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Balfour House

Locality: Cygnet, Tasmania

Phone: +61 400 867 509

Address: 22 Mary Street 7112 Cygnet, TAS, Australia

Website: http://balfourhouseartscentre.wordpress.com/

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25.01.2022 Haiku installation starts tomorrow and continues over the weekend. - if you’d like to join us on ‘Colouring In Team’ please let us know at [email protected] Thank you to all the writers and the Mary street businesses who have joined this project.

25.01.2022 Kaitlyn and Ms Lackey were invited to work with Claire Byers from the Cygnet Arts council on a Chalk Haiku project. There are 29 Haiku's in shop frontages along... the main street of Cygnet, and Kaitlyns.... Stand 1.5 meters please The moon is rising tonight How many hats Can you wear Is on the shop frontage of the Cygnet Woodfire Bakery. Kaitlyn would like to thank Claire from the Arts Council for the fun experience.

25.01.2022 Chalk Haiku installation has begun and will continue through into to next week. Thank you to the business that are hosting us and all our volunteers.

24.01.2022 Mercury newspaper coverage today, page 7

23.01.2022 Chalk Haiku is an public art project by Balfour House, coming to Cygnet in August and Huonville in September 2020. The communities of Cygnet and Huonville are invited to write and share haiku poetry about their experience of 'now' during this unusual COVID-19 experience. Cygnet writing sessions: ... Monday 3 August 1pm2pm Wednesday 5 August 1pm2pm Friday 7 August 1pm2pm Cygnet Town Hall Supper Room Huonville sessions TBC. All haiku submitted will be featured in a community anthology at https://balfourhouseartscentre.wordpress.com. If you can't make a writing session, you can submit your haiku online: https://balfourhouseartscentre.wordpress.com/enrollment-fo/ If you would like to join the Chalk Haiku volunteer team, if your business is interested to host a writing session, or if you have any questions on how to participate, contact [email protected] or call 0400 867 509. Supported by the Huon Valley Council Stronger Together Quick Response Grants program, Libraries Tasmania, Cygnet Arts Council and the Red Velvet Lounge

22.01.2022 From the hills of Cygnet

22.01.2022 Expressions of interest for a work room at Balfour House. 5x5mts, north facing window, secure 24 hours access. $240 per month Available from October 1st Balfour House supports the professional practice of artists, designers and makers by offering licences for affordable work spaces.... Expressions of interest call 0400 867 509 (business hours only) or email [email protected]

18.01.2022 Find the Chalk Haiku: photo gallery, community anthology And project information here https://balfourhouseartscentre.wordpress.com/chalk-haiku-p/

17.01.2022 Revisiting a Balfour House project. What a great team it was Kitty Taylor and Jerome and Amanda Dobson

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15.01.2022 So well deserved Ani ... once upon a time Ani worked at Balfour House

12.01.2022 More haiku going up on Sunday afternoon.

12.01.2022 Chalk Haiku is coming to Cygnet in August. Join us at a writing session to find out more, find out about haiku, write your own haiku, meet some of the people behind the project. A friendly gathering, all welcome

09.01.2022 If you have photos of Chalk Haiku you’d like to share please send them to [email protected] Photo : Michelle Romeo

07.01.2022 Thank you to the all star volunteer team installing the haikus this weekend and all our supporting venues. Photo Michelle Romeo

06.01.2022 Monday next week ...

02.01.2022 Some places left in this great workshop

02.01.2022 Chalk Haiku update: COVID has thrown our project a spanner. Due to freight disruptions spray chalk is not available in Australia at this time.....But with the support of our fantastic community (thank you Isis St Pierre) we have a plan B... Chalk haiku will be installed in Cygnet using stencils and liquid chalk pens. This is planned to happen next week... join colouring in crew if you want to lend a hand. Email us at [email protected] to express an interest.. Sadly, with the increased material costs, installation time and general running round herding cats (volunteer Arts administration and management) the Huonville installation has been postponed indefinitely. Huge thank you to Willy Smith’s, Libraries Tasmania and the Huon Valley Council for your support and understanding. This week we have started cutting the stencils in the lovely workshop room at Balfour House. Thank you stencil cutting volunteers ! You are the best !