Mini Talks from a selection of experienced Mornington Peninsula artists, followed by a group mentoring session. The Creators Network, through workshops and networking opportunities, aims to develop new creative business skills and build sustainable practises post COVID-19 while supporting the recovery and future resilience of the Peninsula’s creative sector. At these [...]
Image: Dreamhouse Theatre Join us at The Creators Network, a series of free creative networking events aimed at developing greater collaboration and sustainability in our broad and diverse arts and culture community. Connect with like-minded creatives and artists. The Creators Network includes networking events from July to September, and a professional development [...]
We are fortunate to have the rich resource of our Shire Archive Collection and are proud to be able to bring these stories to you through the Local History Team.
Meredith Connie is a classical guitar performer, teacher and composer. In early 2020, Meredith undertook a residency at the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Police Point Artist in Residence Program.
Thrive in Five is a participatory community art project designed to inspire people to create artworks inspired by their lockdown-restricted 5km radius, and share them online via the hashtag #thriveinfivego.
This is a story of Jenny's great great great grandfather William Gangell who landed in Sullivan’s bay, Sorrento in October 1803 after 6 months at sea on The Calcutta ship.
For her virtual residency, Hannah Lewis put together an online exhibition of photographs, prose and poetry documenting the development of a new work.
Jemma Cakebread’s work explores the conversation between painting, embroidery and textile work through the surface metaphor of skin.
Danielle initially intended to use this virtual residency to work on a forthcoming novel, before instead choosing to pursue the opportunity for the benefit of the hard-working Rye Historical Society.
"Each painting is symbolic of the daily events, moods, feelings, and emotions that surfaced. It has been a slow, steady progression of work that surfaced into lightness, optimism, and excitement as restrictions lifted and daily life."