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25.01.2022 + Online Live Music + This Saturday It's Delivered Live Season 2 Final this Saturday and once again we're livestreaming from 7:30pm AEST to keep you entertained in isolation. They are rounding out an amazing season of live entertainment with the platinum-selling band, The Rubens, festival fave, Owl Eyes, and Sydney based pop singer, Jess Kent, all performing full live sets! Bringing the laughs will be up and coming comedian Annie Louey, and our regular recap on ‘the week tha...t was’ with Sami Shah all brought to you by our hosts with the most, Henry Wagons and Myf Warhurst! It's FREE to watch, however for those that can afford it, tickets are available for purchase and funds will be going back into the pockets of the artists and crew putting on the show helping to replace some of the live income they have lost. To ensure that the show continues to support Victorian artists and crew each week Victorian artists who were scheduled to play this season will be paid as if they were doing the show. RSVP https://tktrev.com/DLSep5RSVP TIX https://tktrev.com/DLSep5 #macedonranges #inthistogether #DeliveredLive

25.01.2022 + Weaving workshop + NAIDOC week Tickets on sale! Don't miss out! Coil Weaving workshop traditional Aboriginal techniques... Saturday, 14 November 2020 1pm to 3pm. Learn the techniques involved in Indigenous coil and open coil weaving from master weaver and Dja Dja Wurrung artist Marilyne Nicholls. Spend an afternoon with ‘Aunty Marilyne’, hear her incredible stories and learn new skills in a supportive and welcoming environment. Limited to 15 participants, all material supplied. Appropriate measures will be in place to ensure the health and safety of participants, staff and the facilitator in line with the current COVID-19 regulations. In celebration of NAIDOC Week, 8-15 November. Council is in the final stages of signing off on our first ever Reconciliation Action Plan . You can find out more about the plan by visiting Council's website. The final version will be released soon. #macedonranges #inthistogether #NAIDOCweek

24.01.2022 + MAJOR OPPORTUNITY ALERT! + Announcing Creative Workers in Schools an exciting opportunity for teachers and schools to realise new creative projects. Creative Workers in Schools (CWS) is a new program for schools to collaborate with skilled creative workers on a project or set of activities that incorporates creative approaches into the school curriculum.... CWS will offer creative industries workers an opportunity to undertake a six-month residency in Victorian government schools, including special schools. Creative workers and schools will be supported to work together to co-design and deliver a creative and educationally valuable project or set of activities that supports learning across the Victorian Curriculum F10 over 6 months (two Terms). Residencies will take place in one of two streams, across Terms 1 and 2 or Terms 2 and 3 2021. Expressions of Interest are now open! Read more about the CWS initiative and how to apply and register for one of our online information sessions here: bit.ly/CreativeWorkers Download the guidance materials for schools here: bit.ly/CWSSchools Download the guidance materials for creative workers: bit.ly/CWSArtists

23.01.2022 + RISE Funding Guidelines + Opens Monday Weekend reading Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund ... The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Communications (Office for the Arts) have now released guidelines for the federal government’s investment in arts & cultural activities in response to COVID. The RISE Fund is supporting the arts and entertainment sector to reactivate. The program is targeting funding towards the arts and entertainment sector organisations who are seeking to restart, re-imagine or create new activities. The program is intended to assist by providing finance to assist the presentation of new or re-shaped cultural and creative activities and events. Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund opens 31 August: https://www.arts.gov.au//restart-investment-to-sustain-and #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether

21.01.2022 + Opportunity + Quick Response Funding RAV are pleased to announce that the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant Funding is now open! Check out the funding pages of our website to read the guidance materials and then get in touch with a member of the Partnerships team to chat about your application. Visit: http://www.rav.net.au/funding.../quick-response-grants/... #macedonranges #inthistogether

20.01.2022 + School Holiday Workshop + Underwater World Taking bookings now! Limited numbers available! Tickets selling fast!... Book in today! https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au//Underwater-World-an-online-ho #macedonranges #inthistogether

