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Over the last couple of weeks, students in our sen

Over the last couple of weeks, students in our senior’s art class, Making Time have been exploring the art of portraiture in Gouache.
Participants are exploring how the use of different visual techniques can help to express something personal about their subject.
The works are coming along beautifully and will be finished within the next few weeks!

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #artclass #seniorsart #painting

What’s the best way to mix meatballs with spaghe

What’s the best way to mix meatballs with spaghetti? How do you make a chicken lay an egg? And how exactly does a sausage roll? All the answers to all the most important questions of the day are revealed in the charming culinary chaos of Signor Baffo’s kitchen. In this supremely silly interactive children’s show, expect generous helpings of fun, mischief and adventure.
Having toured the UK since 2013, this gorgeous interactive children’s comedy is lauded by kids everywhere: it’ll ‘blow your head off’ (Kai, aged 7). An interactive treat for children 3+ and their families.

Signor Baffo is at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 October.
Family Pass: $90
Tickets and more info: link in bio

As part of TAC’s Saturday Salon series, join Dav

As part of TAC’s Saturday Salon series, join David Pereira for a unique, interactive examination of the inner and outer games of the cello. Explore technique, philosophy, and personal expression, in music and word, with a cello virtuoso whose deep love of the instrument continues after 60 years!

David Pereira is a highly regarded Australian classical cellist born in 1953. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Indiana University, and later went on to play with prestigious orchestras such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Pereira has performed all the cello concertos and major concertante pieces from the standard repertoire and has premiered concertos written for him by Australian composers. He has also recorded numerous works for cello, including the complete works of Peter Sculthorpe and Einojuhani Rautavaara and the complete solo cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach. He has won many awards, including twice winning the Sounds Australian Award for the “Best Performance of an Australian Composition.” Pereira has also taught cello at the Canberra School of Music and runs his own cello-focused recital series.
Saturday 12 October 2024
Concert 2 – 3pm.
Meet the artist/afternoon tea: 3 – 4pm
Tickets: $38 / $32
Bookings: https://buytickets.at/tuggeranongartscentre/1248460

@davidpereiracellist
#tuggeraonngarts #cbrarts #saturdaysalon # livemusic #classicalmusic #cello

If you have driven past Garran shops recently, you

If you have driven past Garran shops recently, you may have seen flags fluttering from the trees. These flags are part of the ‘Words on the Wind’ project run by artist Lynn Petersen and based around the sculpture ‘Tree of Knowledge’ which stands at Garran Shops.

Community members were invited to adopt a street, named for a famous Australian author and create a flag reflecting on the author. Participants were also given the opportunity to reflect on the voices who are ‘missing’ from the current selection of street names.

Lynn has run workshops based at the Garran shops as well as workshops with community groups such as the Garran Scouts and Venturer’s, Sts Peter and Paul Primary School and past Garran Residents.

“A flutter of flags in the trees of Garran. Each flag endowed with words written by an Australian author. Whispered words fill the spaces between.”

Read more about the project at @quirkier_small_blessings

Take a drive by to see the words fly on the wind (plenty of wind at the moment!). The flags will be in place until 17 September.

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #wodenarts #wordsonthewind #garran #communityarts #australianauthors

Book in early to experience one of Australia’s m

Book in early to experience one of Australia’s most accomplished vocal Jazz talents!
Performing everything from ska to blues, Hip-hop to soul and RnB to Reggae, and with a career spanning four decades and right across the globe, Pat Powell (Patou) is the artist everyone wants to work with! Having shared a stage with a number of musical giants, Patou has had time to hone the art of commanding attention. His genius as a vocalist is a unique combination of soulful understatement and compelling passion. In charismatic exchanges with his audience, he appeals to young and old with his message of joy and social justice.
Presented in partnership with Jazz Haus Canberra

Saturday 5 October
Concert 7 pm / Bar open from 6pm
Tickets: $45 / $38
Bookings: https://buytickets.at/tuggeranongartscentre/1248475

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #jazzhaus #livemusic

How do you leave the life you have known and make

How do you leave the life you have known and make a new life in a different place?
Longing and Belonging considers that question. Canberra-based artists in this exhibition share their experience as migrants. Works selected for this show are significant pieces and in the manner of all artworks, contain autobiographic elements. Some works reflect on the artists’ cultural roots and place of origin, others tend to be focused on exploring and getting to know their Australian home, while several pieces deal specifically with the transition from one place to another.

Join the ten artists in conversation about their works and migrant experiences on Saturday 14 September at 2pm.

Longing and Belonging is showing until 12 October.

@saritcohenceramics @valerie_anne_kirk @shevisits @kirandesignstudio @idyllink moniquevnieuwland @savanhdary_vongpoothorn_
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Drop in to the Arts Centre tomorrow and exchange a

Drop in to the Arts Centre tomorrow and exchange a story for a personalised artwork.

Exhibiting Artist IDioM will be at TAC on Saturday 7 September to exchange a story for a small artwork inspired by your tale. Tell a tale of your superstitions, your beliefs or your rituals, be it significant to your culture or your small daily joys.

Saturday September 7 & October 12.
1-3:30pm
Free, Drop in.

