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PKN #9 presenter update for April 4

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:18:00 GMT

Announcing our fabulous line-up of PKN #9 presenters, now on April 4:

Annie McRae & Maya Carter-Malins - Rosebed St Gallery, Gallery Owners and Visual Artists
Claudette Betterridge - Features Editor, Virtual Assistant, Teacher, Artist
Toni Powell - Filmmaker and Creative Communicator
Hamish Danks Brown a.k.a. Danksta Downunder - Poet, performer, social media networker
Ross Barber - Artist
Nicole Payten Betts - Producer Balcony TV Sunshine Coast & Rachel Forsyth - Actress, Producer
Jonathan Anstock - Teacher, Educator, Counsellor, Remedial Movement Therapist
Jo Joyce - ABC Open Producer Sunshine Coast
with Mary Eggleston as MC.

Don't forget to RSVP for the event which is on Wednesday 4 April from 6.00 pm at the Solbar Maroochydore!

Annie McRae & Maya Carter-Malins - Rosebed St Gallery, Gallery Owners and Visual Artists
http://www.rosebedstgallery.com

Owner/managers of Rosebed St Gallery & Studio, Annie and Maya are both artists with a passion to share the vibrant art space they created at the end of 2010. Rosebed St Gallery is one of the coasts’ newest art spaces that already has a reputation for being one of the most vibrant and welcoming art galleries around. In the short space of fifteen months the gallery has created a buzz in the quiet town of Eudlo, which has become a popular destination on the hinterland gallery trail. Their shared intention was to create a space that connected artists and art lovers and brought about a positive shift in the growth of the community. Each exhibition they have held has brought new connections and collaborations with loads of growth. Maya and Annie will be sharing their story that has unfolded when they dared to follow their dreams.

Claudette Betterridge - Features Editor, Virtual Assistant, Teacher, Artist
http://www.connect2mums.com.au

Claudette Betterridge is a mother with 2 smallish children, longing to unleash her creative potential, without any artistic training, concrete ideas or confidence, she allowed this potential to lay dormant. Over the last 2 years her creative urge has been making itself visible through images of hearts that continually present themselves, in the most mundane of circumstances. Although she enjoy’s their presence and shares them openly with family and friends the mere fact that they continue to manifest compels her to take them to a wider audience. Claudette’s presentation called ‘The Heart in my So(u)l’, is a compilation of 20 of her best hearts, that have revealed themselves to her. Her message is that if you have an urge and are prepared to follow your soul, the universe will put its’ heart into it!

Toni Powell - Filmmaker and creative communicator
http://www.30daygratitudechallenge.com

Toni surprised herself by ending up with 5 children, she had intended to be a famous rock star. In her spare time she made some award winning films and founded the Heart of Gold International Film Festival - all about nourishing films. A few years ago her life was transformed through gratitude. This led her to start researching gratitude and what she found out made her so excited that she wanted to run out in the street and tell everyone. She founded the 30 Day Gratitude Challenge and the classes are her version of restraint on the streets. During her life she has worked as a tooth fairy, staged events, run businesses, and, occasionally, run into trouble. She likes to listen to music, change the world, read in bed and get to know people. Most of all she loves to tell inspiring stories - expect her pecha kucha to be just that..

Hamish Danks Brown a.k.a. Danksta Downunder - Poet, performer, social media networker
http://www.100tpcmedia.org/

Hamish a.ka. Danksta Downunder has a passion for all forms of literature & storytelling spanning, oral & traditional to contemporary & digital. His presentation will focus on how poetry has direct resonance with the "Heart and Sol' of humanity across all communities. He believes it is a catalyst for change and can help us creatively interact with the many issues we face from the personal and local through to the global. Hamish will also be announcing details on 100 Thousand Poets for Change and 100 Thousand Musicians for Change which is now a global event in it’s 2nd year. Expect a presentation of performance and prose straight from Danksta’s beating heart and soul.

Ross Barber - Artist
http://www.rossbarber.com

Ross has extensive experience in the arts as not only a visual artist but also as a project manager, and executive director for Arts Access Inc and Chair person for Access Arts Australia and holds a Centenary of Federation Medal for Distinguished Service to the Arts. Ross will be reflecting on a series of related sculptural works and performance generated at the Casula Powerhouse in Western Sydney. The works have an architectural quality exploring space, from the extremes of having no space to having too much space, and how this effects the soul.

Nicole Payten Betts - Producer Balcony TV Sunshine Coast
http://www.balconytv.com/sunshine-coast

Nicole Payten Betts graduated from QUT with a BA - Drama and Education and a minor in Dance. With over 25 roles in television commercials, her film and television credits include, the role of Milly on Chanel Nines “New MacDonalds Farm”, a role on Disney’s “George of the Jungle 2” and also a featured role on the ABC’s “East of Everything”, performing alongside Richard Roxburgh and Susie Porter. In 2009 Nicole played the role of Heather, an American girl in an action thriller feature film “Sleeper”. This year she is hosting and making her debut as a producer for the global online music show BalconyTV representing the Sunshine Coast!

