Circumstances prevented Maureen Loughran from pursuing her love of art. When she finally got the chance, she made up for lost time, reports Liane Arno.

The hands have it: choreographer Rose Wray-McCann shows the quintessential “‘jazz hands” to the cast of Chicago. Scandalous costumes, a bold and brassy band, hot numbers and outrageous songs … Wonthaggi...

A coalition of local artists say it’s time we had our own purpose-built, architecturally exciting regional gallery. This is the edited text of a presentation to Bass Coast Shire Council on July 12.​...

Print maker Susan Hall, right, is introduced by Artspace Gallery's Kathy West during last Sunday's session. Wonthaggi’s Artspace Gallery has hit the jackpot with its winter series Sunday with an Artist...

By Kate Taylor WINTER is upon us, and Artspace Gallery is embracing it with a series of artists’ talks and demonstrations. From 2-4pm every Sunday in June, July and August, a local artist will demonstrate...

PHILLIP Island and San Remo businesses are lining up to showcase work by local artists in the Queen’s Birthday winter arts trail. Now all they need is the artists. The trail is a project of the Phillip...

Cinema continues to flourish in Wonthaggi.

Local artists have risen to the challenge of interpreting climate change in a major new exhibition, reports Bron Dahlstrom. By Bron Dahlstrom "I CAN’T explain why, but I knew I had to create something...

John Page and Jeannie Haughton trial lights on the waterfront at Tenby Point for the opening night of Luminous next Saturday night. Photo: Claire Stribbles THE luminous light galleries of the Waterline...

At 89, Julia Price has too much on her mind to paint pretty pictures or decorations, writes Anne Tindall.

A waste of money or the start of something wonderful? Jeannie Haughton explores the value of community arts projects such as The Edge of Us. By Jeannie Haughton THE Edge of Us. Where the sea meets...

THE old Wonthaggi Post Office – home to the Wonthaggi Library until 2014 – or the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre may become a gallery housing the shire’s art works, including the valuable Robert...

Plans for a public art project featuring two decommissioned wind blades from the Wonthaggi Wind Farm and a surrounding park and playground in Wonthaggi will not proceed. Councillors voted this week...

VENTNOR artist Josephine Allen’s new exhibition, Stories, Scapes and Sojourns, features paintings and drawings inspired by landscapes, allegorical stories and travel sketches. Kent is fascinated by...

By Sierra Dunton Luminous Streets has begun with artists in Corinella, Coronet Bay, Grantville, Tenby Point and Pioneer Bay leading workshops to help children and residents make simple objects that...

Sculptures by some of West Gippsland’s best artists are exhibited among the vines of the Lucinda winery over summer. It's been a successful event for the past two years with many people enjoying the...

In his new exhibition, veteran John Adam comes face to face with his younger self – and he likes what he sees. Catherine Watson reports.

Organisers of Phillip Island’s Winter Arts Trail want to hear from local artists. By Maxine Sando Phillip Island’s first Winter Arts Trail on the Queen’s Birthday weekend last June gave local artists...

Sandra Peeters’ recent exhibition began with exercises in a life drawing class. Marian Quigley reports

Retired music teacher Larry Hills still had the music in him, and so the Bass Coast Chorale was born. This month the chorale celebrates its first 10 years with an anniversary concert. ​

Having made the tree change to Blackwood Forest, Anne Tindall is ready for the third and final act

Little Shop of Horrors was the Wonthaggi Theatrical Group’s first blockbuster. This time it’s being performed as it was written, with a small ensemble, and in the group’s new home. Gill Heal reports

​Director Josh Gardiner left the audience no place in hide in his production of The Diary of Anne Frank, writes Gill Heal

A challenging career in social work helped Karen V Sandon find her own path in art. ​​

​A bluegrass concert and contra dance in the Wonthaggi Town Hall will help to raise awareness of a little-known but debilitating condition sometimes known as bronze diabetes.

Liane Arno meets Leigh Rowles, a former ballerina, choreographer, actor and now abstract artist who revels in the beauty of life in its many guises.

Wonthaggi Theatrical Group is stripping back the smoke and mirrors of theatre magic and focusing on the human condition for its production of The Diary of Anne Frank

ON February 6, 2006, in Wonthaggi, 60 people responded to an invitation to anyone interested in forming a chorale.

Capturing the essence of a person is the challenge of portaiture, writes perennial Archibald Prize hopeful Ursula Theinert.

Perennial Archibald Prize hopeful Ursula Theinert tackles former Independent MP Rob Oakeshott.