Vol. 6, No. 5, Summer Edition 2001-02 CONTENTS Vic O'Connor 3 The people's artist Noella Clohesy 6 Painting out the pain Darebin La Trobe Art Prize 8 An art form comes into its own 10 Printmaking at Heide Short story 11 Breathe Nillumbik Artists Open Studios 12 Photography by Eltham High School students 14 Creative Food, Abstract Art and a Good Drop to Boot! 16 Book Review 19 Gwen Ford on Peter Timms Chris Smither at The East 20 CD Review 22 Elizabeth Scarlett on Australian music Artin' About 24 A Tribute to Dunmoochin and Clifton Pugh 28 Return of the Pottery Expo 29 Wining and Dining 30 Poetry 32 Myron Lysenko "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, piers bateman, vic o'connor, willy wonka's ice cream gourmet food, banyule city council cultural services, dynamic vegies, eltham wiregrass gallery, noella clohesy, plenty views golf park, montsalvat, darebin latrobe art prize, yarra valley arts council, printmaking, michelle napolitano, nillumbik artists' open studios, jenni mitchell, eltham high school, evelyn county estate black paddock restaurant, thompsons pharmacy, city of whittlesea community festival, whittlesea country music festival, chris smither, leigh conke, dunmoochin, clifton pugh, mandy hayley, warrandyte pottery expo, drew gregory, michael buxton

12 page newspaper cover wrap of news, events and information concerning the 1993 Eltham Festival including advertisementsNewsprint1993, 1993 eltham fun run, alistair knox park, australian automotive paint supplies pty ltd, body glove, cathy poussard, circus of chaos, classic fireplaces & bbqs, code one, comfyhome, dauphine, diamond valley and eltham community orchestra, diamond valley community hospital, diamond valley news, diamond valley nursery, doncal heating & cooling, eltham and district woodworkers association, eltham arts council, eltham bookshop, eltham circus of chaos, eltham community centre, eltham festival, eltham health foods, eltham high school, eltham hotel, eltham motor inn, eltham town park, eltham wildcats basketball club, eltham wiregrass gallery, forward auto salvage, gibson's menswear, hanglider lounge, inside out, integrity paint company, kristina jenkins, lancome beauty therapy, leo scott, lizzy tumbri, lower plenty hotel, mgs eltham, montsalvat garden nursery, mr milky's, murrundindi, naomi crowe, north riding living and learning centre, pam sladden, papua new guinean cultural promotion dance group, peter glass, senior citizen's hall, shire of eltham, shire president, shoestring youth theatre, sonya's health foods, steam train, the dancing bares, the eltham bookshop, the landscape factory, the ridge healthclub, the year of indigineous people, tony hicks trio, tony hicks, valley engineering, valley vision, victoria police rock band, vox bandicoot conservation theatre company, yarra yarra aboriginal dancers

4 page insert of program guide, activities and information and advertisementsNewsprint insert, 4 pages3d paint city, 1994, alistair knox park, classic fireplaces & bbqs, doncal heating & cooling, edendale community farm, eltham art award, eltham arts council, eltham festival, eltham hotel, eltham leisure centre, eltham library, friends of the eltham copper butterfly, integrity diamond valley, integrity paint company, leslie avril, mgs eltham, montsalvat, pauline toner reserve, rugby oval, society syncopaters

Typed program for the Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival from 23rd March to Tuesday 4th April 1972. Program lists the displays and entertainment for the duration of the Festival.event, exhibition, eaglehawk dahlia & arts festival, eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival 1972 program, historical society museum, karl steinbergs puppet show, bendigo gem club, australian handicapped and disabled artists, country women’s association, sam cragg, sandhurst boys centre, spastic children's friends & parents committee, sir rohan delacombe, national dahlia society, eaglehawk y m c a all grade basket ball summer competition, game birds society, bushwackers and bullocky's bush band, eaglehawk bowling club, state services orchestra recital, alan paull, arts council of australia, chitrasana dancers from ceylon, eaglehawk croquet club, bendigo music advancement society, phillip miechel, henry wenig, margaret schofield, shirley jacobs, the german national circus, bendigo clay target club, bendigo photographic society, eaglehawk bowling club, kennel club, eaglehawk citizen's band, society of organists, bendigo field naturalists

Assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government's Arts funding & Advisory Group Black and white theatre programcontains author autobiographymonsters, program, proogramme, athenaeum theatre two, kevin nemeth, slegehammer presents, australia arts council

5 pgs single sided, printoutOverview of the history of arts and culture and sports and recreation in the city of Whitehorse arts culture, sports recreation, atheletics, choir, mary pearce, mary matheson, beatrice pooley, amanda liebert, hazel mourney, corinne kirby, keith satchwell, mitcham choral society, maroondah singers, nunawading arts council, nunawading arts centre, forest hill tennis club, enid miller, dawn black, dot browne, mitcham tennis club, gwen holmes, hilites netball club, doncaster womens athletic club, charles matheson, walter j frankhauser, strathdon community, blackburn presbyterian church, mitcham presbyterian church, vermont presbyterian church, fred pooley, blue moon fruit cooperative, william slater, utassy ballet, m pearce

Application for Subsidy - Arts Roundabout Performance Six paged form with provision for details and costs in relation to application for subsidy (''A project of the Victoria Arts Council'') Two copies; no date provided. Blank forms.

a. Extensive and detailed correspondence and documentation re site for Performing Arts Centre 1975/76; Letters from City Engineers; Town Clerk; Dr Westbrook (Ministry for the Arts); Drama officer (Ministry for the Arts); includes list in of Arts Council sponsored performances over the period 1971-1975; questionnaire relating to a Cultural & Arts Centre; list of Potential Users of an Art Centre Complex; minutes/correspondence re The Bendigo Urban Renewal Liaison Committee; plans for sites. Would need to be read and examined in its entirety due to complexity of the issue; b. Correspondence between City of Bendigo and Bendigo Arts Council (April 1976); Correspondence between City of Bendigo and Arts Council of Australia (Feb/Mar 1974) with Valuer's Letter and handwritten notes of sub-committee meeting.

