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Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Vol.
6 July December 2014
Pacifica
Gods 2014
The fifth annual
Pacifica exhibition at
Casula Powerhouse
2014 Way
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From the Mayor

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is South West Sydneys premier arts facility and offers the
community of Liverpool the opportunity to explore culture and education like no other.
As Liverpool embarks on a new initiative to Build Our New City it is important to continue
to support the thriving Liverpool arts community and embrace the cultural diversity and
community involvement which comes with it.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is a valuable contributor to community education, culture
and arts through inclusive workshops and developmental education programs. I am proud
to say that the Way Out West Festival for Children is the only contemporary arts festival
for Children in Sydney and it happens right here in Liverpool at the Casula Powerhouse Arts
Centre. Its coming up soon so be sure to come along and enjoy the fun.
James Lynch, Newsprint,

Spray Cans and Coke Can,
2000-2001
If you have never been to the Casula Powerhouse Art Centre I urge you to check it out, and I
look forward to seeing you there.
Powerhouse Arts Centre
31 GHost Tours
32 Events and Workshops
37 Access Program
38 Community Hires
39 Partners
40 Library
44 Calendar
Mayor Ned Mannoun

Mayor, Liverpool City Council
From the Director
What an amazing first year of programing we are having!
One of the reasons I enjoy writing this message twice a year is because it gives me the
opportunity to reflect on the joys, achievements and challenges we have faced. It has been
a fantastic start to 2014 and I am proud to introduce the next instalment of our programing
for the year.
1 Powerhouse Road, Casula NSW 2170
(Enter via Shepherd St, Liverpool)
p. 02 9824 1121
f. 02 9821 4273
e. reception@casulapowerhouse.com
w. www.casulapowerhouse.com
Acquisitions
1 Acquisitions
2 Performance
8 Theatre Education Program
9 Venue Hire
10 WOW Festival for Children
12 Spring School Holidays Program
14 Education Program
18 Grid
19 Residencies
20 Exhibitions
24 Artist Profile
26 Childrens Activity Sheet
28 Pacifica Gods
30
About the Ghost of Casula
Love Art Collection
If you didnt make it to CPAC for the first half of the year, be sure not to miss this next half
because it is jam packed with flavour, fun and entertainment. Whatever youre looking for,
we have something for everyone in our program to captivate and inspire.
Our annual Way Out West Festival for Children is back and it is going to be bigger and
better than ever, featuring workshops and exhibitions for the young and the young at heart.
Our theatre program is set to go off with explosive laughter with The 39 Steps, delicious
dining with Cherry Cherry (a dining room tale), and energetic rhythms from Grace Barbe
just to name a few. Be sure to check out the culturally rich and entertaining Pacifica Gods
Festival and our diverse range of exhibitions which are sure to impress and intrigue. As
always we have high quality workshops, access program and a public education program
with something for all ages and experience.
So dont be shy, drop by and let us show you what we have to offer!
Simon Cavanough,
The Long March, 2004
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre was the
grateful recipient of four sculptures by
Sydney-based artist Simon Cavanough
in 2011. Ladder to, The Long March, The
Invisible View and Secret Plan were
donated by Amanda Love, forming the
Love Art Collection at Casula Powerhouse
Arts Centre.
The act of deconstruction and
reconstruction is central to Cavanoughs
body of work. Playing on the relationship
between purpose and use, the artist
combines once useful found objects and
materials to create new objects with
little functional possibility. In doing so,
he brings into question contemporary
societys consumerism and reliance on
material possessions, a clever paradox
drawing attention to the potential
usefulness of waste.
As well as being an accomplished artist
and sculptor, Cavanough is also a propmaker for film, television and advertising.
James Lynchs Newsprint, Spray Cans

and Coke Can is another of the 26 works
forming part of Amanda Loves generous
donation.
Lynch uses his body of work to explore
his fascination with human connections,
dreams and reality. A graduate of the
Victoria College of the Arts and Monash
University, Lynch is well-known for
his paintings, handmade drawings,
installations and more recently his
animation works. Newsprint, Spray
Cans and Coke Can is a particularly fine
example of the artists technical expertise
in his flawless recreation of broadsheet
newspapers.
Lynch is a founding member of the
DAMP art collective and has been widely
exhibited in Australia and overseas.
Most recently, Newsprint, Spray Cans
and Coke Can were requested for loan
by Margaret Lawrence Gallery: Victorian
College of the Arts in Melbourne for
the exhibition Dear Masato, all at once
showing from 7 March to 5 April 2014.
Cherry Hood, 2001 Series

No 4, 2001
Cherry Hoods 2001 Series No 4 is
another artwork acquired by Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre as part of
Amanda Loves gift.
Hoods artworks exist somewhere
between paintings and photographs.
Her watercolour works are distinctive
for their negation of a definitive subject,
allowing the artist the freedom to explore
potentially provocative questions of
gender, adolescence and desire.
Hood is an accomplished painter and
sculptor, having perfected her practice
studying at The University of Sydney,
The National Art School, Accademia di
Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy and St George
Technical College.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre happily
joins the ranks of many state galleries,
museums, private and corporate
collections in Australia acquiring works by
Cherry Hood.
These works were exhibited as part

of the Love Art Collection exhibition at
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from
December 2010 February 2011.
Kiersten Fishburn
Director, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Front cover image: Erecting the stacks at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in 1950. Image
coutesy of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre archives. Used by APPI for the monthly Ghost
Tours.
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Contents
The 39 Steps
Wednesday 27 August
7.30pm | Duration 130 minutes (including interval)
Adult $40, Concession $35, Groups (10+) $32
(a dining room tale)
Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, Friday 8,

Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August, 2014
7.30pm | Duration 2.5 hours | $45 includes dinner
You are invited to dinner.
Through degrees of consciousness and care, the meals we prepare carry
expressions of our being over generations. Tables of food have held the most
wondrous stories of humankind: stories of celebration and conflict, of joy and
tribulation, of colourful pasts, confounding presents, charismatic futures. Our
stories pass through communion as plates around a table, carried on the
heightened breath of a storyteller, and on the aromas of the table which so fire
the tastebuds.
Born in Iran shortly before the revolution to an Iranian father and Mauritian
mother, musician Neda Rahmani is an Australian artist of many tales and many
talents. Home-cooked in a kitchen of song, drums, dance and storytelling,
Melbournes acclaimed A is for Atlas invites you to the Casula Powerhouse
Arts Centre dining room to share in her unique story of generosity and loss, of
adventure, art, and the making of a home.
A performance experience like no other. Come share a meal with Neda
Stories of Neda Rahmani
Written and composed by Xan Colman
Performed by Neda Rahmani
Directed by Xan Colman
Costumes by Melanie Liertz
Workshop
Saturday 9 August | 12pm | FREE

Come and share your food, and your story!
Join A is for Atlas director Xan Colman and Cherry
Cherry host Neda Rahmani for a storytelling buffet.
Participants are asked to each bring a dish to the
workshop, and to introduce themselves through the
food they have prepared. Led by the artists, you will
be invited to tell stories of how the ingredients you
have prepared relate to your family, community or
cultural history. Then, we eat together!
No professional cooking experience required, just
a passion for people and food, and a willingness to
bring a dish and share your story.
Places are limited. To book your place please
contact box office on 9824 1121 or go to our website
www.casulapowerhouse.com
the evening moves with supple ease between scripted performance (including puppetry, song and dance) and general conversation,
infused with a feeling of infectious goodwill. Storytelling and eating are traditional partners, but they seldom come together with such
seductive charm It felt like a privilege to be there. Cherry Cherrys insistence on the human, the generous attention it bring to bear on
living, is the antidote to fear and misinformation and hatred. Aside from that, its a completely enjoyable evening, food for the soul and body.
Alison Croggon, theatre notes
The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, side-splitting comedy featuring over

a hundred characters played by four actors. Based on the 1935
Hitchcock spy thriller movie and novel by John Buchan, the stage
production is currently the longest running comedy in the West
End and winner of major theatrical prizes from Tony Awards to
the Olivier and Helpmann Awards.
The 26-Storey
Treehouse
Thursday 11 September, 12pm
Friday 12 September 10am & 12pm
Saturday 13 September 10am, 12pm & 3pm
Duration 60 minutes (no interval) | Ages 6 to 12
Adults $20, Concession $18, School Groups (10+)
$15, Family of four $65
Performance
Performance
Cherry Cherry
Handsome hero Richard Hannay meets a mysterious woman, who

reveals a plot to smuggle military secrets out of the country. That
night, she is found murdered in his apartment. With the police
and international spies hot on his heels, Hannay races to solve
the mystery of the man with the missing finger. His heart-racing
adventures involve death-defying escapes from planes, trains and
automobiles with the beautiful blonde bombshell Pamela by his
side.
Paying homage to the spy genre as well as other classic
Hitchcock films, the spectacularly funny and cleverly performed
stage adaptation of The 39 Steps was hailed as being theatre
at its finest by The New York Times. Following a smash hit 2013
season HIT Productions brings The 39 Steps back for Australian
audiences in 2014. A rip-roaring night out for all the family, dont
miss this theatrical tour-de-force already seen by over three
million people in more than 60 countries!
The 39 Steps won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2007
and it is easy to understand why. There was laughter, wheezing
and snorting to be heard throughout the full house! This is an
hilarious comedy the whole family will enjoy and is suitable for
all ages. There are plenty of visual gags that will entertain even
the younger audience members. The 39 Steps is a great family
night out!
Allison Hilbig, Theatrepeople
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From an original concept by
Simon Corble and Nobby Dimo
THEYRE BACK!
Yes, thats right. Andy and Terry had such a ball with their
crashlanding entry into the world of theatre with The 13-Storey
Treehouse, theyre back for more. 13 storeys more, in fact.
AND YOURE INVITED!
Adapted by award-winning playwright and author Richard Tulloch

(The Book of Everything, Bananas in Pyjamas) and under the
artistic direction of Julian Louis, The 26-Storey Treehouse is
brought to you by the same cracker team that delivered the
smash-hit stage version of The 13-Storey Treehouse.
So what are you waiting for? Youll laugh your head off its
practically guaranteed!
My eight year old co-reviewer loved the show has the kids
engaged and amused from the outset.
The Australian
Wow!goes to the edge of the
ridiculous to get a laugh.
Sydney Morning Herald
GENERATOR / 3
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre / 2
You know what 13 more storeys means? More INVENTIONS

like the 78 flavour ice-cream dispensing robot and the brain
bamboozling Maze of Doom (not to mention the self-inflating
underpants) and more things to go WRONG not least of which
is the very real possibility that the entire show is a complete
and utter disaster. Will Andy and Terry push Jill, their EX-stage
manager, to her absolute limits? And who is this shady Hector
Houtkop, with a really bad pirate accent? And what about ALL
THOSE PIRATES?
A Kultour touring event

Friday 19 September, 8pm | Saturday 20 September, 8pm
Duration 90 minutes (including interval)
All tickets $20 including BBQ
Seychelles islander Grace Barb is the real deal, a genuinely exotic
world music star for the 21st century, with the talent, looks and
voice to match. Graces soulful music reflects and celebrates the
diverse cultural influences of her Indian Ocean heritage (African,
Asian and European).
Having already performed at Australias leading music festivals
including Byron Bay Bluesfest, WOMADelaide and Woodford
plus internationally at SAKIFO and IOMMA (La Reunion), Reggae
Donnsa (Mauritius) and Carnivale Internationale de Victoria
(Seychelles) Grace is already well on the way to becoming the next
diva of world music in the tradition of Angelique Kidjo and Miriam
Makeba.
Pete the Sheep
The Wharf Revue
Tuesday 23 September, 9.30am and 11.30am

Duration 50 minutes (no interval)
All tickets $15
Ticket subsidies available for TEF students
Friday 26 September, 8pm

