Sat 16 Jul
Mona Vale Creative Pop Up
All materials, tools, and equipment provided in a fun, experimental painting workshop with resident studio artist, Ashley Carlson.
Image: Courtesy of Ashley Carlson
Respect. The Aretha Franklin Story
Sat 2 Jul
Glen Street Theatre
Journey through Aretha Franklin’s courageous life of love, tragedy and triumph, while experiencing her greatest hits over the last 50 years.
Image detail: courtesy of the Glen St Theatre
Settled/Unsettled: Art on the refugee and migrant experience
Fri 24 Jun – Sun 31 Jul
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
A multidisciplinary exhibition exploring personal and profound issues around war and cultural displacement through the lens of asylum-seeker, refugee, and migrant experiences.
Image: Homeland, Raneen Shamon, courtesy of the artist
Thresholds / Underlands
Fri 24 Jun – Sun 31 Jul
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
An ongoing collaborative project between Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, the exhibition reflects upon transience and embodiment of place. Drawings were created in the darkness of the subterranean under lands of Paris and Sydney.
Image: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, 'Thresholds a chorus', 2019, sediment (Sydney) on Heritage rag
Coming up
2022 Arts and Creativity Grants opening soon!
Applications open Wed 29 Jun - Mon 8 Aug
The Arts and Creativity grants support a diverse range of projects and initiatives to enhance our local creative sector. Grants are available to individual artists, creative practitioners, and arts and cultural organisations.
Image: Manly man (detail), Billy Bain Being Manly Exhibition at MAG&M. 2021 Arts and Creativity Grants recipient
Lock Creative Open in your diary
13 - 14 & 20 - 21 Aug
Come behind the scenes and meet creative instigators, innovators and makers. Experience artist studio tours, live music, workshops, exhibitions and talks this winter,
Calling makers and designers
Sat 13 Aug, 10am - 3pm
Manly Library
As part of Creative Open, we will be taking over Manly Library with makers and designer's pop-up stalls.
Image: Ada Bel Designs
Creative community
Join the MAG&M Society
Fri 24 Jun – Sun 31 Jul
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Help support artists, sustain our regional gallery as a place for all to enjoy and benefit from a range of member-only opportunities and discounts.
Image detail: MAG&M. Photo by Kayapa
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