Yarrila Arts and Museum

The Inventor’s Playground
2024-10-11 13:30 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney)
The Inventor’s Playground

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exploring new technologies in art and science

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Does your child love to tinker and be creative? Are they interested in art and science?

This workshop enables children to get hands-on experience with technologies that are used in contemporary art. They will explore different aspects of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) to create a contemporary artwork.

This workshop coincides with the current exhibitions at YAM which combine art, technology and AI – Modern Guru and the Path to artificial Happiness, Electric Dreams and Serendipia

Suitable for 8 – 16 years

11 October

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Cost $30 per child/teen

The Workshop, Yarrila Arts and Museum

Bookings essential

School holiday art classes - Exploring Coffs Harbour Through Paint 8 yrs+
2024-10-09 14:30 - 16:00
School holiday art classes – Exploring Coffs Harbour Through Paint 8 yrs+

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With Kelly Finley

Image credit: Secret Pool Hiding with Grey Gums, Acrylic Painting, Kelly Finley. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Is your child creative? Enrol them in a painting workshop with Kelly Finley at Yarrila Arts and Museum these Spring school holidays. Children will learn painting techniques and how to use line and colour to represent their local Coffs Harbour environment. These workshops focus on fun, creativity, and colour.Kelly Finley is a painter and teacher. She won the Coffs Coast Art Prize in 2022.8 yrs+: Wednesday 9 October 2:30 – 4pm

Cost: $30 per child.Bookings essential.

Parents of children under 12 years of age must stay within the proximity of Yarrila Place and be contactable by phone.

School holiday art classes - Exploring Coffs Harbour Through Paint 5 - 8yrs
2024-10-09 12:30 - 14:00
School holiday art classes – Exploring Coffs Harbour Through Paint 5 – 8yrs

Exhibition

With Kelly Finley

Secret Pool Hiding with Grey Gums, Acrylic Painting, Kelly Finley. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition

Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Is your child creative? Enrol them in a painting workshop with Kelly Finley at Yarrila Arts and Museum these Spring school holidays. Children will learn painting techniques and how to use line and colour to represent their local Coffs Harbour environment. These workshops focus on fun, creativity, and colour.Kelly Finley is a painter and teacher. She won the Coffs Coast Art Prize in 2022.5 to 8 yrs: Wednesday 9 October 12:30 – 2pm

Cost: $30 per child.Bookings essential.

Parents of children under 12 years of age must stay within the proximity of Yarrila Place and be contactable by phone.

Grow 'n' Glow Spring School Holiday Program
2024-09-30 10:00 - 2024-10-11 16:00
Grow ‘n’ Glow Spring School Holiday Program

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Grow and Glow is the fun and family-friendly theme this Spring school holidays at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) and Coffs Harbour Libraries. There will be exciting and creative activities for children of all ages and interests. Book your spots now in one or more of the exciting and creative activities on offer.

All Holidays Woven Stories Creative Journal inspired by Linda CoomberAll Holidays Self-led activities across Coffs Harbour Libraries and YAMAll HolidaysWoven Together: Jumbo Community Weaving Project Woolgoolga Library30 September Learn to Weave: Drop-in Session (6-15yrs)1 to 4 & 8 to 11 OctoberMorning Creative drop-in Sessions at YAM 1 October Get Ready & Play at Nana Glen Memorial Hall5 & 12 October Songwriting with Ahva6,12 & 19 October Hinterland Kayak Tour on Orara River for National Water Week8 OctoberGet Ready & Play at Coramba Community Hall9 October Explore Coffs through Paint with Kelly Finley, children’s painting workshops10 October Gills Club – Shark-based STEAM for Girls10 October Kid’s Mangrove Tour at The Botanic Garden11 October The Inventor’s Playground, STEAM workshop

Visit the YAM and Coffs Harbour Libraries Eventbrite sites for more information and bookings.

Adobe InDesign for Beginners
2024-09-28 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-21 10:00 - 14:00
Adobe InDesign for Beginners

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Learn how to create beautiful design layouts using Adobe InDesign in a professionally facilitated two-day workshop

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Learn how to create beautiful design layouts using Adobe InDesign in a professionally facilitated two-day workshop.

