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ABC Kimberley WA | outback arts
Outback Arts
A weekly wrap of arts events happening in the Kimberley with Vanessa Mills.
- Singer revels in choral heaven
If you’ve ever desired to sing outside the shower, or wanted to spend time in choral heaven, then find your voice and get singing!
- Beautiful baskets woven from nature
Inspired by textures and colours generated from nature, these baskets are too pretty to carry groceries in!
- Fossicking a lifelong passion for "Rock Dr"
The East Kimberley is a wonderful place to go fossicking.
- Charitable acts the secret of Christmas
It’s easy to get caught up in the commercial excess of the festive season. So why not give to others in need.
- Quarantine checkpoint looking for Santa's sleigh
The quarantine checkpoint on the border of WA and NT is kept busy every day, including Christmas.
- Mates of the Kimberley
A history of the Kimberley's people & culture captured in black and white.
- Men's Health; swap the beer belly for a six-pack
Aussie blokes seem to be programmed to self destruct with new health statistics showing they're inclined to be overweight, drink & smoke, and eat poorly.
- Hat trick for Broome milliner
Unique hats are a passion
- Art students let creativity shine
Being an artist isn't always about producing something for exhibition and sale.
- Pindan in the PIAF
Director of the Perth International Arts Festival is inspired by the far north
- International arts festival features Kimberley talent
The Kimberley plays a leading role in the 2004 Perth International Arts Festival.
- Beauseine's light and texture on canvas
Up and coming artist infuses the canvas with depth, light and texture.
- The Search for the Perfect Chair
An historic pearlers chair is given new life through a Broome carpenter's determination
- Earth Art good for the soul
Using natural materials & found objects, a freelance artist has created two pieces of work within the Broome environment.
- Gypsy artist paints people of the bush
There's just one word to describe oil painter Brian Nunan, and that's gypsy. Although the word bushy would fit just as well too.
- Landscape artist bowled over
Douglas Kirsop paints big
- Bush block in Broome under threat
Community group hopes to buy back the bush
- Earthy pursuit for ceramic artist
Clay the perfect medium for Broome artist
- Stories to be captured by travelling editor
Have you ever thought about writing your life story? Where do you start? Or that novel you’ve always wanted to write…. Just getting the first line can be the hardest.
- Inventors and their wonderful machines
Have you ever lain awake at night thinking about some beaut machine that will make your life easier, and maybe even make some money?
- Too Many Goannas
More than 50 years ago, an eight year old boy was living in the Great Sandy Desert when suddenly a helicopter burst out of the skies.
- Education chief sees new directions for the Kimberley
School year opens with new management
- Toothy grins marred by decay
Just like liquid gets into this chalk - sugar gets into kids' teeth
- Dinosaurs of the Kimberley
Where Kimberley cattle now walk, there were once dinosaurs.
- Goanna singer connects with his country
Say the name Shane Howard and you may not get instant recognition. Mention that he was the former lead singer with legendery Australian band Goanna, and then the WOW factor sets in.
- Water tank murals
Colourful designs for remote schools
- Travelling theatre troupe improvises
Theatre gets the health message across
- Bushies versus Townies #2
The Bushies verus Townies cricket match on the Gibb River Road is a unique Kimberley event. Each team had a fluctuating number of players, somewhere between 20 and 30, playing in overcast conditions on a dusty MCG. That's not the hallowed green oval in Melbourne - it's Meda Cricket Ground, at Meda Station on the Gibb River Road. Next year's fundraising event will be held at Beverley Springs Station.
- Worn Art - In Pictures (Part 1)
The fifth annual Worn Art event had more than 120 costumes on show, with no boundaries in fantasy or imagination. The unique performance is all about art for the body, incorporating recycled or unusual materials such as drinking straws, reticulation and even fridge magnets. Here's a few samples from the big event.
- Worn Art - In Pictures (Part 2)
The fifth annual Worn Art event had more than 120 costumes on show, with no boundaries in fantasy or imagination. The unique performance is all about art for the body, incorporating recycled or unusual materials such as drinking straws, reticulation and even fridge magnets. Here's a few samples from the big event.
- Worn Art - In Pictures (Part 3)
The fifth annual Worn Art event had more than 120 costumes on show, with no boundaries in fantasy or imagination. The unique performance is all about art for the body, incorporating recycled or unusual materials such as drinking straws, reticulation and even fridge magnets. Here's a few samples from the big event.
- Worn Art - In Pictures (Part 4)
The fifth annual Worn Art event had more than 120 costumes on show, with no boundaries in fantasy or imagination. The unique performance is all about art for the body, incorporating recycled or unusual materials such as drinking straws, reticulation and even fridge magnets. Here's a few samples from the big event.
- Branding his name on country music
Fame hasn't changed this country boy
- Marvel by name & by nature
Legends of the sea
- Drewe draws on life experiences
Whirlwind tour of Kimberley
- A bronzed Aussie in the Kimberley
Heavy metal art
- A meteorite crater by any other name
Who really found the big hole in the ground?
- Fishy fashions
Fashions of fish
- Drawing with fire
Delicate steel creation wins award
- Durack exhibition unveiled
Unseen works in the collection
- Antarctica to Broome
Artist of no fixed abode
- Vivid Kimberley memories come through on canvas
Painter captures the Kimberley
- Jabaru swoop into the far north
Flavours of world music
- Wit & whimsy of WA artist
Understanding Leon Pericles
- No bungle in these beehives
Things that make you go HMMM - how did the Bungle Bungles form?
- Going bush with Judy
Art reflects life in the Kimberley bush
- Serendipity stories lead to Broome
Why come to Broome?
- High fashion meets the Kimberley
A fashion extravaganza opens festival
- Pearling family donates art collection
University keeps Kimberley art
- Breathless Ballet - Broome Style
Not a tutu or piroet in sight!
- Sword falls on penmanship
Literature office to close
- Award winning journalist now mentor
How to break into writing - from a remote area
- Sirocco blows into the Kimberley
Sirocco - a musical extravaganza!
- Artist celebrates a milestone
Nadeen Lovell's "Diversion"!
- A Full Circle
Life in the outback in the 1920's
- An attraction to Islands
First of many books for teacher
- An Ocean Star
Broome focus for new television series
- Baudin Exhibition
Explorer's collection on display
- Drums of the Outback
An outdoor, outback experience
- The Kimberley premier of Rabbit Proof Fence
There might not have been a red carpet or paparazzi snapping the stars - but the Kimberley premier of Rabbit Proof Fence was no less exciting for Hollywood film director Phillip Noyce.
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