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Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6293 1443

Address: 137 Reed Street Greenway ACT 2901 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.tuggeranongarts.com

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25.01.2022 Well, it couldn't be a better day for a picnic in the park and music - see you this arvo at Woden Skate Park! All ages, alcohol-free, free entry. Register here for your free tix: www.trybooking.com/BLTGQ

25.01.2022 Strut, Skank and Boogie is Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s almost End-of-the-Year Party! Grab your tickets now and join us as we wiggle away 2020 with an evening of live music on the Arts Centre lawns by Lake Tuggeranong. Kicking-off at 5pm, with funky, rockin’ blues music by the Johnny Reynolds Band. Zambezi Sounds continue the evening of live music with their irresistible rhythms and vibrant mix of African and Reggae music, from 6.30pm. Lerida Estate Wines, beers by Capital Bre...wing and some light catering will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Tickets are only $10 per person and bookings are essential. https://www.trybooking.com/BMLUP

25.01.2022 ‘Inspire’ showcases a sample of artworks entered into the St Mary MacKillop College annual student art competition. Students are encouraged to inspire their audience through their technical skill and creativity, producing artworks that communicate their own personal ideas, opinions, passions and interests. Drop by and check out the skills of these young artists.

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24.01.2022 Come down to the Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Saturday the 17th of October for W-in-process (W[]: I, me), a collaborative project about identity. Featuring interactive installations and sound performances, the events on the day will also include Emma Rani Hodges exhibition opening and artist talk. Sessions commence at 2.30 and 4pm. Bookings are essential!! http://ow.ly/gxMq50BMGJ0

24.01.2022 ‘If my heart could speak it would say come closer and hold me tighter. I made this for you.’ ART WORKSHOP by EMMA RANI HODGES. 11am 3pm, Saturday 31st October. $15pp. Materials provided. Suitable for all ages. To compliment her exhibition at TAC, join Emma Rani Hodges for a workshop focusing on Story telling through the creation of dioramas. Find ways to tell stories about family, culture and personal history through the framework of fiction, with the aim bringing spoken l...anguage into dialogue with a visual narrative. Bookings essential www.trybooking.com/BLSXS Image supplied by the artist @emma_rani

24.01.2022 Carol Taylor's garments are on display as part of our current exhibition Agency by Design. Taylor's dissatisfaction with ‘off the rack’ clothing and a growing interest and desire to address her and others' need for clothing to be both practical and enable the wearer to feel beautiful and glamorous, has presented her with a new quest to design her adaptive clothes. The exhibition runs until November 14. Images courtesy of Carol Taylor.

23.01.2022 Strut, Skank and Boogie is going ahead - rain, hail, or shine! Looking forward to seeing you all this afternoon from 5pm. Please note, gigs are being moved indoors. Due to COVID restrictions, guests with purchased tickets will have priority entry into the theatre. VIP's can chill in the Hunting Lodge and will be looked after!

21.01.2022 Last Saturday the paths around Lake Tuggeranong became the latest location for TAC's pop up event INTERPOSE. Kim Yang, George Zhao and Andrew Barrow & Keren Dalzell serenaded the lake users with their music. Asha Naznin read her poem to eager listeners and a soundscape from the Somnotèque created a backdrop to the whole event. Photos: Martin Ollman

20.01.2022 Look who popped in to the Arts Centre today! Sophie Edwards was here checking out TAC's outdoor area ahead of her gig next month. Book now and bring the family for this special all ages gig with Sophie Edwards Music and her band on the Arts Centre Lawns beside Lake Tuggeranong on Friday 23 October. Tickets only $10. https://www.trybooking.com/BLOUJ Support by Tori Nikias. P.s. We couldn’t resist taking a snap of Sophie in one of our Floriade Reimagined garden beds!

20.01.2022 Find out about artist Hangama in this great article from the Canberra Times. Hangama is the tutor for the Woden Arts Program's Migrant Women's Art Group. The group is taking a break now, over the school holidays, and will start again at Weston Creek on Monday 19 October. To find out more, or register to join the group, email [email protected].

