Still Point Turning, fresh from a sell-out season for Melbourne Festival and the Dance Bites season in Parramatta, is a captivating and mesmerising solo performance that combines dance, video, sound and installation to reflect on the fragmented and transient nature of contemporary culture.

This production at Wagga Art Gallery has been tailored especially for the venue, and the performance will present a unique interaction with the space, the exhibitions, and the audience. Juxtaposing our obsession with "clock time" against the nature of cosmic time, Still Point Turning explores the profane world of schedules, alarms and itineraries and the grand arc that is our life – birth, death, growth and decay. 

Linda Luke has been known to Sydney dance audiences as a core member of De Quincey Company since 2004. Linda’s independent dance practice aims to reveal the hidden nuances of poetry, to deepen sensitivity and excavate the subtle undercurrents we experience in relation to self, each other, and our external environment.

Still Point Turning premiered at the Melbourne Festival in October 2014, in Dancehouse’s Dance Territories, a biennial event to showcase boundary pushing works of contemporary choreography; and the work was presented at Riverside Parramatta in November 2014 in Dance Bites, a curated, signature program of contemporary dance works presented by FORM Dance Projects.

Seats for this never-to-be-repeated experience are strictly limited, and bookings are essential – so phone today, 6926 9660, to book your place. Doors open at 7.30pm, and the performance will run from 8pm until approximately 8.45pm.

Still Point Turning is presented in association with Vic McEwan’s sound, light and water installation Almost an Embrace.

This cutting edge new work, created especially for the Margaret Carnegie Gallery exhibition space, entices visitors with an amazing interactive water installation that exists as a sculpture, a musical instrument, and an interactive light, video and sound environment.

With Almost an Embrace, Vic McEwan transforms the gallery into a wonderland, allowing people to engage with water in a way that encourages connection and playfulness.

Video and sound fill the space in response to the viewer’s actions and the flow of hundreds of litres of water.

Almost an Embrace entices visitors to engage with arms outstretched, and the viewer is the missing link – your interaction with the water is required to close the circuit and spring the installation into life.

Wagga Art Gallery is delighted to welcome the 2014 annual exhibition of one of our city’s most vibrant cultural bodies, the Wagga Potters Club.

This year’s exhibition, Out of the Fire, is on display in the E3 art space, and features an extraordinary range of skills, techniques, styles and materials that truly reveal the wide diversity of contemporary ceramic arts.

From the time mankind first noticed the variable effects of fire on clay, potters have striven to achieve perfection.

Over the centuries, this pursuit of excellence has led to the exploration of many different materials and methods, as a result of which, given the same starting point, one thousand potters will invariably produce one thousand unique and individual creations.

Indeed, the only limit to what can be created using the mediums of fire and clay is our imagination.

Out of the Fire is a celebration of the many branches of ceramics, and a showcase for the work produced in the quest for the perfect pot.

The Wagga Potters Club was founded in 1969, with the aim of promoting the craft of pottery in the community and producing pots that will enrich the lives of those who use them.

Exhibitions, raku, sawdust and wood firings along with weekend workshops are regular features on the club’s program. 

The Potters Club also participates in a wide variety of community activities, including Seniors Week, Fusion Multicultural Festival, and a range of school support programs.

The talented ceramics artists from this exceptional group exhibiting in Out of the Fire include: Lyn Cameron, Dianne Campbell, Narelle Fullwood, Fran Geale, Linda Lander, Milton Loiterton, Dianne Mahony, Maggie Marriott, Liz McInnes, Elie Passlow, Nola Roberts, Dawn Smith, Dawn M Smith, Julie Willis, and Lynette Wynn. For one more week you will enjoy the local talents of these excellent makers – this exhibition will close next Sunday, December 21.

Don’t miss the last opening of the year on Sunday December 14, with the midday launch of Art : Science : Sound, presented by The Wired Lab and Karabar Distance Education Centre (KDEC).

Throughout 2014 a number of Karabar Distance Education full time students, have participated in "mini schools" and annual camp where they collaborated with The Wired Lab, which provides positive face-to-face social interactions and collaborative learning opportunities between KDEC students and specialist teachers.

In our final "mini school" students worked with The Wired Lab to design the Art : Science : Sound exhibition at Wagga Art Gallery. Working with Arduino Boards, Bare Conductive ink and boards, and field recordings the students have responded to their world and interests to present us with Art : Science : Sound.

Join us on Saturday, December 20 for this year’s last session of ArtBlast!, as children embrace creative making in the workshop Transparent Collage! Take cellophane, tracing paper and text and produce a colourful creation.

The Gallery’s National Art Glass Collection forms the inspiration for this collage workshop as participants respond to Leonard French’s stained glass masterpiece Toorak Ceiling.

Each workshop of ArtBlast! costs $20 per child and all materials are provided. Bookings and payment can be made over the phone on 6926 9660, by email at gallery@wagga.nsw.gov.au, or in person at the Gallery Shop, located in the Civic Centre Arcade. Places are limited, and payment confirms your child’s booking. The workshop runs from 1.30pm to 4pm.

ArtBlast! is Wagga Art Gallery’s unique series of art workshops for children. Specially designed for children aged six to 12, ArtBlast! provides a full grounding in a wide range of skills and techniques that encourage exploration, innovation and creativity.

Fused: a journey from artists in the National Art Glass Collection celebrates the rich migration stories of professional art glass workers who migrated to Australia.

Featuring works from the gallery’s own internationally renowned National Art Glass Collection, Fused highlights the wealth of expertise and culture these skilled migrants brought with them, and the essential part they have played in the development of studio art glass practice in this country.

Each week for the duration of this spectacular exhibition, we will be featuring one of the wonderful artists whose work is included in the exhibition.

Today it is Klaus Moje, teacher and mentor to many, and a champion of the art glass movement in Australia.  

Fused: A journey from artists in the National Art Glass Collection

Featured artist: Klaus Moje

Cultural background: Both of my parents were born in Hamburg, Germany

Place of origin: Hamburg, Germany

Start of migration journey: Hamburg, Germany - August 1982

Place of arrival in Australia: Sydney, NSW – August 1982

First home in Australia: Watson, ACT

First job in Australia: Founding Head Of Glass Workshop and Senior Lecturer - Canberra School of Art, Australian National University

Other jobs in Australia: Freelance artist since 1992

Any glass related objects that you brought with you? And still have? I bought quite a number of tools and glass related objects, most have been given to Australian Public collections

For more on Klaus Moje’s story please visit www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/art-gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions-2014 or come in and read his story within the exhibition.

Main gallery

Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 Years of JamFactory – until January 25, 2015

Links Gallery

Art : Science : Sound – until January 25, 2015

National Art Glass Gallery

Fused: A journey from artists in the National Art Glass Collection – until March 8, 2015

Margaret Carnegie Gallery

Vic McEwan: Almost an Embrace – until March 1

E3 art space

Out of the Fire: Wagga Potters Club – until December 21

Performance: Still Point Turning

When: Saturday, December 13, 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Free event – bookings essential.

Launch: Art : Science : Sound

When: Sunday, December 14, noon to 2pm

Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Free event, all welcome.

ArtBlast! December: Transparent Collage

When: Saturday, December 20

Where: 1.30pm to 4pm

Cost: $20

Bookings: Wagga Art Gallery, 6926 9660/gallery@wagga.nsw.gov.au

Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 4pm

Sunday 10am – 2pm

Closed Mondays

Wagga Art Gallery is a cultural facility of Wagga City Council