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In partnership with the Live Music Office and APRA AMCOS.
Weaving Stories
Workshops: Weaving Stories
Fri 31 May - Fri 12 Jul
Mona Vale and Manly
Free
Engage with local Aboriginal knowledge holders and a traditional master weaver while exploring your own creativity. Workshop for adults.
Workshops: Aboriginal Bracelet Weaving
Wed 10 Jul
Mona Vale and Manly
Free
Learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local Ngumpie Weaving. For children and youth aged 8+.
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News
Announcing the 2024 Emerging Curator: Daniel Press
Local sculptor and curator Daniel Press will develop MASS, an ambitious exhibition and public program at Curl Curl Creative Space.
What's on at our creative spaces
Exhibition: PHOTO:SYNTHESIS
Wed 12 - Sat 22 Jun
Curl Curl Creative Space
A synthetic forest of experimental art exploring the aesthetics of the natural world across a variety of mediums.
Exhibition & Workshops: Expressing the Unknown
Wed 29 May - Sun 9 Jun
Curl Curl Creative Space
An invitation to explore the beauty of creativity, healing, and transformation.
Workshop: 'Waste' Paper Couture with Jo Neville
Thu 13 Jun, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery
$54 - $60 including all materials
Create your own exquisite paper native banksia using assorted ‘waste’ paper while learning crafting techniques.
Workshop: Creative Writing with Zena Shapter
Mon 24 Jun, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery
$36 - $40
A practical workshop to get you writing creatively and skillfully, whatever your level or writing genre.
What's on at Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Current Exhibitions
Until Sun 9 Jun
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Four exhibitions celebrating ceramics and items from MAG&M's collection: Tabled, Held, Placed, and Collection100: New.
Three Echoes: Western Desert Art
Fri 14 Jun - Sun 28 Jul
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Paintings in this touring exhibition reflect the significant artistic developments that contributed to the meteoric rise of the Western Desert Art movement.
What's on for kids and families
Local Author: Nettie Lodge
Mon 3 Jun, 10.30 - 11.30am
Mona Vale Library
Join local author Nettie Lodge as she discusses her children's books, Tell Tails and The World's Greatest Tackle.
Local Creatives
Spotlight on Kristina Wilson
Singer-songwriter Kristina Wilson discusses her emerging career and launches a new single, supported by an Arts & Creativity Grant from Council.
Creative Community
Are You Pulling My Leg?
Sat 8 Jun, 7.30 - 9pm
Glen Street Theatre
$40
With razor-sharp wit and undeniable charm this line-up brings hilarious and uncensored insights into disability.
Pride and Poetry Workshop
Sat 22 Jun, 11.30am - 1.30pm
Manly Library
$5 + booking fee
A masterclass in writing honest poetry and authentic storytelling for LGBTQIA+ youth.
Opportunities
Arts & Creativity Grants: Information Sessions
Sat 29 Jun, 11am - 12pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Time to get ready, applications open late June. Hear about the application process and discuss your ideas for a creative project.
Sound Country Climate Leadership Retreat
16 - 19 Sep
For musicians to deepen their knowledge and networks, and create a safer, greener future. From Green Music Australia.
Image credits: 1. Photo by Lachlan Peknice. 2. Courtesy, Caroline Glass-Pattison. 3. Courtesy Tegan Murdock (Ngumpai Weaving). 4. Image, Northern Beaches Council. 5. Courtesy Daniel Press. 6. Courtesy Alex Colley Hart. 7. Courtesy Rosario Huergo. 8. Courtesy Jo Neville. 9. Courtesy Zena Shapter. 10. Detail of Catherine’s Fire (2022) by Debbie Hill. 11. Detail of Ilwemp Arnerr Ghost Gums and Waterhole (2004) by Edie Holmes Akemarr (Kemarre), Alyawarre language group. 12. Detail of Tell Tails cover image by Nettie Lodge. 13. Courtesy Kristina Wilson. 14. Photo by Monica Pronk. 15. Courtesy Mohammad Awad. 16. Courtesy Suzie Dureau. Photo by Kayapa Creative Studio. 17. Courtesy Green Music Australia.
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