Over two Saturday sessions you will learn to use InDesign to create a mini magazine. The workshop will cover all aspects of layout design using InDesign’s unique features that can be applied across all printed material including flyers, posters and multi-page publications.

You will also learn how to access fonts on the web and select fonts and colour palettes to make your design visually engaging. After the design process is complete, you will learn how to prepare the document and its images for publishing at a commercial printer.

Who this course is for:

· Anyone who wants to start using InDesign in their career.

· People completely new to InDesign. No previous design or publishing experienced is necessary.

This is a relaxed, well-paced introduction that will enable you to produce most common publications. Only basic computing skills are necessary – if you can send emails and surf the internet then you will cope well with our course.

Date: Saturday 21 and 28 September

Duration: Total 8 Hours over 2 days

Time: 10am-2pm

Location: Digital Studio, Level 1, Yarrila Place

Fee: $120

Light up the South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic for World Maritime Day
2024-09-26 18:30 - 19:00
Light up the South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic for World Maritime Day

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The City of Coffs Harbour is marking World Maritime Day on Thursday 26 September by lighting up the South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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The City of Coffs Harbour is marking World Maritime Day on Thursday 26 September by lighting up the South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic. The Day is dedicated to honouring the entire global maritime industry, with the theme for this year being Navigating the Future: Safety First! Lighthouses hold a special place in maritime history, warning mariners of dangers and helping guide vessels safely in and out of harbours. Originally installed in 1880, South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic (SSILO) guided ships safely through the night as they travelled the east coast. Following the automation of the lighthouse in 1975, the optic was bought ashore, and it was installed at the Jetty Foreshores in March 2024 for all to enjoy. The SSILO will be switched on from 6:30 – 6:45pm for the community to enjoy.

Location: South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic, Jetty Foreshores Coffs Harbour

Learn Animation with Procreate Dreams
2024-09-24 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-03 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-27 11:00 - 13:00
Learn Animation with Procreate Dreams

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Join us at the Digital Studio @ Yarrila Place for a hands-on workshop on animation using Procreate Dreams!

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Open to kids 8 – 14. Come join us and learn how to bring your wildest dreams to life through animation using Procreate.

Learn Animation with Procreate Dreams

Contemplation - Meditation and Stretching Session with Jenna Grunsell
2024-09-21 11:00 - 12:00
Contemplation – Meditation and Stretching Session with Jenna Grunsell

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Join a meditation and stretching session within Yarrila Arts and Museum’s current exhibition Electric Dreams.

Image of Jenna Grunsell from Sol Collective. Image courtesy of Sol Collective

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Contemplation – a meditation and stretching session with Jenna Grunsell from Sol Collective within Yarrila Arts and Museum’s current exhibition Electric Dreams.

Join Jenna for a calming meditation and stretching session in the gallery. Take a moment to unwind, experience the artworks, clear your mind and embrace relaxation. No experience is necessary.

Electric Dreams is a group exhibition featuring three leading Australian artists working with light – Taree Mackenzie, Jason Sims and Brendan Van Hek. Viewers are invited to stretch their imaginations and visual perceptions of space and form as they move throughout this immersive exhibition and engage with the works.

Date: 21 September

Time: 11am–12pm

Yoga mat and flat cushion provided.

Wear comfortable clothes as session will involve some stretches.

No experience necessary.

Bookings essential, limited places, Tickets $12 adult, $10 concession.

Adults only.

Portrait Drawing with Seabastion Toast - 5 week course
2024-09-15 11:30 - 2024-10-13 13:30
Portrait Drawing with Seabastion Toast – 5 week course

Exhibition

Learn to create contemporary and expressive portraits with award-winning artist Seabastion Toast.

Exhibition

Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Learn to create contemporary and expressive portraits with award-winning artist Seabastion Toast.