18.01.2022 + Opportunity + Vic Heath Creatives, local Councils and community organisations Opens 15 September 2020 In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, protecting our health and wellbeing is more important than ever. To respond swiftly, and support Victorians effectively, VicHealth has listened to our stakeholders and reimagined our upcoming grant round to identify and address the needs of people in our community who are facing the greatest challenges with their health and... wellbeing. With up to $2.5 million available funding, our Reimagining Health: A VicHealth Partnership Grant round has been designed to address the immediate needs of our community and support a range of local organisations working through this tough time. Grants of up to $3K, $10K or $50K will be available for new or existing ideas or to help amplify an idea that is already in place. We’re looking for ideas or solutions that create meaningful social connection, provide opportunities for physical activity and or address food security issues for those who need it most. In the past, creatives, local councils, community organisations have come to know our Art of Good Health, Everyday Creativity and Partnership Grants. The new Reimagining Health: A VicHealth Partnership Grant round replaces these funding opportunities and we’re encouraging creatives, local councils, community organisations to apply with local ideas to provide local solutions. We’re looking for ideas that create immediate impact and reimagine health and wellbeing in 2020 and 2021. We understand how challenging it has been for local organisations during the pandemic, which is why we’ve simplified our grant applications and sped up our assessment process so successful organisations can get the support they need to make a difference in their communities asap. On Wednesday 16 September applications open for 6 weeks, however we will be assessing applications throughout this timeframe, which means if creatives, local councils, community organisations apply early, they could receive funding more than 2 months ahead of those who wait to apply until the end of this grant period. We need your help to ensure all Victorian organisations are aware and ready to apply from Wednesday 16 September, so help us spread the word because we know you care as much as we do about helping people stay mentally and physically healthy through socially connecting and participating in arts and cultural activities More information: https://vichealth1.secure.force.com//qq9q-vQFRKQOAPYiDcK4T #MacedonRanges #inthistogether

18.01.2022 + NAIDOC Week + NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held across the nation from 8-15 November to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Celebrations in Macedon Ranges Shire will include a virtual smoking ceremony with didgeridoo, clapsticks and singing at Hanging Rock, traditional coil weaving workshops, and children’s storytime sessions co-hosted online by Council and Goldfields Library Corporation.... For info, visit https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/.../Celebrating-NAIDOC-Week...

17.01.2022 We are now in the election period until Saturday 24 October. During this time, Council will conduct its business as per its Election Period Policy, which ensure...s that the election is conducted in an environment that is open and fair to all candidates and the highest standards of good governance are achieved. For information on voting, boundaries and candidates visit The Victorian Electoral Commission’s website - https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ Posts and comments on this page will be limited during the ‘election period’.

17.01.2022 Over the next two weeks, our chalking artists will be visiting various towns across the shire. The aim is, after an unprecedented year, we’d like to fill our towns with fun, positive, festive messages for our community to enjoy. All our local businesses are ready to embrace customers back this Christmas.... Shop locally this festive season! Go Local First! As a community we did so well in trying times. Let's share the love! We are feeling positive about 2021! Artwork by local artists: Natalie Davis and Georgia Mulkearns #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #GoLocalFirst

17.01.2022 + Shout Out + Local talent/stars - Tonight! Tahlia Corin and Joshua Tyler are putting Kyneton on the stage and on the map! One for the diary, folks! Check-in online at 7.30pm tonight when the second volume of Critical Stages Touring’s COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA launches.... This new volume includes a wonderfully funny and heartfelt story from Kyneton residents Tahlia Corin and Joshua Tyler, Escape to the Marriage. Locals since making a tree change to renovate their dream home, they have a wonderful history of making amazing theatre and film in Australia, and this next story will have city and regional audiences falling in love with their Kyneton life. Join the Facebook event to join the premiere: https://www.facebook.com/events/707215159830783/ #CTWIA #ComeToWhereIAm #TheScreeningRoom #CriticalStages #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether

17.01.2022 + FUNDING OPPORTUNITY + Opening today! VicHealth's 'Reimagining Health Grants offers funding of up to $3K, $10K or $50K for local organisations who can support young people (aged 0-25 years) or Victorians experiencing disadvantage, by inspired thinking around social connection, physical activity and food security. Applications open 16 September... http://bit.ly/CVvicHealthGrants #MacedonRanges #inthistogether

