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SUMMARY:Portraiture in Charcoal with Michael Simms
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand\, Michael Simms is back with his charcoal portraiture workshop. Excitingly the workshop has been extended to two days\, giving students more time to develop\, practice and hone their skills under the guidance of Michael. \nIn this workshop\, students will learn how to draw the human face with charcoal – one of the most versatile and expressive mediums. Michael will provide his unique tips and tricks on how to simplify the face into basic shapes to make portraiture fun and accessible. \nMichael will conduct demonstrations and provide individual feedback to students throughout both days. \nStudents will also have the opportunity to visit Michael Simms Stages exhibition in the Mazda Gallery of NERAM. \nTopics covered include: \n\nOverview of materials: the different types of charcoal and how to use it\nThe proportions of the human face\nHow to simplify the human face into basic planes and tonal shapes\nHow to break down individual facial features\nHow to build structure into your portrait\nCapturing a ‘likeness’\nUnderstanding tonal values\nHow to achieve a sense of volume and form in your drawings\nDrawing from a live model\nThe impact of lighting\n\nDATE | Saturday and Sunday\, 1st & 2nd of November \nTIME |  10am – 4.00pm both days \nVENUE | Packsaddle Studio \nCOST |  General Price $221.00   –   FoN/Culture Club member Price $245.00 \nAll materials are included \nMin 10\, Max 14 \n  \n\n\nImage: Courtesy of Michael Simms
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Behind the Scenes with Packsaddle
DESCRIPTION:Join us at NERAM for a special In Conversation between NERAM Director Rachael Parsons and members of the current Packsaddle Committee. \nTogether\, they’ll pull back the curtain on all things Packsaddle — how this beloved annual exhibition is imagined\, planned\, and brought to life each year. Discover the stories behind the art\, the community connections that make it possible\, and why this remarkable group of women continues to dedicate their time\, creativity\, and passion to supporting NERAM after 40 years. \nAn inspiring and insightful look at one of the most enduring and generous supporter groups in regional Australia.
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SUMMARY:The Community Weathering Station at Black Gully Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Community Weathering Station is a market stall about climate change. This black gully festival we have a program of visiting artist-researcher facilitated workshops that link up with the themes of weathering: a concept that explores climate change from a grounded\, localised and embodied perspective. \nThroughout the day we will also offer Tea/Tarot readings when the readers are in\, and there will be other little things in the stall to look at and discuss. For the workshops: We will endeavour to have all the materials you need on hand\, but please read below for any specific instructions and to register to help us plan for numbers. \nAll Workshops begin at the CoWS Stall \n  \nStall opens 10am \n  \nMixed Weathering Workshops 10-11am \nDrop into the CoWS Stall and participate in a selection of activities “Lucky Dip”\, “Close Meteorology”\, “Speed Zining” and “Weathering With and Without”. These games are connected to How to weather together exhibition in the gallery and book of the same name. Participants can take home their contributions or they can add it to the exhibition upstairs. These activities are all designed to engage with yourself and each other differently and carefully in relation to everyday weather\, but also as a method for connecting to the large scale catastrophe of climate change. If you miss the early workshop options to participate will be available throughout the day. \nWe believe weathering well requires the proliferation of feminist\, queer and anticolonial environmentalisms and the global redistribution of shelter and vulnerability. To assist in grass-roots revolutionary mobilisation\, we offer up simple practices as part of a larger historical movement: to change the climate of climate change and be ourselves changed in the process. \nFacilitator Bio/s: The weathering workshops are facilated by Tessa Zettel (Sydney)\, Astrida Neimanis (Canada) and Jennifer Hamilton (Armidale). These three have been collaborating for a decade as The Weathering Collective. \nFREE REGISTRATION \n  \nRest your identity: 11-12 \nWith Ju Bavyka \nThis workshop leans on meditation practices to examine our relationships to aspects of our identity\, including habits or social roles\, that get overworked in everyday life. This overwork can be a response to