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We may have cancelled our 2021 Festival, but we’re still finding ways to stay connected and bring our artists to your home.

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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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#BondiFest #BondiFestival #Bondi #BondiBeach #WaverleyCouncil #Art #Performance #PerformingArts #SydneyArts #SydneyTheatre #SydneyArtist #Festival #Theatre #Music #Cabaret #Circus #VisualArt #BondiLocal

✍️ 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]

Fancy a spot of tea? 🫖 Today is R U OK?Day, a reminder to start a conversation that could change a life - not just today, but any day. This year, while we're all at home, it's more important than ever to reach out to friends, family and colleagues, and ask, 'R U really OK'? Pour yourself a cuppa, pick up the phone and show them that you care. 💛
Asking them this simple question can help break down barriers, and can give them the space to share what is really going on in their life. And that's the tea. 🍵 Feeling nervous? Don't let that stop you! Visit www.ruok.org.au to learn how to ask, and what to say if someone says they aren't OK. .
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💰💰 💰 Got a project in the works and need some support to get it off the ground? @WaverleyCouncil Small Grants provide up to $5,000 for local projects that will benefit our people, or our natural or built environments. Grants in this round are available in two streams: Community and Cultural, and Environmental. Head to the link in our bio for more info about which stream might suit your project. But don't delay! Applications close Monday 6 September.
📷: @asparay
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🌏 📸 🙌 In celebration of World Photography Day, we had a chat with Robert Catto, the man behind the camera of our Bondi Festival photoshoots. Swipe to check out his personal top 5 photos he's taken for different arts organisations (feat. an outtake from our Bondi Festival 2021 shoot) and some of his musings on photography. 📸 : @robertcatto
@chemona_lisa
@tamineilsonmusic
@NewZealandInternationalArtsFestival2006
@anassortedfew @chloebayliss5 @berlage
@redline__productions @apocalypse__live @dino__dimitriadis
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📸 #1 - Bondi Festival 2021 promotional image
📸 #2 - Canadian-New Zealand artist named Tami Neilson, on stage at the Basement in Sydney
📸 #3 - New Zealand International Arts Festival in 2006 of a show called The Holy Sinner starring Mia Blake
📸 #4 - Chloe Bayliss for Home Invasion directed by Alex Berlage with An Assorted Few
📸 #5 - Production image from Dino Dimitriadis’ production of Metamorphosis at the Old Fitz Theatre, for Apocalypse Theatre & Red Line Productions
📸 #6 - Robert Catto behind the scenes shooting for Bondi Festival
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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.