20.01.2022 Zambezi Sounds is a 5 piece Canberra based band playing a vibrant mix of contemporary and traditional African music. They will be joining us on the lake for Strut, Skank and Boogie to help us party our way out of 2020. Tickets on sale now! Tickets only $10pp https://www.trybooking.com/BMLUP

19.01.2022 W-in-process (W[]: I, me) in The Lodge is open to public this Saturday, 17th Oct (www.trybooking.com/BLMHZ). Please book and come along for some live sound, clay dumpling making, and more! 1st photo: clockwise from left: DJ and sound artist Hei Zhi Ma (ins @elyshiaweatherby), poet Cham Zhi Yi (ins @chamzhiyi), facilitator Zora Pang (ins @zorapang), photographer and videographer Yuexin Zhao (ins @zyx.rosee), and artists who were introduced in previous posts ...Jing Zhang (ins @lanoiacamus), Joanne Leong (ins @blanketblanket_), guests Rebecca Weatherby and Lily Sheng, Jacqueline Meng (ins @j.m.e.n.g). 2nd to 4th photos: Multimedia artist Sydney Farey (ins @sydfarey) whose work focuses on personal narratives inspired by her family history and shared experiences; Zora and Joanne in conversation; Zhi and Jing in coversation. Photos by Yuexin Zhao (@zyx.rosee) Supported by @tuggeranongarts @zorapang who created this project is mentored by @youarehere_canberra through #cahoots2020

18.01.2022 Tuggeranong Arts Centre is a proud to be part of the Canberra community reimagining Floriade in 2020 and pleased our day of planting wasn’t in vain.

18.01.2022 On Saturday, the DOUBLE VISION: CORIN DAM RESIDENCY Exhibition opened. Check out the stunning works by artists Annika Romeyn and Elizabeth Paterson. If you want to hear more about their experience in Namadgi and creative processes, come along to the free Artist talk on Thursday, 3 December at 6pm. Book your spot now at https://www.trybooking.com/BNBAH @craft.act #Tuggeranongartscentre #CBRarts

17.01.2022 A great time was had at TAC’s ‘almost’ end-of-the-year party on Saturday! The music was top notch, the atmosphere was electric, and we were impressed by the enthusiastic crowd who eagerly took up the opportunity to learn how to Strut, Skank and Boogie with Fresh Funk dancers David Santolin and Hannah Miners . Thanks to everyone who came along, and a special shout out to our VIPs, the awesome staff, the fabulous musicians, and the fact that this crazy year is almost over. Photos by Martin Ollman and Richard Tuffin.

16.01.2022 Emma Rani Hodges' exhibition 'If guilt could take a physical form, would it flood the room and stain the walls pink? I wish I could pick it up in both my hands and mould it into something soft that would stop crushing the walls of your chest' showing in Foyer Galley until December 18. Artwork: detailed installation view.

16.01.2022 Thanks to WIN News Canberra for the great story on our new exhibition Agency by Design: Expressive Design for Disability. This show explores how design for disability does not follow a one size fits all model and is not just about functionality. The exhibition showcases over 50 objects from artists across Australia and overseas, including jewellery, clothing and various technology designs to enhance socialization, provide access to assisted technology solutions or improve s...elf-image. The exhibition runs until the 14th of November. #agencybydesign #tuggeranongartscentre http://ow.ly/GFTH50BG9dC

16.01.2022 Come down to the lakeside near McDonalds on Saturday the 10th of October. Between 11am and 4pm you can to hunt for some artistic treasure. Check out @PeopleLabCBR for more info! While you're at the lake, discover some more art at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre! Our exhibition Agency by Design is on until November 14.