social injustice\, patriarchy\, gendered roles\, being disabled\, or to the self-exploitation of one’s ethnic and cultural background in order to exist and survive. After a short introduction\, participants are invited to follow a guided meditation and to identify parts of themself that require a little rest\, revision\, and kind reintegration on better terms. A space for encounter and possible connection is created during the discussion afterwards. This workshop is included in the CoWS program as a practice that allows for new openings to the weather world. \nCushions provided. \nFacilitator Bio: Ju is a visual artist\, writer and community organiser. They create from a queer\, forager perspective and are interested in practices of hospitality and generosity. Ju lives\, works and rests on unceded Gadigal Wangal lands in so-called Sydney\, Australia\, and sometimes in Berlin. They have ties to Kazakhstan and Germany through their birth\, education\, community connections and family history. \nFREE REGISTRATION (Please RSVP to help with numbers\, but please also show up on the day either way) \n15 Max \n  \n12pm Welcome to Country (Mainstage) \n  \nDAY FOR IT! why we love good weather 12.30-1.30pm \nWith Blanche Verlie \nMost of our efforts to communicate the importance of global heating focus on how scary and bad changing the climate is. But a lot of people find it too scary to think about\, and so they disengage from the topic. What if we celebrated all the benefits that a safe climate affords us? This walkshop riffs on the Australian idiom “Day for It!” that celebrates all the great\, fun things we can do in good weather and who those activities allow us to be\, to help us clarify the cultural and personal value of our Holocene climate. \nWhat you’ll need to participate: a phone with a camera and internet connection OR a pen and paper. We’ll be walking around the Festival and chatting to people about what their favourite weather is\, and why they love it. \nFacilitator Bio: Blanche is a multidisciplinary social scientist whose work focuses on climate change working. Her research investigates how people understand\, experience\, and respond to climate change\, and how we might do this differently and better. Her book Learning to live-with climate change: From anxiety to transformation is available as a free e-book. At the University of Sydney\, she is a Sydney Horizon Fellow in Gender and Cultural Studies\, and one of the leaders of the Environmental Justice theme at the Sydney Environment Institute.  \nFREE REGISTRATION (Please RSVP to help with numbers\, but please also show up on the day either way) \n  \n1.30-2.30 Lunch break (& Rocky Bottom Girls playing on mainstage!) \n  \nLearn to Scry with the Sky: how to prophesize through gazing\, 2.30-3.30pm \nWith Nina Vroeman \nThis workshop will explore exercises from Horizon Factory’s publication Deep Gazing. \nThe book is a guide\, a tool\, an atlas and a companion for individual and communal attunement to the environment. Opening to the expansiveness of the sky\, learning to read its signs and traces\, and allowing for messages and meanings to arise beyond the art of forecasting. \nFacilitator Bio: Nina makes interdisciplinary work about ecology that is speculative and embodied. They live in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal)\, on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka and are a recent MFA graduate from Sculpture and Ceramics at Concordia University. For more information about their work visit ninavroemen.com/ \nFREE REGISTRATION (Please RSVP to help with numbers\, but please also show up on the day either way) \n15 Max \n  \nStall closes 4pm
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SUMMARY:Black Gully Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:The always highly-anticipated Black Gully Festival is set to kick off on Saturday\, November 8th\, 2025\, in the scenic Black Gully Reserve (behind NERAM on the south side of the creek). This free\, family-friendly event celebrates the vibrant spirit of Armidale as the weather warms up\, offering a day filled with music\, art\, environmental and community engagement. The festival promises an entertaining experience for attendees of all ages. \nFestival Program\n\n9.00am – 7.30pm – Festival Livestream and broadcast 2ARMFM Community Radio\n10.00am – 4.00pm – NERAM Art Gallery & feature exhibition How to Weather Together\n10.00am – 2.00pm – Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place – Music jam w/ Des Ahoy\, Peter Georkas & Bob Blair (10-12)\n10.00am – 2.00pm – Museum of Printing\n10.00am – 4.00pm – Makers\, Community and Environment Markets\n\n\nCaring for Koala Country\, Clothes Swap and Slow Living\, Community Garden tours\, Community Weathering