What's on

Fun for all the family with a workshop building and flying kites. Suitable for all ages – young and old. Bring your own kite or enrol in a kite making workshop

Costs: $20 Workshop  only or  $25  Workshop plus sausage sizzle
Costs include kite kit, construction & decorating

Refreshments and Sausage sizzle available

Admission to the garden free

Highlands Theatre Group presents Mother & Son theatre production based on the TV hit series, with matinee & evening shows at Moss Vale Services Club.

Newly divorced Arthur Beare moves back home to care for his aging mother Maggie. Though the long widowed woman appears to be losing her memory, she manipulates this condition to clever advantage. More often than not, Arthur’s plans to escape or enjoy some time alone are frustrated and trumped by her constant scheming and his caddish older brothers Robert’s tricks.

Mother and Son was a hit TV series for the ABC between 1984 and 1994, starring well known Australian Actors Ruth Cracknell (Maggie) and Garry McDonald (Arthur). Several other well known Australian Actors also had guest roles during the series run.

The original creator, Geoffrey Atherden, has adapted the TV series for the stage, with the premiere occurring at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne on 18th July 2014. A professional touring season has just been completed.

National Trust NSW

David Ryrie exhibits works made over several months during 2020 of the old Dairy at  prior to its transformation into Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands Regional Art Gallery.

These selected works by Australian artist, David Ryrie, are the result of many hours spent over several months watching the light in the building and how it affected the spaces and revealed aspects of how time has passed and the storyline of the building evident in the structures and surfaces themselves.

Offered to the public as part of wider exhibition dates, 21 May – 11 July 2022.

CATCH ‘WEB’

We are busy working on our next beautiful exhibition, WEB celebrating the innovative work of Sally Blake and Nikki Main. Sally and Nikki will be exploring the complexed interconnectivity of all things through glass, textiles, wire mesh and drawing. Sally is a highly acclaimed ACT based artist known for her contemporary drawings, textiles, cyclic patterning, natural dyes and stitched works on paper. Nikki is an award winning glass artist based in Thirroul who graduated with first class honours at the ANU School of Art Glass Workshop. Nikki’s work also speaks to the fragility of the environment and her mastery of glass as a medium is astonishing.

The official opening by Heather McGregor OAM is on Sunday 29th May at 11am and we’d love for you to join us.

Glass Bead Artist Judy Dyson

Judy Dyson has been fascinated with glass since her childhood.  More recently she has been making her own glass beads and jewellery after attending a workshop at Geelong Grammar in 2005 run by Katherine Wardell as part of the Fibre Forum programme.

Glass bead making is an ancient craft and the oldest known beads are over 40000 old.

Beads are made by melting glass in a hot head burner and then laying the molten glass onto a stainless steel mandrel which is rotated in the flame.  More glass is added until the bead is the desired size.  Different colours can be added to create patterns and the shape of the bead can be varied by the artist.

Once a bead is completed it is taken from the flame and plunged into a tub of vermiculite to cool slowly.  Once cool it is placed into a kiln to anneal the glass and prevent it from cracking.

The beads can be made it a wide range of striking and original jewellery such as necklaces, bracelets, ear rings and ornaments.

Judy has now had three exhibitions of her work in the Southern Highlands.

A 2-day workshop for lovers of mosaics! Under the instruction of Amanda, our guest tutor from Tile and Error Mosaics, you will share her love and passion for mosaicking and be guided through the process of design and colour selection. Amanda is a mosaic enthusiast who would like to share some techniques and ideas to get you started on your own mosaic journey.
This workshop is for beginners, with little or no mosaicking experience. Participants will learn a brief history of mosaics, get a basic understanding and skills for creating mosaics, the mechanics of mosaicking, different tesserae, substrates, adhesives, and grout selection. You will design, cut tiles, lay tiles, glue, and grout to make a circular panel to take home at the end of the day.
Please bring your own apron and a pair of safety glasses.
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm Morning tea provided. BYO lunch. Cost: $320. Contact Michael on 0456 856 080 or michael@turnedaround.com.au.