Saturday 27 September, 8pm
Duration 90 minutes (no interval) | Adults $40,
Concession $35, Group (10+) $32
Time has not wearied them.
A colourful and energetic fusion of tropical island rhythms with

African percussion, reggae, pop, rock and latin flavours, Graces
Afro-Creole sound is original, fresh and funky. Grace lights up
the stage with a vibrant and engaging presence that compels the
audience to get up and dance. Her voice is a remarkably powerful
instrument, and as a songwriter she has a rare and natural gift
for rhythm and melody. Grace plays guitar and bass and sings in
three languages; English, Creole and French. Grace was a Musicoz
2012 finalist and her band has been awarded Best World Act
an incredible four years running in her home state of Western
Australia.
Everyones favourite lampoonists return in their 15th year for a

special edition of The Wharf Revue packed full of their trademark
irreverent, anarchic political satire.
Performance
Performance
Grace Barbe
Jonathan Biggins, Amanda Bishop, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott

bring us another all-new, up-to-the-minute dose of their keenlyobserved comic sketches. Look out for some of your most, and
least! loved public figures as they are paraded in all their glory for
your delectation.
Featuring an array of characters for you to identify from a carefully
chosen lineup of heroes and villains, fools and wits, clowns and
crazies that have been strutting our political stages. Keating,
Gillard, Howard, Hawke, Rudd, Abbott and many more. This brilliant
blend of side-splitting sketches and musical mayhem never fails to
amuse. Vicious, malicious but most of all delicious.
Catch her while you can!
2011 was Graces biggest year with her single Tou Lanwitt
becoming a huge radio hit in Mauritius. Back in Australia, Grace
released the amazing Afro-Sega single, and made her second
appearance at Byron Bay Bluesfest.
Lest we forget, creators Biggins, Forsythe and Scott deserve

Orders of Oz for services to satire. Crikey
Musical Director Phillip Scott
Lighting Designer Matthew Marshall
With Jonathan Biggins, Amanda Bishop and Phillip Scott
Led by Grace Barb, a charming, beautiful islander woman from the Seychelles, the band puts on an intricate, fun and engaging performance
full of island reggae, creole rhythms, and complex, intense vocals in French, Creole and English an amazing, uplifting experience.
Gordon Taylor of musichord.com
Pete the Sheep is a brand-new 50-minute musical, based on
Jackie French and Bruce Whatleys quirky and quintessentially
Australian picture book.
Shaun is the new sheep shearer in Shaggy Gully. Since shearing
is such hard work, all the other shearers have sheep dogs to help
them, but not Shaun. His partner is Pete, a sheepsheep! The other
shearers in the shed are not happy with Shaun and his sheepsheep.
Following rejection by the shearers and their dogs, Shaun and Pete
set up their own Shearing Salon in town where they are inundated
with woolly clients who delight in Shauns styling prowess.
This hilarious musical comedy, imaginatively told by four
performers playing shearers, dogs and sheep, explores the
challenges and rewards of being an individual, and will be a lasting
tribute to honouring your own spirit and strength, whilst working
with the flock! From the award winning company that brought
you The Bugalugs Bum Thief, Milli Jack and the Dancing Cat and
Emily Eyefinger.
a truly Aussie tale delightful, funny, iconic, warm and
hilariously Ocker, from the lingo to the names to the shearers
blue singlets
Kids Book Review 2011
GENERATOR / 5
Director Jonathan Biggins

Composer/Lyricist Phillip Scott
Adaptors Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge and Tim McGarry
Thursday 13 November, 8pm | Friday 14 November, 8pm

Saturday 15 November, 8pm
Duration 60 minutes approximately | Ages 18+ | Adults $30,
Concession $25, Group (10+) $22
Poly Hood will whisk you away in a late night soire of dance,
circus, comedy and theatrical antics as Polytoxic unleash some of
the companys most striking short works, promising to soak your
palette with a load of comical mischief and eye-popping physicality.
From the deliberately absurd to the brutally beautiful, Poly Hood

is a raucous cabaret where the traditions of the Pacific, the guts of
physical performance and the crimes of pop-culture collide.
Witness the meeting of Pacific Gods and Aussie Divas, lose your
breath at the seven-foot Islander drag offender, gasp at the life
sized plastic hula doll and delve into a glitter-bombed world of bent
spectacle.
The Volatinsky Trio

Thursday 7 August, 11am | Duration 75 minutes | All tickets $17
The Volatinsky Trio is one of Australias most unique ensembles, playing

original world music laced with the flavours of Russia and the Balkans on
an exotic combination of instruments cimbalom, cello, domra (Russian
mandolin) & guitar.
Comprising two musicians trained on folk instruments in Minsk (Lucy) &
Kiev (Stephen), plus Australias premier improvisational cellist from Odessa
(Anatoli), it plays music resonant of Eastern Europe vibrant, melodic and
fascinatingly different.
Judy A Life in Song

Thursday 23 October, 11am | Duration 75 minutes | All tickets $17
...delve into a glitter-bombed world of bent spectacle.
Melanie Parrys rendition of the late, great Judy Garlands favourite songs can
only be described as sensational and uncanny!
You will be captivated by the amazing voice of international artiste Melanie
Parry as she brings to life the legend of Judy Garland in this sensational
spell binding concert which has won wide acclaim as the best ever tribute to
one of the worlds greatest stars!
Thursday Matinee Concert Series
Performance
Polytoxic
Poly Hood Cabaret
Melanie has received standing ovations and rave reviews for her
performances at the Monte Carlo Casino Las Vegas, to the concert halls
and theatres of Australia, Europe, the UK and New Zealand. The show is
set against film footage of Judy, as Melanie takes us on an intimate journey
spanning the years of Garlands films, concerts and TV shows whilst
masterfully recreating many of Judys famous numbers. Move to the rhythm
of Zing Went the Strings, Get Happy, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The
Trolley Song, You Made Me Love You and many more.
Hop on a trolley and take a ride with the fabulous voice and sparkling
personality of this sensational artist, as she sings the songs and brings to life
the legend of Judy Garland like no other performer can!
European Classics Christmas Show

