Positiv Thinking
To mark Mental Health Month, the local not-for-profit, Central Coast Primary Care, held its 21st annual Mental Health Art Works exhibition recently, The week-long exhibit, which finished on October 20,…
Art
A very fashionable raft
International fashion designer, Weave Dibden Neck, has created a raft from recycled materials as a way of promoting her new fashion label, Ukiyo-co, and as a creative way to survive…
Best forgers decided
Retro replicas, captivating copies and scintillating shams were all on show when the 2020 Fab Fakes exhibition was unveiled in Wyong last week. Originally started to teach aspiring artists the…
Art trail was ‘well received’
The Pearl Beach arts trail held over the October long weekend was well-received, according to one of the organisers, Ms Cecile Ferguson. The Pearl Beach art and craft group organised…
An art experience unlike anything the Coast’s seen before
From hula hooping classes to penis making, if you’ve been to The Entrance Gallery at all this October, you’ll have noticed something’s a little different. Since the start of the…
Bouddi Arts Trail to be held on long weekend
The Bouddi Arts Trail will will be held on the Saturday to Sunday of the long weekend, October 3 and 4, from 9am to 4pm. Twelve local artists and artisans…
Wheelie bins transformed into works of art
Students at Warnervale’s MacKillop Catholic College have been transforming wheelie bins into works of art. The College’s JUMP Art crew started the project in Term 1 before the transition to…
5@5 Video News December 13, 2019
This week’s top stories from across the Central Coast; council’s water restrictions battle, mountain ffires update, mobile phone detection cameras, tennis, high jumping, art and a beloved rooster. Extraordinary Council…
Kariong Public School has murals being painted by celebrated Indigenous artist
Kariong Public School has become the canvas of one of Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous artists, Garry Purchase, who has been tasked with installing several murals around the school. Purchase is…
Gosford Art Prize winners announced
Patongas Jocelyn Maughan has taken out the 2019 Gosford Art Prize. Now in its 49th year, the Gosford Art Prize attracts entrants from all over Australia, drawn by both its…
Anime Architecture exhibition to feature at Gosford Gallery
A new exhibition offering a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of some of Japans most influential animated science fiction films is coming to Gosford Regional Gallery in March….
Jazz in the Arboretum coincides with art exhibition
Jazz in the Arboretum will feature jazz vocalist Monica Trapaga and the World According to James Greening Band this year. The event will take place from 2:30 pm on Sunday,…
Local kindergarten makes Father’s Day art
Kindergarten students from Umina Beach Public School’s class KV made some custom art as Father’s Day gifts. “KV used house paint to make a picture for their Father’s Day present….
Final exhibition at the Olive Branch Gallery
Noel Olive’s final Olive Branch Gallery exhibition at Umina later this month will be a show of his own works. Mr Olive, who has recently moved into aged care, said…
Higher School Certificate artwork included in ARTEXPRESS
The Department of Education Secretary, Mark Scott, has congratulated nine Central Coast high school graduates who will have their Higher School Certificate artwork included in the ARTEXPRESS exhibition at the…
NAIDOC Week to be celebrated at Kincumber
Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre will celebrate NAIDOC Week on Friday, July 13, with presentations by two exceptional speakers. Ms Donella Waters is a prominent local Indigenous artist widely recognised and awarded…
5 Lands Walk up and running
[Central Coast] With the date set for Saturday, June 23, arrangements are well in hand to make this year 13th annual 5 Lands Walk the most successful ever. The 2017,…
Peninsula artists make Archibald submissions
Two Peninsula artists have submitted works to this year’s coveted Archibald Portrait Prize. A portrait of actor Mr David Wenham by Mr Jordan Richardson of Killcare Heights has made it…
Pearl Beach artist presents wildlife exhibition
Wildlife, the exhibition, will be presented by Pearl Beach artist Ms Marijke Greenway at The Palm House, Sydney Botanic Garden from 10am to 4pm from April 2-20. Ms Greenway said…
Artwork selected for exhibition
Two students from Henry Kendall High School have had their works selected for exhibition in ‘A Central Vision’ that will show in the Gosford Regional Gallery from March 24 to…