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SUMMARY:Dave Sparks - "Distillation" @ Lone Goat Gallery
DESCRIPTION:‘Reality is such a subjective\, intangible concept. Trying to define it is like trying to lift a handful of water. The only real absolute is point of view\, and changing this is as powerful as changing the object you’re viewing. \nThe most subtle variations of light\, design or angle can transform the bland to the magical. The distillation of a scene can also convert the average into the sublime\, by simply deleting any elements that don’t harmonise with the essence\, the feeling\, of a place. In my work\, the feeling and atmosphere has priority over the actual landscape itself\, and distilling the “essential oil” of a scene is paramount to creating an exciting visual work. \nI also try to evoke a sense of whimsical\, almost hauntingly simplified realism\, an alternate or parallel world\, suggesting a time before man’s interference with the landscape.’ \nDave Sparkes\, 2022
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SUMMARY:Byron Shire Seniors Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:Monday 28th March – Friday 1st April\, 2022\nFree Event. No booking required.\nA free week of fun activities and workshops for our seniors community hosted by the Byron Community Centre. \nNo booking is needed – just show up! \nAbout the Seniors Festival\nCome and enjoy the Byron Shire Seniors Festival 2022 at the Byron Community Centre during the week of 28th March to 1st April. Throughout the week\, seniors will be provided with the opportunity to sample and experience various social\, creative\, healthy and physically active activities. The festival will provide five days of free activities for seniors including art\, drama\, health\, drumming\, yoga and meditation\, and much more. \nThe Seniors Festival is a free event that attracts seniors from all over the Northern Rivers region to have fun and connect with each other and group activities in their area. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFestival Schedule\nMonday 28th March\nCrystal Bowls Soundbath\n11:00am – 12:00pm\, Byron Theatre\nPresenter: Camilla Nova \nArt Therapy\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\, Community Cabin\nReconnecting with self and world\nPresenter: Geraldine Devas \nGames Room\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\, Wategos 1\nChess\, backgammon\, scrabble\, banana gram and more \nTuesday 29th March\nAfrican Drumming\n10:30am – 11:30am\, Byron Theatre\nPresenter: Gareth Jones\, Sound Synergy \nChair Yoga\n12:00pm – 1:00pm\, Wategos 1\nPresenter: Christina Stoevelaar \nWednesday 30th March\nIntroduction to Chinese Brush Painting\n10:00am – 1:00pm\, Community Cabin\nPresenter: Dianne Brooks \nByron Walks\nWategos 1\nPresenters: Jennifer Groves and Rangimarie Ferguson \nChoir\n10:30am – 11:30am\, Byron Theatre\nPresenter: Kim Lesley-Davidson \nUkulele\n12:00pm – 12:45pm\, Byron Theatre\nPresenter: Kim Lesley-Davidson \nPoetry Workshop\n1:30pm – 4:00pm\, Wategos 1\nPresenter: Laura Shore \nFilm Night: Priscilla Queen of the Desert\nByron Theatre\n5:30pm drinks in the courtyard\n6:00pm film \nThursday 31st March\nDrama Studio 55\n10:30am – 12:30pm\, Community Cabin\nPresenters: Phillipa Williams ad Brin \nYoga for the Ageing Body\n10:30am-11:30am\, Wategos 1\nFocus on Pranayama\nPresenter: Pippy Wardell \nDescent of Inanna\n1:30pm – 3:30pm\, Community Cabin\nPresenter: Anna Parker \nSoundhealing Session\n2:00pm – 3:00pm\, Wategos 1\nPresenter: Kim Lesley Davidson \nFriday 1st April\nComputer Class: Surfing the Web Safely\n9:00am – 11:00am\, Community Cabin\nPresenter: Byron Community Centre \nFamily Constellation Workshop\n9:00am-1:00pm\, Community Cabin\nPresenter: Angelique Bennett \nRestorative Yoga\n1:30pm – 4:30pm\, Wategoes 1\nPresenter: Christina Stoevelaar \nFestival Program\nCrystal Bowl Soundbath\nMonday 28th March\, 11:0am – 12:00pm\, Byron Theatre \nCrystal Bowl Sound Therapy is a beautiful\, gentle\, mindful but potent method of transforming the body and emotions\, thoughts and feelings into a sense of calmness\, clarity and relaxation. This leads to an inner knowing that all is now well and on track in life. \nCamilla Nova has delighted in presenting Crystal Bowl Sound Therapy for over 20 years\, along with being a practicing Psychologist and a Dru Yoga and Meditation Teacher. \nReconnecting with Your Creative Self\nMonday 28th March\, 1:00pm – 4:00pm\, Community