Mix art, nature and community and you get the Landcare Art Prize, writes Janice Orchard

When Inverloch artist John Mutsaers couldn’t paint, he found a new way to make sense of life.

Artists Kim McDonald and Jasmine Susic dive deep into the beauty, mystery and power of the Southern Ocean.

Two masters of their craft combine as Maggie Millar reads Elizabeth Jolley.

Marcia Rolfs’ first book is an exquisite collection of her poetry, paintings and photographs.

EAL students and community lift their voices in a joyful act of connection.

Catherine Watson fails to draw a tree and still has a good time.

In an age when machines can conjure up bands and ballads in seconds, live music keeps it real, writes Alison Chapman

Local author defies her own expectations to win major history award with a book about maths.

​Tears, laughter, resilience and recipes ... Julie Statkus left the Phillip Island Festival of Stories thoroughly satisfied.

The Irish-Australian actor died on August 5, leaving behind a Coronet Bay community that had claimed him as one of its own.

WHAT if, just for one day, the world stopped – and we all listened to the music? By Michael Whelan

Chris Pitman’s acclaimed one-man play opens the door to difficult conversations, writes Tim O’Brien

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra premieres ‘The Poetry of War’ in Wonthaggi

How would you honour a group of trail blazing women - Wonthaggi Miners Women’s Auxiliary - who defied the authorities because they knew their cause was just?

<i>Basins, Oxides, Locals, Legend</i>dives into life across the hills -- raw, rich, and unmistakably Phil Henshall.

A new exhibition of works from the Robert Smith collection reminds us that the fight for justice goes on.

In his 90th year John Adam reckons he’s still learning, one canvas at a time.

Steve Ulula Parker’s call to country ... for all of us.

Seeing his painting hanging alongside original works by Joseph Turner is not something Warren Nichols could ever have predicted.

A spectacular night sky photo by Iryna MacMillan has won first prize in West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s photo competition.

As our migratory shorebirds depart for their Arctic breeding grounds, the Flyways exhibition opens to celebrate their extraordinary journey.

In his 90th year, Phillip Island artist John Adam is enjoying a purple patch.

Judy Vradenburg has pulled off a second major award with her fly-on-the-wall account of local community activism.

There’s a sense of timelessness in Jan Learmonth’s work, of slow-moving waters and a world beyond the human one. By Louisa Waters

A community choir of nearly 100 women sharing their stories through song at Wonthaggi's Union Theatre.

There aren’t many good things that came out of Covid, but Annalisa Christiansen’s beautiful landscape paintings are some of them. Liane Arno reports.

Phillip Island’s pop-up exhibitions are evolving in unexpected and delightful ways. Curator Warren Nichols explains.

Solace and The Red Rattlers are two groups with eerily similar people, mainly because they are mostly the same people but playing vastly different types of music.

A retrospective of Russell Kent’s art at Berninneit features the Phillip Island artist’s distinctive style: high realism with a touch of humour, surrealism and romance.