In this five week drawing course participants will use graphite and charcoal to learn the foundational elements of proportion, shadow, shape, angles, facial features and developing a likeness. Suitable for both beginners and advanced students.

All materials supplied.

15 September – 13 October

11:30am – 1:00pm

$170 for 5 weeks

Suitable for adults

Seabastion Toast is a prolific painter whose vibrant canvases capture the essence of light, pattern and the beauty of everyday moments. Blending abstract compositions with astute observations of daily life, Toast creates immersive worlds that beckon viewers to explore and connect with their innermost thoughts and emotions. Toast recently won the 2024 Percival Portrait Painting Prize.

Learn Podcasting in a Day
2024-09-14 10:00 - 14:00
Learn Podcasting in a Day

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Switch on your curious mind with a short podcasting workshop to bring your podcast idea into reality

Exhibition

Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Do you have a story to podcast? Suitable for ages 16 and up, this Saturday workshop will inspire and teach you the skills to develop your amazing podcast idea. Over 4 hours, you will learn the basics of how to interview, record, and edit at Yarrila Place’s Digital Studio. Facilitated by experienced podcast producer Liz Keen.

The session will cover:

What makes a good podcast

The art of interviewing

The basics of recording using professional mics and a Rodecaster Pro

Producing an effective introduction for your podcast

The basics of editing

How to distribute your Podcast once complete

What can I expect?

There will be presentations, listening exercises, demonstrations, and other practical exercises. You will receive hands-on training on the use of Rodecaster Pro podcasting studio, that is available to book and use at Yarrila Place.

About the trainer

Liz Keen

Liz has worked in audio and radio production for over 20 years, and in leadership roles for the past decade. She has trained in radio, podcasting and storytelling throughout her career. Liz moved into the podcast space in 2017 as the Executive Producer (EP) and Editor of the award-winning series Still Jill. In 2019 and 2020, she was EP on the 36-part series Little Green Pod. Liz has also been Content Director at ABC Radio Sydney; Chief of Staff for ABC Mid North Coast; and Digital Producer for Four Corners. She has produced documentaries for Radio National’s Earshot, Background Briefing and All in the Mind. She has taught at Macquarie University, The University of Sydney and Southern Cross University and spent eight years as the ABC Open producer on the Coffs Coast, teaching media production and storytelling from Macksville to Grafton. She is currently working as a podcast consultant and Executive Producer with Headline Productions, creating series for the UN, ANU, Red Cross and Medibank. Her most recent podcasts, We Are Lonely, The Long Haul, After the Disaster and Managing Minds are available now.

Date: Saturday 14 September

Duration: 4 Hours

Time: 10am-2pm

Location: Digital Studio, Level 1, Yarrila Place

Fee: $60

Desert Jungle
2024-09-14 00:00 - 2024-11-10 23:59
Desert Jungle

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Jeannie Baker, Desert Jungle #10 (2023) Courtesy the artist. Photo: Jaime Plaza.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Jeannie’s vibrant and visually distinct works present a visual narrative that explores the complex biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert. Over one-third of the Australian landscape is classified as desert, and it’s often thought of as barren space. In this new story, Jeannie explores the Valley of the Cirios in Mexico, through the perspective of a young child and his grandfather.

In parts of the Valley, towering stands of Cardon Cactus – some of the largest cacti on Earth – and Elephant Trees, mix with Cirios and other unique desert plants as a ‘forest’, almost a desert jungle. These cacti and other plants form both subject and material for Jeannie, who incorporates clippings from plants in her intricate and stunning works.During an historic moment, when the global community is grappling with climate change, Desert Jungle offers a moment of reflection and insight, to celebrate that which is unique, and cannot be lost.

An exhibition by Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of The Lewers Bequest coproduced with Jeannie Baker.

Spring Family Fun Day
2024-09-07 10:00 - 14:00
Mulga: Heading North

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Celebrate all things Spring at Yarrila Place on Saturday 7 September!

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Celebrate all things Spring at Yarrila Place on Saturday 7 September!

This free and accessible event has something for all your friends and family.

From interactive illuminated art to seed planting and face painting and lantern making this is a moment for the community to explore and celebrate a year of Yarrila Place.