Cabin \nArt as therapy to foster wellbeing. The session will facilitate the therapeutic value of creative expression to foster connecting with aspects of our being that need nourishing. No prior art skills required. \nGeraldine Devas has been supporting adults and children for over 25 years using creative arts therapy as a therapeutic tool\, in schools and the wider community to improve emotional\, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Her work has been inspired by the philosophies of Rudolph Steiner. \nAfrican Drumming\nTuesday 29th March\, 10:30am – 11:30am\, Byron Theatre   \nGareth’s classes are the most successful class running in the Seniors Program. Gareth leads you on a journey of drumming that activates all aspects of your body and mind. His sessions are very therapeutic\, enjoyable and healing. He leads the class so that anyone can join in from the beginning.\nGareth Jones has been our resident drumming leader for nearly 10 years. Gareth played\, performed and honed his love for drumming during 10 years living in South Africa. It was here he was mentored by Zulu elders\, performers and musicians\, as well as travel to Ghana to study with master drummers. He has now been teaching and performing his sessions professionally for the past 20 years. \nChair Yoga\nTuesday 29th March\, 12:00pm – 1:00pm\, Wategoes 1 \nA relaxed and simple yoga session designed specifically for seniors using the chair to assist and support while doing amended yoga poses.\nChristina Stoevelaar is a certified Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist with a diploma in Holistic Counselling. Her yoga classes and one-on-one sessions foster a sense of safety\, a deeper connection to self through somatic movement\, gentle stretches and mindful breath work. \nIntroduction to Chinese Brush Painting\nWednesday 30th March\, 10:00am – 1:00pm\, Community Cabin \nThis session introduces the general principles\, materials and skills associated with the ancient art form of Chinese brush painting. Its long history of over 3\,000 years combines the beauty of painting with spiritual harmony and tranquillity. \nDiana Brookes studied and practiced Chinese Brush Painting for almost 20 years with weekly lessons given by Mr. Maurice Lin at the Julian Ashton School of Art\, then later at Mr. Lin’s private studio both in Sydney. In 1996 she went on a four-week study tour at the Central Institute of Fine Arts in Bejing\, China. While there she attended lessons given by Professor Jin Hogjiun and Professor Yao Zhih. \nByron Walks (in partnership with Australian Heart Foundation)\nWednesday 30th March\, 10:00am- 12:00pm\, Wategoes 1 \nMovement Intelligence Australia presents ‘Byron Walks’ using Norwegian walking poles. Focusing on postural re-education for better alignment\, building stronger bones and allowing more ease and grace with every step. We have 10 sets of poles available and we can support you with the Heart Foundation Australia registration. \nJennifer Groves – Senior Movement Intelligence Trainer\, Feldenkrais practitioner\,   NDIS & Respite provider\nEmail: jennifer@movement-intelligence.com.au\nPhone: 0418440039 \nRangimarie Ferguson: National Director of Movement Intelligence – Senior Movement Intelligence Trainer.\nEmail: rangimarie@movement-intelligence.com.au\nPhone: 0431854037 \nChoir\nWednesday 30th March\, 10:30am – 11:30am\, Byron Theatre \nUkulele\nWednesday 30th March\, 12:00pm – 12:45pm\, Byron Theatre \nKim Lesley Davidson is a wonderful musician and highly qualified art therapy teacher. She has been in a number of bands in the Northern Rivers as a musician and lead singer. Her latest band was with her wonderful partner Hanuman Robert Grayson (RIP) called Loco Love and the Furry Cardigan. They played a fabulous set at the Opening Night of the Seniors Festival in 2021. Kim’s classes are always enjoyable. \nRecollections Poetry Workshop – Transmuting Personal Memories into Public Poetry\nWednesday 30th March\, 1:30pm – 4:30pm\, Wategoes 1 Room \nFor what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. – Robert Penn Warren \nReconnect to key moments of childhood and put them through the alchemical process that renders memory into art. Emphasis is on crafting raw material into a public poem.The microcosm of a personal experience becomes an expression of the universal. Please bring a family childhood photo or an object/heirloom that triggers memories. \nLaura Jan Shore has taught poetry and creative writing for 40 years. Her poetry collections include Breathworks (Dangerously Poetic Press\, 2002)\, Water Over Stone (Interactive Press\, 2011)\, Afterglow (Interactive Press\, 2020). Her work has been published in anthologies and literary journals on four continents.  