16.01.2022 + Online Live Music + This Saturday night Staying in does not mean missing out... check out Saturday's lineup!! triple j favs Middle Kids, Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson, and up and coming duo, CLEWS, all performing full live sets! PLUS award-winning comedian Nath Valvo, and our regular recap on ‘the week that was’ with Sami Shah all brought to you by our hosts with the most, Henry Wagons and Myf Warhurst! It's FREE to watch right here on Facebook or YouTube this Saturd...ay, or grab a ticket and support the artists as well at https://tktrev.com/DLAug29 #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #DeliveredLive

16.01.2022 + Amazing Local Festival Opportunity + Artists, Creatives and many other opportunities! The Gathering of The Goddesses 26th, 27th & 28th of March 2021 ... The Macedon Ranges * CAMPING / GLAMPING * MARKETS *WORKSHOPS * HEALING - a festival for women, by women - Come home to the wilderness & re-join your tribe... Join us for a three day camping / glamping festival to connect, to ground and to grow. Woman of all ages and from all walks of life coming together with inclusive experiences for all. Enjoy Workshops, Presentation, Healing, Psychic Readings, Health & Fitness, Drumming, Women's Circles, Chanting, Market & Food Stalls, Arts & Crafts, Buskers & Performances, Children's Village and so much more! Celebrating the ways of the old by gathering with your kindred spirits and re-joining your tribe. Nestled on 183 acres of natural forest, The Gathering of the Goddesses Festival takes place at the bottom of the Macedon Ranges. All Workshops, Presentations and Crafts are included in your ticket purchase. The Gathering of the Goddesses Funds: Proceeds from The Gathering of The Goddesses Festival will be going towards improving the mental health of children and adolescence in Victoria. Thank you for being apart of this movement and helping make a difference. All the details: https://www.thegatheringofthegoddesses.com.au/contact #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether

16.01.2022 + Survey + 2020 Regional Performance Makers Survey If you’re a regionally based creative who enjoys any kind of performing arts practice, we'd love to hear from you! Our Programming Team are currently conducting a brief 5-10 minute survey to better understand the needs of regional performing arts practitioners beyond this pandemic. PLEASE NOTE: If completing this survey is likely to trigger negative feelings for you, please don't fill this in. If you feel up to it, we would ...love to talk to you over the phone instead. Please email [email protected] to make a time. SURVEY LINK: tfaforms.com/4847935 #macedonranges #inthistogether

16.01.2022 There should be more of these awards! Nominate a young person in the GOOD DEEDS category of the Macedon Ranges Youth Awards. This category recognises young people who give their time and energy to activities that support the wellbeing of another individual, group or community. Nominate quickly and easily online - www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/youthawards... Photo: Winner of one of the 2019 Community Participation Awards Laura Crozier See more

14.01.2022 This artwork is in front of the Kyneton Mechanics Institute. It will be there until it rains! We wanted to thank you! Macedon Ranges! It's been a tough year! Woodend chalking pics and roving performers coming soon! #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #GoLocalFirst

14.01.2022 + Opportunity + Writers The 2021 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards are now open for entries. The winners of the main suite of awards Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Award for Indigenous Writing and Writing for Young Adults each receive $25,000. The winner of the Award for an Unpublished Manuscript receives $15,000.... The winners of the seven award categories go on to contest the overall Victorian Prize for Literature, worth an additional $100,000. This is the single most valuable literary award in the country. Head to our website for more details on how to submit your entry. #vpla2021 #macedonranges #inthistogether

12.01.2022 + Share your story + Covid-19 The new Normal Want to share your story? Goldfields Libraries are inviting community members to share their experiences of life navigating Coronavirus to record and reflect on this moment of history in the making.... Your experiences will be shared in an online gallery, printed book and travelling exhibition, so that someday we can look back and 'remember that'! Here’s one way you can get involved: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GLCLifeInLockdown Further details: https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/lifeinlockdown #macedonranges #inthistogether

12.01.2022 + Weaving workshop + NAIDOC week First workshop sold out! Additional date announced: Sunday 15 November, 1pm-3pm. Tickets on sale! Don't miss out!... Coil Weaving workshop traditional Aboriginal techniques Sunday, 15 November 2020 1pm to 3pm. Learn the techniques involved in Indigenous coil and open coil weaving from master weaver and Dja Dja Wurrung artist Marilyne Nicholls. Spend an afternoon with ‘Aunty Marilyne’, hear her incredible stories and learn new skills in a supportive and welcoming environment. Limited to 15 participants, all material supplied. Appropriate measures will be in place to ensure the health and safety of participants, staff and the facilitator in line with the current COVID-19 regulations. In celebration of NAIDOC Week, 8-15 November. Council is in the final stages of signing off on our first ever Reconciliation Action Plan . You can find out more about the plan by visiting Council's website. The final version will be released soon. #macedonranges #inthistogether #NAIDOCweek