Drawing and Painting in Adobe Fresco - With Bernard Kelly-Edwards
2024-08-31 10:00 - 14:00
Drawing and Painting in Adobe Fresco – With Bernard Kelly-Edwards

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Join us for a fun session of drawing and painting in Adobe Fresco with the Gumbaynggirr multi-media artist Bernard Kelly Edwards!

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Join us for a fun and creative session of Drawing and Painting in Adobe Fresco with the talented Gumbaynggirr artist Bernard Kelly Edwards ! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this event is perfect for anyone looking to explore digital art in a relaxed and welcoming environment.Bring your creativity to the Digital Studio @ Yarrila Place and learn new techniques, tips, and tricks from Bernard. He will guide you through the process of creating stunning digital artworks using Adobe Fresco’s powerful tools.

iPads and Apple Pencils will be provided or you are welcome to bring you own device. Adobe Fresco is a free app to download.Don’t miss this opportunity to unleash your artistic potential and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Grab your spot now and get ready for a day filled with inspiration and creativity!

About the FacilitatorBernard Kelly-Edwards – BKEGumbaynggirr, Dhunghutti and Bundgalung BKE is a multimedia artist, working with paint, film, photography, story-telling, poetry and digital art. Bernard belongs to Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Dhunghutti Nations on the mid north coast of NSW. Always inspired by Wajaarr (Country) Dawaandi (reflections) Bernards work is about finding a voice for the patterns of country and their meaning in the connection space of our existence. Bernard loves sitting in forest and beach landscapes allowing country to share it’s essence, and through this process Bernard tells that story which is mainly a poetic expression

Artist talk with Nimrod Weis - Modern Guru
2024-08-24 13:00 - 14:00
Mulga: Heading North

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UV drawing. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Join Nimrod Weis, artist and founder of art and technology studio ENESS and the creator of Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness, for a talk about the exhibition, AI and technology in art. Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness is an immersive new media installation that uses the intersection of art and technology to explore modern paths to happiness through a warped world of digital technology and AI. Modern Guru is a statement about the strangeness of AI and its carnivorous appetite for human creative output. As AI trawls through the history of human cultural endeavour – mapping and mimicking human artistry – what does it create but outcomes that currently appear hollow? By contrast, human-made creativity resonates on a different level and as humans, we can feel the authentic hand of the artist irrespective of how strange the intention is.

Book a ticket for the Artist Talk with Nimrod Weiss

Artist Talk with Electric Dreams artists Jason Sims and Brendan Van Hek
2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:00
Artist Talk with Electric Dreams artists Jason Sims and Brendan Van Hek

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Jason Sims, Structural Nature IV (detail), 2023, photo by Pippy Mount, image courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery, Melbourne

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Join Electric Dreams artists Jason Sims and Brendan Van Hek for a talk about their art practices and the creation of their contemporary light-based artworks.

Electric Dreams is a group exhibition featuring three leading Australian artists working with light – Taree Mackenzie, Jason Sims and Brendan Van Hek. Viewers are invited to stretch their imaginations and visual perceptions of space and form as they move throughout this immersive exhibition and engage with the works.

Saturday 24 August 2024 10am – 11am

Yarrila Arts and Museum Free event

Bookings required

Free glow-in-the-dark art workshop with Kathryn Cowen and Gareth Jenkins
2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:00
Mulga: Heading North

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UV drawing. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Children and families can create UV light-activated artworks inspired by the artists’ immersive multimedia installation Visit YAM on Saturday 24 August for a FREE, drop-in artmaking session with Kathryn Cowen and Gareth JenkinsSerendipia in a free drop-in artmaking session with Kathryn Cowen and Gareth Jenkins.Participants will begin the activity by using fluorescent crayons to create patterns and texture rubbings of different natural and synthetic materials.Then watch them transform into glow-in-the-dark artworks as you take them into Serendipia!

