Calendar 2022

Spirit of Place Conversations: Secrets of the Wild Colonial Club

Special guests: LSB2022 artist Deb Halpern, Murray Walding, Spinning Wheels' Don Hirst and LSB2018 curator Lara Nicholls open a conversation 'pit' around this iconic venue of 1950s-era Lorne. Facilitated by former LSB president Peter Lamell.

At the All Saints Anglican Church, Lorne.

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A living memorial, Monument will be an experiential work featuring an orchestration of performance, sculpture, land art, light and sound. 

The second of MONUMENT’s three stages, this special performance explores the past to present uses / views about the Great Ocean Road. Ryan F Kennedy and Ben Michael are joined by performance artist Lynden Nicholls.

Learn about the cultural tradition of weaving and the different techniques that were passed down to Aunty Bronwyn through her family of traditional weavers and create a colourfully woven pendant and twined necklace.

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‘dwell’ will be a shared and collaborative experience of rewilding sculpture – as performance and trace. Multi-dimensional and collaborative, the work will be performed by different artists and performers.

Dancer, Thaedra Frangos, a Wemba Wemba and Dhudhuroa woman, will invite visitors to connect with place through an experiential movement practice – suitable for all. 

A living memorial, Monument will be an experiential work featuring an orchestration of performance, sculpture, land art, light and sound. 

The second of MONUMENT’s three stages, this special performance explores the past to present uses / views about the Great Ocean Road. Ryan F Kennedy and Ben Michael are joined by performance artist Lynden Nicholls.

‘dwell’ will be a shared and collaborative experience of rewilding sculpture – as performance and trace. Multi-dimensional and collaborative, the work will be performed by different artists and performers.

Nature experience guide, Pru Gell joins Pattie on-site for children's interactive experience workshops. With owl eyes, dingo feet and kangaroo ears, children and their adults will be encouraged to share the space, listen to stories from Pru and be guided to create with shells, seaweed, vines, clay, bark and leaves – maybe a nest or a home for a real or imagined creature. 

‘dwell’ will be a shared and collaborative experience of rewilding sculpture – as performance and trace. Multi-dimensional and collaborative, the work will be performed by different artists and performers.

Join Pattie daily as she creates an evolving, ephemeral work constructed from found materials sourced locally and respectfully in Lorne and surrounds. The space will be converted into one in which the audience will want to dwell – look out to the horizon, close your eyes, to touch, feel and smell the rawness of the seaside.

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Join Lorne Historical Society members and other special guests as they share the quirky, the fascinating and incredible stories of Lorne.

Inspired by the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Aunty Bronwyn will teach you how to sculpture hay with wool to create a Bush Animal with real personality! A light-hearted workshop with a good laugh about all the funky creatures that are being created.

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In conjunction with the Monday Night Music crew, Lorne Sculpture presents three Monday Night Music events featuring poets, writers and musicians telling their stories of place. 

Come along to the Lorne Bowling Club on Monday nights, enjoy a beverage and simple meal and some fantastic local artists and performers.

Monday 21st March will feature writer Harriet Gaffney, along with musicians Mountain Grey and Brett Clarke.

Over two weekends (19-20 and 26-27 March), 8 artists (4 each weekend) will install an ephemeral sculptural work along the foreshore at the Erskine rivermouth. Sculptors can include performance, or even involve the public in the work’s construction.

Come along and experience artwork that will remain in place for one weekend only. Watch the artists at work, or even participate in the construction itself.

Meet the artist Geoffrey Riccardo to hear about his inspirations and process involved in the creation of his work 'The Haunting Tide'.

On-site at the Tramways precinct, or in the event of inclement weather, meet at Community Connect. Booking essential.

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Based around our precinct themes, members of Lorne Historical Society will take you on an immersive journey on-site and share some of the little-known histories of some significant sites around Lorne.

Over the past 25 years, Caroline Hawkins has combined her love of the environment with her sculptural artistic practice to produce sculptural works of great beauty and develop workshops in weaving and ephemeral art construction.

Caroline will offer two workshops – one for children and one for adults – on the beautiful grounds of Qdos.

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Spirit of Place Conversations: Land / Sea

Special guests: Simon Buttonshaw, Murray Walding and special guests talk about our relationship with the sea and how it shapes us individually and communally. Facilitated by writer Jock Serong.

A special conversation about place and the foundations of identity.

At the Lorne Bowls Club.

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