The Peninsula Wash Up shines a light on Northern Beaches news, stories, events and people. This month we cover Tom Hadley, the Red Bull Doodle Art Winner, the Environmental Art & Design Prize, Q Station Community Day, a ceramics exhibition at Creative Spaces and Computer Pals for Seniors.
Award Winning Doodler gets set for Netherlands
UTS student and Manly local Tom Hadley (Instagram @tehillustrator) was recently crowned the winner of Red Bull Doodle Art Australia 2023. Tom’s top prize Aussie doodle won out over 1,000 entries from across the country. This emerging young talent is now collaborating with Burnt Toast, professional artist, and co-founder of Doodles, to prepare for the Red Bull Doodle Art World Final. Taking place in Amsterdam, May 25-27, the world final will be a ‘phygital’ experience involving both the physical and digital realms of art. Tom will join 61 finalists from around the globe for workshops, creative sessions and more. Their NFT doodles will be displayed in an exclusive gallery for the chance to be selected as the Red Bull Doodle Art World Champion for 2023.
Make your work count!
Across the globe support for environmentally conscious art is surging. At home in Australia, the Environmental Art & Design Prize seeks to harness this energy by opening a prize to all artists and designers across the nation who are making work with environmental themes. Northern Beaches Council presents the 2023 Environmental Art & Design Prize (EADP) as a rallying call to arms seeking work with a focus on the natural world, environmental renewal and regeneration, the climate emergency and the circular economy. Offering a prize pool of $42,000 to be distributed across 9 categories, those who enter before 14 May 2023 have the chance to be professionally exhibited from 4 – 27 August across Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Curl Curl Creative Space and Mona Vale Pop Up Gallery.
Enter via www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au before 14 May!
Q Station Community Day
Occupying a prominent position upon Car-rang-gel, Q Station remains a significant site for both indigenous and colonial history. A place of food, gathering and ceremony, the arrival of quarantining immigrant ships changed the narrative of our history. Come and discover these Shared Stories at Q Station’s Community Open day, Sunday 30 April, part of the NSW Heritage Festival’s 2023 program. Free tours and activities will provide opportunities for visitors to discover the heritage significance of the site both for aboriginal culture and as a site where many newly arriving Australians took their first footsteps. The day’s program will include:
- A smoking ceremony
- Bush tucker tours
- Free walks with Eco tours
- Tree planting
- Quarantine Life tour
- Quarantine to Q Station tour
- the transformation of quarantine station to hotel
- the “If walls could talk” tour – stories behind the poignant sandstone inscriptions
- kids’ activities
- open buildings
- music
- Food outlets
Visit the Q Station website to learn more.
Ceramic pursuits, it’s Raining Pots
From Tuesday 6 May to Sunday 28 May, visit North Curly’s Creative Space (105 Abbott Rd) to check out a beautifully curated Ceramics Exhibition showcasing the work of ten Northern Beaches ceramicists: Catherine Allen, Katherine Gunn, Jules Irvine, Glenda Killingsworth, Cathy McMichael, Sallie Portnoy, Kara Pryor, Heidi Steller, Karen Stuart and Lisa Wiley-Strong. Works include functional and sculptural pieces, with each artist exhibiting clay’s immense diversity in allowing an individual to follow their personal inspiration. Meet the Artists Thursday 18th May 4-7pm. And for more information, contact Heidi on 0413 100 070
Computer Pals for Seniors needs volunteers
Do you have a spare 2-3 hours a week and feel you could share your knowledge of emailing, surfing the web, social media and general use of new age devices to assist fellow Northern Beaches residents navigate the world of technology? Why not volunteer at not-for-profit Computer Pals for Seniors Northern Beaches, located at the Tramshed Arts & Community Centre, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen. If keen and able, please call 9984 0604 or email anne.computerpals@gmail.com
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