Rachel Forsyth - Actress, Producer
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/LOL-Laugh-Out-Loud-Comedy-Show/164304433646535

Rachel studied at QUT and has a Bachelor of Arts in Drama. She started her career as an actress, touring shows in Queensland Schools. She fell in love with film and has been working steadily in the industry both as an actress and in various crew positions. This year alone, Rachel has worked in Daddy's Little Girl, a local feature film being shot here on the coast, helped to produce and present Balcony TV Sunshine Coast, frequented our screens in the TV crimestoppers campaign and is currently working on producing the pilot for LOL; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Show.

Jonathan Anstock - Teacher/Educator/Counsellor/Remedial Movement Therapist
http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com.au
http://www.qtpd.com.au
http://www.neuways.com.au

Jonathan has extensive experience in teaching and teacher professional development, not only is he a Counsellor and Remedial Movement Therapist he is also a singer and actor. He has recently authored “Teach The Children Well - Our Spiritual Investment”, a book to support the parenting, teaching and education of children to support a more harmonious society. He believes the wisdom of childhood should not be lost, and that children are special beings and with the current high learning expectations on children may be at a cost. Jonathan has a message he wants to share about supporting children to learn in ‘good time’ and that sometimes what we are doing to children is sometimes unfair. Jonathan’s presentation will is a passionate expression from the heart and soul of children and education.

Jo Joyce - ABC Open Producer Sunshine Coast
http://open.abc.net.au/

For Jo Joyce, creating and storytelling have been life-long passions. Several years of radio and multimedia production meant a somewhat itinerant lifestyle creating audio, photo and video stories for the ABC in New South Wales and Queensland. Returning to the Sunshine Coast for ABC Open has been a welcome homecoming for this prodigal daughter who loves the social, cultural and environmental richness of the region; as well as the waves. Jo is looking forward to sharing her photography, video, audio and writing skills with Sunshine and Cooloola Coasters and helping to get the region's many stories out to the world.

This event is being sponsored by SmartArts+, Sunshine Coast Council, Solbar Maroochydore and Monobrow Design.

PKN#9 now on April 4

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:14:00 GMT

Pecha Kucha Night #9 will now be on WED 4 APRIL! We were all set to go on March 22 and the room looked fantastic, but then the heavens opened and the streets turned into waterways around Maroochydore and further south. Many of our presenters still made it, but several couldn't and we were also concerned for the safety of people driving on the roads. So we postponed the event. It's still going ahead - the line-up might be a little different but book the date in now! Wed 4 April, from 6.00 pm, still at the Solbar, Maroochydore. Stay on later for the Open Mike music night - should be a great night out!

PKN #9 Presenters

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:09:00 GMT

Announcing our fabulous line-up of PKN #9 presenters:

Annie McRae & Maya Carter-Malins - Rosebed St Gallery, Gallery Owners and Visual Artists
Claudette Betterridge - Features Editor, Virtual Assistant, Teacher, Artist
Froyle Neideck - Visual Artist
Hamish Danks Brown a.k.a. Danksta Downunder - Poet, performer, social media networker
Ross Barber - Artist
Nicole Payten Betts - Producer Balcony TV Sunshine Coast & Rachel Forsyth - Actress, Producer
Jonathan Anstock - Teacher, Educator, Counsellor, Remedial Movement Therapist
Jo Joyce - ABC Open Producer Sunshine Coast
with Mary Eggleston as MC.

Don't forget to RSVP for the event which is on Thursday 22 March from 6.00 pm at the Solbar Maroochydore!

Annie McRae & Maya Carter-Malins - Rosebed St Gallery, Gallery Owners and Visual Artists
http://www.rosebedstgallery.com

Claudette Betterridge - Features Editor, Virtual Assistant, Teacher, Artist
http://www.connect2mums.com.au

Froyle Neideck - Visual Artist
http://www.froyleart.com

Froyle Neideck is a contemporary visual artist, specialising in creating bold paintings of dramatic colour and rich texture. Froyle paints what she is most passionate about, because it is this energy that creates such vibrant works of art. She enjoys working with mixed media because using a variety of mediums create a freedom of expression unrestricted by traditional expectation. Her inspiration comes from colour and her approach is most akin to abstract expressionism. Froyle believes her paintings are a celebration of the creative process; whereby the initial inspiration is the spring board and from and from this the art evolves. Currently music is playing a vital role is her creativity. Froyle will be presenting a selections of paintings called ‘Soundcsapes’ which are the visual representations of the music that captives her soul.