Station\, Electrify Armidale\, Growing Sustainable Landscapes\, Healthy Headwaters and Creek bug collecting\, Highlands End of Life Project\, NERAM Family Art Making\, Platypus Play and Clay\, River Weaving and Rising Tide\, Save our Styx\, Talking Soil\, The Highlands Poet\, Weeding for Weaving w/ Andrew Parker\, Face painting and more….. \n\n\n\n10.00am – 7.30pm – Food Vans\n12.00pm – Official Opening – Welcome to Country + Thanks to Sponsors + announcements\n7.00pm – 8.45pm – Astronomy night with the Stars & UNE & NT Astronomical Society@NERAM cafe\n\n\nMusic\, Dance & Theatre Program\n\nMain Stages\n10.00am to 7.30pm                             \n\n10.30am  The Holy Horns\n11.15am  Alejandro & Armidale Salsa\n11.30am  JazzLab\n12.00pm  Welcome to Country + Thanks to Sponsors + announcements\n12.30pm  Tandav School of Dance\n12.50pm  Blakk Dynasty\n1.20pm  The Rocky Bottom Girls\n2.10pm  OhMaSoul\n3.00pm  MC & The Squares\n3.50pm  Dusky Buzz\n4.40pm  The Cham Cham\n5.30pm  PartyLine\n6.30pm  The Chads\n\n \nAcoustic Stage (NERAM Café)\n9.00am to 4.00pm                 \n\n\n9.00am  Judith Betts\n9.45am  Bruce’s Country\n10.30am  Pete Stanley\n11.15am  Barney St Band\n12.00pm  The Miggy Man\n12.45pm  Dallas Muirhead\n1.30pm  Ian Russell\n2.15pm  Khaleel Jundi\n3.00pm  Firebirds Choir\n3.30pm  Saturday Magic Theatre Troupe presents Pandora and the Dragon\n\n\n \nTalks\, Activities & Workshops Program\n\nClothes Swap@ Slow Living Tent\n\n10.00 to 11.00am Clothes drop\n12.00 to 2.00pm Clothes swap\n\n\n  \nThe Community Weathering Station (CoWS) at Black Gully Festival (North Village) \nThe Community Weathering Station is a market stall about climate change. This Black Gully Festival we have a program of visiting artist-researcher facilitated workshops that link up with the themes of weathering: a concept that explores climate change from a grounded\, localised and embodied perspective. \nThroughout the day we will also offer Tea/Tarot readings when the readers are not off enjoying the festival\, and there will be other little things in the stall to look at and discuss. \nFor the workshops: We will endeavour to have all the materials you need on hand\, but please go to the link below form more details\, any specific instructions and to register (FREE REGISTRATION). \nCoWS workshops are for people aged 16+ \n\n10.00 -11.00am: Mixed Weathering Workshops – w/ Tessa Zettel\, Astrida Neimanis and Jennifer Hamilton.\n11.00am – 12.00pm: Rest your identity – w/ Ju Bavyka\n12.00 – 12.30pm : Welcome to Country (MainStage)\n12.30 – 1.30pm: Day for it! why we love good weather – w/ Blanche Verlie\n1.30 – 2.30pm : Lunch Break\n2.30 – 3.30pm : Learn to Scry with the Sky: how to prophesize through gazing – w/ Nina Vroeman\n\nAll Day: \n\nBy sign-up sheet on the day: Tea & Tarot by Donation (with Piers Kelly & Ju Bavyka)\nHow to weather together exhibition (Mazda Gallery inside NERAM)\n\n\nFull program and registration details available at: https://communityweatheringstation.net/2025/10/13/2025-black-gully-festival-stall/\n\n\nCommunity Garden\n\n\n10.30/12.30/2.30 – Composting with Joi (@ the Community Garden\nCommunity Garden Tours – Come for a visit! Tours running from 10.00am to 4.00pm -as needed\n\n  \nSustainable Living Armidale (SLA) and Friends @ North Gully Village (NERAM Side) \n\n10.30/3.30 – Rhizomatic Somatic Meditation (1-hour sessions) for 16+ – w/Pip Ryan @ Rhizomatic Chorus tent\n11.00 to 1:30 – Magpie print making @ Museum of Printing\n10.30/1.00 – How healthy is my soil? – why not soil some undies! @Talking Soil tent\n11:00/1:30 – Digging Together: Where Soil Science Meets Community @Talking Soil\n\nSLA and Friends @ the Packsaddle room (Below NERAM) \n\n11.00am – SPECIAL Presentation – Healthy Headwaters of New England and what our creek invertebrates tell us (30mins) – with Dr. Sara Mika\, UNE Aquatic Ecology Lab\n12.30pm – SPECIAL Presentation – The Bell’s Turtle: A Turtle of Our Own – with Dr. Lou Streeting\, UNE Lazer Lab\n\nSLA and Friends @ South Gully Village (Stage Side) \n• 10.30/11.30/12.30/1.30/2.30/3.30– The Magic of Science Show @UNE Discovery\n• 10.30/1.30 – Cozy Story Time – The Platypus – w/Sue Eliot @SLA and NE Rakali and Platypus tent\n• 10.30/11.15/2.45- Native Rodents – who are they anyway and why should we care? @Threatened Species Tent\n• 10.45/2.00 – Chatting about Energy-Efficiency – for beginners 101@Electrify Armidale tent\n• 11.00 to 12.00 – Weeding for Weaving w/Andrew Parker @the Big Weave\n• 11.00 to 12.00 – Making Seedballs @Armidale Tree Group\n• 11.30 – Cozy Story Time- Where are all the baby Turtles? – w/Lou Streeting – @SLA and NE Rakali and Platypus tent\n• 11.30 & 1.30 – Creek Bug Collecting – meet @UNE Aquatic Ecology Lab\n• 12.30/2.00- Bat’s in the Backyard and Insect-eating bats @Threatened Species Tent\n• 1.00 – Black Gully Walk and Talk with Funky Dave and Friends of BG – meet@the Black Gully Central Tent\n• 2.00 – Chatting about Energy-Efficiency –bring your really tricky questions @Electrify Armidale tent \n  \n\n\nThe Black Gully Festival program is subject to changes at any time. Please refer to website for any updates or amendments.