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From ska to blues, Hip-hop to soul and RnB to regg

From ska to blues, Hip-hop to soul and RnB to reggae, multi award winning vocalist Pat Powell is one of Australia’s most accomplished vocal talents. Patou’s genius as a vocalist – a unique combination of soulful understatement and compelling passion combined with an extraordinary depth of musical versatility, and empowering lyrics have been delivering messages of joy and social justice to audiences all over the world for over four decades.

Enjoy a small taste of what to expect when Pat performs at Tuggeranong Arts Centre with this clip from f-reel’s documentary PATOU: In Black & White. Watch the full trailer on the TAC website.

Pat Powell will perform at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Saturday 5 October at 7pm. This is a show not to be missed!
Tickets $45/$38
For bookings and more info: https://tuggeranongarts.com/the-jazz-haus-pat-powell-5-oct/

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #jazz #cbrjazz #jazzhauscanberra #livemusic

Join intrepid jazz adventurers and Tuggeranong Art

Join intrepid jazz adventurers and Tuggeranong Arts Centre regulars Rachael Thoms (vocals), Lachlan Coventry (guitar), and Chris Pound (bass) for an evening of spontaneous and interactive creativity.
Following the success of “post-it-note” requests from their last Lakeside at 5 event, the trio will be doing it again and inviting the audience to write your favourite jazz tune on a “post-it-note” for the band to play.
Last time, requests included everything from the Gershwin classic, Summertime to Nirva’s Smell’s Like Teen Spirit. And because the trio didn’t get through them all of the requests last time, they’ll be doing shorter renditions so they can play even more requests!
Expect some impromptu instrument swapping and other little surprises too!

Friday 27 September 5:30-7:30pm. Bar open from 5pm
Entry by donation

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #lakesideat5 #jazz #livemusic

There is chaos in the kitchen when Signor Baffo’

There is chaos in the kitchen when Signor Baffo’s left in charge!

All the answers to the most important questions of the day are revealed in the charming culinary chaos of Signor Baffo's kitchen: 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? In this supremely silly interactive children’s show, expect generous helpings of fun, mischief and adventure.

This interactive children’s comedy is lauded by children everywhere and expect the same when it hits Tuggeranong Arts Centre these school holidays!

Wednesday 9 October 11am
Thursday 10 October 11am
Thursday 10 October 2pm
TICKETS: $30/$20/Family Pass $90
Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNBM

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #signorbaffo #childrenstheatre #schoolholidays

Help make a giant puppet and be part of the daydre

Help make a giant puppet and be part of the daydream procession.

The whole family can enjoy some free fun, in four community workshops with artists Julia Higgs and Tom Buckland. Participants of TAC’s Giant Puppet Making Workshops will co-create large- giant brightly coloured puppets. Taking inspiration from the bird and botanical life of the park to create the characters, participants will work with the artists to build the armatures and then collaboratively, decorate, paper-mache and paint the puppets. There will be a focus on the use of recycled materials. At the completion of these workshops, the participants are invited to become puppeteers and participate in a free public performance in Eddison Park. Inclusive of all ages and demographics, this project aims to bring the community together and provide an opportunity to learn new skills.

The workshops run Sun 22 & 29 Sep + Sun 13 & 20 Oct. 10am – 1pm in Eddison Park, Woden
Free, drop in.

@thetombuck @pinkkgarliks
#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #wodenarts #family #kids #artactivity

Wave goodbye to the Monday blues by booking a tick

Wave goodbye to the Monday blues by booking a ticket to Every Body life drawing.

Happening Friday 20th September, Every Body is a monthly life drawing workshop. This class offers a low pressure, stress free environment for you to develop your own creative expression. Participants enjoy the program’s culture of diversity and the opportunity to sketch a range of models, commenting on how great it is to see people normalizing what it means to live in an aging body, a younger body, or a non-gender conforming body!

Friday 20 September
6-8pm
$25
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/tuggeranongartscentre/1079240
18+

#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #everybody #lifedrawing #artclass

School Holiday are approaching, and the Programs a

School Holiday are approaching, and the Programs at Tuggeranong Arts Centre are booking quickly.

Drop in to Eddison Park with the family up for a series of four 3-hour community workshops with artists Julia Higgs and Tom Buckland and help create large-scale whimsical puppets.
🖌️Sun 22 & 29 Sep + Sun 13 & 20 Oct, 10am – 1pm

Enrol the kids in Make A Mini Musical with Mr Tim and Ms Nat, a week long creative program.
🎵Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October, 9:30am – 3:30pm

Teens will enjoy discovering their voice in a songwriting and performing workshop with rapper Kieren Murray.
🎤Tuesday 1 October, 10am – 4pm

And young families will delight in Interactive Theatre International’s Australian Premiere of children’s comedy show Signor Baffo.
🎭Wednesday 9 October 11am or Thursday 10 October 11am & 2pm

Further details and booking links are available at www.tuggeranongarts.com

Anitu: Old Gods, Beliefs, and Superstitions, is ba

Anitu: Old Gods, Beliefs, and Superstitions, is based in Animism and delves into
artist IDioM’s Filipino/Tagalog culture, by exploring the complex intersections between
indigenous faith and colonialism in the Philippines. Through various ceramics, found objects, and flora, the artist navigates the fading stories that used to be passed through the generations via oral storytelling.
Spirits or Anitu, occur often throughout the exhibition. Anitu are spirits or ancestors dwelling in objects or nature, they offer guidance, protection, and blessings to their descendants or believers, however, if angered they may curse you. These spirits were worshipped by various indigenous groups in the Philippines before the arrival of Christianity and Islam.
When you visit, see if you can find all of the Anitu hiding in the gallery.
Anitu: Old Gods, Beliefs, and Superstitions is showing in Gallery 1 until 12 October.

@idio.m_studio
#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #visualarts #ceramics #exhibition

For the budding musician and songwriter, come alon

For the budding musician and songwriter, come along to this school holiday workshop and learn the skill of compiling words to tell a story.
Presented in conjunction with the ANU Community Music Centre, this workshop aims to empower young people to discover their voice through songwriting and performing.
The tutor Kieren Murray is a rapper, singer and songwriter originally from Cowra, NSW. He has played shows all along the south-east coast of Australia and amassed millions of streams on his releases under the alias KP Hydes.

Tuesday 1 October, 10am – 4pm
Free, bookings essential.
https://buytickets.at/tuggeranongartscentre/1248454

@responsiblek_ @anucommunitymusiccentre
#tuggeranongarts #cbrarts #music #songwriting #anucommunitymusiccentre

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

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