Thursday 18 December, 11am | Duration 90 minutes | All tickets $17
It is a celebration of music, classics and Christmas, and songs of artists of

yesterday and today including the magical music of Mario Lanza, Andrea
Bocelli, Paul Potts, Susanne Boyle, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Brightman,
Michael Crawford, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and many more. It is a
smorgasbord of exciting vocal renditions and dazzling piano instrumentals in
a fun filled 90 minute show featuring the music of these iconic classic artists
presented by three of Australias multi-award winning entertainers.
A musical journey through Europe with the wonderful music of Scotland,
Britain, France, Spain, Italy and much more!
Featuring Joey Fimmano, Graeme Wright, Grace Rizzo and a trio of
musicians
GENERATOR / 7
European Classics Christmas Show is an extravaganza of the beautiful

music and melodies of Europe featuring multi Award winner Joey Fimmanos,
tenor, Graeme Wright and popular vocalist Grace Rizzo.
Bring along your idea for a script, your

synopsis or your first draft for the Hollywood
treatment on your script. Learn about
structure, language and character and
harness the power of Dramatic Action!
Critical Analysis
Everyones a critic some are just more

analytical than others. Learn the history
of critical writing, be brought up to speed
on who and what to read, what to see
and what it all means from analysing
and describing lighting, costume, set and
sound design, through to contextualising
your reading of a production versus your
reading of a play. Have a crash course in
Sydney theatre, Australian criticism and the
good the bad and the ugly of being a critic.
Bring along some of your writing and see
if it can stand up to the steely gaze of our
experienced critics!
Costume Design
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has a
series of syllabus-based theatre workshops
for Primary and Secondary schools. All
workshops run for 2 hours.
Primary Schools
One workshop | $10 per student
Two workshops | $20 per student
For 10 30 students
Available workshops include:
Music and Movement
This stimulating and fast paced workshop

will energise students in combining and
coordinating body and voice. Students will
gain confidence to express themselves in a
sequence of movement, singing and dance
exercises.
Introduction to Theatre and

Performance
This workshop will encourage students to

gain self-confidence to express themselves
using a sequence of role playing exercises,
both individually and as part of a group.
Anti-bullying
The anti-bullying drama workshop aims

to encourage students to investigate the
serious subject of bullying through a series
of expressive exercises.
Secondary Schools
One workshop | $15 per student
Two workshops | $25 per student
For 10 30 students
An Introduction to Shakespeare
In CPACs Introduction to Shakespeare,

youll have the opportunity to find out more
about the man, the work and the world of
the Elizabethan theatre. Taking iconic scenes
from Shakespearean texts on the High
School curriculum, youll receive a hands-on

workshop with an experienced Shakespeare
specialist so you can discover all the beauty
and the brutality of one of the worlds best
loved playwrights.
Group Performance
Focusing specifically on the HSC Group

Project, this workshop is about creating
structure and story through creative
improvisational techniques. Regardless of
where your group is at with their project,
our experienced workshop presenters will
help you generate content, edit your script
and make sense of the thousands of options
ahead of you. Learn how to work as a team,
whilst still ensuring all members get their
moment to shine. Learn how to apply a
range of techniques and styles to make your
HSC Group Project stand out.
NSW Drama Stage 6, 2014: Group
Performance
Performance
Gain a deeper understanding of techniques

actors use for building a character and for
delivering a powerful and unforgettable
performance. Build confidence in your
voice and body through exploring a range
of character choices. Identify and explore
the tradition of playwriting, performance
techniques and the power of storytelling
which is magnetic and uniquely compelling.
Directors Portfolio
Working on a directors portfolio is a lonely

job. Youre the one with the vision, a script,
a deadline and a whole range of people
looking to you for advice and to make
decisions. This workshop is specifically
designed for students interested in the
overarching play production experience,
ready with a brilliant directorial concept.
Students will gain experience in the tools
and techniques necessary to direct a
production.
Clothes maketh the man and woman

in this workshop dedicated to costume
design. Fashion history of fabrics, colour,
accessories, wigs, hats, even undergarments
they all contribute to the overall look
of the production and the construction of
the most important thing on stage the
characters. Learn to list the practical
considerations when designing costumes
for characters and the actors within! Bring
along your sketches and ideas, or your note
pad and pen to start imagining the clothes
that will tell a story.
Theatre Set Design
From the literal to the abstract, set design is

one of the most challenging creative pursuits
of the designer. Youll be asked to consider
a range of practical and aesthetic choices
which can make or break an audiences
understanding of a play. Bring along your
concept design, model box or sketches and
have a creative conceptual conversation
about space, materials, symbolism and
structure in theatre set design.
Sound and Lighting
Do you like wearing black and keeping to

the shadows? Perhaps the technical side
of theatre is for you. CPACs very own
Technical Producer will take you through
the ins and outs of the backstage of one
of Sydneys best theatres the Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre Theatre! Youll
be shown the different capabilities of lights
and lanterns, shown different features of
the sound systems and have a tour to back
stage areas and to the bio box where the
technical masters control the whole show.
Looking for the perfect

venue to host your next
corporate or cocktail
function?
Venue Hire
Scriptwriting
Venue Hire
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has

the perfect space for your needs. From
our state of the art Theatre ideal for
performances, dance, drama and singing;
The Performance Space ideal for
more intimate functions, workshops and
meetings; and our Turbine Hall perfect
for midsized banquets and cocktail
functions.
Visit our website or contact reception@
casulapowerhouse.com for further
information.
Bellbird
Caf
Have you considered the Bellbird
Caf to cater your next event?
The Bellbird Caf, located within the Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre, provides catering for
a broad range of events and functions, from
breakfast through to dinner. Our friendly and
helpful staff are happy to tailor menus and
packages to suit your requirements.
On 7 March 2014, the Governor-General, Dame
Quentin Bryce hosted a dinner reception at
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in recognition
of International Womens Day 2014. The Bellbird
Caf catered for this event. Guests enjoyed an
international themed meal consisting of:
Canaps
Tartlet of Roast Beef on Beetroot Mousse
Individual Prawn Cocktails with Mango and
Avocado Salsa
Goats Cheese Blini with Fig and Walnut Compote
Mains
Thai Chicken Salad
Dukkah Crusted Lamb served with Cous Cous
Salmon Fillets with a Lemon and Macadamia
Crust
Spinach and Mushroom Pilaf
Pumpkin Ravioli with a Creamy White Wine Sauce
Accompaniments
Crispy Apple and Fennel Slaw
Moroccan Lentil and Chickpea Salad
Sweets
Citrus Tarts
Chocolate Ganache Tarts
GENERATOR / 9
Theatre Education Program
Theatre Education Program
Pull up your socks and