\n\n  \n              \n  \n     \n       \n  \nThe Black Gully Festival – Partners and Sponsors\nThe Black Gully Festival would not be possible and nor would it be able to provide a free community event without the contribution of over 70 volunteers and our Partners and Sponsors. The Black Gully Festival organisers would like to extend a huge thank you to our volunteers and to the following: \nPartners \nMusicians of Armidale (MOA)/Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA)/New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM)/2ARMFM Community Radio/Southern New England Landcare (SNEL)/Armidale Tree Group (ATG)/Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP) \nSupermega sponsors\, Very special sponsors\, and Festival friends \nSustainable Living Armidale (SLA)/Origin Energy (Renewable energy and the New England Community Investment Program)/Armidale Regional Council (ARC)/BlackDot/Gallery 126/The Welders Dog/StringyBark Ecological/Back Track/Creative Streets Festival
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CATEGORIES:Event,Music
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SUMMARY:New England Friends of NERAM Artisan Trail
DESCRIPTION:Step inside the studios of six talented New England artists and see where creativity comes to life. Across one inspiring weekend\, the New England Friends of NERAM Artisan Trail invites you to visit artists in their working environments\, watch live demonstrations\, and gain unique insights into their craft.\n\nFrom delicate watercolours and expressive landscape paintings to fine ceramics and reclaimed metal sculpture\, this is a rare opportunity to meet the makers shaping our region’s vibrant arts scene.\n\nTickets are available for individual studio visits or as a weekend pass giving access to all six studios. All proceeds support the work of the Friends of NERAM in raising funds for the New England Regional Art Museum.\n\nTickets:\n$40 Friends of NERAM members\n$45 Non-members\n$12 per individual studio\n\nBook now via TryBooking 
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/new-england-friends-of-neram-artisan-trail/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:COSMOGRAPHIES : A speculative documentary film
DESCRIPTION:The struggle for environmental justice against ongoing forms of extractivism and ecological ruin in the Atacama Desert is an allegory against ongoing plans to colonise the Moon and Mars\, where Māori astrobiologist Xuê Noon finds solace in 2051. \nCosmographies is a hybrid film that draws from speculative fiction\, observational and poetic documentary\, Indigenous futurism and Indigiqueer perspectives. It interweaves stories of resistance and environmental justice against extractivism in the Atacama Desert\, Chile\, as an allegory for contemporary plans to colonise the Moon and Mars. Set across 2023 and 2051\, it weaves parallel stories of Lickan Antay land and water defenders\, engaged scientists and fishing communities in Atacama\, with the story of Māori astrobiologist Xuě Noon who finds solace in Mars and slipstreams across spacetime with an urgent message. \nScreening at Belgrave as part of How to weather together exhibition\nFilm is 95 minutes\nQ&A is 30 minutes. Finish by 5.15pm. \nCredits \nDirector\, Cinematographer & Writer (BIO): Juan Francisco Salazar (attending the screening for Q&A) \nWriter & Performer (BIO): Victoria Hunt
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/cosmographies-a-speculative-documentary-film/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Portrait of Howard Hinton
DESCRIPTION:To mark Howard Hinton’s 159th Birthday we invite you to the launch of A Portrait of Howard Hinton by Margaret Bain. \nWho was Howard Hinton — the man behind one of Australia’s greatest art collections? A Portrait of Howard Hinton uncovers the life of this enigmatic philanthropist\, moving beyond the familiar image of a shy bachelor who gave away his fortune for art. Drawing on Hinton’s long-lost diary and years of meticulous research\, Margaret reveals a vibrant\, generous\, and deeply connected figure at the heart of Sydney’s cultural scene in the early 20th century. \nJoin us at NERAM to celebrate the launch of this remarkable new publication that sheds fresh light on the man whose vision helped shape the very foundations of the New England Regional Art Museum. There will be champagne and cake.