Serendipia
2024-08-24 00:00 - 2024-11-10 23:59
Mulga: Heading North

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Kathryn Cowen and Gareth Jenkins, Serendipia, 2024, image courtesy of the artists.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Combining animation, sound, sculpture, electronics and ultraviolet light, the artists have created a biofuturistic environment that reflects nature’s ever-changing desire for adaptation and experimentation.Visitors are transported into an otherworld of discovery where chance encounters with speculative propositions for hybrid life provide an invitation to consider the future of nature.

Electric Dreams
2024-08-24 00:00 - 2024-11-10 23:59
Mulga: Heading North

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Jason Sims, Structural Nature IV (detail), 2023, photo by Pippy Mount, image courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery, Melbourne.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Viewers are invited to stretch their imaginations and visual perceptions of space and form as they move throughout this immersive exhibition and engage with the works. Taree Mackenzie employs a Victorian-era effect used in theatre to create the illusion of moving abstract forms through the merging of coloured light and reflection.Jason Sims plays with shape, light and mirrors to create light structures in which geometric forms appear to continue infinitely.

Brendan Van Hek works with neon lights to create conceptual and mesmerising installations that produce optical illusions for the viewer as their eyes are dazzled by the intensity of the glow and visual hum of the colours.

Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness
2024-08-24 00:00 - 2024-11-10 23:59
Mulga: Heading North

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ENESS, Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness, 2024, photo by Te-Fan Wang, image courtesy of the artist.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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At the entrance to Modern Guru, visitors navigate the Glitchy Wood, a series of twisted trunks with fractured screen-likeModern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness is an immersive new media installation that uses the intersection of art and technology to explore modern paths to happiness through a warped world of digital technology and AI. patterns. Stick insects hover nearby chanting Modern Guru’s incantations – eyes flickering with ones and zeros as if diseased with the code of their world. Fragile and odd, they guard Modern Guru as he rests against an LED horizon, waiting to dispense reconstituted wisdom generated by AI. What will your experience with the Guru reveal?

Family History Month
2024-08-20 14:30 - 15:30
Family History Month

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Whether you’re embarking on an exciting family history project, preserving family slides, or just beginning your genealogical journey, our Local Studies Room Induction is here to provide you with essential tools and knowledge.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Whether you’re embarking on an exciting family history project, preserving family slides, or just beginning your genealogical journey, our Local Studies Room Induction is here to provide you with essential tools and knowledge.

Join us at the Harry Bailey Memorial Library’s Local Studies Room for an introduction to the resources and facilities available. Leave with the confidence to use our spaces and resources for your family research.

Induction Details:

Memory Station Demonstration: Discover the Memory Station, a high-quality scanner for photo film negatives and slides. Get hands-on experience in digitising your precious memories.

Microfilm Reader Introduction: Discover the microfilm reader and see examples of how it can be used for history research.

Comprehensive Resource Overview: Learn about the wide range of resources available for family history research and how to access them effectively.

Coffs Collections Overview: Explore the Coffs Collections, find out what is available online, and learn how to access these resources from the comfort of your home.

After the induction, you’ll know whom to contact for assistance and will be familiar with the tools available for digitising and preserving records.

Please note: Completing this induction is required to make bookings in the Memory Room.

Date: Tuesday 20 August

Induction: 2.45pm -3.30pm

Location: Local Studies, Level 2, Harry Bailey Memorial Library, Yarrila Place

Fee: Free, limited spots.

This program is a partnership between Coffs Harbour Libraries and Yarrila Arts and Museum.

YAM Teeny Tours
2024-08-16 10:00 - 11:00
YAM Teeny Tours

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Immerse your child in artful conversations, cultural exploration and creative play in Teeny Tours at Yarrila Arts and Museum

Photo courtesy of And the Trees Photography

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Immerse your child in artful conversations, cultural exploration and creative play in Teeny Tours at Yarrila Arts and Museum. These sessions are fun, adventurous and engaging for both children and their carer’s. They include an exhibition tour, artmaking, story time and creative play, with a different exhibition explored each week. Teeny Tours are small group sessions and are accessible for all young children.