Hamish Danks Brown a.k.a. Danksta Downunder - Poet, performer, social media networker
http://www.100tpcmedia.org/

Ross Barber - Artist
http://www.rossbarber.com

Nicole Payten Betts - Producer Balcony TV Sunshine Coast
http://www.balconytv.com/sunshine-coast

Rachel Forsyth - Actress, Producer
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/LOL-Laugh-Out-Loud-Comedy-Show/164304433646535

Jonathan Anstock - Teacher/Educator/Counsellor/Remedial Movement Therapist
http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com.au
http://www.qtpd.com.au
http://www.neuways.com.au

Jo Joyce - ABC Open Producer Sunshine Coast
http://open.abc.net.au/

This event is being sponsored by SmartArts+, Sunshine Coast Council, Solbar Maroochydore and Monobrow Design.

Call for presenters for Pecha Kucha Night #9

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:37:00 GMT

The Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance is excited to announce that the first Pecha Kucha Night for 2012 will take place on Thursday 22th March at the Sol Bar in Maroochydore. The Creative Alliance is putting out a call for creative presenters to speak at PKN #9 around the theme of 'Heart & Sol'. Presenters share their passions, work and ideas using the globally renowned networking format Pecha Kecha with 20 slides each shown for 20 seconds, taking the total presentation to 6 minutes 40 seconds. If you haven't heard about PKN before take a look at the global website, now featuring events from over 460 centres across the world.

Interested presenters should email info@thecreativealliance.org with their name, phone, email and a short 200 word blurb about yourself, your work and what you might present about. If you could do that by Feb 8 that would be great as we are having a committee meeting on the 10th. More information can be found on our info sheet. A blank powerpoint presentation is also available here.

AGM 2011 and forms

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:46:00 GMT

To Members of the Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance
NOTIFICATION
SUNSHINE COAST CREATIVE ALLIANCE – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
6 DECEMBER 2011
We wish to invite you to, the 2011 Annual General Meeting which will convene at 7.00pm, Mezz Bar (Peregian Beach Hotel) after the “Share Your Wares II” event.

The primary purpose of the AGM will be:
• The election of the Management Committee from a list of nominations to be tabled.

The following documents are available:
• Notice and Agenda – SCCA AGM 6 DECEMBER 2011;
• Nomination form;
• Proxy form (if you are a financial member who is unable to attend the AGM, please complete and return your Proxy Form as soon as possible to info@thecreativealliance.org)

If you are interested in joining the management committee don't hesitate to contact us on info@thecreativealliance.org.

Imagine That! Feedback and survey

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:34:00 GMT

We've had some lovely feedback about our 'Imagine That! Creative Showcase'. If you came along we'd love to get your feedback. We have created a short survey and look forward to hearing what you think.

Thanks for doing a great job on putting together the creative showcase on saturday night. I was blown away by Andrew's Guitar set WOW! & I think there was a great range of artists on show.
Leroy Sams

Was really nice to meet you and be part of your beautiful creation.. It was a great night and I can only imagine all the work you did behind the scenes to bring it together.. Thank you for mammoth effort to enable it to be the night that it was.
Jandamarra Cadd

Thanks for the fun night at Imagine That.
Jane’s Fine Art

We haven’t been to anything like Imagine That! before and we enjoyed it. The organising and catering were outstanding.
Steve & Ann Renouf (Raffle winners)

The energy was spectacular!!
Karyn Smith (Sensory Circus Tribe)

Thank you so much. It was a fun night and I enjoyed it a lot!
Alain Bouvier

I was very impressed with the music segments and the flamenco guitarist! It is so good to see the many talents on the Sunshine Coast.
Franki Birrell

Build Your Business in November!

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:46:00 GMT

The popular Build Your Business (BYB) program is being offered one more time this year and you can still book your spot. BYB is a practical, hands-on business skills course aimed at developing viable new business, or a new strategy for growing an existing business. It will also help existing organisations build business activities from within. The program is offered through a partnership between Edgeware Creative Entrepreneurship, Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE, and Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Edgeware is a highly effective and innovative education system for ethical, socially-aware entrepreneurs and ‘intrapreneurs’. Click here for the flyer.
WHEN, WHERE, WHAT?
Saturdays 12, 19, 26 November and 3 December 10am- 4pm, and
Wednesday nights 16, 23 and 30 November, 6.00-8.30pm
Venue: Arts & Ecology Centre, Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanical Gardens, Tanawha
Edgeware offers the BYB program FREE OF CHARGE. Email Ludmila for enrolment forms.