16.01.2022 Enjoy funk rockin’ blues from the Johnny Reynolds Band when they perform at Strut, Skank and Boogie this Saturday! Now a regular feature of Canberra’s live music scene, the Band perform sophisticated songs with moody lyrics, tasteful guitar solos and driving pulse. Come along to the TAC’s final event of the year. Lerida Estate Wines, beers by Capital Brewing and some light catering will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Get your tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/BMLUP

15.01.2022 Are you a Woden artist who wants to lead workshops or present new work in public spaces? We’d love to hear from you! Or click on the Woden Arts Register link and fill in your details. https://www.tuggeranongarts.com/events/woden-arts-register/ ... Image: Martin Ollman #wodenlocals #wodenarts #communityledarts #creatingvibrantculture #havingfun #tryingnewthings #tuggeranongartscentre #canberraart #communityarts #wodenarts #cbrarts

15.01.2022 There's still one place left in the Solastalgia Poetry workshop with Melinda Smith tomorrow at TAC. Participants will look closely at the lakeside spaces around the Arts Centre and use what they find to write poems on the theme of Solastalgia (or the loss of environment). Suitable for beginners and those interested in poetry and writing, ages 16+. For more information head to the TAC website. Cost is $20pp. Bookings essential. . . . #poetry #workshop and #exhibition #tuggera...nongarts #cbrarts @ocelotpoet See more

14.01.2022 Fresh Funk’s 20th anniversary this year certainly did not go to plan, BUT the program adapted brilliantly and ended on a high note! The year began with gusto, large classes and plans for all kinds of projects, and guest choreographers from LA all within the first month! Then as COVID hit, the program was forced to move online. While this dealt a huge blow, it also forged a strong online bond between the participants and tutors, that led to lots of training at home, sending in... videos for feedback, live sessions, zoom calls with dance friends to practise together, and proved that the Fresh Funk connection goes way beyond the classroom. When Semester 2 began back in the studio, the excitement and positivity was palpable. There was an incredible energy about being in classes together again, sharing, and bouncing off each other’s vibes. Things were different, but everyone was grateful to be back in this special community and determined to make the best of things. We couldn’t have live theatre audiences, so we re-thought it all. Brilliant concept-video pieces were created in a new version of the Young Choreographers Initiative, and the end-of-year show became an end-of-year cinematic spectacular at Limelight Cinemas. The show was ambitious and the screenings were sold out and full of cheering crowds. The positivity of the Fresh Funk culture is undeniable, and it truly shone through in 2020. Congratulations to all on an incredible year. Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year we cannot wait for what 2021 will bring! #tuggeranongartscentre #canberradance #communityarts #freshfunk #freshfunk2020 #cbrarts

13.01.2022 This is Emma Rani Hodges, whose exhibition is showing in TAC's foyer gallery. It's moving work about loss and disconnection. Barbie Robinson, from Living Arts Canberra, spoke to Emma about the exhibition. Here's a link. It's a great little interview. Thanks Barbie. You have till late December to visit the exhibition. https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/emma-rani-hodges-win/

13.01.2022 https://vimeo.com/491433275 Fresh Funk is now taking enrolments for semester 1 2021! With over 300 participants Fresh Funk is Canberra’s leading urban dance program, fusing hip-hop, street and contemporary dance. Classes are offered for all ages and skill levels, with an emphasis on fun, fitness and friendship.... Visit our website for more info https://www.tuggeranongarts.com/whats-on/fresh-funk/ or give us a call on 6293 1443. Photo: Martin Ollman #tuggeranongartscentre #canberradance #communityarts #freshfunk #freshfunk2020 #cbrarts

12.01.2022 CLOSING THIS SATURDAY. Tuggeranong Art Centre’s First Response exhibition is only up for a few more days! This series of four new works from artists Martin Ollman, Marissa McDowell, Anna Georgia, and Shannon Hanrahan commissioned to document Canberra’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, reflects the strength we have to get through what lies ahead. UP NEXT in the gallery, is Agency by Design: Expressive Design for Disability, opening on 26 September, followed shortly after with an exhibition by Emma Rani Hodges.

