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Frost is here!
Frost Over Barraba opens this Thursday 31 August at 10am. The Art Show is in the Treloar's Building on the corner of Alice and Queen Streets. The Art Show will be open 10am - 4pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday the Art Show opens at 10am and closes at 1pm.
Under the experienced direction of Mandy Cabot, the Treloar's Building has now been transformed into a beautiful gallery space where the almost 200 entries have been hung. The artworks will be judged on Wednesday by painter Michelle Hungerford and photographer Paul Matthews.
Michelle Hungerford is a full-time practising artist who lives and works in Tamworth. Landscapes are her preferred genre. Paul is a Walkley and Protea award winning photojournalist who worked for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Northern Daily Leader and the Newcastle Herald. Paul has now retired to Gunnedah.
The Art Show will be open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am each day. There are lots of other creative shows open in Barraba including at the Fuller Gallery.
Tickets are selling well to the Friday night function called the ‘Arty Party’ on 1 September. This event replaces the usual Thursday evening opening night. The Arty Party is being catered by Laura Swan. There will be a bar operated by parents from Barraba Pre-School. Live music will be provided by cellist Emily Bishop.
Saturday is the day organisers expect the most visitors. Tamworth singers Hester Fraser and Brookie Gillett along with Sydney’s Ash Morse will be entertaining crowds from the front of the Victoria Hotel. Facepainting and balloons will be on Queen Street. Bec Capel is running a “Garden of Creativity” with craft for children at Barraba Library on Saturday too.
The local Museum will be open on Saturday and Sunday with a chance to see the excellent collection. Ron Hiscock is also opening his “Shed of Knowledge”. The Fuller Gallery will be open for Frost with a special show featuring the artworks of Barraba’s Martin Unwin, Mike Simpson and Lew Koopman. They are also offering their popular morning teas and lunches over the weekend.
The Motorbike “Show n Shine” at the Commercial Hotel will attract lots of riders and aficionados of motorcycles on Saturday. Willo will be providing live music and a smorgasbord lunch is also on offer.
Sunday is a quieter day to enjoy the Art Show but lots of business will be open for the occasion, including the new Opportunity Knocks Op-Shop. The Fuller Gallery will be open and its members will be offering their excellent morning teas and lunches.
Sunday also brings a special concert on the Anglican Church’s Thomas Jones Organ. Concert pianist and organist Jane Stewart is playing a special “Welcome the Spring” concert at 1pm that includes favourites such as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. All profit from this concert will be donated to the Barraba Anglican Church.
Tickets to the Arty Party ($30) and the Organ Concert ($10) can be bought with cash at Saunders and the Opportunity Knocks Op-Shop in Barraba as well as online. More information also online at www.frostoverbarraba.org.au.