Sunshine Coast Arts Industry Incubators Online Survey for Creative Industries Workers

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:13:00 GMT

Complete the online survey to assit in Sunshine Coast Council considerations about the roles it can play in supporting and growing the business of the creative and cultural industries in the region. In particular, it is looking at the arts and creative industry ‘incubation’ models in Australia and overseas, to determine the success and investment needed in different models and to envisage what kind of incubator facilities and services could be further developed in the region.
Positive Solutions has been engaged by Sunshine Coast Regional Council to conduct a survey designed for all those practitioners, businesses and organisations that see themselves as part of the cultural and creative industry of the region to determine in more detail the specific needs for future sustainability and growth. They would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this questionnaire before 5pm on Monday 7th November. Your feedback is important to Council.
Please note that all information will be received by Positive Solutions, not Council. Responses will be treated in strictest confidence, will not be attributable to any organisation or individual by name, and will only be used for the purposes of this study. Please click here to be taken to the survey.

If you have any queries about the questionnaire or the study or would prefer to complete a hard copy of the survey, please do not hesitate to contact Sara Bannon at the Positive Solutions office on 07 3891 3872 or email info@positive-solutions.com.au .

Creative Showcase Success!

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:38:00 GMT

Local fasion organised by Jacinta Richmond, SCFF with beautiful models from Asha Models, Hair/Make up by Fashioned for Beauty

The crowd checks out the exhibits from Jandamarra Cadd & Ardleigh Cleveland Gallery

What a wonderful night of creative imaginings on show! Our first 'Creative Showcase' event was held on October 15 at Coolum and brought together artists and other creative folk through exhibition, performance and PKN (Pecha Kucha Night that is). Thank you to all those who shared their work, who came along and to those who sponsored and organised the event. A special thank you to Angie Dunbavan of Red Chair events for her management of the event. Below you can find a program outline for the evening (or clickhere). Enjoy the photos in this post by our photographer Alain Bouvier, for more check out our Flickr PKN site.

Mary being modelled by Jane Welsh Flamenco guitarist Andrew Veivers

Gallery exhibitions featuring visual artists and photographers including Jandamarra (portraiture), Kari (pottery), Tracy Naughton (photography), Ardleigh Cleveland Gallery (Hyatt Coolum), Jules the Decorator, The Blacksmiths, Kim Schoenberger (3D Assemblage Works), Leroy Sams (Design), Gerrard King (painter/designer), Franki Birrell (painter), James Ray (photography), Janes Fine Art,Live Art Artists - Renae Awen (local freelance artist and l.a.a event coordinator)
Roving Performers: Sensory Circus Tribe & the Great Scott
Welcome

MC - Ross Newth
Welcome to country - Brent Miller – Gubbi Gubbi Dancer & Traditional Custodian
Event welcome - Maggie Third – President, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance

Music Performances
# Andrew Veivers
# Ange Takats
# Alan Kelly

Pecha Kucha Night presentations
# Sonia-Louise Armstrong (Screenwriter)
# Chris Pantano (Glass artist)
# Annabel Candy (Writer/Blogger/Web designer)
# Stephen Roberts (Ceramics)
# Matt Haynes (VariousArtists)
# Ange Takats (Singer/Songwriter/Writer)

Break – exhibits and Afterglow (Band playing)
Imagine That! Jamvas – where everyone can take part in the creative expression by leaving their mark on our interactive canvas. The Jamvas & Live Art work wwere be raffled on the close of the night
Fashion Part I - accompanied by Afterglow
Great Scott – Glow Show
Fashion – Part II

Music degree and creative studies through CQU

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:07:00 GMT

More creative industry study options are opening up on the coast through showcase sponsors CQUniversity and partnerships with Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE. Our house band for the 'Imagine That Creative Showcase' Afterglow features band members who are currently enrolled in a Diploma of Music at Sunshine Coast TAFE. People completing the diploma now have the opportunity to apply to CQUniversity to complete a Bachelor of (Contemporary) Music degree at Noosa .

The two BMusic specializations available in Noosa are the creative music technologies and contemporary. These specializations are offered in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE (SCIT). After completing the Diploma of Music Industry or Diploma of Music Performance at SCIT, student can apply for direct entry into the second year of the BMusic (Creative Music Technologies OR Contemporary) program at CQ University. Once accepted, the Bmusic will take two years of full-time study to complete. Student holding equivalent qualifications to the Diploma of Music Industry (Technical Production) Diploma of Music Performance/Diploma of Music Industry - Business from another institution are welcome to apply for entry into the BMusic .

Students applying for Direct Entry
Students applying for direct entry should have first completed a Diploma of Music at the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE. Once completed,applying for entry into the Bmusic requires that you complete an on-line application for entry into the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music AND complete an direct entry application. The on-line application form for the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music can be found here.

