Program of Events
Residue of Fire
Friday 26 May
3 pm (leave Horsham)
4.30 pm (Rainbow)
Bus Tour to 'Residue of Fire' Exhibition Opening in Rainbow
The Turbo Gallery
Meet at 81 Firebrace St Horsham for bus travel to 58 Federal Street Rainbow, Rainbow, 3424
The Art Is... Festival opens in Rainbow as the Turbo Gallery brings national and international artists together in the Residue of Fire exhibition. Bus leaves Horsham at 3pm (bookings essential) or see you there at 4.30 pm.
Meet the bus at JRS Workshop, 81 Firebrace Street, Horsham VIC 3400.
Art is on fire on Firebrace St
Tuesday 30 May
from 5 pm
Art is on fire on Firebrace
Numbers 81, 67 and 8 Firebrace St.
No booking required.
#81 at 5 pm
#67 at 6.00
#8 at 7.00
Come and join local artists at three gallery openings on the one evening! JRS Workshop (81 Firebrace St) present a volcanic collective art installation. Be prepared to amazed and entertained.
Redrock Books and Gallery are host to the Gariwerd Artist Collective and their exhibition Fire and Light. It's new work from local artists living in Northern Grampians. Includes traditional and abstract painting, textiles and ceramics interpreting the “FIRE” theme of Art is… Festival.
The Night Owl, a new gallery at #8, will be open and welcoming us too. A collective of 20 local artists, and growing.
Day Trip Dimboola
Thursday 1 June
9.30 am
Day Trip to Dimboola
Centre for Participation
39 Urquhart Street, Horsham, 3400
Day Trip to Dimboola. Guided visits to the Print Museum and Historical Society. Walking tour of other town sights.The bus will return to Horsham by 3.00 pm to cater for anyone with commitments to school children.
Day Trip Wartook
Friday 2 June
9.30 am
Day Trip to Dimboola
Centre for Participation
39 Urquhart Street, Horsham, 3400
Day Trip to Wartook Rise. Featuring artists Pam and Emily Thoday, and Yonie. Pam primarily sketches nature, Emily is a jeweller and Yonie a sculptor. Hear also about the creation of the space and the efforts at permaculture.
Celebrate the 10th Birthday of Studio 33
Saturday 3 June
2 pm
Happy Birthday Gallery 33
Gallery 33, 33 Dimboola Rd, Nhill
Join the Art is... friend and stalwart of the festival Naomi Zanker as she celebrates the 10th birthday of her home studio and gallery at 33 Dimboola Rd. Naomi is a multi-award winning local artists and former teacher (still teaches art privately) and is both a significant contributor to local art shows and festivals and an important organiser of others in their contributions too. The festivities go all weekend, we'll be joining in at 2 pm.
Kathumi & Gutuk
Sunday 4 June
11.30 am
Kuthumi and Gutuk - A Puppet Show for Art Is... Festival
The Handbury Education Room/Art Studio
80 Wilson Street, Horsham, 3400
A story about barpa (fire), told through a puppet show around a "campfire" generated by theatrical effects. Kuthumi and Gutuk is a production of Black Hole Theatre. Production created by Robyn Lauricella, based on a traditional Wergaia story as told by Uncle Ron Marks and featuring Aunty Hazel MacDonald, Robyn, Bianca and Jandamurra Lauricella, Mary French and Beau Ladlow.
ART IS CLASSICAL! with the Horsham Rural City Band and friends
Sunday 4 June
1 pm
Art is Classical
Horsham Town Hall Theatre
71 Pynsent St, Horsham, 3400
John Noble has created Itet – an exciting, innovative & inspiring String Chamber Music Program for students of regional & rural Victoria. This will be the first outing for the Gariwerd String Quartet. They will perform Haydn Quartet “The Joke” Opus 33 No. 2 – movement 4 Finale Presto, and Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
The Horsham Rural City Band will perform pieces including La Rejoiussance from the Royal Fireworks (Handel), Fire Dance (Schaffer), A Sky Full of Stars (Martin/Coldplay), Firework (K.Perry), Fireball (Pitbull). The Horsham Rural City Band celebrated its 150th birthday in 2022 and has transformed over the past decade from a brass band into being able to perform as a chamber orchestra with percussion, brass, and woodwind sections. It performs widely and regularly across the Wimmera to great acclaim. They’re led by Lauren Arnett, the first woman to lead the band in its history.
Nick Shirrefs has composed four “fiery passionate” original pieces for the occasion which will performed by his hand-picked players assembled as a chamber orchestra. The pieces are:
Tango Escarlata (Scarlet Tango)
Tarantella, Fuoco e Furia (Fire and Fury)
Calor do Samba (Samba Heat)
Cha Cha Cubano (Cuban Cha Cha)
Nick is head of Music at Horsham College and composed the original score for the silent film Zemlya in last year’s Art is Festival, just one of his many musical accomplishments.
Festival Gala
Sunday 4 June
3 pm
Festival Gala - Community Gallery Exhibition
Horsham Town Hall
71 Pynsent Street, Horsham, 3400
Enjoy drinks and nibbles as we peruse and celebrate community artworks, exhibited in the Horsham Town Hall foyer.
Launch of "The Possible"
Friday 9 June
6 pm
The Goat Gallery, Natimuk
Anything is possible when seven people mindfully re-examine their world daily through the lens of a mobile phone. Mindful Photomaking classes, held earlier this year in partnership with Horsham Neighbourhood House, saw 392 images captured over eight busy weeks by seven creative Wimmera residents.
Come and see all these images when The Possible exhibition opens on June 9, at Goat Gallery, Natimuk. It then runs 10am-2pm on June 10-11 and 17-18.
This project was supported by the Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program, Regional Arts Australia and Regional Arts Victoria.
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