Join Sean, our guest tutor for a workshop you will never forget! Sean has had an interest and fascination with leadlight since a young boy. After attending his first leadlight course at college he was hooked. Since then, he has gone on to produce many items such as lamps and boxes, and the restoration of small window and door panels. In this one-day workshop, Sean will introduce you to the tools, basic techniques such as foiling, and glass varieties. You will select from a range of glass to create your own box to take home at the end of the day. A wonderful workshop – come alone, bring a friend or two.
Cost: $250. This workshop includes all materials, including glass.
Please bring your own apron and safety glasses.
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm Morning tea provided. BYO lunch. For all bookings contact Michael on 0456 856 080 or michael@turnedaround.com.au

Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker, heated steel tip pen or solar energy. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. The term means “writing with fire”, from the Greek pur (fire) and graphos (writing). Under the guiding hand of Steve, our guest tutor from Styro Pyrography, you will learn and practice how varying the type of tip used, the temperature, or the way the iron is applied to the material can create different effects, and a range of tones and shades can be achieved. As an Australian Pyrography artist influenced by Australian landscapes, Steve likes to use reclaimed timber where possible in order to produce original and unique burnings. These one day workshops are designed for beginners to provide an introduction to pyrography. More advanced workshops are available in August (2-day workshop, 21st-22nd).
BYO lunch and apron. Morning tea provided. Cost $220. Contact Michael on 0456 856 080 or michael@turnedaround.com.au.

ALL INKED UP is a wonderful exhibition by Printmakers of the Bowral Art Society. The exhibition is a collection of varied and beautiful works by 15 highly skilled and experienced creatives. The works feature the use of block printing and etching methods as well as some experimental works which are all very individual and aesthetically unique.
This is a terrific exhibition, so come along and admire, be inspired and even acquire a beautiful work to treasure.
Official Opening with the artists on 30 April at 2.00pm.
BOWRAL ART GALLERY
I Short Street,
Bowral

Join us at Moonacres School during the Robertson Potato Festival to celebrate the humble potato. Learn to make traditional gnocchi from scratch, then cook up what you’ve made and enjoy with a typical Italian sauce.

The mini class will include:

demonstration of gnocchi making technique
participants will roll and cut the gnocchi dough, then cook their gnocchi
discussion of sauce recipe
Eat your gnocchi with our delicious sauce

The demo and cook up goes for approximately one hour.

“Australia’s Best Live Singing Drag Queen,” as seen on Australia’s Got Talent and featured on local radio throughout the country, has finally arrived in the Southern Highlands.

You are invited to experience an interactive and truly unforgettable dinner cabaret and circus show, that will bring the magic of winter. Expect snow, glitter, glamour jaw-dropping circus acts, impressive dance moves and powerhouse live vocals.

Dressed To Chill is an interactive three-course dinner and cabaret show produced by and starring Australia’s award-winning and popular Singing Drag Queen for Weddings and Special Events, Kara Zmatiq (pronounced charismatic) alongside exciting circus artists and dancers who have joined this show from right here in the Southern Highlands.

“I have seen many acts like this before, but not very many can sing like Kara Zmatiq” – Kelly Osbourne (Australia’s Got Talent)

“Kara Zmatiq has a great voice and is a wonderful communicator of song” – Ian Dickson (Dicko, Australian Idol)

“Australia has fallen in love with Kara Zmatiq” – Dave Hughes (Hughesy We Have A Problem)

Guests are encouraged to dress in their Winter Best for this special one-night-only event. Be prepared to be invited to be part of the show, as well as dance the night away with your friends and family, in what will be one of the best nights the Southern Highlands has ever experienced. Hurry as limited tickets are available for this one-night-only event.

Your Ticket includes:

3 Course Dinner
Complimentary drink on arrival
Interactive cabaret and circus show
Photographic Meet & Greet with Kara Zmatiq
DJ & Dancing at the end of the show

Wanderings through the physical world and the imagination in between lockdowns

While passionate about composition and technique, nostalgia and childhood memory are strong themes in Andrew’s work.   His aim in combining these areas of interest is to create (as Jeffrey Smart might say) “beautiful pictures”, that connect with the viewer via either subject or mood. Andrew subscribes to the view that the best landscape painting occurs when one knows the subject well – Australian colour palettes and motifs feature heavily in his work.  Progress means that the role of the urban landscape artist is also that of a documentarian – many of the architectural subjects that he has painted have since been demolished or remodelled beyond what his work recognises.