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March 2017
Public Art Walk
Shepparton’s Public Art guided walking tour will both surprise and delight you. Explore, experience and absorb Shepparton’s creative vitality whilst discovering the CBD on a foot. An accredited volunteer tour guide from the Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre will lead you on an hour and a half journey, discovering some of the varied public art that is scatted throughout the towns centre. Learn all about the masterpieces that the artists have created including the iconic Moooving Art herd and town murals.…
Find out more »Shepparton Sings in the Park
When you sing in Sing Australia you are made very welcome. You bring to Sing Australia the voice you have. No judgement is made about your voice. You join with other members of Sing Australia to bring the joy of singing to the world around you and beyond. Together we promote singing as an important natural emotional expression for the benefit of our health and social well being. We make singing a widely acceptable activity in Australia for all people.…
Find out more »Exhibition – Dunatpan – Mapping the Waters of the Dungala Kaiela
Kaiela Arts will respond to the story of Dunatpan, the Yorta Yorta Rainbow serpent who moved across the land, creating the rivers, valleys and hills. Country is mapped by the graceful movements of Dunatpan.
Find out more »An Italian Opera – Performance
Stefania Bellamio and Massimo Scattolin will work in collaboration with local students to create new opportunities to expand their knowledge of the operatic world. The workshop will give students operatic skills under the guidance of international performer and singing teacher Stefania Bellamio and guitarist Massimo Scattolin. In the evening, a performance will take place with Stefania and Massimo at The Connection. To listen to some of Stefania’s repertoire visit: stefaniabellamio.wordpress.com Support by Jill and Bernard Hayes and the Sir Andrew…
Find out more »Picnic – Workshops
Part nightmare, part time capsule, part gift. A surreal physical poem of isolation, innocence and creativity. Gerard is both dancer and storyteller in this intelligent, cross–disciplinary and highly accessible work. PICNIC combines whimsical anecdotes with nuanced and athletic choreography to present an absurd meditation on the importance of creativity. Dancer as storyteller This choreographic workshop focuses on creating a character and how that character can express itself by telling stories in unconventional ways. This workshop is suitable for people of…
Find out more »First Job Relay
What was your first job? Was it a morning paper run? The local supermarket as a check out chick? Or mowing Mrs Smith’s lawn every other Saturday? Taking inspiration from Tracey Moffatt’s body of work First Jobs Series on show at SAM, join us for a fast paced relay where a range of local Shepparton community personalities talk about their first jobs.
Find out more »Progressive Lunch
There are numerous mosque, temples and places of worship in Shepparton. After a sell out in 2016, the Progressive Lunch will be back to take participants on a culinary tour of different places of worship and community spaces to sample the food and understand the rituals associated with each place. Food often marks occasions that are important to us, it helps us celebrate anything that matters, a birthday, a new job, an anniversary. Many religious occasions are marked by special…
Find out more »Picnic – Performances
Part nightmare, part time capsule, part gift. A surreal physical poem. Combining KAGE’s signature style of dance and humour, Marieke Hardy’s witty script and original electronic music by Alisdair Macindoe, PICNIC is a new solo dance theatre work by KAGE Creative Director Gerard Van Dyck. PICNIC uses the great Australian tradition of ‘picnicking’ as an analogy for happiness and addresses themes of isolation, innocence and creativity. Gerard is both dancer and storyteller in this intelligent, cross–disciplinary and highly accessible work.…
Find out more »Converge on the Goulburn
CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES IN SHEPPARTON More than just a Festival, Converge on the Goulburn brings together Food, Culture and Performance from Shepparton’s Aboriginal and multicultural communities. Enjoy traditional and contemporary music and performance, check out the vibrant marketplace with authentic craft, culture and visual arts. Participate in interactive cultural workshops and activities and relax in the outdoor lounge featuring authentic foods cooked by local communities. The opening event of Cultural Diversity week will be a colourful, high energy,…
Find out more »Mapping Shepp Instameet
Let’s put Shepp on the Instagram map! Instagrammers from Greater Shepparton and beyond are invited to join like–minded creative instagrammers for the Mapping Shepp Instameet. Snap Shepparton and show the world how great we can look! A guide will be on hand to take you to some interesting and “off the map” places – iconic and hidden photo locations around Shepparton’s CBD. The Instameet will wrap up at the “Converge on the Goulburn” event where participants will be shouted refreshments…
Find out more »Slam in Shepp Workshop
It’s a festival wrap with a difference. We’re partnering with Melbourne Spoken Word to bring you four powerhouse poets introducing you to the art of slam poetry. Slam originated in Chicago as a way to make poetry live again, a fun competition that birthed a new breed of poets who were exciting, loud, performative, provocative and often political. All you need is your voice. No probs. No costumes. Rik The Most, Abe Nouk, Joel McKerrow and Soreti Kadir will treat…
Find out more »It’s A Wrap/Slam in Shepp Performance
It’s a festival wrap with a difference. We’re partnering with Melbourne Spoken Word to bring you four powerhouse poets introducing you to the art of slam poetry. Slam originated in Chicago as a way to make poetry live again, a fun competition that birthed a new breed of poets who were exciting, loud, performative, provocative and often political. All you need is your voice. No probs. No costumes. Rik The Most, Abe Nouk, Joel McKerrow and Soreti Kadir will treat…
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