The annual Airing of the Quilts festival returns for two days of crafts in historic Braidwood. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang.
The regions are alive with activity this week. There’s heaps of variety and a little something for everyone no matter the taste – art classes, holistic yoga sessions, art exhibitions and the much-anticipated return of the Braidwood Airing of the Quilts festival. Get out and about this week!
Multiple Days
Life, death, materiality and meaning. Photo: Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.
Luke Chiswell To Spite One’s Face
When: 22 to 28 November, normal gallery hours
Where: Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Cost: Free.
Luke Chiswell’s To Spite One’s Face is an innovative art show that seeks to re-establish and re-examine humanity’s place in the natural world, recognising the origins of natural objects and our place within those spaces. Using sculpture, with both natural and synthetic materials, Chiswell comments on ecology and anthropology. Where else but the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery can you see bronze cast upside down trees with axes for limbs?
Local artists show off their talent at the Christmas Squared Group Show. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang.
Art Exhibition – Christmas Squared Group Show
When: 23 to 28 November, 10 am to 4 pm
Where: 87 Collett Street, Queanbeyan
Cost: Free.
Celebrate Christmas with some local artistic talent. With a diversity of mediums and formats, each artist brings a unique vision to the group show. It’s a great way to celebrate regional arts at a well known and respected venue in the region. The works are presented with a twist: all works must be shown within a square frame. Giving artists limitations can often lead to exciting and innovative solutions – come see what they’ve thought up.
Braidwood’s annual celebration of crafts returns this week. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang.
Braidwood Airing of the Quilts
When: 23 to 24 November, 9 am to 4 pm
Where: Wallace Street, Braidwood
Cost: Free.
The Braidwood Airing of the Quilts festival is back. The historic verandahs of Braidwood will be decked in colourful patterned quilts made by local craftspeople. Head to the quilt competition and see 85 competing designs battling it out to be number one. The festival also features markets with cakes and puddings. It’s a unique and proud part of Braidwood’s culture and a great way to see the town all decked out and festive.
Excitement and daredevil stunts at the Great Moscow Circus. Image: The Great Moscow Circus Facebook.
The Great Moscow Circus
When: 22 November 7 pm, 23 November 3 and 7 pm, 24 November 11 am
Where: Goulburn Recreation Area, 45 Braidwood Road, Goulburn
Cost: Tickets from $25 to $70.
The Great Moscow Circus comes to Goulburn this week. Marvel at acrobats on the Russian swing, BMX stunts, motorbike cage riders and aerial performers. It’s a great event for kids. Watch them glued to their seats as they see mind-bending tricks and stunts. The circus is on for three days over the weekend – show up for just a day or the whole weekend!
Saturday
Celebrate Sapling Yard’s cellar door opening with wine and pizza. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang.
Sapling Yard Cellar Door Anniversary & Wine Launch
When: 23 November, 5 to 7:30 pm
Where: 23 Malbon Street, Bungendore
Cost: Child tickets $15 | Adult tickets $45.
Sapling Yard celebrates the one-year anniversary of the opening of its cellar door with woodfired pizza, tart flambe, a glass of sparkling wine on arrival and a tasting of four spring wines. Bring friends and family for a relaxed evening of wine sipping and good food. The weather is warming up so come for a sundown sip at the Sapling Yard.
Learn about Yoga practices outside of the studio at the ‘off the mat’ event. Photo: Humanitix.
Yoga Off the Mat with Deepika Mistry
When: 23 November, 1 to 3:30 pm
Where: Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, Deep Creek Dam Rd, Batemans Bay
Cost: $22 drop-in pass to $37 two-session pass.
This yoga class focuses on the ‘off the mat’ components of the philosophy of yoga often ignored, encompassing a range of ethical, mindful and transformative practices. Saturday’s session will focus on the idea of brahmacharya or non-excess. In a world of consumerism and shopping spree therapy, learn about time-weathered techniques to avoid pointless accumulation for its own sake. If you’re a yoga enthusiast looking for a little bit more, it’s a great way to make your approach more holistic. It includes face-to-face sessions as well as weekly reflections and journal prompts and WhatsApp group discussions. The learning doesn’t stop when the class does.
Sunday
Head to the Goulburn Club and listen to some local tunes. Photo: Visit NSW.
Sunday Sessions
When: 24 November, 1 to 5 pm
Where: 19 Market Street Goulburn
Cost: Free.
Sunday sessions are on every week at the Goulburn Club for you to stretch your musical muscles. Bring an instrument or just your voice and join in with the community in sharing songs, poetry, stories and tunes. With a focus on traditional Australian, Americana, Celtic and folk music, it’s a proper community night of rural colour and country flavour. If you’re looking to bring a new performance to a low-key and judgement-free space, keen to sing an old classic that everyone knows by heart, or you just want to wind down the weekend with a few quiet drinks and some ballads, it’s a great event.
Monday
Learn the basics of one of the most versatile painting styles. Photo: Creative Space Goulburn.
Introducing Watercolour
When: 25 November, 10 am to 12:30 pm
Where: 205 Auburn Street, Goulburn
Cost: $220 includes all tuition, materials, and morning tea.
Delve into the fascinating and versatile artistic medium of watercolour with this extensive class. Covering basic techniques like colour mixing, dark and light as well as important information on how to select brushes for the particular canvas, this class is a must for someone looking to start out in the exciting world of watercolour or for a more experienced painter looking to go back to basics. Create some beautiful works to hang up in the home or gift to friends and family this holiday season.
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