come on down to an
amazing exhibition by
blind Tasmanian artist
James Newton that
literally turns socks
from smelly to serious
business!
WestWords presents
an intimate storytelling
spectacle that will
transport you to a faraway place.
The Listies Live!
The Blue Grotto
Make sure to strap

yourself into your seat
because The Listies
are back and they
are going to have you
rolling in the aisles
laughing.
Step inside the grotto

and immerse yourself
in its wonders as you
relax and enjoy films
from Beyond the
Square.
Western Sydney Young Peoples

Literature Development Project
9 to 12 July | FREE
Tanabata:
Wish Upon a Star
The Conductor and

the Clown
Together with
Japanese artist Chaco
Kato you can build
a giant galaxy, learn
the Japanese arts of
origami and kirigami,
and bring the story of
Tanabata to life.
Magic, music and

physical comedy
come together
in a competition
between a serious
classical conductor,
his orchestra and a
cheeky, but seriously
haphazard clown.
Tomb of Wonder
Half World
Put on your robe

and all your gold as
you go on a journey
through this ancient
world, discovering
all the wonder it
holds. Through music,
storytelling and art
making, artists Tarek
and Helana Sawires
guide you into a
mystical land.
Mr Boy has set off

on a quest to find his
lost brother, a quest
that takes him across
majestic plains, to the
shores of deadly lakes
under starlit skies
and to the very moon
herself.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is proud to stage its annual Western Sydney contemporary
arts festival dedicated to children and families during one week in the July school holidays.
Our goal is to work closely with locally and nationally recognised artists and companies to
produce a contemporary childrens festival that will engage and inspire children and their
families.
The program will include premiere Australian high quality performances, films and hands on
art making workshops in an atmosphere designed to explore and encourage creativity and
imagination.
All events are FREE. Bookings now open.
Baby Hearts Disco: Latin

Fiesta
Little Big Shots
The exceedingly
popular Baby Hearts
Disco is back once
again with a new Latin
flavour!
Come and see a great

range of films for kids
from all around Australia
and the world. From
animation to comedy to
drama Little Big Shots
has it all!
ToyPunkz and their Circuit

Bending Petting Zoo Workshop
Japanese Films: Ponyo and My

Neighbour Totoro
Get ready for

some hyperactive
hootenanny as
ToyPunkz unleash
the contents of a toy
box any kid would
love! These hilarious
toyworld pranksters
will also be having
a music making
workshop letting you
have a play on their
instruments and showing you how its all done.
Way Out West Childrens Festival
Stories with the Stars
International Film Festival

for Kids
Dearly loved and

critically regarded
worldwide, the
magical Ponyo and My
Neighbour Totoro are
heart-warming tales
of innocence and the
power of belief that
will delight viewers of
all ages.
Image 2008 Nibariki - GNDHDDT
For more information or to see what other delights we have, pick up a program or visit our
website http://www.wayoutwestfestival.com.au
GENERATOR / 11
Way Out West Childrens Festival

WestWords
Sockumenta
22 September 3 October 2014
You will be shown two ways to transform ordinary paper into

vibrant patterned artworks with a few helpful splashes of water
and more.
$15 per class (unless marked )

Book 3 or more at $10 per class (one transaction
only)
For ages 6 - 12
*Please make large groups bookings in advance. Parents are
encouraged to stay during class to assist in cooperation with the
teacher if space allows. Workshops are subject to cancellation
with 3 days notice if minimum class capacity is not met. Cancelled
ticketholders must claim a credit transfer or refund within 7 days.
Monday 22 September
With Tina Tran
Floating Forest Mobile

10am - 12pm
Collect interesting pieces from the Casula Powerhouse gardens to

inspire the watercolour paintings that will dangle from your nature
mobile.
Mermaid Garland
1pm - 3pm
Craft a tactile necklace inspired by the sea using seashells, faux

coral twigs and blue-green recycled materials.
Wednesday 24 September
Thursday 25 September
With Lisa Sammut
Spring Festival Flags
10am - 12pm
Splash some colour across your window by making a decorative

string of watercolour flags.
Make an underwater world of real-life and mythical sea creature

puppets to float along with the stories from your imagination.
*Children must be accompanied by a carer during class. Play

activities will be available after each art activity.
Tuesday 23 September
Giant Flower Parasol
10am - 12pm
Using dowel and crepe paper, you will be making a big flower
umbrella to shelter you in the spring season.
With Carmelina Nunnari

Flora Explorer
10am - 12pm
Make simple paint stamps to create a bright and beautiful still-life

of Australian native flowers.
Hip Hop
1pm - 3pm
Woven Spiderwebs
1pm - 3pm
*Dance classes will begin and end with gentle stretching exercises.
Please wear comfortable dancewear. Water will be provided.
Monday 29 September
With Fattisha Kamara

Bollywood Dancing
10am - 12pm
Gingerbread Cars
1pm - 3pm
With Carmelina Nunnari

$5 per child, per class
For up to 5 year olds
Make a super cute yellow and black striped bumblebee costume,

complete with antennae headband, wings and bee stinger.
Friday 26 September
Monday 29 September
PRE-SCHOOLER DAYS
Bumblebee Costume
1pm - 3pm
With the help of flowers and leaves and a pasta roller as a printing
press, you will be creating a unique set of bold and colourful gift
cards to spread Spring cheer.
With Anney Bounpraseuth

Ukulele for Beginners
10am - 12pm
Cost $35
Build an amazing car out of gingerbread biscuits and be a custom

car decorator for a day.
Sea Creature Puppets

1pm - 3pm
Pasta Press Prints

1pm - 3pm
With Karena Keys

Cake Canvas
10am - 12pm
Imagine your cake is a canvas to create an edible imaginary animal

picture out of different coloured icing.
With Linda Brescia

Just Add Water Art
10am - 12pm
Spin and weave a web of colourful yarn decorated with dewdrop

beads to create a spiders dream home.
Spring School Holidays Program
Friday 3 October
Learn the basic steps to play this easy to learn instrument. You will
get to take home your very own ukulele, tuner and some simple
music sheets to get you started on your musical journey.