Students applying for Entry via Credit Transfer Students applying for entry into the second year of the BMusic ) must have completed a Diploma of Music or equivalent. Applying for entry into the BMusic requires that you complete an on-line application for entry into the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, a QTAC application and an application for credit transfer. You will also be required to submit a resume and a portfolio of your work and/or attend an audition.

The on-line application form for the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music can be found here. For information about QTAC click here.

With a new range of programs on offer in 2012 as well as new learning facilities, there are now more reasons to study at CQUniversity Noosa than ever before. Areas available to study on-campus at CQUniversity Noosa in 2012 include Creative Enterprise, Education, Multimedia Studies, Music, Nursing, Social Work and Tourism.

Imagine That! Pecha Kucha Presenters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:09:00 GMT

As part of our exciting Imagine That! Creative Showcase we will be including six Pecha Kucha Night presentations. For more info on the night check out our event page. This is our talented PKN line-up!

Ange Takats – Singer/Songwriter/Writer
Foreign correspondent turned folk singer Ange Takats has lived a life less ordinary. She has been chased by a tiger in a Thai temple, interviewed Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, attended an elephant wedding, cuddled prison babies and has a chapter for every tale in her memoir ‘The Buffalo Funeral’...and a song for each story on her album ‘Aniseed Tea’. She'll be sharing her unique story with Pecha Kucha attendees.

Chris Pantano – Professional Glass artist
Chris Pantano has been a professional glass artist for over twenty five years. He works in hot glass, kiln formed and cast glass. His first international show was in Singapore in 1986.
Since then, Chris Pantano has exhibited in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan and regularly in North America, as well as throughout Australia. Pantano has established himself as a very collectable glass artist and continues to exhibit in selected galleries in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. In working with hot glass as a medium for creative expression Pantano has built a reputation as a master glass craftsman with a strong emphasis on colour, pattern and story. He is now also applying that experience to the canvas.

Annabel Candy –Writer/Blogger/Web designer
Annabel Candy is a writer, web designer and travel fiend with an MA in Design for Interactive Media and 16 years experience in online marketing. Annabel moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2009 and set up a travel blog called Get In the Hot Spot to improve her writing and learn about blogging. Get In the Hot Spot grew and now attracts a global audience of engaged readers. In the last 12 months over 138,000 people visited and, in 2010, Annabel was chosen by Coca-Cola as one of four Australian Live Positively ambassadors and flown to Shanghai business class for a social media conference with bloggers from all over Asia. Annabel wrote a book called Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps and set up Successful Blogging.com to help other writers and small business owners tap into the power of blogging. Annabel believes blogging is a cost-effective, sustainable and powerful tool which will allow Sunshine Coast business owners and creatives to market themselves to a global audience. Her secret dream is to empower more locals to market and sell themselves through blogging and help make the Sunshine Coast the blogging capital of the world.

Stephen Roberts – Ceramic Artist
Stephen Roberts has been a potter since 1990, beginning as a trainee at Flaxton Gardens Pottery. Completing the Associate Diploma of Art in 1995 he now teaches Ceramics in Cooroy and Brisbane. He has exhibited his work regularly across the Sunshine Coast and in Brisbane. He is a member of the Wood-firing Team at Rowley Drysdale’s property, Quixotica. Using a foot powered wheel and hand building methods, Stephen produces functional stoneware pottery and small sculptures. He shares a workshop with his wife, Kari, under their home in Palmwoods. Their workshop has four wheels, a gas kiln, and not enough shelves. In the back yard are the chook pen, a small forest and a wood-fire kiln.

Sonia Louise Armstrong – Screenwriter/Development/Arts Management
Australian Writers Guild Nominee Sonia Louise Armstrong is an Internationally credited screenwriter, Development Consultant, Script Assessor, Script Editor, Teacher, Mentor, Professional Writer, Judge and Guest Speaker!
For over ten years Sonia has gloriously indulged in a full time freelance career developing, writing and consulting on a wide range of Film, TV and Media product including the ABCs popular iconic TV news satire “The Glasshouse”, received funding for award winning films and has been a finalist in multiple International screenwriting competitions such as “The Chesterfield Writer Film Project” for Paramount Studios USA. Equipped with a Post-Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing, as well as having embarked on her MA, Sonia is currently developing and writing commissioned product, teaching in Screen & Media at Sunshine Coast Institute of Tafe whilst pursuing her love for community arts management.