12.01.2022 Thanks to WIN News Canberra for this great story about the Migrant Women's Art Group at Weston Creek, being delivered through the Woden Arts Program. Find out more about the tutor Hangama and the experience of Ghanian refugee Sumaya. The next term's program begins on Monday 19 October 2020 - email [email protected] for more information.

11.01.2022 To attend the launch of this exhibition please register for one of the following timed sessions at: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Saturday 21st November or 3:30pm - 4:30pm Saturday 21st November, via Trybooking here: https://www.trybooking.com/BMKFK Both sessions will feature a live musical response by Chris Stone. More information on the artists and their creative practice is available on the TAC website here: https://www.tuggeranongarts.com/.../double-vision-corin.../

11.01.2022 Bring a picnic and join us next Friday evening, on the Arts Centre lawns by Lake Tuggeranong, for an all ages gig with Canberra’s Sophie Edwards and her band. Sophie’s ‘Her Stories, Your Stories’ show features original music in the first set, followed by a set of 'audience picks'. Request a song for Sophie to sing in the 2nd set - via the TAC website or on the Day of the show. And don’t forget to tell us why it’s your favourite song! The whole family is welcome for this all ages, alcohol free outdoor event by the lake on Friday 23 October from 6pm. Tickets are only $10pp and bookings are essential. https://www.trybooking.com/BLOUJ https://vimeo.com/468350032 Music supplied by the artist.

09.01.2022 TAC's Strut, Skank and Boogie event by Lake Tuggeranong made it to the Riot Act's top ten things to do this weekend! Thanks for the mention. We just released some extra tickets! Be quick, they are selling fast!

09.01.2022 There are places available in the Art Factory- Messengers’ school holiday program. Kids from ages 10-16 will enjoy 2 days of painting, drawing, sculpting and more! Classes will be held 28-29 January, 10am-2pm. Bookings are essential.... For inquiries call 6293 2212 or email [email protected]

09.01.2022 POSITION VACANT. Tuggeranong Arts Centre is employing a Woden Arts Officer to further develop the Woden Arts Program in the ACT. The Woden Arts Officer will work 30 hrs per week to support and develop projects and activity, whilst working strategically to secure the program into the future. This is a re-advertised position, previous applicants need not apply. Applications MUST address the selection criteria in detail in order to be considered. Please contact Rauny before applying for a COVID-19 related restrictions update on: 0408 722 848. Applications close COB Monday Oct 12 2020. Please forward applications including 2 professional referees to: [email protected] More information: https://www.tuggeranongarts.com/department/staff/ Artwork: Leonie Andrews, Queanbeyan Railway Station, Urban Sketchers 2020.

08.01.2022 The job has brought us so much. New friendships, new skills, new opportunities and a new appreciation for the struggles people that we see every day have. Eyes are so important in whatever society you belong and to help people regain the symmetry they have lost is an absolute pleasure for us. This is the last weekend to come down and see our exhibition Agency by Design. Including the work by sisters Jennifer Hebel and Annette Watts who found themselves learning how to b...ecome ocularist's. We are open from 10am -4pm! Image 1: Gallery installation, courtesy of the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Image: 2 Courtesy of Artificial Eyes. #tuggeranongartscentre #AgencybyDesign #canberraart

08.01.2022 Closing next Friday! Don’t miss out on Lani Shea-An’s exhibition ‘A Wall with Windows’ at Manolo’s in Botany café in Phillip. Lani utilizes a variety of found surfaces in her practice, generating original, hybrid forms. This exhibition is presented by the Woden Arts Program as part of the Emerging Artists Support Scheme. Artwork: Lani Shea-An, Layered painting with two figures, 2019, oil, acrylic and cardboard on wood, 39.9 x 25.9 cm_ Photography Brenton McGeachie . . .... @lani.shae #art #exhibition # woden #tuggeranongarts #cbrarts See more

