From 13/06/2019

Celebrate Winter Solstice and Completion of the Peace Wall

 

  Join us on Friday 21 June at 2 pm for a labyrinth walk, and silent meditation to celebrate the Winter Solstice, and change of seasons, and the completion of the Peace Wall in the Art Centre Courtyard just inside the back gate and opposite the Boardroom.

The Peace Wall is a collaborative project by Larysa Fabok, Joyce Newell, Glenys Donges and friends which has been slowly evolving since January.  (See photos above, the final one still awaiting finishing touches in the coming week!)

This mural can be enjoyed and appreciated in several ways:

First, and most important, as a colourful and playful way to welcome people to the creative hub that is the Art Centre.

Second, the left side of the mural celebrates the many creative activities at the Centre (woodwork, gem club, mosaic, quilting, drawing, painting, pastels, printmaking, glasswork, etc), while the right side suggests the evolving creativity and innovation of the labyrinth and its soundscapes.  The centre panel represents the many factors that foster our journeys from more structured activities to the less structured ones: music and nature in the Singing Tree, our earth that grounds us all, and the vast collection of human knowledge.

Third, the mural commemorates each of our personal journeys from structure,  through expansion, self realisation, and learning mediated by nature, to the creative freedom, and playfulness that enrich our lives today. 

Soundscapes and playing and experimenting with sound have taken a back seat in recent weeks, while our energies have been focused on the mural.  We are looking forward to returning to this way of enriching the labyrinth space in the near future, hopefully including some workshops.

Hope to see you Friday 21 June 2 pm

Joyce   0439329334

PS  If you arrive early for the Solstice Celebration, you might enjoy lunch, cake and/or coffee at the Art Centre's new cafe Cafe 191 which is now open from 10 am to 2 pm Tuesday to Sunday.

You can also enjoy an exhibition 'On the Wild Side' by the Queensland Wildlife Artists Society in the Matthew Flinders Gallery either before or after our celebration (open 10 to 4 June 11 to 23rd except Mondays).