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Open Studios and Exhibitions
Open Studios and Exhibitions
Over 80 artist studios and galleries will be open to the public during the Castlemaine State Festival. Download the full list of Open Studios and Exhi . . .
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Trace
Trace
Video Architecture re-imagines the built and natural environments of our public spaces. It is spontaneous, collaborative and interactive; exploring th . . .
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Schools Program
Schools Program
The Festival once again welcomes all 1500 primary school students from across Mount Alexander Shire for four days of jam-packed art experiences with o . . .
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Text Alley
Text Alley
Monkeys in gutters, the sky raining letters, foxes in suits, bold script and even bolder statements, Text Alley is Frederick Street gone word troppo. . . .
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Long Overdue
Long Overdue
Castlemaine Library’s homage to the photographic studio of A. Verey & Co. (1883-1954). Contemporary works by local photographers will be paired with . . .
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Bite
Bite
Curated by Stephen Turpie, Lecturer in Visual Art, La Trobe University. Bite is an exhibition of new work by higher Degree and Honours stude . . .
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Lost in Tranzit
Lost in Tranzit
Lost in Tranzit is a multi media installation created by 3 groups of young people from Castlemaine, Hobsons Bay, and St Albans in 2011. Working with p . . .
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This Is Me – Now
This Is Me – Now
“What if the whole world was made from trampolines?” . . . “I am a huntress and I am immortal” . . . “I just don’t like being told what to . . .
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The Necks
The Necks
The Necks are a trio from Sydney comprising Chris Abrahams on piano, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. As The Necks . . .
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London Klezmer Quartet
London Klezmer Quartet
Expect exuberant and accomplished performances from Europe’s top klezmer players as they take you on a musical odyssey through the Yiddish villages . . .
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The Clubrooms
The Clubrooms
Need a warm up and wind down pre and post festival events? Come to THE CLUBROOMS where you can warm up for an evening of Festival performances or wind . . .
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Twig
Twig
Continuing a long-held fascination with everyday materials and pattern, artist Tim Craker assembles an enormous and varied installation from the most . . .
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The Black Diamonds
The Black Diamonds
Forged under a million years of pressure, The Black Diamonds are the demons of the art of late nightclub music that your dancing feet have been waitin . . .
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Visual Arts Biennial – Periscope
Visual Arts Biennial – Periscope
PERISCOPE: CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL VISUAL ARTS BIENNIAL Fourteen local and national artists! Twelve premiere Festival works! Exhibited across a ran . . .
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Luke … I Am Your Father
Luke … I Am Your Father
Who saw that coming? George Lucas, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi … all of us actually … . . .
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The Republic of Trees: a Tale Between Earth and Sky
The Republic of Trees: a Tale Between Earth and Sky
‘Do you remember, sitting up there as a child, looking down on the world below…? And didn’t all those grown-ups and all their grown-up cares loo . . .
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Chants des Catacombes
Chants des Catacombes
three murdered women three untold stories wandering the underground for the rest of time . . .
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The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees
This beautiful theatrical adaptation of Jean Giono’s environmental classic tells the inspiring story of a shepherd who plants a forest acorn by acor . . .
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