Brave New Works
The Brave New Works festival is Denmark’s community arts festival supporting local people to experience diverse art forms in innovative ways. The festival aims to build a sense of community, create opportunities for locals to express themselves, and above all celebrate the diversity and talent of our colourful community inhabitants.
PARTICIPATE/INTEGRATE COME ALONG AND CELEBRATE!
Denmark Arts is happy to inform you that we are ensuring our workshops and performances for the up and coming Brave New Works will be supporting the inclusion of people with disabilities and their families or carers. There will be a range of exciting workshops in areas such as music/singing/percussion, food art, kite making and paper art creations to name a few. There will be a Mad Hatters Party (join in the Hat Competition), a Brave New Comedy Cabaret, performances, kite flying and more. Support will be provided where necessary.
• Do you feel you would like to perform? Just let us know.
• Would you like to participate in a volunteering position? Just let us know.
• Are there workshops you are interested in Please let us know.
• Is there any other assistance you might need? Let us know.
Watch out for the programs, check the website (www.denmarkarts.com.au) and contact Andrea on 0429 637 817 if you’re interested. Come along and join in the fun!
Brave New Works #19 March 2nd-5th 2012
Street Fiesta
Brave New Works has joined forces with Taste Great Southern to bring you the opportunity to join in on the town’s longest and mad hatterish dinner party ever held in the middle of our street! Choose your food from one of our many local gastronomical-geniuses, grab a glass of the best locally brewed wines and beers and join the table for a feast that will have all your senses jumping - a table setting that’s never still, a backdrop to keep an eye on, strange creatures who look like they might be helping out, and sounds from local musicians to wash away all your fears.
date: Friday 2 March
time: 6 – 10pm
place: Strickland St (outside Civic Ctr)
cost: pay for your plate of food and beverages - the rest is free
SOLACE + YEARNING
between Kwoorabup and Denmark
Silk clad bodies submerged in the bush, words seeping into wood and paddocks tilled with movement. This unusual performance along the tannin-stained river expresses our longing to connect to the natural world.
Created by Annette Carmichael and the Denmark community with workshop facilitators Nicola-Jane le Breton, Jennifer Barter and Joe Williams.
Sat 3 Mar, 1.30pm & 5pm
Sun 4 Mar, 10am & 1.30pm
Sun 5 Mar, 10am
Performance involves bus travel and walking along a bush trail. Meet in the carpark, cnr of North & Strickland St.
Bookings essential @ Spot News, 9848 1362 Tickets $18 Adults, $14 Conc/Members, $10 Child. Duration: Approx 90 mins incl travel
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body and supported by the Western Australian College of Agriculture, Denmark and Greenskills. Photo: Sonia Dezius by Michael Hemmings
Next Big Sing
Join us for a magnificently fun community sing. See local singing groups, choirs and choir directors coming together as you've never seen them before. There’ll be lots of opportunity for everyone to participate in all the performances. To top it all we’ll learn a song and sing as a massed community choir. Everyone welcome to come and listen, enjoy and give voice to songs new and old, brave and bold.
Directed by: Lumari McGuinness, Sonia Anderson, Jenny Wilson, Carlene Trotter, Margaret Stock and Trevor Morse
date: Sunday 4 March
time: 2pm-3:30 pm
place: Civic Centre
cost: $4 (kids 17 and under free)
Quick Film Inc. @ BNW#19
Enter the world of filmmaking with Peter Keelan - 17 January 6-8pm
The world of filmmaking has taken a right turn! No longer are the costs astronomical, nor the equipment out of reach or technology incomprehensible. At the cutting edge of filmmaking are new tools - miniature HD cameras, mobile phones, iPads, cameras and creative minds.
Quick Film Inc is about turning ideas into short films. The outcomes of this project will become the backdrop for Brave New Works#19’s opening Street Fiesta over the March long weekend (2-5 March). Filmmaker and sound artist Peter Keelan (www.peterkeelan.com.au) is keen to collaborate with anyone who has an idea, has commitment, and has the time.
1. register at Denmark Arts – cost is $80 which also covers equipment and materials
2. be at The Lodge (Old Hospital) on January 17th for the Getting Started Session, 6pm-8p
3. be prepared to commit to the time, process and fun of making short films
Phone Denmark Arts Council on 98483623 or call in to the office, cnr Strickland and Mitchel str on Tuesday, Wednesday morning or Thursday to register.
The Brave New Works Community Arts Festival is a project of the Denmark Arts Council and sponsored by Healthway through the Act Belong Commit message, Lotterywest, Country Arts WA, Department of Culture and the Arts and the Denmark Shire
Mandjar Kwoorabup
A gathering of Indigenous hearts on the banks of the Kwoorabup Bilya, Denmark
A training in site specific art for Indigenous people
Feb 26th – Mar 2nd 2011: turning story into art
‘opening’ Sat March 3rd 2011
A chance for Indigenous artists and friends from Noongar Boodja, especially the ‘Great Southern’, to explore site-specific, ephemeral art under the guidance of Indigenous artists Sandra Hill and Norma MacDonald. This project has approval from local Elders
Help Country Speak for Itself - Give Voice to Country
site-specific, ephemeral art is a great way of turning story into art, helping people feel connected to, understand and respect Country and reminding us we are visitors here. It has huge potential for cultural tourism and, for the artist. There are many possibilities for doing site-specific art around the world
Further info: Vivienne at Denmark Arts 9848 3623 vivienne@denmarkarts.com.au
Shorebird Kite Fiesta
Join in a series of participatory kite making and flying events celebrating Wilson Inlet’s amazing shorebirds. Green Skills, partnering with Denmark Arts, Albany Bird Group, South Coast NRM, and Birds Australia, will be running a series of workshops and activities raising knowledge about our amazing migratory shorebirds.
Denmark Kite Art and Migratory Shorebird Awareness. Come and learn about the migratory shorebirds who regularly visit your coastline. Then choose your favourite bird and with the guidance of renowned kite artist Michael Alvarez turn it into a kite to fly at the Shorebird kite Fiesta the next day. This is an all-family event.
Date: Saturday 25 Feb 2012
Time: 10am to 2pm
Place: Centre for Sustainable Living (CSL)
Cost: $8
Kite Art and Shorebird Beach Fiesta,
Come fly your kites with Michael Alvarez and Greenskills in a celebration of wings. Families, children and adults all welcome. Free
Date: Sunday 26 Feb 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Place: Ocean Beach, Denmark
Shorebird Photographic and Art Exhibition
An exhibition of photographs by local photographer Geoff Taylor and others
Date: opening on February to March 2012
Time: Open Monday-Friday
Place: Centre for Sustainable Living
Birdwatching tours and workshops
Centre for Sustainable Living and Wetlands Education Centre, Date: late Feb/March
To Register for any of the above, please ring Green Skills Denmark office at the CSL: 98483310. For Further information contact Basil Schur: 98483310 or 0429481019. Additional info is on the Green Skills and CSL’s website www.greenskills.org.au and www.denmarkcsl.com.au
For more information contact Caren Blair 0412 477 624 bnw@denmarkarts.com.au
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