11.01.2022 Share in our special NAIDOC Week welcome to country and smoking ceremony as part of this year’s celebrations in Macedon Ranges Shire. Jaara elder Uncle Rick Nelson of Dja Dja Wurrung explains some of the cultural foundations for this special ceremony at magnificent Hanging Rock. Visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/naidocweek

11.01.2022 + Survey Results + An increasing majority (84%) of Australians recognise the positive impacts of the arts across a range of areas including child development and education, health and wellbeing and the future economy. 'Creating Our Future: Results of the National Arts Participation Survey' is out today.... www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/creating-our-future #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #AustraliaCouncil

09.01.2022 + Australia Day Awards + Arts Ambassador 2021 Australia Day awards and township celebration grants now open. Each year Council’s Australia Day awards recognise and celebrate community members and organisations that make significant contributions to their local communities.... Nominations and applications are now open for the 2021 Australia Day Awards, and township celebration grants for community groups planning to hold free Australia Day community events. If you know an individual or group you would like acknowledged, nominate them today. The awards provide the opportunity for Council and our community to recognise and celebrate inspirational people who make ongoing contributions to the shire. Nominations are open in the following categories: Citizen of the Year Young Citizen of the Year Community Achievement Community Event Arts Ambassador Entry is open to all people who live, work or study in the Macedon Ranges Shire at the time of nomination. If you're involved with a community group that's planning to hold a free Australia Day event, you can apply for an Australia Day township celebration grant of up to $500. Both award nominations and grant applications open on Monday 14 September and close on Friday 30 October 2020. https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au//2021-Australia-Day-awards-and

07.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday This wonderful image is of Margaret Pestell’s watercolour painting of ‘Wenona’, 14 Welsh Street, Kyneton. This two storey building is understood to have belonged to pioneering doctor, James Pestell, used as both his surgery and his private residence. It later became Wenona Private Hospital in 1914 which necessitated the addition of the rear wing. (not shown) The hospital was run by Dr. Pestell’s daughter, Sister Elizabeth Pestell who trained at the Alfred Hos...pital prior to opening Wenona. Could the nurse we see in the painting be her I wonder? The Kyneton Museum is fortunate to have a uniform of a similar age to what we see here, complete with red woollen cape and starched hat. The traditional cotton apron covered a nurse's dress and protected it from contamination and during times where laundering was done by hand, it really would have been much easier to launder a soiled apron than an entire dress! The short red cape we nostalgically associate with Australian nurses not only signified your position as a Registered Nurse, it provided much needed warmth over the light cotton of the dress and apron. Our nurses past and present show amazing dedication to their jobs, treating patients with compassion and empathy. During difficult times such as these we should spare a thought for those nurses working in our hospitals and care homes, they really do go above and beyond the call of duty. #Notallheroswearcapes #InThisTogether #MuseumFromHome #MacedonRanges See more

07.01.2022 Macedon Ranges Shire Council elections will be held on Saturday 24 October 2020. The election (caretaker) period begins 12pm, 22 September and ends 6pm, 24 October. During this time, Council will conduct its business as per its Election Period Policy, which ensures that the election is conducted in an environment that is open and fair to all candidates and the highest standards of good governance are achieved. Posts and comments on this page will be limited during the ‘election period’.

06.01.2022 + Bands Online + Music in the sticks! Are you a youth band, duo or solo artists? This year we are running Battle of the Bands digitally. Music in the Sticks and FReeZa present: Battle of the Bandwidth 2020.... The competition is open to Macedon Ranges young people aged 12-25 living, working, or going to school in the shire. Find out how to enter at Battle of the Bandwidth 2020 - Online Battle of the Bands Comp. #InThisTogether #Musicinthesticks #FReeza

06.01.2022 + Opportunity + Volunteer grants now open Volunteering Victoria has grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 available for community groups to support the efforts of their volunteers and encourage and increase participation in volunteering: http://www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au/svg2020/... #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #VolunteeringVictoria

06.01.2022 + Opportunity + Artisans Fringe Furniture - Melbourne Fringe closes 15 September 2020 In a world of uncertainties, it’s nice to know a chair is a chair, right? Except what if that chair is also a lamp? Oh boy.... Now in its 34th year, Fringe Furniture showcases the very best experimental, emerging and market-ready design beautifully crafted objects from some of our brightest furniture makers, sculptors, ceramicists, industrial designers, and big-thinkers. But Fringe Furniture isn’t just about drool-worthy design (though it is that too) it’s an invitation to artists to re-imagine the familiar and make the future now; to re-think where we sit, how we sit and what we sit on. The future might be uncertain, but one thing you can be sure of: it’ll look rad. Returning to its home at the Abbotsford Convent, Fringe Furniture is one of the longest-running design events in Australia, and it kicks off this Melbourne Fringe Festival with a bang. Fringe Furniture is an open-access event, meaning that anyone can register to exhibit work. This open-access policy results in established and emerging designers coming together, with a combination of experimental and functional works and the presentation of fresh ideas alongside refined forms. The breadth of talent and skill that Fringe Furniture attracts can genuinely be considered a barometer for the city’s vibrant and cutting-edge design community. Got a fresh idea in the works? Register it at Fringe Furniture in 2020. #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #FringeFurniture #MelbourneFringe

05.01.2022 + Your Say + Arts Industry Survey Calling all artists! It only takes 10 minutes. Help us, help you! Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions... The Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts is conducting an inquiry into Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions and would like to hear from you. This survey will take around 10 minutes, and will provide valuable information to the Committee for consideration in the inquiry and report. You do not need to answer all questions to complete the survey. This survey is the first stage of the inquiry into Australia’s arts and creative industries. Submissions are due by Thursday 22 October 2020. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Stateoftheartssurvey #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether #artsandculture

05.01.2022 + Survey + Creative Industries If you work in Victoria's creative and cultural sector whatever your role we want to hear from you. Complete this survey to tell us how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your work and what would help you recover from the impacts of 2020 and rebuild for the future. This important data will inform Victoria's next creative industries strategy and help guide the Victorian Government's priorities and investment from 2021-2025. http://bit.ly/...CVcs2 William Elm at Blak Sounds 2019 VMDO First Peoples. Image: Jacinta Keefe #macedonranges #inthistogether

05.01.2022 + Online workshop + Grants Would you like to write better grant applications for your community organisation? Come along to one of Council’s free webinars on Monday, 23 November to learn more about finding and applying for grants. Register here - https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/.../Find-A-Grant/Grants-Skills

03.01.2022 + Funding Opportunity + Now open $75 million investment in the Arts industry! Plenty of time for your organisation to get your projects ready!... Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund The RISE Fund is supporting the arts and entertainment sector to reactivate. The program is targeting funding towards the arts and entertainment sector organisations who are seeking to restart, re-imagine or create new activities. The program is intended to assist by providing finance to assist the presentation of new or re-shaped cultural and creative activities and events. The RISE Fund is investing $75 million in 2020-21 as part of the Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program that supports participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture through developing and supporting cultural expression. Funding application period: Fund opens on 31 August 2020 and will remain open until all funds are allocated or until 31 May 2021, whichever is sooner. To apply for funding through the RISE Fund, organisations should submit an application using Department's SmartyGrants online portal. The SmartyGrants application form is designed to assist applicants to demonstrate how their proposal meets the objectives of the program by addressing all the assessment criteria. All eligible applications will be competitively assessed against the assessment criteria #MacedonRanges #inthistogether #risefund

01.01.2022 + School Holiday Workshop + Online - Underwater World Create an Underwater World collage Sticker fun exploring an Underwater World... Kyneton Town Hall’s school holiday program KTH Kids has gone online offering a fun creative and crafty workshop for kids during the September school holidays. Working with local artist Joanne Mott, kids will create a mural using recycled sticker materials, that explores the colourful oceanic underwater world of corals, sponges and wonderful sea creatures. Children can join the workshop at any time during the September school holiday period, sign up to receive their materials pack then tune into the online workshop to learn how to create a mural. $5 per child. Tickets are selling fast! For information about how to participate in the workshop, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/arts-workshops #MacedonRanges #InThisTogether