Festival of creativity at Tuggerah

This year’s Art At Work Festival of Creativity event is expected to be bigger than ever.

It will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Friday, October 10, to Sunday, November 2, at the Red Tree Theatre on Tuggerah Strait.

This year’s festival will showcase the works of over 20 local artists exhibiting everything from traditional fine arts such as paintings, printmaking and sculpture to more niche offerings such as textiles, ceramics, wood and metalwork – coupled with a range of events and competitions.

Art At Work is an organisation dedicated to fostering collaboration between local artists, businesses and the Central Coast community.

Mayor Lawrie McKinna will open this year’s leading local community art event from 6-8.30pm on Friday, October 10.

“There are many quality artists and creative businesses with limited opportunities to show their work to the community and Art At Work aims to facilitate this,” founder Marion Mikkelsen said.

“It will not just be an art exhibition, with art for sale, but also an event that has interactive art activities and demonstrations.

“This year’s Festival of Creativity includes not only the visual arts but also Billy Elliott, the musical, which will be performed in the theatre.”

The exhibition will also delve into fashion, with local designer Rosemary Armstrong set to present at the art extravaganza.

She founded the Australian fashion label Tea Rose in 1981 and has been featured in Australian Vogue (including the 50th Anniversary Edition}, In Style and Madison magazines and participated in Australian Fashion Week.

Events this year will include featured weekends.

The Stone Real Estate Artist Challenge from October 10-12 will see artists are invited to create a time capsule that captures the essence of an aspect of life in 2025 for future generations to discover.

There will be cash prizes for winners.

Couture and Creativity: A vision in Fabric will take place from October 17-19.

See how Rosie Armstrong creates her work from ideas, fabric creation, design and completion.

Interactive Art will be hands-on creating led by Art At Work artists working in a range of mediums from October 24-26.

Pick up some early Christmas gifts and vote for your favourite work in the Fox Group Peoples Choice Award.

See more at www.artatwork.org.au or on Instagram: @artatworkcentralcoast