Matt Haynes – Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Prior to a life in graphic design, it was Matthew's childhood dream to play professional baseball in the USA and continue his family tradition. Following a modest four year career with the Cleveland Indians (The same club which featured in the 1998 block buster "Major League starring Charlie Sheen"), Matthew pursued his other passions of architecture and design and completed a bachelor of Graphic Design, minoring in creative writing and advertising. During his degree Matthew was recognised by Design Graphics Magazine and Radical Media for his innate ability to design, create and innovate years ahead of his time. Since graduating, Matthew has showcased his enthusiastic and energetic brand of design on many projects with the Various Artists. With the help of Brian Keayes (VA co-founder), Matthew notably launched the Analogue / Digital Creative Conference - an event which is attracting international and domestic acclaim after only 12 months. With skills in both web design, print design and copywriting, Matthew epitomises the complete and modern day creative.

Imagine That Showcase - October 15

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:49:00 GMT

You won't want to miss our 'Imagine That! Creative Showcase' on Saturday 15th October. The Creative Alliance will showcase some of the coast's finest creative talents. Tickets can be pre-purchased NOW!
Online - through Red Chair Red E-tix.
$22.50 (Creative Alliance members)
$27.50 (non-members)
Online tickets available until Monday 10th October (unless sold out).

Door (unless sold out):
$30 (Creative Alliance members)
$35 (non-members)

Ticket price includes light refreshments. Cash bar available. The Imagine That! Creative Showcase will include:

Pecha Kucha Night - Presenters have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to share 20 images and speak to them for 20 seconds each. Confirmed speakers currently include Ange Takats (Singer/Songwriter/Writer), Sonia-Louise Armstrong (Screenwriter), Matt Haynes (VariousArtists), Annabel Candy (Writer/Blogger/Web designer), Chris Pantano (glass artist).... more to be announced soon
Concert performances by coast musicians including Spanish guitarist - Andrew Veivers , singer songwriter sensation – Ange Takats & Queensland Music Award winner - Alan Kelly (The Barleyshakes)
Fashion parades coordinated by Jacinta Richmond from the Sunshine Coast Fashion Festival and featuring some of the coast's top designers (to be announced following Sunshine Coast Fashion Week)
Live Art Artists - Renae Awen (local freelance artist and l.a.a event coordinator) will be creating a new work at the event inspired by what is happening throughout the showcase including music, fashion, street theatre, Pecha Kucha Night & visual art.
Jamvas – where everyone can take part in the creative expression by leaving their mark on our interactive canvas. Thus named ‘The Jamvas’ it starts as a blank canvas and throughout the night a collage is created infused with the people and happenings from the event. The Jamvas will be auctioned at the close of the night to help raise funds for the Creative Alliance – Sunshine Coast.
Gallery exhibitions featuring visual artists and photographers including Jandamarra (portraiture), Renae Bahloo (weaving), Kari (pottery), Tracy Naughton (photography) & Mixed Element (cement works).
Circus acts, roving entertainers, face painting and more!

Thankyou to our sponsors! The Imagine That! Creative Showcase has received significant support from local Sunshine Coast creatives and businesses including the Ardleigh Cleveland Gallery (Hyatt Coolum), The Creative Collective, ConlonBirrell Landscape architects, xsEntertainment, Sunshine Coast Fashion Festival, photographers Cheryl Nomnus & Ross Eason, soul space design (for the logo design), Red Chair and Screen Sunshine Coast, as well as funding support from the Sunshine Coast Council.

Green Love keeps on spreading!

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:48:00 GMT

Well, what a night! Green Love was full of it and the love keeps on spreading. Our fabulous presenters shared their stories about how they work with, respond to, nurture and are nurtured by the (green) earth. Their wisdom, passion, enthusiasm and generosity was inspiring. For more insights see Gail Forrer's article and editorial in the Noosa News and check out the pics on our flickr site.

Thank you to all the presenters for sharing their inspirations with us. Tamsin Kerr, Sunshine Beach State School permaculture kids, Jane Welsh, Andrew Maitland, Samantha Nyudbi Martin, Rachel Cutler, Robin Clayfield, Sam Cunningham, Emily Cox & Elias Delphinus andLeah Barclay and of course our MC Green June also known as Mary Eggleston.

This night emerged from several fruitful partnerships, between the Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance, Noosa Biosphere and Sunshine Coast Council, in particular the SmartArts+ program from Creative Communities. Thank you much to all those who supported the event in so many ways. It is these kinds of collaborations and events that truly demonstrate what is special about this place!

Pecha Kucha Night #7 'Green Love' Line-up

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:42:00 GMT

Come along and share the love - the 'Green Love' that is! Our Pecha Kucha Night #7 features a great line-up of people who are passionate about the environment, creative expression, healthy living and sustainable lifestyles. This time we are heading back to The J in Noosa, on Tuesday 2 August, at 5.30 for a 6.00 pm start. To secure your spot on the night head to our booking page. Our line-up includes:
Dr Tamsin Kerr – Director, Cooroora Institute, Writer
Sunshine Beach State School Permaculture Garden Group
Jane Welsh – Sculptor and Painter
Andrew Maitland – Peregian Veggie Village
Samantha Nyudbi Martin – Tribal Voice – Indigenous Representative
Rachel Cuter – Photographer, Abovephotography
Robin Clayfield – Facilitator, Author and Permaculture Activist
Jamie Parkin – Boo Crew (Ephemeral bamboo structures)
Emily Cox & Elias Delphinus – Artlovers and Photographers
Leah Barclay – Interdisciplinary artist/Floating Land Curator
With our fabulous MC: Green June (aka Mary Eggleston). More about our presenters below.

