Dear Artists, Friends and Supporters,

It is with sadness and more than a little frustration that we advise you that King Valley Arts has reluctantly decided to cancel the 2021 King Valley Art Show.

Making this decision was hard after we had moved the show from June to October/November to avoid just this eventuality.

King Valley Arts is exploring ideas for small scale art events or shows in the first half of 2022. We will let you know more once sufficient planning has taken place and we have reasonable confidence that sudden lockdowns are unlikely.

Please know that our 2022 King Valley Art Show will take place over Melbourne Cup Weekend. This will be Friday 28 October to Tuesday 1 November 2022.

The KVA committee wish you enjoyment and satisfaction in your artistic endeavours for the remainder of 2021 and onwards.

Please stay well and we hope to show you the wonderful works in the in 2022 Art Show.

Warm regards

Anita Laurence      Karen Eastwood       Michael Ashby      Rowena Tainton
   President                Vice President              Secretary                 Treasurer

Dear Artists, Friends and Supporters,

The Magnifico King Valley Art Show is back!! … In Spring!!

From 29th October – 2nd November 2021
Melbourne Cup Weekend, at King River Brewing.

Watch this space for more information.

Stay well & enjoy life.

Anita, Michael and Rowena
President, Secretary and Treasurer KVA
and the KVA Committee

POP-UP EXHIBITION

GOING ONLINE and LIVE FROM 23rd JULY 7.30pm.

After the toing and froing of the last few weeks of COVID – one of our very clever committee members has been busy working on a website to upload the POP-UP Exhibition online.

We are excited to inform you that our POP-UP Expo, will be going live this Friday 23rd July from 7.30pm!! There are 13 local artists who are presenting their beautiful works. Almost 80 works will be displayed on the website and almost all of them are available to purchase online. The artists include Michael Ashby, Marc Bongers, Jo Briscomb, Tori Ferguson, Ben Jenkins, Anita Laurence, Keyna Masin, Stefani Mierzwa, Joelene Mitchell, Fran O’Neill, Humphrey Poland, Andrew Sinclair and Bill Young.

We look forward to seeing you all soon, but in the meantime please discover our talented local artists works online. The exhibition will be live until the 22nd August 2021.

GALLERY OPEN FROM 23rd JULY 7.30pm – 22nd AUGUST 2021

ACOUSTIC AUGUST

& Lucy Wise Workshop

ACOUSTIC AUGUST

Saturday 28th August 2021 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Lucy Wise & Evan and Mischa @ CHESHUNT HALL
Tickets $25 includes supper ($10 for child 16 and under)
Doors open and Bar available from 6:30pm | Supper after the show

LUCY WISE WORKSHOP

Saturday 28th August 2021 1.30pm – 2.45pm
Lucy Wise will be holding a singing workshop in the afternoon prior to the performance @$10 per person @ Cheshunt Hall … then perform a song at the evening show for those who are up for it!

Lucy Wise’s whimsical contemporary folk sound has won the hearts of audiences across Australia, NZ, the USA and the UK. She explores themes of love, the natural world, friendship and healing with disarming honesty, and accompanies her stunningly pure vocals with fingerpicked guitar, ukulele, and Appalachian dulcimer. Lucy’s 2018 album, “Winter Sun” was received with critical acclaim: a 4.5 star review in the Weekend Australian and was a finalist for The Age Music Victoria Awards’ Best Folk or Roots Album. Lucy is currently recording her fourth album, to be released in 2022. “Lucy is a natural storyteller, infusing songs with a sense of place so strong you can almost feel the dusty earth crunch beneath your feet as she sings,” says The Brag.

On Saturday 28th August 2021 at 7:00pm

Doors and Bar open 6.30pm
Show starts at 7.00pm
Duration approx 2 hours.
All tickets include a delicious Sustainable King Valley supper.
Drinks are available at bar prices.

$25 per ticket, includes supper, ($10 for child 16 and under)

 TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Hosted by

The Magnolia Tree

By Michael Gray Griffith

A new Australian thriller with a twist…

Saturday 22nd May 2021 7.30pm

‘In a lifetime of going to see theatre I have never been as
emotionally involved in a play as I have in this one.’
– John Flaus

‘Playwright Michael Griffith has written a striking character-driven play
filled with family secrets and fractured relationships,
presenting them with an impossible bind… A must see.’
– Simi West (4/5 stars)

On Saturday 22 May 2021 at 7:30pm

Doors and Bar open 6.45pm
Show starts at 7.30pm
Duration approx 80 minutes – no intermission.
All tickets include a delicious CWA supper after the performance.
Drinks are available at bar prices.