Friday, 10am – 11am from 16 August

Free for the first week. Bookings required.

Suggested for ages 3–6 years and their carers.

Strollers, snacks and drinks are welcome.

Meet in The Workshop, Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM), Ground floor Yarrila Place.

Enquires: culturaldevelopment@chcc.nsw.gov.au

Portrait Drawing with Sebastion Toast - 5 week course
2024-08-11 11:30 - 13:30
Portrait Drawing with Sebastion Toast – 5 week course

Exhibition

Learn to create contemporary and expressive portraits with award-winning artist Seabastian Toast.

Exhibition

Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Learn to create contemporary and expressive portraits with award-winning artist Seabastian Toast.

In this five week drawing course participants will use graphite and charcoal to learn the foundational elements of proportion, shadow, shape, angles, facial features and developing a likeness. Suitable for both beginners and advanced students.

All materials supplied.

11 Aug – 8 Sept

11:30am–1:30pm

$170 for 5 weeks

Suitable for adults

Seabastion Toast is a prolific painter whose vibrant canvases capture the essence of light, pattern and the beauty of everyday moments. Blending abstract compositions with astute observations of daily life, Toast creates immersive worlds that beckon viewers to explore and connect with their innermost thoughts and emotions. Toast recently won the 2024 Percival Portrait Painting Prize.

Art Safari (5-12yrs) 6 week Painting Program with Karlee Rawkins
2024-08-10 10:00 - 11:30
Art Safari (5-12yrs) 6 week Painting Program with Karlee Rawkins

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Unleash your wild creativity in painting classes for children and teens led by artist Karlee Rawkins at Yarrila Arts and Museum.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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This series of fun and adventurous workshops looks at animals, their characters and features. Devised to develop skills, confidence and creativity, the art-making activities will have kids thinking ‘outside of the box’.

Participants will paint, draw, collage and print as they explore the animal world and expand ideas around the possibilities of art-making.

Saturday 10 August – Saturday 21 September 10am – 11:30am (weekly, except 7 Sept)Make Space, Level 1, Yarrila Place.

Cost: $150

The classes are fully supervised. For children under 12, parents need to stay in close proximity of Yarrila Place and be fully contactable by phone. All materials are provided.

KARLEE RAWKINSKarlee Rawkins is a nationally recognised painter who is known for her bold and totemic paintings of flora and fauna. Her works are vibrant and joyful expressions of life and creativity. Karlee has won numerous awards including The Margaret Olley Commendation Award in 2019 and the 2003 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship which included a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Karlee is represented by Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.

Figure and Form Drawing Workshop with Alun Rhys
2024-08-03 10:00 - 14:00
Figure and Form Drawing Workshop

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Join talented artist Alun Rhys Jones in this engaging workshop that will focus on figure and form. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with different drawing techniques and styles throughout the 4-hour session.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Join talented artist Alun Rhys Jones in this engaging workshop that will focus on figure and form. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with different drawing techniques and styles throughout the 4-hour session.

This workshop will foster creativity, observation skills, and artistic growth for keen drawers. It is designed for participants of all skill levels, offering basic instruction for beginners through to more advanced techniques for experienced artists.

Alun will give participants a short tour of his exhibition ‘DISCO’, before launching into a series of guided drawings. A clothed figure, wearing disco attire, will be the subject of inspiration for the drawing workshop.

Recommended for 16+ years

Booking required: Figure and Form Drawing Workshop Tickets, Sat 03/08/2024 at 10:00 am | Eventbrite

DISCO
2024-07-27 00:00 - 2024-09-08 23:59
Mulga: Heading North

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Alun Rhys Jones, GO GO, 2024, Vinyl Print. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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Mulga: Heading North
When

23 Nov 2024 – 2 Feb 202510:00 am – 2:00 pm

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DISCO immerses you in a world of vibrant colour and fluid movement; the lines between reality and fantasy blur as the artist captures the euphoria of being in a nightclub. These paintings are a love letter to the LGBTQI+ community, showcasing the unbridled joy of being able to dance and express yourself, freely and openly, in a safe environment.
