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Fire up your winter with Creative Open
Thu 25 - Sun 28 Jul
Across the Beaches
See the epic line-up of live music, comedy, art workshops and more.
Opportunities
Arts & Creativity Grants info sessions
Sat 29 Jun, MAG&M
Fri 5 Jul, online
Find out how to prepare a strong application to secure a grant.
Be part of Live and Local
Sign up to hear about industry led workshops and help shape the future of live music on the Beaches.
In partnership with the Live Music Office and APRA AMCOS.
Arts and Disability Initiative
Applications close Tue 9 Jul
Creative Australia is offering grants to d/Deaf artists or arts workers, or artists or arts workers with disability, to advance their practice, skills or career.
Expressions of Interest - market stalls
Applications close Wed 31 Jul
Makers and creators, showcase your products and talents at one of Council's upcoming markets.
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What's on at our creative spaces
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.
PHOTO:SYNTHESIS
Closing 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.
The Poetics of Motion - Bella La Spina
Wed 26 Jun - Sun 7 Jul
Curl Curl Creative Space
See this unique stop motion video on the Spit Bridge reimagined using traditional copper etching processes.
What's on at MAG&M
Don't miss out on these exhibitions
Until Sun 28 Jul
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
See Three Echoes: Western Desert Art, Katy B Plummer: We Believe You Babcia, and Surface Effect: Ceramics Collection Stories.
Proudly sponsored by Little Ripples Wine.
Hadyn Wilson - Drawing in relief
Mon 8 Jul, 10am - 1pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
$90 - $100
With almost as much to do with theatre and set design as drawing, you'll conjure simple narratives and draw them in relief.
Zines & Patches with Katy B Plummer
Wed 17 Jul, 10am - 12pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
$36 - $40
We invite families across generations to experience art-making together and collaborate to create zines and patches.
What's on for kids and families
NAIDOC Story Box Screening
Mon 8 - Fri 12 Jul
Northern Beaches Libraries
Free
Children's books written, illustrated, and read by Indigenous Australians, will be screened on the big-ish screen.
NAIDOC Storytelling at Dee Why
Mon 8 Jul, 9.30 - 10.30am
Dee Why Library
Free
Storytelling on First Nations knowledge of trees and our wildlife connections, with our Aboriginal Heritage Office.
Aboriginal Bracelet Weaving
Wed 10 Jul, various times
Mona Vale & Manly
Free
Learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local Ngumpie Weaving. For children and youth aged 8+.
Nature's Art Adventure
Wed 10 Jul, 10am - 3pm
Coastal Environment Centre
$74
Kids, this school holidays, find inspiration from the wilds and create masterpieces on our connection to nature.
Local creatives
Spotlight on Michael Birk
Proud Yaegl man, singer-songwriter and event producer Michael Birk discusses his career and the upcoming festival Singing Up Country.
Creative community
Kayfabe the Bastard by Kate Butcher
Mon 1 - Sun 7 Jul
Eramboo Artist Environment
You're invited to this solo exhibition, panel discussion, and opening event with live music from 2024 Northern Beaches Artist in Residence Kate Butcher.
Sound Escapes
Until October
Around the Beaches
Discover music created with recordings of nature by scanning QR codes on trails around the Beaches. Supported by an Arts & Creativity Grant.
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.
Singing Up Country
Sun 7 July, 2.30 - 9pm
St Anthony in the Fields Church
$35 - 55
Join this festival at the beginning of NAIDOC Week, showcasing Aboriginal musicians, sharing culture, music, and community spirit.
Image credits: 1. Courtesy The Strides. 2. Courtesy Suzie Dureau. 3. Image, Northern Beaches Council. 4. Artists Jo Dunbar, Michelle Ryan, Kyra Kimtpon and Emma J Hawkins, in Take Up Thy Bed and Walk by Gaelle Mellis, presented by Vitalstatistix Theatre Company. Photo by Heath Britton. 5. Image, Northern Beaches Council. 6. Photo by Lachlan Peknice. 7. Courtesy Bella La Spina. 8. Courtesy Alex Colley Hart. 9. Courtesy Zena Shapter. 10. Courtesy Katy B. Plummer, production still from We Believe You Babcia (2024) by Kuba Dorabialaksi. 11. Three interiors (detail) by Hadyn Wilson. 12. Courtesy Katy B Plummer. 13. Courtesy Koori Curriculum. 14. Image, Northern Beaches Libraries. 15. Courtesy Tegan Murdock (Ngumpie Weaving). 16. Image, Coastal Environment Centre. 17. Courtesy Michael Birk. 18. Courtesy Nancy Laver. 19. Courtesy Mohammad Awad. 20. Courtesy Michael Birk.
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