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📢 Info Session: Housewarming Program Our co-Festival Director Phil Spencer will be hosting an online info session at 12pm tomorrow, Thursday 13 Jan for artists looking to apply to the Bondi Pavilion Housewarming Program. Do you want to hear more about how the residency will work? Not sure if your project is the right fit? Do you have a burning question about the program? This is your chance to get all the info you need. So if you have a new year's resolution to develop a new work, make sure to RSVP to the info session (link in bio) and come along for a zoom chat.

Wishing you all a very merry festive season! Whatever the next few weeks have in store for you, we hope that you have time to re-charge, raise a glass, and dunk yourself in the ocean. Thank you again for your support over what has been a trying 12 months. Despite the continued challenges of presenting a Festival during a pandemic, we are forever motivated by the love and support of our artists, audiences and partners. That's all of you, so thank you very much. Wishing you all a very happy holiday. You deserve it. From Phil, Rachel and the whole Bondi Festival team ❤️

✨ The Bondi Pavilion Housewarming Program is a new artist residency opportunity celebrating the re-opening of the iconic Bondi Pavilion. The Program will welcome artists into the building before it fully opens to the public, filling its spaces with art and new ideas.
Find out more and how to apply at www.bondifestival.com.au/housewarming/

Introduce yourself! We love meeting artists, which is why our digital doors are always open. Let us know more about who you are and what you do by filling in our super-short form (it should only take you 3 minutes). The form is open year-round - no deadlines, no time pressure, just an invitation to say 'hi' 👋 Link in bio 👆 📸 Narrative Post
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[Image description: In a dark circus tent, a person in a giant, bright green Kermit the Frog costume sits on the ground in a spotlight, waving hello - eyes closed, mouth open as if singing. They are flanked on either side by two standing performers wearing costumes the colour of the Aboriginal flag, also waving hello.]
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✍️ Miriam Hechtman - writer, poet and founder of Poetica - talks patriarchy, perfectionism and poetry in our latest Local Artist Spotlight. "I think my poetry is usually very personal and often refers back to my grandparents and their experiences as Holocaust survivors and how this has affected me and my family’s trajectory. Trans-generational trauma, the grace in the grittiness, nature as teacher. I am a cup half-full kind of human, so I am always looking for the light". Head to the link in our bio to read the full interview 👆

🎨 In the first of our Local Artist Spotlight series, we chat with Arrernte Aboriginal elder, artist, educator and performer, Walangari Karntawarra about his work, his favourite local artists, and what it is to maintain cultural integrity. "My paintings are my interpretations of the cultural Dreaming Stories that I have inherited and those that the living custodian of a Dreaming has given me permission to paint. It works like a copyright. I use my paintings as a means of cross-cultural communication. They generally depict those themes and my homelands around the McDonald ranges, in Central Australia." Head to the link in our bio to read the full interview👆
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[🖌️ Image 1: Winparrku - Walangari’s painting of sacred mountain Winparrku Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 2: Milkyway Dreaming 121 - Milkyway Dreaming 121 acrylic on stretched canvas 122cm x 183cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 3: My Country 121 - My Country 121 acrylic on stretched canvas 90 x 121cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 4: Kangaroo Dreaming 120 - Kangaroo Dreaming 120 acrylic on stretched canvas 152cm x 102 cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 5: Kinship 116 - Kinship acrylic on stretched canvas 60cm x 90cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 6: Songlines 121 - Songlines 121 acrylic on stretched canvas 90cm x 121cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 7: Milkyway Dreaming 084 - Milkyway Dreaming 084 acrylic on stretched canvas 182cm x 106cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 8: My Country 120 - My Country 120 acrylic on stretched canvas 60cm x 90cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 9: Bondi Dreaming - Bondi Dreaming acrylic on stretched canvas 60cm x 90cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra
🖌️Image 10: Water Dreaming 118 - Water Dreaming 118 acrylic on stretched canvas 60cm x 90cm Aboriginal painting by Walangari Karntawarra]

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Bondi Festival acknowledges the Bidjigal and Gadigal people, who traditionally occupied the Sydney Coast. We acknowledge and pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders both past and present.