@idio.m_studio
#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #visualarts #storyexchange

Make a Mini Musical school holiday program with Mr

Make a Mini Musical school holiday program with Mr. Tim and Ms. Nath is giving kids the unique opportunity to co-create and perform an original musical in only 5 days. Running in the upcoming school holidays, participants devise the story, write the script and lyrics, co-write the music, choreograph stage movement, and make props and backdrops for a public performance on the final day.
This engaging, high-energy program for students aged 8-13 years, is running at Tuggeranong Arts Centre from Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October. Spaces are limited to 25 students. No experience is required – just an attitude to participate in the creation and development of the musical.

Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October, 9:30am – 3:30pm
Ages 8-13
$450
Bookings and more info: https://tuggeranongarts.com/mr-tim-ms-nath-make-a-mini-musical-30-sep-4-oct/

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #schoolholidays #kidsdrama #makeaminimusical

Are you or do you know a young person aged 16 –

Are you or do you know a young person aged 16 – 25 who is creative? TAC is offering a collaborative art making project which is completely free!

This five-part collaborative mural making project for young people will take place over five weeks. Participants will work with professional practicing artists to develop skills in drawing and printmaking, and work to create vinyl designs for installation in TAC’s gender-neutral bathroom.

The sessions include: drawing with Robbie Karmel, printmaking with Clare Jackson, creating a collaborative work with Emma Rani Hodges, designing the mural and installing the mural at TAC. Participants must attend all sessions. Places strictly limited to 12.

Thursdays 6-8pm
26 September – 24 October
Bookings required.
https://tuggeranongarts.com/vinyl-vista-26-sep-28-oct/

August Recap – and what a musical month it was!

August Recap – and what a musical month it was!
TAC hosted the heats for Battle of the Bands: Make a Scene, where 15 young bands battled it out over two nights for a place in the finals. This high energy event was sold out for both nights!
Three new exhibitions were opened in the middle of the month with an enormous turn out despite the wild weather. Longing and Belonging highlights 10 female migrant artists and their journeys of leaving their homeland behind and making a space in a new country and culture. Kambah turns 50 is a celebration of the first of the Tuggeranong Suburbs and is a mix of archival pieces along with artists renditions of Kambah landmarks. Anitu: Old Gods, Beliefs and Superstitions is the work of ceramicist IDioM and her exploration into the identity, culture, and community of the indigenous Gods of the Philippines.
The Hana Hou! Ensemble from the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific entertained audiences with two free shows featuring a range of toe tapping top 40 hits and acoustic jazz. Their high energy performance got the crowd moving and clapping along.
Two public programs connected with the exhibitions ran. An archival workshop for Kambah Turns 50 taught participants to care for their photos and other personal historical objects. IDioM launched her story exchange program with a poem by Filipino poet yleia lois before exchanging a small clay creation with members of the public who shared a story with her.
The month ended with ARIA award winning Jeremy Rose Quartet performing as part of a partnership with Jazz Haus Canberra to a sold-out audience.

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #august #livemusic #exhibitionopening

Play tourist in your own city. Come on a guided

Play tourist in your own city.

Come on a guided tour of public artworks around the suburbs of Woden and Tuggeranong with TAC’s Exhibitions and Public Programs Manager, Ann McMahon. Discover the origins of much-loved artworks on the road-sides, in community centres and Woden Town Square.

Formerly a Public Art Program Officer with artsACT, Ann will regale you with stories about Anne Ross’ studio production process for the whimsical Lyons shops bronze sculpture, On the Road Again and Tree of Knowledge, learn about Phil Price and roadside artwork Dinornus Maximus and the nearby Woden Flood Memorial and get up close and personal with Woden town Square landmarks, Margel Hinder’s magnificent Sculptural form, Culture Fragment by locally based sculptor David Jensz and the delightful Droplet by Stuart Green.

Participants will meet at Tuggeranong Arts Centre and will travel by bus. Includes morning tea.

Saturday 21 September, 10am – 1pm
COST: $30
Bookings: https://buytickets.at/tuggeranongartscentre/1279245

#tuggeranongarts #wodenarts #cbrarts #arttrail #publicartwork

If I were to ask, What is your story? What would y

If I were to ask, What is your story? What would you say?

Storytellers bring stories of their ancestors to the stage in a curated program presented by Canberra Slam and IDioM. Join MC and poet Andrew Cox at Tuggeranong Arts Centre for an afternoon of cultural storytelling and community connection at Hot Pot Stories. Hear personal stories about the power of the people who shape our lives and enjoy a rich smorgasbord of short stories, shared in a spirit of openness, courtesy, and respect. This event is being held alongside the exhibition Anitu: old gods, beliefs, and superstitions by the artist IDioM.

Saturday 21 September, 2 – 4pm
Free. Bookings Required.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/tuggeranongartscentre/1351182

Want to have your story heard?
Anyone is welcome to submit stories about their history, ancestors, and culture to be shared during the event. This is an opportunity to share your authentic voice and express our individual connections with identity together as a community. Selected stories will be shared by their writers in an open, exchange based format, guided by the MC. This is a chance to share and listen to stories in a spirit of openness, courtesy, and respect. The event is a safe space for diverse voices and narratives.

Story submissions close Thursday 19 September
Register here: https://tuggeranongarts.com/idiom-canberra-slam-hot-pot-stories-21-sep/

@canberraslam @idio.m_studio
#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #visualarts #slampoetry #sharingstories

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