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Art Show 2019

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Middle Earth by Joel Battersby  was judged Best in Show in 2018.

WAG TIME AGAIN….FOR THE 9TH YEAR!

The Wooli Artists Gathering (WAG) is again holding the Wild About Wooli Art Show.  WAG, which was formed in November 2010, is composed of people connected with Wooli who are artists, or have an interest in art. The beauty and unique location of Wooli and its surrounding area have attracted many artists and stimulated people to develop their artistic talents. However this growing collection of artists remained largely invisible.   Prompted by the Protect Wooli campaign, it was thought important to draw positive attention to the value of Wooli, by collecting and widely promoting Wooli ‘s artist community. Those who attend meetings and express interest in the Gathering ‘s aims are members. There is no membership charge or criteria, except for involvement or interest in artistic endeavours. The exhibition has been held every year since 2011.

The 2019 Wild About Wooli Art Show will present exhibits of regional artists including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, textile art, mixed media and photography.

Our Picture Hanging Solutions are purchased from Shakespeare Solutions.

Ian Rees has once again generously provided the venue for the show at the Wooli Hotel Motel.

Our thanks to Marc McIntyre and Steve Pickering from Coldstream Gallery, Ulmarra for judging this year’s entries.

It opens with a cocktail party on Friday 19th of  April 2019 at 6.30pm and continues on Saturday 20th  and  Sunday 21st of April.

All the details you’ll need for the show are here in the Invitation to Artists and in the Public Invitation .

Professionals and amateurs alike are welcome to exhibit – artists, photographers and those who like to experiment with other media.

Children ‘s works will also be displayed, so get painting, kids.

A People ‘s Choice prize will be awarded and there are prizes for various categories.

Last year ‘s exhibition was another resounding success and many sales were made.

If you’d like to see your work up on the walls at the show, here are your Application 2019  and Registration 2019 forms.

If you have queries please call or text Kathleen Hull on 0407 454322. Artist or not, come along and enjoy a drink and a nibble and admire the works of our talented coastal community. One may even end up on your wall.

As in previous years, a donation from proceeds will be made to CCPA-Wooli, the community-based group working with government to develop protection strategies for Wooli beach.

Join us for a fun and inspirational evening.

Art Show 2018

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Pandanas by Anne Strambi was judged Best in Show in 2017.

WAG TIME AGAIN….FOR THE 8TH YEAR!

The Wooli Artists Gathering (WAG) is again holding the Wild About Wooli ArtShow.  WAG, which was formed in November 2010, is composed of people connected with Wooli who are artists, or have an interest in art.

The beauty and unique location of Wooli and its surrounding area have attracted many artists and stimulated people to develop their artistic talents. However this growing collection of artists remained largely invisible.   Prompted by the Protect Wooli campaign, it was thought important to draw positive attention to the value of Wooli, by collecting and widely promoting Wooli ‘s artist community. Those who attend meetings and express interest in the Gathering ‘s aims are members. There is no membership charge or criteria, except for involvement or interest in artistic endeavours. The exhibition has been held every year since 2011.

 

The 2018 Wild About Wooli ArtShow will present exhibits of regional artists including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, textile art, mixed media and photography.

Picture Hanging Systems are purchased from Shakespeare Solutions.

Ian Rees has once again generously provided the venue for the show at the Wooli Hotel Motel.

It opens with a cocktail party on Friday 30th of  March 2018 at 6.30pm and continues on Saturday 31st  and  Sunday 1st of April.

Our thanks to Tanja Ackerman for judging this year’s entries.

All the details you’ll need for the show are here in the Invitation to Artists and in the Public Invitation.

Professionals and amateurs alike are welcome to exhibit – artists, photographers and those who like to experiment with other media.  

Children ‘s works will also be displayed, so get painting, kids.

A People ‘s Choice prize will be awarded and there are prizes for various categories.

Last year ‘s exhibition was another resounding success and many sales were made.

If you’d like to see your work up on the walls at the show, here are your Application 2018  and Registration 2018 forms. If you have queries please call or text Kathleen Hull on 0407 454322.

Artist or not, come along and enjoy a drink and a nibble and admire the works of our talented coastal community. One may even end up on your wall. As in previous years, a donation from proceeds will be made to CCPA-Wooli, the community-based group working with government to develop protection strategies for Wooli beach.

Join us for a fun and inspirational evening.

A Big Push for Wooli

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 The last time we saw a Council bulldozer on Wooli beach was after the major flood in 2011 when it pushed tons of flood debris to the back of the beach. This debris trapped a lot of wind-blown sand, really helping to develop the dunes protecting Wooli from coastal erosion.

Since then the dunes have grown even more, thanks to a lot of work by our DuneCare group. But they’ve also taken some big hits from storms, particularly two major ones in June 2016. These cost the fore dune about half its sand and exposed the foot of the main dune in several places.

