Birregurra Community Arts Group

Liz invites you to join her at her first solo show 'Where are we going? Always Home.' - Novalis In her first solo exhibition, 'In Search of Home', Elizabeth Braid investigates the philosophical search to understand and know home through a series of delicate watercolour, ink and embroidery pieces. Elizabeth explores the role of place and belonging in our globalised world as well as her own experience of seeking out the ever-elusive promise of a place called home. Displaced 2014 Watercolour and Embroidery That Freedom Feeling 2014 Ink No Longer I, 2014 Watercolour and Ink This portrait has been selected for the Tasmanian Portrait Prize 2014

Round up of our NGV Winter Masterpieces Daytrip - Wed 30th July Some think we're a little nuts to head out at the crack of dawn into the freezing cold to go and see some foreign paintings - but it's now our 2nd Winter Masterpieces daytrip and we're really getting to enjoy the frosty start. It was a culture packed day which kicked off with some French pastries and the obligatory coffee  followed by a casual stroll to our first stop, The Melbourne Arts Centre, where we spent some time ogling their fantastic in-house art collection including works by Charles Blackman, Inge King, Colin Lanceley, John Olsen (right) and Fred Williams. Next was a guided tour through the extraordinary collection of Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court, Museo Del Prado. My personal favourite was a divine and captivating work by Caravaggio which superbly illustrated his unique and ground breaking light and shade technique called Caravaggism. After enjoying a superb Italian lunch

Birregurra Arts Group invites you to take part in the inaugural “Snapshots of Birregurra” Amateur Photography Competition – an annual event coinciding with the Birregurra Weekend Festival. Our tagline this year is “We know a picture tells a thousand words! What does your story of Birregurra look like?” Entry is free and all photos will be proudly displayed over the Birregurra Festival weekend. Awards will be based on creativity and uniqueness more so than technical ability. Entrants certainly don't have to live in Birregurra; photos just need to be a narrative of the area. Portraits or candid scenes are welcome, as are entertaining “set up” scenes – think The Beatles iconic cover art for Abbey Road. Photo submissions should be mounted on A4 entry forms which will be exhibited during the weekend festival. There are two categories – Under 13s and Open. Each category has a first place prize of $100 and a runner up of $50. All entries also go into the running for the Len Robb Pe

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