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MTNS MADE

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24.01.2022 This Friday (Friday 29th April) Illuminart Australia are hosting a morning tea Q&A session with Founder/Director Cindi Drennan and creative producer Verity Brookes at the Victory Cafe in Blackheath. The Q&A is an invitation to talk about projection art technology, project costs, the process, and how to make a project like this happen - and what community projects might come next. Date: Friday 29 April 2021 Time: 10:30am - 11:30am Location: Victory Theatre Cafe ... Please RSVP for the morning tea to verity [email protected] by Thursday 28 April COB. Illuminart are currently presenting the community artwork Blue Mountains Breathing Space - a projection installation on the Victory Theatre in Blackheath. Projections are happening every night till Sunday the 2 May 2021, between 6-9pm (more info at https://lnkd.in/gscu9tW ). The project received hundreds of contributions from community members including school students, residents, photographers and local businesses. illuminart collaborated with local illustrators to make artworks for the site, and engaged three local creatives to train in animation, in paid menteeship roles, to build local skills. #creativeindustries #creativeplacemaking #bluemountains #mtnsmade

24.01.2022 The Blue Mountains is home to spectacular filming locations, world-class directors, and top production companies. Just in case you needed proof, check out the trailer for #thelegendofthefive by Director Joanne Samuel featuring stunning mountain scenery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs54jwNLYmw

24.01.2022 Local hero of the mountains music industry Meg Benson has put together a season of performances live at the Avalon in Katoomba, each Saturday afternoon.

23.01.2022 Keep up to date with everything you need to know for your creative business with the Blue Mountains City Council Business News Snapshot. Follow the link to subscribe to the eNewsletter which provides easy-to-read information, as well as opportunities for training, and networking - straight to your inbox.

23.01.2022 Tune into the Blue Mountains Writers Festival this morning on your @abcinsydney

23.01.2022 Join us next Wednesday evening for a very special online Salon with special guests Faye Wilson, Michel Streich and Rilka Oakley, presented by Julie Ankers as we look at the upcoming Black and Blue 2 exhibition, developed and curated by Faye Wilson coinciding with the launch of Blume Illustrated the fourth edition. Artist and curator Faye Wilson has paired visual artists, writers and historians to respond to tales tall and true collected from the regions folklore and history. Dont forget to register for the event details in the event description.

22.01.2022 Katoomba based Singer Songwriter Wolf van der Made has just dropped his second EP on BandCamp and its an unexpected sonic treasure. Bravo Wolfie Vee. Special guest appearances on the record include Oliver Morley-Sattler and Andie https://wolfvandermade.bandcamp.com/album/999-nothing

21.01.2022 Photographer Tracy Ponich has been documenting local businesses during the recent bushfires and Corona Virus and her project Business not Usual has been funded by the Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust and will be exhibited at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre as part of the expose program. #lovelocal #shoplocal @maxsteelbluemountains @max.steel.39 https://mtnsmade.com.au/listing/tracy-ponich/

19.01.2022 Look Out! The Love Local Live series is back with a whole new series. We highly recommend having a streaming party and listening to Piccolo Bear. Shout outs to Blue mountains City Council and Fusion Boutique Presents for putting this new season together.

19.01.2022 This incredible exhibition opens this Saturday at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, with artist talks kicking off at 11am, its a show not to be missed.

17.01.2022 Create NSW is providing accommodation assistance, new support for creatives to engage with online platforms. The initiatives aim to provide employment and development opportunities, and audience engagement and skill-sharing for arts, screen and cultural organisations and individuals across the State. https://www.create.nsw.gov.au//state-and-federal-governme/

17.01.2022 RSVP to Dreamscapes II, an exhibition by emerging Blue Mountains artists Stephanie Lisa and Abigail Peralta.

16.01.2022 Future State is a trip hop duo from the Blue Mountains NSW who combine a love of analog synthesizers with brooding beats and haunting vocals. Theyve just dropped a new release, check it out!

16.01.2022 Diversify Your Creative Income is an interactive online workshop, run by Creative Plus Business that allows participants to discuss the various general ways that creatives can make money (including services, goods and passive income), and includes practical exercises to help brainstorm those ideas.

16.01.2022 BMCC are presenting a series of videos with guest social media expert Laurel Papworth; as one small way to support local business and creative communities, many... of whom have been hit particularly hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the next 3 weeks BMCC will share a series of 3 videos providing practical tips for leveraging social media for your business. Please feel free to share them with anyone you know that might benefit from getting seen on social media during these uncertain times. You can follow the Blue Mountains City Council Facebook page to see them as they are released each Monday. #bluemountains #covid19australia #covid19recovery #smallbusiness #lovelocalbluemountains #lovelocal #socialmedia #economicdevelopment #australia #entrepreneurship #mtnsmade See more