 

So a joint plan involving CCPA, Council and the State government is now well advanced for a “Beach Scraping” Project. This will bring the bulldozers back to, not only repair the damage, but also to build an increased buffer of sand better shaped to withstand storms. Ideally this will buy enough time for our CZMP’s longer term beach nourishment strategy to be implemented.

While the sand scraping project is clearly going to help protect Wooli, it’s to be expected that the community will have lots of questions about it. You can also get a printer-friendly version of these here on the Clarence Valley Council website.

Tide Turns in Wooli’s Favour

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First, the Bad News.

Almost eight months ago we published Heads in the Sand. This story highlighted DuneCare’s need for help to quickly bolster the fore dune which, after protecting Wooli many times, was badly damaged by major storms in quick succession. Unfortunately, Clarence Valley Council (CVC) refused our request to use beach scraping even though this is a proven, inexpensive and widely used solution to this problem.

However, Council’s refusal was quickly shown to be a major error when shortly afterwards the (then) Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, strongly supported scraping in his speech to the NSW Coastal Conference. He followed this up by saying he would shortly write to the Council recommending and offering funding for beach scraping at Wooli.

So what’s the bad news in that you ask? Well, just before he wrote to CVC he was caught up in the recent reshuffle of the NSW Government and lost the Environment Portfolio. The major impacts on Wooli were:

  1. Council’s continued refusal to help rebuild our fore dune leaving Wooli exposed to upcoming Winter’s storms and
  2. a further six month delay in Ministerial approval of Wooli’s coastal management plan (CZMP) which aims to provide longer term protection of the beach.

 

Fortunately, the tide then started turning (pun intended) in Wooli’s favour when the new Environment Minister, Gabrielle Upton, was appointed.

CCPA quickly enlisted the help of Clarence MP, Chris Gulaptis, in arranging a meeting with her to go over these issues. Like Chris, our new CVC Mayor, Jim Simmons, also showed his support for Wooli by agreeing to a senior council manager, Des Schroder, joining us in attending the meeting thereby presenting a combined community and council view to Minister Upton.

So the Good News is, following the June 1st meeting, the Minister has taken two important steps:

  1. She has written to CVC supporting beach scraping at Wooli without the need for either an approved CZMP or further environmental studies and with funding being immediately available and
  2. Confirmed she would prioritise making a decision on whether or not to approve our CZMP. The Coastal Panel had earlier recommended against approving it until Council does several more studies (resulting in a major delay) while we and the council recommended approving it now, with any critical studies to be included in its first stage. We suspect the Minister’s decision may still be weeks away, hopefully not months.

After eight months of delays these steps make it feel like the force is with us again and Wooli’s future is being dug out of  government limbo. Let’s leave our fingers crossed because the fore dune is still damaged, the storm season is still coming and the CZMP is not yet approved.

Art Show 2017

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Serene Delight by Curt Edwards was judged Best in Show in 2016

WAG TIME AGAIN….FOR THE 7TH YEAR!

The Wooli Artists Gathering (WAG) is again holding the Wild About Wooli ArtShow.  WAG, which was formed in November 2010, is composed of people connected with Wooli who are artists, or have an interest in art.

The beauty and unique location of Wooli and its surrounding area have attracted many artists and stimulated people to develop their artistic talents. However this growing collection of artists remained largely invisible.   Prompted by the Protect Wooli campaign, it was thought important to draw positive attention to the value of Wooli, by collecting and widely promoting Wooli ‘s artist community. Those who attend meetings and express interest in the Gathering ‘s aims are members. There is no membership charge or criteria, except for involvement or interest in artistic endeavours. The exhibition has been held every year since 2011.

The 2017 Wild About Wooli ArtShow will present exhibits of regional artists including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, textile art, mixed media and photography.

Ian Rees has once again generously provided the venue for the show at the Wooli Hotel Motel.

It opens with a cocktail party on Friday 14th of  April 2017 at 6.30pm and continues on Saturday 15th  and  Sunday 16th  April.

All the details you’ll need for the show are here in the Invitation to Artists  and in the Public Invitation.

Professionals and amateurs alike are welcome to exhibit – artists, photographers and those who like to experiment with other media.  

Children ‘s works will also be displayed, so get painting, kids.

A People ‘s Choice prize will be awarded and there are prizes for various categories.

Last year ‘s exhibition was another resounding success and many sales were made.

If you’d like to see your work up on the walls at the show, here are your Application 2017  and Registration 2017 forms. If you have queries please call or text Kathleen Hull on 0407 454322.

Artist or not, come along and enjoy a drink and a nibble and admire the works of our talented coastal community. One may even end up on your wall. As in previous years, a donation from proceeds will be made to CCPA-Wooli, the community-based group working with government to develop protection strategies for Wooli beach.

Join us for a fun and inspirational evening.