Lolly Belle: Intriguing and Inviting
By BILLY DIXON For new mums, it’s not easy to find time to socialise, or make the most of meet-and-greet opportunities when they arise. In fact, no matter how far we’ve come there’s still a lot more social clubs for “the boys” than there are for women. Enter The Peninsula Dance Project, an initiative started by Mornington Peninsula resident Lolly Belle. An award-winning choreographer as well as public relations manager, Lolly also has...
WIN WIN WIN
By BILLY DIXON WIN WIN WIN | The Weeping Willows’ NEW ALBUM PLUS tickets to Fluir in Melbourne Original, high-quality Australian music – not the type styled on American pop, but genuine, original art – is hard to come by. Maybe it’s the small size of the market here, perhaps it’s just that Australian’s aren’t all that imaginative. Actually it’s neither – not according to Fluir’s latest release. If there’s one word that could...
Winners’s Show
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Artist, Kevin Chin, won the 2015 inaugural Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize adding to an impressive list of other prizes and grants. He returns to The Gallery at Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre to present his solo exhibition, Worlds Away. Chin’s work combines fantasy and reality in intriguing ways. In his own words, his work is about, “a sense of alienation and how that connects us to a sense of belonging we...
Genius & Madness
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Vincent is a contemporary dance production visually articulating the inner turmoil of Impressionist painter, Vincent Van Gogh. It’s a mesmerizing and thought provoking work of exceptional beauty and breathtaking physicality. Melisa Lanham of LissaJane Dance has created something totally unique. While using the letters exchanged between Van Gogh and his brother Theo as its dialogue, the body of the story is...
Saltwater and Remembrance
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery presents a trio of interesting exhibitions this quarter. In the foyer is Flowers in the Field – Waiting for the Sunrise. In the main gallery is Saltwater Country. Also in the main gallery find Australians Will Be There – Victorians in the First World War. Marion Manifold is a printmaker interested in identity and women’s’ body image. In Flowers in the Field –...