Tickets are $25 and available here:  The Magnolia Tree

Hosted by

With Moyhu Action Group & Moyhu CWA

Dear Artists, Friends and Supporters,

The Magnifico King Valley Art Show is back!! … In Spring!!

From 29th October – 2nd November 2021 – Cup Weekend.

Watch this space for more information.
 
Stay well & enjoy life.
 
Anita, Michael and Rowena
President, Secretary and Treasurer KVA
and the KVA Committee

Do you have a fabulous idea for an arts based project in the King Valley? Do you need a little bit of money to get your project off the ground? King Valley Arts is proud to offer small grants of up to $1500 to enrich the King Valley arts culture.
The 2020 Arts Culture Grant application forms are now available.

Closing date Monday 23^rd December 2019

Visit our Community Grants page or for more information phone Michael Ashby Secretary 0439 386 027

Saturday 26th October 7.30pm

BUY TICKETS HERE

The Kutcha Edwards Hour is an invitation to be immersed in the lifelong experiences of a Stolen Generations member through songs and stories. Kutcha’s path has taken him from a child institutionalised to winning the Melbourne Prize for Music. Kutcha is a story teller and, using these skills, he delivers a concert that proves to be both riveting and enriching. 

Removed from his family and culture, he has recaptured his Songline and spends his life casting ‘pebbles in to the pond’, creating wave upon wave of cultural awareness through his music and performance charisma.

Writing music and singing have been Kutcha’s lifeline as well as a continuation of his Songline. Throughout the hour with Kutcha the audience will hear firsthand how it was growing up as an Aboriginal in a land that did not recognise his people as citizens of their own country.

Kutcha’s songs are incredibly moving and personal, including a song written about the time he turned 18 and was freed from State care, despite having returned to his Mother at the age of 14 after removal at 18 months. Kutcha sings of the impact of Government policies of removal and assimilation on his people and the ramifications that have pervaded the wellbeing of Aboriginal people since.

Humour also plays a strong role alongside his songs, playfully engaging his audience throughout the hour. Kutcha presents an inclusive and inviting conversation with the audience, while also provoking emotive responses to his personal story, that of his family and his community.

Each show concludes with the singing of what is virtually an anthem, the beautiful song Yil Lul by Jo Geia. The audience is invited to sing together and are left feeling they’ve had a positive experience, and their cultural awareness heightened.

On Saturday 26th October 2019 at 7:30pm

Myrrhee Soldiers Memorial Hall
1736 Benalla-Whitfield Rd, Myrrhee

Doors and Bar open 6.30pm
Show starts at 7.30pm
Duration approx 1 hour – no intermission.
All tickets include a delicious supper.
Drinks are available at bar prices.

Tickets are $25 and available at the door or book here:  The Kutcha Edwards Hour
Children under 15 FREE if accompanied by an adult

Hosted by

With Myrrhee Hall Committee

Friday 30th August – 7.30pm

BOOK TICKETS HERE

On Friday 30 August 2019 at 7:30pm
King Valley Community Complex (AC Swinburne Pavillion),
LOT 2 Mansfield-Whitfield Rd, Whitfield

Doors and Bar open 6.30pm
Show starts at 7.30pm
Duration approx 1 hour – no intermission.
All tickets include a delicious CWA supper (after performance).
Drinks are available at bar prices.

Tickets are $25  Book here 
or available at the door
Children under 15 FREE if accompanied by an adult

Hosted by

With King Valley CWA

Friday 5th July 7.00pm

BOOK HERE

On Friday 5 July 2019 at 7:00pm
Moyhu Soldiers Memorial Hall
24 Bartley St, Moyhu

Doors and Bar open 6.15pm
Show starts at 7.00pm
Duration approx 1 hour – no intermission.
All tickets include a delicious CWA supper.
Drinks are available at bar prices.

Tickets are $25 and available at the door or here:  
THREE BIRDS ONE COCK TICKETS
Performance is not suitable for kids under 16.

For more information please contact
Louise – 0412265665
or email contactus@kingvalleyarts.com.au

Hosted by

With Moyhu Action Group & Moyhu CWA