16.01.2022 Tonight! Catch Bonniedoon Duo perform as part of the LOVE LOCAL LIVE showcase from 7pm. Proudly presented and supported by Blue Mountains City Council in partnership with Fusion Boutique Presents and Shelter StudiosStudios. LOVE LOCAL LIVE is a series of 6 live streamed music performances by local artists held at a local recording and rehearsal studio with production by KFM Media. This photo is of the third act for the series, Bonniedoon Duo. Bonniedoon Duo hail from the Blu...e Mountains and perform a mixture of covers and original songs from genres such as; rock, folk, pop, blues, soul, roots and a hint of jazz. The act incorporates the powerhouse vocals of Bonnie Coady and the soulfully solid rhythms of guitarist Sheridan Hurst. Visit the Live tab to view all active and past streams: www.facebook.com/FusionBoutiquePresents/live_videos #FusionBoutique #FusionBoutiquePresents #LiveEntertainment #LiveMusic #Katoomba #AskRoz #AskRozBlueMountains #VisitBlueMountains #MtnsMade #lovelocal #lovelocalbluemountains #anextra20in2020 #buyblue #WeLoveBlueMtns

14.01.2022 Its a strange and dystopian time. As I walk around shopping malls, food courts and public spaces on my essential trips out of the house, Im confronted with sights and things Ive never seen before", explains Blackheath based designer Brett Klyszejko showcasing his creative work in the recently launched Shift+Control+Exit a Blue Mountains Cultural Centre exhibition.

14.01.2022 Genevieve Clay-Smith is an award-winning filmmaker, creative director, social entrepreneur, advocate for inclusive filmmaking and Blue Mountains local. Her latest film Groundhog Night is featured in the Sydney Film Festival. Tickets to Sydney Film Festival are still available to watch online for only $5! To purchase your ticket to the premiere of Groundhog night now head to, https://ondemand.sff.org.au/film/groundhog-night/ #shoplocal #bluemountains

14.01.2022 David Brazil presents Re-Take Blue Mountains, a project started with the collection of stunning early 20th Century photographs of the Blue Mountains. A process of re-photographing and re-imagining the images saw the creation of new artworks and an exhibition that shines a light on the pioneers of Blue Mountains landscape photography, our community and landscape and helps to preserve these images. The artist has amassed a collection of stunning original postcards, view books, ...glass slides and stereographs of Blue Mountains natural locations. Curation and collection The collection was geographically limited to the Upper Blue Mountains, Wentworth Falls to Jenolan Caves All images are over 100 years old No expensive images, cards or collections. Just what I could find. Emphasis on natural views rather than built up areas These images and locations constitute the raw material for the creative process, which comprise a combination of "straight" digital re-photographs, along with analogue and digital techniques to create original and compelling photographic artworks. The images in Re-Take re-interpret the original locations to create a picture of how the Blue Mountains region has changed over the past 100 years. David Brazil is an accomplished photographer, designer educator and environmentalist. He has twice exhibited at Head On Photo Festival, Sydney as well as having work exhibited at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery, The Heritage Centre, Blackheath and was the Artist in Residence for the 2018 Altitude Project. He has lived in the Blue Mountains for the past 16 years and has family connections in Katoomba dating back to the 1920s. He has a deep love of wilderness and a concern for the environment. Davids vision is to use photography to foster a deeper connection and appreciation of our wild places. Re-Take Blue Mountains was Awarded a 2019-20 Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust grant. A full colour catalogue will be available for sale throughout the two-week exhibition including a talk by the artist

14.01.2022 Request for Expressions of Interest: Katoomba Town Centre Arcade and Civic Centre Activation Public Art Opportunity Blue Mountains City Council invites artists to contribute to their vision for the activation of a prominent site in central Katoomba. Currently an important pedestrian link between Katoomba Street and the Blue Mountains Library and Cultural Centre, the site is intended to become an attractive and thought-provoking interim between the towns main street and one o...f its major commercial and cultural centres. This project is intended to raise Katoombas already enhanced reputation for public art. Council intends to select a small number of artists for projects at a range of locations within the site. Artists who work with a range of media which may include paint, three-dimensional installation and light and sound may be interested. A site walk-through and question and answer session is programmed for the third week of June for interested potential applicants. Request for Expressions of Interest can be downloaded https://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au//request-for-expressions-of-in Submissions should be submitted by close of business Wednesday 8 July, 2020. Expressions of Interest should be addressed to: Susan Bell Principal Urban Designer Place Management Team [email protected]

13.01.2022 The Blue Mountains Writers Festival is back in 2020 for a one-off special broadcast in partnership with ABC Sydney. Due to the pandemic, the Festivals usual program has been postponed until 2021, but in the meantime, tune into ABC Sydneys Focus with Cassie McCullagh this Friday 4 September from 10am via 702 AM radio or ABC Listen. Or join us here via our very own Facebook page where well be sharing the livestream from the event. Join the conversation with authors Tegan Bennett Daylight, Andrew Kwong and Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, plus go in the running for some fantastic prizes including a two-night stay at the Carrington Hotel, family passes to Scenic World and reading packs featuring each authors works. Stay up to date by joining the Festivals Facebook event here. Varuna the Writers House ABC Sydney

11.01.2022 A new Parliamentary Inquiry is looking into the benefits the arts bring to Australia and the significant impacts that COVID-19 has had on the sector. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts is encouraging anyone within the arts community to make a submission or participate in its online survey.