Ab Fab-ric Painting
1pm 3pm
Paint an absolutely fabulous souvenir scarf inspired by Australian

artists Ken Done and Jenny Kee.
Wednesday 1 October
Use spikey balls and sponges to splash colours on a large paper

mural with friends. Then turn your splodges into scary monsters!
Rainbow Window Stickers

1pm - 3pm
Make rainbow cellophane stickers to decorate your windows with

radiant colour.
Thursday 2 October
With Clare Thackway
Origami Garden
10am - 12pm
Fold simple origami flowers, birds, bees and butterflies, place them
in a drawing and watch your 3D garden grow.
Running With Scissors

1pm - 3pm
Follow the technique of famous artist Henri Matisse and make a

joyful collage of yourself running wild and free in a field of flowers.
CLAY CLASSES
10am - 12pm or 1pm - 3pm
With Selma Fida
Alfalfa Sprout Heads
Make a clay head to grow funny alfalfa sprout hair out of.
Friday 26 September
With Natalie Valiente
Bird Baths
Show nature your love and build a bird bath for birds to splash in
the sunshine.
With Kathie Raco
Succulent Smiles
Build a smiley face planter to grow a garden of easytocare for

succulent plants.
Bookings and enquiries:

P: 9824 1121
E: reception@casulapowerhouse.com
Book online: casulapowerhouse.com/
booknow
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With Karena Keys

Mural Monsters
10am - 12pm
Secondary Schools
2 hours duration | $15 per student, per workshop

Minimum 10 students
Drawing
2 hours duration | $15 per student, per workshop

Minimum 10 students
Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
Students will be introduced to drawing as an immediate means

of visual expression. Students will be introduced to a range of
drawing materials in relation to a series of engaging exercises
including faces, places and objects.
Education Program
Education E-News
Printmaking
Sculpture
Email your name, school and postcode to reception@

casulapowerhouse.com to receive the latest information about
our ongoing education program or visit our website.
Excursion Packages
This workshop offers an introduction to exploring the medium of

paint in a variety of applications and an introduction to the basic
principles of colour theory.
This workshop provides an introduction to basic mono printing
using collograph and direct drawing techniques. Students can
make their own collage from found materials, which are then
printed using a press.
Our Education Program for Terms 3 and 4 will be sent to schools

at the beginning of Term 3.
Students are encouraged to transfer their imagination to using

found objects in the creation of medium to large scale sculptures.
This workshop introduces students to assembling 3D forms using
simple techniques such as folding, slotting and binding.
Craft
We have a variety of excursion packages to suit your schools

needs. All exhibition tours include a complimentary education
resource. We also offer TEF subsides, subject to availabilty.
Self-tour: FREE

Anney Bounpraseuth
Public Programs and Education Officer
P: 9612 5234
E: a.bounpraseuth@casulapowerhouse.com
1 hour guided exhibition tour with education resource
Package A: $5 per student

Package B: $15 per student
30 minute guided exhibition tour with education resource
2 hour exhibition based art-making workshop
*Packages A and B require a minimum of 10 students
Primary Schools
Craft workshops inspire students to transfer their creative skills

to the production of a range of simple practical objects including
decorated bags, storage containers, collaged badges, jewellery and
costumes.
Ceramics
Ceramic workshops are conducted in the Clay House. Teachers

can select from a variety of workshops that introduce students
to this tactile and versatile material. Workshops include coil pot
construction, clay animal sculpture and plate decoration. Tailored
curriculum packages are also available.
Students will be introduced to drawing as an immediate means of

visual expression and visual thinking. Students will be introduced
to a wide range of drawing materials in relation to a series of
engaging exercises from observational to compositional outcomes.
Students are encouraged to transfer their imagination to using
found objects in the creation of medium to large scale sculptures.
Working individually and in groups, this workshop introduces
students to assembling 3D forms using simple techniques such
as folding, slotting and binding. Students will learn to apply these
techniques to both figurative and abstract exercises.
Education Program
We offer a diverse range of engaging and educational art making workshops tailored to both Primary and Secondary students.
3 hours duration | $20 per student per workshop

Minimum 10 students
Spray Art
Spray art or stencil workshops are conducted on the Casula tanks,

one of only three legal arts walls in the Sydney metropolitan area.
Students will be introduced to the safe handling and legal use of
materials. The workshop will be hosted by a local street artist
who will demonstrate a variety of stencil techniques and paint
applications.
Printmaking Workshop
We can provide a variety of printmaking workshops including

monotype, collograph and lino printing. Students will be introduced to
tools and techniques associated with these direct transfer methods
and learn to transform multi layered images into a single work.
Dance
Dance classes are also available on request with a range of styles
to choose from including Hip Hop, Zumba, Bollywood, Ballroom and
much more.
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Education Program
Visual Arts Workshops
Pupil Free Day Workshops

Monday 14 July | 10am 12pm & 1pm-3pm
$10 per workshop session (Carers are FREE)
Lunch $10 extra* | For Years K 6
For Pupil Free Day, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre will be providing a stimulating environment for
a fun day of creative and educational art workshops for Primary school students and their families.
Facilitated by professional educators, students will be engaged in a range of art activities including
painting, drawing, and 3D based activities.
* Includes sausage sizzle, drink, fruit and chips. Vegetarian and Halal options available.
Bookings and enquiries
P: 9824 1121
Book online: www.casulapowerhouse.com/booknow
School Author & Illustrator Workshops