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/book-launch-a-portrait-of-howard-hinton/
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251114T180000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Lae Oldmeadow
DESCRIPTION:Join us before the official opening to hear exhibiting artist Lae Oldmeadow in conversation with curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad as they discuss The Garden — Oldmeadow’s debut solo exhibition at NERAM. \nIn The Garden\, outsider artist Lae Oldmeadow creates a contemplative and tactile installation where nature and culture intertwine. A series of Totems of Contemplation leads visitors towards the central sculptural work\, The Garden\, evoking the sensation of stepping into a magical forest. Crafted from palm fibre\, sisal\, organic cotton and ultramarine paint\, Oldmeadow’s totems and wall sculptures explore themes of reverence\, resilience and renewal. \n\n \nImage: Lae Oldmeadow\, Totem of Contemplation # 11 Leaf\, 2022. Palm fibre and sisal twine sewn to canvas\, acrylic paint
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/artist-talk-lae-oldmeadow/
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251114T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of five new exhibitions \nEchoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art \nWATER: Rowen Matthews \nProvidore: Kim Bizo \nHow to Weather Together \nThe Garden: Lae Oldmeadow \n  \nOpening Weekend Program\nFriday 14th November \n5.30pm – Artist Talk: Lae Oldmeadow \n6.00pm – Opening Night \n6.30pm – Official opening presentation \n7.00pm – Performance: The Sign of the Times Henri van Noordenburg and Paul Smith \n  \nSaturday 15th November \n10.30am –  Packsaddle Lecture: Sundeep Bhandari\, The Gondwana Art Project \n  \n\n \n  \nCredit: Suresh Dhurve\, Ann Dai\, 2020\, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and the Craft and Community Development Foundation \n \n \nEchoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art has been produced in partnership with the Craft and Community Development Foundation\,  Utopia Art Sydney and Papunya Tula Artists. Sponsored by Origin Energy (Renewable energy and the New England Community Investment Program) the Friends of NERAM
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/opening-night-8/
CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Performance: The Sign of the Times
DESCRIPTION:To coincide with the opening of How to Weather Together\, exhibiting artist Henri van Noordenburg and composure Paul Smith will present a live performance in the gallery. \nThe Sign of the Times project takes outcomes and processes from Henri’s visual art practice and Smith’s composition and practice\, and presents them in a performance. Integral to the structure of the work is collaborative improvisation. Each artist responds to the other’s input\, and this in turn affects the performance and finished work. \nBorn in The Netherlands and based in Brisbane\, Henri van Noordenburg is a visual artist whose practice merges photography\, drawing and performance to explore memory\, landscape and belonging. Using a distinctive hand-carved technique inspired by sgraffito\, his works have been exhibited internationally\, including the Manila Biennale and Scope Basel. He has received multiple awards\, and his work is held in major public and private collections including LACMA and NERAM. \nPaul Smith (he/they) is a composer and researcher based in Sydney who specialises in writing opera and music for the toy piano. He is Associate Professor of Music at the University of New England. Paul has held composer/performer residencies in Armenia (2018)\, Italy (2019) and Japan (2024)\, and he was a featured composer of the inaugural Korean toy piano festival in Seoul. In 2022 he received the ABC Composer Commission Fund to compose three new works for toy piano and recorder which were released by ABC Classics. Paul’s traditional research focuses on the politics of singing and the voice and recent publications explore multilingualism in opera. \n  \nImage: Henri van Noordenburg\, Composition XCI Arvo Pärt deck\, 2024. Hand carved ink on Hahnemühle
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/performance/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251115T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251115T113000
DTSTAMP:20260604T003718
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SUMMARY:Packsaddle Lecture: Sundeep Bhandari\, The Gondwana Art Project