Dr Tamsin Kerr – Director, Cooroora Institute, Creative thinker and Writer
Dr Tamsin Kerr works as a landscape memoirist, social and environmental researcher, editor and writer, and speaker. She specialises in cultural and social planning, art and nature, ecoregional cultural and economic development, and planning to incorporate the idea of wildness in urban and rural environments. Tamsin is committed to bringing together design, art, and environment issues using creative and innovative approaches, so as to enable us all to tread lightly and joyfully upon this earth..

Sunshine Beach State School Permaculture Garden Group
What does it take to make a seed grow? The SBSS permaculture garden was re-established in feb 2009, constructed by Leonie Shanahan, volunteers and the SBSS kids and continues to function with the help of volunteers and the kids participation. It is funded by the SBSS P&C, Slow food and grants. Approximately 220 children are involved with the garden and they participate in all activities from seed propagation, seed saving, planting (veggies / bush tucker), garden bed preparation/design, harvests, cooking, garden art, Richmond Bird Wing Butterfly Vine program, weed/ plant identification, composting, worm farming and more. The children presenting are from years 4 & 6, and will present their permaculture garden story with a creative twist! They will demonstrate the joy, learning, sustainability principles, growth, sharing, environmental awareness and fun a school veggie garden can bring. Like blueberries for the soul!

Jane Welsh – Painter & Sculptor
Jane Welsh has been passionate about caring for our precious planet for several decades. She started her full time career as an artist on the Sunshine Coast at the Eumundi Markets, and more recently promoting her paintings and sculptures through local and on line galleries. For years her business thrived on commissioned portraits of kids on the beach. Craving more creativity she returned to her first love of sculpture in 2009, producing flowing figurative pieces in clay, based around themes of joy, love and connectedness. In creating these glazed works that require two firings using fossil fuels, Jane has struggled work with her green conscience. In her most recent work she has experimented with a range of alternative finishes to replace the second glaze firing, and has incorporated recyled and found materials in some pieces. So her fossil fuel use has halved, but she still wants to do better. She has been carving found or recycled timber, so that instead of burning carbon to produce my work, the work itself is seqestered carbon in the form of luscious rich polished timber.

Andrew Maitland, Peregian Veggie Village (Horticulturist, arborist and fanatic tree hugger)
Veggie Village is a community garden that promotes environmental sustainability, social equity, cultural diversity and community participation through growing fruit and vegetables in a friendly and fun environment.
Andrew will be talking about Veggie village through time, from 2007 to the present. He will explain how it all started from the germination of ideas and the community meeting through to planting fruit trees in Peregian Square. He’ll be talking about education, sustainability and community involvement. He’ll describe their education program from kindergarten children through to university students and international permaculturists and why they do what we do.

Samantha Nyudbi Martin – Tribal Voice, Sacred Oz, Indigenous Representative
Samantha’s background could have entrapped her into a life of insigniﬁcance,
However, her choices, her connections and rediscovery of her culture allowed
Samantha to confront her life’s directions and to consciously make healthier changes for her future. These steps are available to all who are inspired by Samantha’s presence as she shares her stories and her journey through her cultural educational documentaries based on Bush Tukka and Cultural awareness. One of Samantha’s greatest passions is working with youth. Samantha knows as well as anyone, the struggles of growing up in poverty. Sharing her life’s wisdom with young people is a huge part of Samantha’s Journey. Samantha is extremely focused on presenting her cultural presentations at schools, government departments, cultural events and communities and sharing the intimate knowledge of Traditional Healing and Sacred Ceremony she has learned from her Elders. Samantha is determined to share with others the richness and Sacredness of her Culture and to help break down the walls of ignorance.

Rachel Cutler – Photographer, Abovephotography
Rachel Cutler has been a photographer for the past 10 years, photographing anything from landscapes, events/weddings, portraits, sports, lifestyle and now aerial. She works for a company called "Above Photography" based on the sunshine coast in Coolum Beach and they fly all over Australia shooting aerial photography of many different sites. Rachel will present some examples of "The Earth's Artwork" in the words of Above Photography. Aspects of Mother Nature’s garden are coupled with artworks of suburban gardens and landscapes. For Rachel, flying up in the air inspires feelings of love and admiration for "Earths Artworks" and a longing to contribute to protecting it. Viewing things from above makes things that are usually large seem so small in comparison to the other things around them. Rachel will show a combination of her images and some by Mike Swaines to share her awareness and love of the Green Earth.Rachel is an aerial Photographer and work for a company called Above Photography. An interesting point is that their aircraft, called the Pipstrel Virus, won a NASA Prize of best miles per gallon which makes it the world’s most green aircraft.