B&W photographs of ''The Swinging Sidewalk'' (1988). Sundry annotation and address label of Victorian Arts Council. Two photos (copy) of seven male members of the group with their various instruments against backdrop of their shadows on plain wall.

Bendigo Performance of the Australian Dance Theatre - Press Release and various correspondence relating to the Bendigo performance (from the Victorian Arts Council ). Performance at the Kangaroo Flat Technical School Auditorium. June 1980. Attached card with various handwritten annotations .

B&W photograph of Reg Livermore in ''Wish you were here''. Touring Victoria with the Victorian Arts Council. Livermore is the strident battleaxe Gloria and her derelict ex-husband Leonard Dover and their only child Nola.Photo of artist heavily made up in rough garb.

Promotional - ''An Explanation of some of Arts Bendigo's Functions'' 1988 One page to clarify some of the impressions which I think have been held, that we either make enormous profits at some shows, or are funded totally from the Vic. Arts Council. From Merle Hall June 1988.

Poster. The Victorian arts council presents: nostalgic songs and comic sketches from the great variety palaces of London ''Nice People'' recreating the magic of Flanagan and Allen, starring Jon Finlayson and Jon Stephens with Monseweer David Bates on piano. Bendigo regional arts centre: 2pm and 8pm Friday March 8entertainment, theatre, nice people

Various correspondence: City of Bendigo: From City of Bendigo 15/6/1977 re Investigation of Buildings and Sites suitable for the establishment of a Community Arts Activity Centre (with handwritten annotations); City of Bendigo invitation to a 'Bendigo Community Day' in Rosalind Park March 1979; City of Bendigo re date for Bendigo Arts Council to present a Variety Performance (attached is handwritten program for concert 18/3/19790; draft letter to Town Clerk from Bendigo Arts Council commending Mayor and Councillors on decision to seek land for a Cultural and Arts Centre (undated); Letter (17/8/1995) from City of Greater Bendigo re proposal to establish an annual sculpture prize with attachment providing detail of proposal.

Three-paged 'A Brief Background on ''Arts Bendigo'' Inc.' from formation in 1972 as the Bendigo Arts Council. Through to ?? (no date printed on this document but handwritten notation on first page: ''1994''. Finishing paragraph relates to the ''greatest need'' being for the City of Greater Bendigo to appoint a Community Arts Officer. Author/name at end of doc. Is Merle Hall, Secretary.

On awards night for the combined repertory groups of Victoria, the Mitcham Repertory Group donated the Max Grant Perpetual Trophy for 'best actor in a comedy'. In 2002 a plaque was installed by the Nunawading Arts Council, acknowledging the contributions of Max Grant, Albert Brown,Hazel Mourney, Noel Browne and Joan Abbott as members of the Nunawading Arts Council.Black & white studio-type photograph of Max Grant in collar and tie. His name is adhered to right upper corner.mitcham repertory group, grant, max

Acquired by Sandringham Council at the inaugural Sandringham & District Arts Council (SANDAC) Acquisition Award in 1982.venus, stoneware, david potter, ceramic, urn

a. B&W Photograph of Jon Finlayson & Jon Stephens ''as Flanagan & Allen in NICE PEOPLE Bendigo march 8 Victorian Arts Council tour 1991'' with sundry annotations. Close-up photo oaf heads of performers with hats.b. poster advertising the Bendigo perfomance giving some detail as to the ''nostalgic songs and comic sketches'' presented at the Bendigo Regional Arts Centre performance.

non-fictionA study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.community arts, art and working life, community arts board, community arts network, australia council, trade unions, murals, posters, activism, arts funding

Plaque was presented by the Australian Children's Choir, New Zealand Tour April 2001 to the Nunawading Arts Council and Mr Hodges, president per invitation to a return concertGold metal square set on solid wood frame. Black writing. Invitation to presentation concert to Mr and Mrs Hodges.Plaque of Appreciation presented by The Australian Children's Choircivic mementoes, plaques

An Investigation into Performing Arts Activity in Bendigo - A Study Report (Frank Small and Assoc) prepared for Ministry for the Arts, Victoria July 1976. Index includes Summary and Conclusions and the following 'Current Activity Profiles' - Bendigo Arts Council, other Bendigo-based groups, touring companies, notes on facilities, activity projections. The Appendix lists performing arts activities published in the 'Bendigo Advertiser' from July 75 - June 76. Handwritten annotations throughout.

Contents: • Next meeting, Discussion Evening: Early Eltham businesses • Office Bearers 1985 • Subscriptions • 150th Anniversary events • Other recent events • Eltham Arts Council The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society

Documents re the 1995 'Creative Village' Project. - a. letter of approach from AB to Mr P Ross-Edwards, Chief-Commissioner CoGB re project 23/1/1995; b. letter from John Little, Administrator, Victorian Arts Council, to AB granting application for $5190 for project; c. AB single-sheet notice (date 5/9/1995) re the presentation of the Report by the Creative Village Team on 21/9/1995.

Collection of various non-Bendigo based activities - Flyer on Council of Adult Education 'Arts Train'; (no date); Flyer on the Community Arts Conference ''The Next ten Years'' July 19-22, 1980; Flyer on ''Summertime at the National Gallery of Victoria'' 1979/80; Information Sheet from the Wycheproof Arts Council , March 1980 (has mention in it of performance in Bendigo of comedian Richard Stillgoe at Kangaroo Flat Tech School Auditorium 9/4/1980.