08.01.2022 Tuggeranong Arts Centre is hunting for your -no longer -or never loved artworks! The Arts Centre will be taking artwork donations until December 18 2020. For enquiries please call 6293 1443 or email [email protected]

07.01.2022 Come down for EDDISOuNds PARK this Saturday afternoon. Four great acts, all-ages and alcohol-free from 4pm - 6pm. Free entry - register to attend at https://www.trybooking.com/BLTGQ

07.01.2022 On Saturday 10 October, chill out from 4pm in the afternoon at Woden Skate Park with noise-rock band Agency, supported by Slagatha Christie and The Differs. This all-ages alcohol-free gig is free to attend, but please help us be COVID-safe by registering: www.trybooking.com/BLTGQ

06.01.2022 Big thanks to Shoeb Ahmad , Jim Dusty , The Differs, Slagatha Christie and @Girls Rock Canberra for putting on a great punk-picnic-in-the-park on Saturday afternoon with #WodenArts!

06.01.2022 Floriography, the language of flowers senior’s art class with Carol Cooke wrapped up this week. The 10 week experimental embroidery workshop offered a range of stitching techniques, including ways to incorporate beading and other materials to build detailed and original artworks. Inspired by the Victorian Era’s secret language of flowers to convey messages to loved ones, intricate, layered and vibrant work was produced. It was delightful to witness the relaxed and committed focus of participants who all produced such gorgeous work.

06.01.2022 FRESH FUNK 2020 is being screened at Limelight Cinemas! This year Fresh Funk pay tribute to the last 20 years of dance movies with Iconic dance scenes from Step Up, High School Musical and Honey. This performance has been a year in the making so don’t miss out! Tickets available at https://www.trybooking.com/BMAPK @freshfunkdancecanberra #freshfunk2020 #tuggeranongartscentre

05.01.2022 Congratulating TAC’s recently returned staff member Lily Platts on winning the 2020 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship! Our warmest congratulations on your achievement and a hearty welcome back to the Arts Centre team.

04.01.2022 Acacia Quartet are playing at Tuggeranong Arts on Sunday 25 October. In ten years Acacia have won great respect for their versatile and inventive programs. Their Tuggeranong Program includes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SQ 15, D Minor, KV421 (30’), Alice Chance ‘A Sundried Quarte.t’ (17’) and Antonin Dvorak SQ 12, Op. 96 ‘American’ (27’). Limited tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BLEAW

04.01.2022 Tickets on sale now! Join us as we bid farewell to 2020 with The Johnny Reynolds Band and Zambezi Sounds. Tickets only $10pp https://www.trybooking.com/BMLUP And remember, you can Strut, Skank and Boogie but please, no dancing! Bar open from 4.30pm.

04.01.2022 Don't forget to bring us your pre-loved treasures!

04.01.2022 THE UPCYCLED ART PROJECT: Tuggeranong Arts Centre is hunting for your -no longer -or never loved artworks! We will reinvigorate those old paintings, small sculptures, objects and un-nameable things and give them a new home. They will become part of an upcycled eclectic installation in the Hunting Lodge, upstairs at the Arts Centre. Our creatives will endeavour to give them a new lease on life! So, if you have an urge to purge, please drop items off at the Arts Centre reception until December 18 2020. Please note, some items may be refused if unsuitable. Upon drop-off they become the responsibility and property of the Arts Centre. For enquiries please call 6293 1443 or email [email protected]

03.01.2022 Join Emma Rani Hodges on Saturday the 31st of October for a workshop that will focus on storytelling through the creation of small dioramas. You will be finding ways to tell stories about your families, cultures, and personal history through the framework of fiction. The aim is to bring spoken language into dialogue with a visual narrative. Tickets are $15 and bookings are essential! http://ow.ly/3Kza50BMO69... This workshop is being run by Emma Rani Hodges in conjunction with her exhibition: ‘If guilt could take a physical form, would it flood the room and stain the walls pink? I wish I could pick it up in both my hands and mould it into something soft that would stop crushing the walls of your chest.' Rani Hodges' exhibition is on from the 17th of October to the 14th of November.

