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Opportunities
Register for Live & Local
We're supporting local music with opportunities for local venues, musicians, bands, DJs, and music businesses.
In partnership with the Live Music Office and APRA AMCOS.
Underwater Photography Competition
Entries close Sun 15 Sep
Celebrate 'Life Below Water' by submitting a photo you've captured at one of our 5 aquatic reserves.
Beats by the Beach
EOI closes 6 Sep
Manly CBD
Solo and duo performers! Express your interest in performing at this beach side busking festival at the end of October.
Australian Poetry Slam
Sat 24 Aug, 4 - 6 pm
Manly Library
Calling all local poets. Get your original poem, story, monologue or rap ready.
What's on in our creative spaces
Sound Advice: Music Business on the Beaches
Wed 28 Aug, 6 - 9 pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
Set up your music career for success. Facilitated by triple j Unearthed Executive Producer Tommy Faith.
Produced with MusicNSW, Live Music Office, and APRA/AMCOS
Meditation and Painting with Pitu Canessa
Thu 12 Sep, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
This R U OK? DAY enjoy meditation and meditative painting. Materials included.
MASS: a group exhibition
Wed 18 - Sat 28 Sep
Curl Curl Creative Space
A coastal-inspired exhibition from 2024 Emerging Curator Program recipient Daniel Press.
What's on at MAG&M
Environmental Art and Design Prize
Sun 25 Aug
Discover innovative and thought-provoking works from 200 finalists from across Australia before the exhibition wraps up.
Exhibitions opening
Fri 30 Aug, 6 pm
Join us for the launch of Clay on Country, Collection 100: Commission Spotlight and Collection 100: Search.
Sponsored by Little Ripples.
Manly Jazz at the Gallery
Thu 19 Sep, 5 pm
$58.50 - $65
A fierce double act featuring Monica Trapaga and The Cavaliers, and percussionist Adem Yilmaz.
Sponsored by Little Ripples.
Meet the Curator: Jo Foster - Clay on Country
Sun 1 Sep, 2 pm
A tour of the exhibition celebrating ceramic practices in the central desert region with its curator.
Meet the Artist: Claire Freer - Clay on Country
Sat 28 Sep, 2 pm
Hear from the ceramicist about how life in Central Australia has inspired her part in this insightful exhibition.
What's on for young creatives
Beaches Young Filmmakers Comp 2024 - Finals and Awards night
Thu 19 Aug, 7 - 9 pm
HOYTS Warringah Mall
Join us for a celebration of this year’s film makers from across the Beaches and find out which teams take home the $3,500 prize pool and other industry prizes. $10 tickets.
Kids Holiday Workshop: Textures in clay
Mon 30 Sep, 10 am - 12 pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Ceramic artist Claire Freer teaches hand-building techniques and helps explore textures to create ceramic objects.
Underwater photography workshop for young people
Sat 24 Aug, 9 am - 12:30 pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Award-winning underwater photographer Peter McGee shares underwater photography tips. For ages 12 to 17.
Creative spotlight
Spotlight on Susan Peacock
Local silversmith and EADP finalist Susan Peacock talks about working with metal and organic materials found along the coast.
External opportunities
Ian Potter Cultural Trust: Emerging Artist Grants
Applications close Tue 10 Sep
Up to $15,000 for early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas.
Creative Australia: Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
Applications close Tue 3 Sep
Up to $50,000 for a range of activities and projects, both national and international, across all art forms.
Image credits: 1. Photo by Lachlan Peknice. 2. Image, Northern Beaches Council. 3. Torpedo by Talia Greis. 4. Courtesy Australian Poetry Slam. 5. Photo by Prihodko Danik. 6. Courtesy Pitu Canessa. 7. Shallow, Deep, Shallow by Chrystal Rimmer (2024). 8. Aletheia by Gaspare Moscone. 9. Tjukula/waterhole by Jayana Andy. Image courtesy of Sara Maiorino. 10. Courtesy Monica Trapaga. 11. Walkatjara Art, Nyanu Watson, Nyanu Watson, Samantha Brumby, Janice Carroll, Owls (2021). Image courtesy of Sara Maiorino. 12. Courtesy Claire Freer. 13. Image, Northern Beaches Council. 14. Photo by Karen Watson. 15. Courtesy Peter McGee. 16. Courtesy Susan Peacock. 17. Remy Rochester photographed by Wendell Levi Teodoro. 18. Courtesy Creative Australia.
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to Elders, past, present and emerging.
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