20, 21, 22 August | 9:30am 1:30pm | FREE
Liverpool City Library and Casula Powerhouse
For bookings, contact Liverpool City Library on
9821 9422
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Liverpool City Library will co-present a Book Week Program for
Primary schools which will engage students in the theme of Connect to Reading. Local schools will
have the opportunity to participate in special Book Week workshops with childrens author Patricia
Bernard and illustrator W. Chewie Chan. Patricia Bernard will deliver writing workshops at Liverpool
City Library for students to explore their creativity and develop their writing skills. Students will then
go to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre to develop illustrations for their short story. The connection
between written and visual storytelling is very important and this is a great opportunity for local
students to learn from two prolific and talented Australian creatives.
About the illustrator:
Chewie is a storyboard and comic book artist who works extensively in the comics industry, both
nationally and internationally. Chan has illustrated many comic books including Iron Man, Buckaroo
Banzai and Cthulhu Tales and has storyboarded major movie productions including Superman
Returns and the Academy Award winning film, Happy Feet. As well as being a contributor for
Books+Publishing Magazine and occasional speaker for NSW Writers Centre and Sydney Writers
Festival, Chewie is the Comics Consultant for Kinokuniya Bookstores Australia, and lecturer at the
University of Technology, Sydney, where he teaches Masters of Animation.
The Poetry Of Objects 2014

26 - 28 August
Available workshop times: 10am - 11:30am,
12:30pm - 2pm | FREE
Red Room Poetry Object is a free national poetry-writing
competition for students Years 3 - 10. Created by The Red Room
Company, the project invites students and their teachers to
submit poems about objects that are special to them. Poetry
Object workshops facilitated by young, local Australian poets
Lorin Elizabeth and Tamryn Bennett at Casula Powerhouse Arts
Centre will provide students with the confidence to compose and
publish their own poetry. During workshops, established comic
artists Leigh Rigozzi and Chewie Chan will sketch students and
their favourite objects. An exhibition of selected drawings and
commended Poetry Object poems will be displayed at Liverpool
City Council Library. Spaces are limited so book early!
Anney Bounpraseuth
P: 9612 5234
Education Program
Education Program
Education Special Events
Teachers Development Day

With special guest, Leigh Rigozzi
Saturday 16 August | 10am - 3pm | $80 per person
Materials, morning tea and lunch with the artist
provided
Leigh Rigozzi is a Sydney-based artist and comic illustrator, whose
frank and humourous autobiographical work has been exhibited
nationally and internationally. A prominent figure in the Sydney
zine community and founding initiator of print co-operative The
Rizzeria, Rigozzi also self-publishes popular narrative zines,
comics and comic anthologies. Rigozzis educational experience
includes tutoring Print Media and Drawing at Sydney College of the
Arts, guest speaking at writers festivals, mentoring adult artists
with disabilities and facilitating numerous workshops at various
institutions Australia-wide, including the Museum of Contemporary
Art Australia. In this practical professional development class,
Rigozzi will share his extensive knowledge to help teachers
introduce students to the wonderful world of comics and zines.
Learn about the history of self-publishing, how to create various
forms of instant zine and effective techniques and exercises for
generating comic and zine content with students.
Anney Bounpraseuth
P: 9612 5234
Image credit: Leigh Rigozzi, March 9th 2004, comic

book excerpt. Image courtesy of the artist
Out Of This World- Making The Best Of Our Planet

Liverpool City Council and the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre will celebrate National Recycling Week (10 16 November) with a special
schools engagement program. Out of this World is a whole day event for Primary aged school students to engage with diverse, fun and
accessible recycling concepts. Students will be treated to a presentation by inspirational recycling facilitators Responsible Runners. The day
will continue with a diverse and creative range of tailored up-cycling workshops and peer-building practical recycling activities.
Tailored Teachers Development Days are also available upon request for
art, drama and dance throughout the year.
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Image courtesy of Chewie Chan
Tuesday 11 November | 9:30am 2pm | $5 per student
Visual Arts Residency
Origin - Transit Destination Director, Sally

Sussman
Visual Artist, Elizabeth Pedler
GRID
Residencies
Theatre Residency
Elizabeth Pedler, Subject to Review, 2014. Photo by Arian Bozorg.
CREATIVE RESIDENCIES AT
CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE
For more information or to pick up residency application

form, visit www.casulapowerhouse.com
Jamal, Osamah & Nashaa on a bus.