11.01.2022 Linda Mizzi is a songwriter/storyteller based in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. You can catch her cool country vibes tonight live from 7pm, brought to you by the inaugural city of the arts, the Blue Mountains City Council. You know what to do! #lovelocal #lovelocalbluemountains #anextra20in2020 #LoveNSW #bluemountains #bluemtsaus #MTNSMADE #livemusic https://www.facebook.com/events/2540239862909888/

10.01.2022 During August and September, Blue Mountains residents are invited to help grow a light and projection display that will collectively share the community spirit through messages of hope and courage. Contributions to the projection can be in the form of words, poetry, a photo, drawing or artwork, or even just to suggest an idea to us. The contributions will be compiled into a sequence of hopeful animations and moving image artworks, representing our collective hope to continu...e working together and supporting each other during times ahead. Contributions can be made through upload into our web site (form coming on August 10); through a phone conversation or letterbox drop to the Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre, or by contacting illuminart. The projection is planned for a weekend at the end of September 2020. More info and a link to contribute is at http://bmbreathingspace.info

10.01.2022 A priceless opportunity exists for a week in residence at Pinerolo: The Childrens Book Cottage at Blackheath, in the beautiful Blue Mountains. The self-contained, self-catering cottage offers tranquility and an inspiring working environment with electric blankets, a wood-burning fire and air-conditioning, for cosiness and comfort in all weather. Fully equipped kitchen for your convenience. WestWords & Pinerolo have partnered to offer this unique program, aiming to extend an illustrators knowledge of picture book creation and design, the process of publishing and the publishing industry. Applications from Western Sydney illustrators are encouraged. One place is available during 2020: 3 8 November. Date negotiable.https://www.westwords.com.au/projects/pinerolo/

08.01.2022 Join us tonight from the comfort of your digital device for a MTNS MADE Salon with special guests Charmaine Ledden-Lewis and Jodie Dalglish from Megalong Books. Zoom Link is in the facebook event description. https://www.facebook.com/events/599252310953006/

07.01.2022 Kayo Yokoyama is exhibiting at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre until the 26th July. The show, My story explores her Japanese cultural heritage, focusing on aspects of Zen philosophy which played a significant part in her upbringing. Her work often results in physical manifestations of her search for a sense of home and belonging across the different countries and cultures she has lived in. Delicately etched trees are a re-occurring motif which hint at the universal comfort of nature even in unfamiliar places. The moon and waterfalls are recent additions to her artistic language representing natures beauty and companionship. Yokoyamas new body of work will explore Japanese aesthetics and echo ideas of Zen philosophy.

07.01.2022 The Australian Design Centree is calling for applications for the Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards. Closing on Monday 27th July https://australiandesigncentre.com/seed-stitch-contemporar/

06.01.2022 Blue Mountains based writer Corin Shearston of The Haze Mag - Blue Mountains details the newest addition to the street art scene in the Blue Mountains.

05.01.2022 Why do we lose our baby teeth? How does our heart beat? Why do shooting stars fall out of the sky? Well the answers to all of these questions and more can be found in the Abckids podcast Imagine This, presented, produced and edited by Blue Mountains local Briana Peterson. Check it out! https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/imagine-this/

03.01.2022 The Blue Mountains City Council is looking to commission artwork for a new banner design to be printed and installed on street lighting poles across the town centres of Katoomba, Glenbrook and Springwood during the festive season. This Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) seeks to select an experienced designer that will be appointed to develop artwork for the 2020 Council Festive Banner design. Submissions must address the REOI response requirements by close of business, Monday 24 August 2020. For further information and to get a copy of Councils Brand Guide and templates: contact Councils Place Management Officer, Dr Anika Mostaert, at [email protected] or on 4780 5836. https://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/public-notices

03.01.2022 In collaboration with MTNS MADE and Blue Mountains City Council, Boost with Facebook is offering a day of free digital skills workshops. You'll learn tips, tools and resources to help boost your business using tools like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Canva. Visit the link below for full schedule of workshops and to register. https://australia.fb.com/boost/ Date: Tuesday 18 May... Time: 8.30am - 2.00pm Venue: Fairmont Resort, Leura Cost: FREE (numbers are limited, so registration is essential) See more

02.01.2022 Fran Crane from Lady Bird Design is one of many Blue Mountains creatives who is working with a unique workshop platform Class Bento, that offers a range of artisan workshops online and in person. If you are providing workshops in the Blue Mountains you could consider listing with them and creating a new creative side-hustle!

01.01.2022 Tune in tonight! #LoveLocalLive