She received her MFA in Poetry from Pacific University.\nWebsite: www.laurajanshore.com \nFree Film ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’\nWednesday 30th March\, Byron Theatre\nFilm starts at 6:00pm\, doors open at 5:30pm for drinks and chat in the courtyard. \nDoor prize for the most flamboyant ‘Priscilla’ costume. \nStudio 55 Seniors Drama\nThursday 31st March\, 10:15am – 12:00pm\, Community Cabin \nStudio 55 is a theatre class for anyone over 55 which runs every Thursday morning between 10:15am and 12:00pm at the Community Cabin. Studio 55 works largely with improvisation so no line learning is necessary. Areas the group has explored over the last four years are commedia\, red nose clowning\, mask\, creative writing\, text\, the hero’s journey\, object theatre\, movement\, voice\, theatre games and improvisation. No experience is necessary and anyone is welcome to come and give it a go. The benefits for seniors are many\, not least of which\, there is a lot of laughter. \nPhilippa Williams has been offering theatre classes\, courses and community theatre performances to the Byron Bay area for the last 11 years and worked as an actor\, theatre teacher and director for 20 years before that in England. \nYoga for the Ageing body – Focus on Pranayama\nThursday 31st March\, 10:30am-11:30am\, Wategoes 1 \nA yoga class is for older people with a bit of yoga experience ready to explore the use of breath during your practice. The act of breathing is simple and complex at the same time. You will learn how to breathe as a yogi. This will enhance your daily fitness and bring a deeper understanding of how you can have some control of your aging body\, just when it seems it’s totally out of your control. \nPippy Wardell has been a yogini and yoga teacher for over 40 years. She has taught in India\, New York and Australia. Her depth of understanding\, combined with her knowledge and experience of the aging body\, brings a fresh perspective to the wonders of yoga as the body grows older. \nArt Class\nThursday 31st March\, 1:30pm – 4:30pm\, Wategos 1 \nKim Lesley Davidson will guide you through a 1-hour sound bath using varying instruments including crystal bowls\, bringing you to a place of deep inner relaxation and healing. Bring a yoga mat and a shawl for comfort.\nKim Lesley Davidson is an artist\, teacher\, musician and performer. She has been holding her classes at the Byron Community Centre for the last five years. She is dedicated to her love of art and music. Her classes are easy and enjoyable. \nDescent of Inanna\nThursday 31st March\, 1:30pm – 3:30pm\, Community Cabin \nThis workshop deals with the anima and animus and the ongoing relationships between the male and female. It’s a powerful workshop that brings good insight into the workings of the male and female throughout the ages. It relates it to the ongoing yin-yang pull of the internal dialogue of each individual\, and also the interactions within current relationships between male and female. \nAnna Parker is a Celebrant\, Homeopathic Healer\, Musician\, Choir Teacher and Mystic. \nComputer Class: Surfing the Web Safely\nFriday 1st April\, 9:00am-11:00am\, Community Cabin \nAlistair Kingsley presents a class that will show you how to surf the web safely and avoid the pitfalls of scammers and information loss on the Internet. He will also show you how to streamline your searches and get the information you are looking for faster. \nRestorative Yoga\nFriday 1st April\, 1:30 pm- 4:30pm\, Wategoes 1 \nRestorative Yoga is the practice of asanas\, each held for longer than in conventional yoga as exercise classes\, often with the support of props such as folded blankets\, to relax the body\, reduce stress and often to prepare for pranayama. \nChristina Stoevelaar leads a refreshing and relaxing session that gives your body a total revitalisation. This is a wonderful way to end your festival adventure. \n  \nContact\nFor more information please contact the Byron Community Centre on (02) 6685 6807 or seniors@byroncentre.com.au. \nProudly funded by NSW Seniors Festival\, Department of Communities and Justice\, Byron Theatre and Byron Community Centre
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