Robin Clayfield - Facilitator (DynamicGroups), Author and Permaculture Activist
Robin Clayfield is a facilitator, trainer, author and musician with a passion for creative, interactive group work, permaculture, deep ecology, ceremony and empowerment work. She is the founder of 'Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning', a holistic learning methodology and workshop program and runs the business 'Earthcare Education'. Robin facilitates at conferences and festivals and offers her consultancy work and courses all around Australia and by invitation in other countries. Since the 80s she has taught permaculture design courses, advanced permaculture facilitation courses and more recently led Wild Women's Wisdom weekends and co-trained the Cert IV for Permaculture teachers. Robin's current programs include 'Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning' trainings for teachers and group leaders, a 'Creative Community Governance and Decision Making' training for community groups and organisations. With her partner Mark she also facilitates a 'Permaculture Meets Creative Design' weekend and 'The Love Feast', a retreat for deepening and (re-)energising Relationships.Robin has birthed three books, several kits and training resources and a CD of guided journeys set to music. She lives at Crystal Waters Permaculture Eco-Village and finds time to be active in the community, play in a band (Jambezi), potter in the garden, home educate her teenage son and be a Grandma.

Jamie Parkin - Bamboo Crew
Boo Crew is a collective of designers, artists and craftspeople from earth who specialise in the creation of ephemeral bamboo structures for shade, interaction and inspiration.
Bamboo, the distinctive component of their work, is able to be applied to any shape; it is the strongest (by weight) building material available; its lightness, flexibility, abundance and grace provide limitless opportunity for functional and creative expression. Growing to maturity in 3 to 6 years, it is a truly renewable resource and is ecologically friendly in its production and use. We are challenged and inspired by the awesome potential of bamboo and aim to explore this potential through our work together.

Emily Cox & Elias Delphinus – artlovers & photographers
Emily Cox and Elias Delphinus are a professional couple that share a common interest and appreciation for the arts. Elias is attaining his PHD in Biomechanics from the University of the Sunshine Coast and lectures at both USC and Bond Universities. My backround includes study at The School of Design RMIT Melbourne as well as being involved in corporate Australia for the last 13years. We are based out of Noosa and resided on the Sunshine Coast for the past 15years. Emily and Elias wish to share some of Elias’ photographs which they hope will prompt reflection and inspiration. They believe that beauty that inspires can act as a catalyst for others to awaken the artist within, andalso offers the observer an opportunity to experience a sense of appreciation, hopefully fostering love.

Leah Barclay - Interdisciplinary artist, Floating Land 2011 Curator
Leah Barclay is a multi- award-winning Australian interdisciplinary artist & curator recognised internationally for her distinctive sonic language. Her work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited to wide acclaim across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India, China and Korea. She creates immersive performances and multi- sensory installations at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment. Leah’s dynamic work has resulted in numerous awards, including the Premier of Queensland’s inaugural National New Media Scholarship, the Asialink Performing Artist Residency for South Korea and the HELM Award for Environmental Art. This presentation will profile a series of innovative Green Art projects including; Sonic Babylon, a global project planting interactive gardens of sound; Blue Gold, a hybrid performance installation by Ros Bandt exploring water as the commodity of the 21st Century, and ‘Ear to the Earth’; a worldwide community where people interested in Green Art can exchange ideas, information and sounds.

This event is being co-sponsored by Noosa Biosphere Social Board,
The Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance and
Sunshine Coast Council Creative Communities SmartArts+ program

100 Thousand Poets for Change

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:18:00 GMT

100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE will set up a BIG BRIDGE of poetry scheduled to span across this whole world on Saturday the 24th at 11.30am. People are invited outdoors for this act of sharing apps & forms of poetry and verse invoking peace & sustainability to traverse on a local / global /virtual scale - that's the plan.

So here on the Sunshine Coast, local and travelling poets will gather outside at a standout location that's yet to be selected and relay their work worldwide on livestream transmission. All poetry clips / recordings / texts will be collected online by Stanford Uni!

We've all got issues with what's going on now as well as worries about how it will turn out. So write, tell, recite, record & express what we are and why and who with and how we can and will do to at least try to sort it out! If you are interested in getting involved please contact Hamish Danks Brown (a.k.a. performing poet Danksta Downunder) via Facebook or email danksster@gmail.com