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the final Packsaddle Lecture of 2025 as Sundeep Bhandari\, founder-trustee of Craft and Community Development Foundation (CCDF)\, presents his work on the Gondwana Art Project—a dedicated initiative supporting tribal artists from the Gondwana region of central India (Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra)\, working in Gond\, Warli and Bhil traditions. In partnership with NERAM’s exhibition Echoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art\, the Foundation has collaborated directly with the museum to bring these artists’ voices and works to an Australian audience. \nUnder the Gondwana Art project\, CCDF’s mission is to create a platform for tribal artists to present their work and their perspectives demonstrating their craftsmanship and creativity\, introducing new methods and techniques that express both traditional and contemporary imagery and values. In this initiative\, CCDF promotes artists and their art form that evolves from the dynamic living traditions. This project offers an invitation to the viewer to discover Gondwana region and artists that epitomise the incomparable diversity of contemporary tribal and popular Indian art. \n  \nSundeep Bhandari\, is a New Delhi–based business strategist with over three decades of experience in India’s energy and infrastructure sectors\, and is the founder trustee of Craft and Community Development Foundation. He has undertaken several philanthropic projects and was heading the CSR board of Cairn India Ltd. In this role\, he was instrumental in establishing community support and development projects across the country including the Centre of Excellence for vocational training in Jodhpur and The Enterprise Centre at Barmer ITI. He established Craft and Community Development Foundation with the aim of up-skilling artisans in different fields across India. \nEstablished in 2008\, the Craft and Community Development Foundation (CCDF) is a registered not-for-profit organisation created to support and fund projects that enhance livelihoods for communities in the arts and crafts sector. CCDF’s vision is to undertake initiatives that upskill artisans through the introduction of new concepts and designs while preserving the authenticity of traditional practices and connecting them to new markets. The foundation creates an empowering space that supports specialised crafts by providing training\, introducing innovative design elements\, and developing market linkages. Through workshops and skill development programs\, CCDF works to strengthen artisan communities and improve their overall quality of life. \n\n\nThe Packsaddle Lecture Series invites guest speakers to expound on aspects of Australian and international artistic practices and history\, providing the community with an opportunity to explore themes and ideas related to some of the museum’s key collection areas. \n  \n \n \nEchoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art has been produced in partnership with the Craft and Community Development Foundation\,  Utopia Art Sydney and Papunya Tula Artists. Sponsored by Origin Energy (Renewable energy and the New England Community Investment Program) the Friends of NERAM
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/packsaddle-lecture-sundeep-bhandari-the-gondwana-art-project/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251130T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251130T160000
DTSTAMP:20260604T003718
CREATED:20251112T001305Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Store Sunday
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, November 30 2025\, more than 2100 Museum Stores representing 25 countries\, and five continents will offer relaxing\, inspired shopping inside your favorite museums and cultural institutions…showcasing broad assortments of highly curated\, unique\, mission-specific gifts. From books to jewellery to children’s products to home accessories and gourmet food\, there is something for everyone. Shop knowing you are supporting the missions and programs of each participating museum and cultural institution. \nNERAM will be joining other museum and gallery shops around the world for Museum Store Sunday \nWith Christmas around the corner\, we invite you to “shop with purpose” at your local art museum shop. Your custom will help us sustain the programs and services we provide to our community. \nAll day 20% shop discount (except alcohol) \n50% Discount  Table  \nSpend over $30 to go into the draw for a hamper valued at $100 or voucher for $100 \nLucky Door Prize \nFree Gift Wrapping \nChristmas Craft activity for Kids \nWe look forward to seeing you between 10am – 4pm to enjoy a little Christmas shopping!
URL:https://neram.dev.nucleoserver.com/event/museum-store-sunday-2/
CATEGORIES:Event
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