03.01.2022 The TAC lodge space is being transformed by W-in-process (W[]: I, me), a collaborative project about identity. This week, please meet four of the collaborators (Left to right). Joanne Leong (@blanketblanket_) explores belonging and strategies for navigating spaces between cultures through her works. She was born to Malaysian-Chinese parents in Hong Kong shortly before the end of British sovereignty. Jing Zhang (@lanoiacamus) is a critic and researcher interested in art and... politics. Her most recent research is Postsocialist Urban Aesthetics in the Pearl River Delta Region, 1970s and 1980s (2020). Jacqueline Meng (@j.m.e.n.g) explores ideas of race, consumer culture, and content sharing in the digital age through pop style paintings and more. Emma Rani Hodges (@emma_rani) is a guest in this project. She has generously contributed her talent, passion and stories. Her solo exhibition is coming up in October at Tuggeranong Arts, please keep an eye out! Photos by Yuexin Zhao (@zyx.rosee) @zorapang who created this project is mentored by @youarehere_canberra through #cahoots2020

02.01.2022 Another artist featured in Agency by Design is Leah Heiss, a Melbourne-based designer and RMIT researcher working at the nexus of design, health, and technology. Her health technology projects include jewellery to administer insulin through the skin for diabetics; biosignal sensing emergency jewellery; and swallowable devices to detect disease. Come and check out Leah's work and many more artists in the Agency by Design exhibition, on until November 14. Images: CaT Pin, 2019, Leah Heiss, Emma Luke, Paul Beckett, Glenn Matthews and Matiu Bush from Bolton Clarke. Cast sterling silver, additive manufactured plastic, casting putty.

02.01.2022 Emma Rani Hodges' exhibition is on in our Foyer Gallery until the end of the year. We are captivated by the materiality of Emma's work. Emma combines incongruous material (painting, textiles, and found objects) to assert that her multiethnic identity can exist as a cohesive unified whole and challenges the view that individuals of mixed heritage are ‘caught between two worlds’. #emmaranihodges #tuggeranongartscentre #canberraart #contempoaryart #mixmedia

02.01.2022 'Isolation' is a short documentary film by Marissa McDowell exploring the COVID-19 experience of Canberra’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. It explores their the unique fears and hopes for the community’s future. The film was featured as part of our exhibition 'First Response' that documented Canberra's response to the COVID 19 crisis. https://vimeo.com/464042823

01.01.2022 Did you know Fresh Funk also run classes at Belconnen Arts Centre? Contact us today, to find out how to enroll for Term 4!

01.01.2022 The Lucky Dip Workshop Series for adults is presented as part of the Jack, John and Kempsey exhibition, and celebrates the pursuit of creativity and artistic expression at any age. Over 5 weekly, evening workshops, be introduced to 5 different art forms by 5 different artist facilitators. Each workshop will be designed as an introductory or taster workshop with an emphasis on fun and creativity. The art forms and the artists for each workshop will be revealed on the day. Do y...ou have the courage to take part and find a new artistic calling? Dates: Thursdays February 25th & March 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th Time: 7pm 9pm Location: Tuggeranong Arts Centre Participants: Adults age 18+ Cost: $75 per person Please note: workshops will cover a range of visual and performing arts and require some physical participation. To discuss accessibility, please contact [email protected] or call 02 6293 1443. #tuggeranongartscentre #canberraart #communityarts #community #cbrarts

01.01.2022 Starting on Tuesday 6 October - a new free art program for seniors in Woden and Tuggeranong! 'Floriography - the language of flowers' will explore the Victorian-era use of flowers to communicate. You will design and create your own embroidered work that contains floral tributes - and secret messages! Materials and morning tea will be provided, and assistance with transport costs is available for some participants.Numbers are limited and bookings essential - click through to our website for more details, and email Jacqui at [email protected] to register.