Why did you choose CPAC for your residency?
We were encouraged to approach CPAC because of both the quality of
CPACs ongoing programs and the reputation Claudia Chidiac, Khaled
Sabsabi and CPAC have for supporting connections with communities, of
encouraging the kind of off-the-wall project we were developing! We were
also aware that the Liverpool/Casula area was dense with asylum-seekers
and refugee-artists who we were keen to work with in co-creating OriginTransit-Destination, our exploration of asylum- seeking from the point of
view of those least heard on the subject: asylum seekers themselves.
How did your residency here develop your work?
It was tremendously important to have the space and accommodation support
to enable us to invite Melbourne artist, Osama Sami and Perth artist, Steve
Bull from the brilliant media interactive group, pvi collective to collaborate on
developing the work with us at Casula. The residency and the support from
Liverpool City Council providing us a bus to work with, enabled us to look at
how the journey on the bus might work as a performance of Transit, the
journey on a boat or crossing a border; the country/countries or experiences
many asylum-seekers must traverse once they leave home. We also were
able to explore how the wonderfully evocative Turbine Hall at Casula could
operate as an Arrivals Hall/ Reception Hall of Hospitality. Video artist Sean
Bacon was able try out the entire arsenal of CPACs monitors and video
projectors to create an immersive experience of media saturation in the
Performance Space. This media barrage framed a screen-sized video closeup of one of our young Iranian artists, telling her story in front of which she
ran on a running machine: an image that may become the defining image
of the show. And lastly, the support for us as people resident in Casula, the
generosity of spirit and the opportunity to dream with the bellbirds by the river
Why do you want people to see your work, what do you want them to take
away from it?
We would like them to have made a connection with the asylum-seekers
they have met on the buses, to have had a chance to experience the
multiple sides of the asylum-seeker story, to experience on a metaphorical
as well as personal level, what it is to be in the shoes of the asylum-seeker,
to come away feeling that they have had a new encounter with people in and
around their community and have been awoken to their art, their bravery
and their humour. To really see how fundamentally inhumane the past
and present asylum-seeker policies are in Australia and how they operate
as political smokescreens perpetuated through careful media campaigns.
These local encounters have the power to shift community perceptions
through conversation and identification, to cut through the misinformation and
misunderstanding that stunts any community, wherever it is.
Whats next for Origin Transit Destination?
More development. This time starting the journey in Auburn and creating a
bus trip via Villawood to Casula. Starting work on Origin as an installation
by Khaled at Auburn. Inviting more artists into the project, especially young
ones and newly arrived artists resident in Western Sydney. To honour the
death of our dear poetess and voice against injustice, the extraordinary
Nashaa Alrubaee, who passed away less than 6 weeks after her
performance in the showing at Casula this year. Nashaas voice is present
tense, we attempt to carry her courage and voice in all we do so that it can
never be relegated to the past.
I was invited very kindly by the curator Adam Porter, who asked me to be in
the show Subject to Ruin. It was very nice to hear that a stranger had seen
my work and was enthusiastic enough about it, to want me to come over
and make something for the exhibition. Hed seen images of my installation
Smokescreen in Art and Australias November 2013 issue, and originally
we planned to present the same artwork in Subject to Ruin, however
after talking it over we came up with the idea of another work, Subject to
Review, which Ill be making while in residence here at Casula.
What will you be doing while youre here?
For Subject to Review, Im inviting local Liverpool residents to the arts
centre to walk through the exhibition and talk about the artworks. It seems
pretty simple, but getting people to share their feelings or opinions honestly,
especially when they know theyre being recorded, can be tough. Ill be using
audio recordings of these conversations to create an audio-guide that later
visitors to CPAC will be able to stream online and listen to while walking
through the exhibition themselves.
A lot of the people taking part speak English as a second language,
and often with some difficulty, so theres also an interesting element of
translation and communication, which reflects the way in which artworks
communicate (and miscommunicate) their intended meaning or concept.
Tell me about your international travel to research Contemporary Art
In 2012 I received an ArtStart grant from the Australia Council for the Arts,
which is aimed at career development opportunities for emerging artists.
The funds from the grant enabled me to travel to the Sydney Biennale
and then to Germany to attend Documenta 13. Documenta is held only
once every 5 years in Kassel, and it presents the visitor with hundreds of
artworks across almost every public space (and several private spaces) in
Kassel. Its an amazing exhibition, probably best described as a biennale on
steroids. Being there I was fortunate enough to see artworks by Tino Sehgal,
Janet Cardiff and George Miller, Stuart Ringholt, and dozens of other artists
that have inspired me to make better, more generous artwork. While in
Germany I also visited museums, galleries and ARIs in Frankfurt, Dsseldorf,
Cologne, Berlin, and Leipzig. It was a truly wonderful opportunity to see
contemporary art as it is presently being made, and connect with artists,
curators and writers.
In September 2014 I will be attending the Taipei Biennial, curated this year
by Nicolas Bourriaud. Bourriaud is a significant theorist in the area of
participatory art, and it will be great to see which artists he selects and how
their work is presented.
What are you working on right now and where has your inspiration for this
work come from?
Im developing a few projects, each at different stages of refinement. The
residency at CPAC is of course in the middle of production as we speak, and
Im very involved with walking through the exhibition with the participants
and recording the conversations. Im also in the planning stages for a
residency at Central Greenough, Geraldton WA, which Ill be conducting in
September-October 2014. On top of these projects, there are a few ideas
that have been floating around in my head for more performance-based
participatory and collaborative artworks, which will hopefully take place next
year. These ideas have been influenced by a number of talks I heard at the
Salon on Durational Aesthetics, at Carriageworks on 17 May. I havent done
performance art before, so anything in this direction is a big leap for me! I
like to push myself though, and to keep testing the boundaries of where I
think my artwork exists.
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Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre provides up to four

completely supported residencies a year. Tailoring
each residency to each artist and their practice, Casula
Powerhouse provides a self-contained 3 bedroom
apartment, workshop and rehearsal space, technical
expertise, community engagement as well as marketing
and financial assistance. Through utilising these resources
Casula Powerhouse Art Centres residencies create a
nurturing creative environment that allows the artists to
immerse themselves in the local community as well as
their practice.
Why have you chosen to do a residency at CPAC?
22nd Annual
Mil-Pra AECG
Exhibition
18 July 7 September
Vivienne Binns and Hossein Valamanesh are mighty forces in the

Australian contemporary art landscape. Their individual practices
are uncompromising and evolving as both artists continually
experiment with material, form and subject. Despite this ongoing
evolution, spanning nearly half a century of art practice, an acutely
individual visual language has pervaded each artists work, marking
it as their own as instantly as a signature.
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see such a broad range of
works from each artists oeuvre. With over 70 works on exhibition,
this show includes work that has never been displayed in Sydney
before. This exhibition does not seek parallels between the two
artists work, rather it celebrates difference and presents major
bodies of work that relate to each other in surprising ways.
Both artists have collaborated with other artists throughout their

careers and are participating in this exhibition with the same
spirit of collaboration as neither artist knows what to expect in
showing their work alongside each other. This says much about
their practices, taking risks and pushing boundaries with a natural
confidence that has been cultivated over their vast artistic careers.
BINNS + VALAMANESH tosses two of Australias heavyweights of
contemporary art together and this seemingly unlikely pairing will
be an aesthetic adventure into unchartered territory.
13 September 5 October
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is
delighted to present the 23rd Annual MilPra Aboriginal Educational Consultative
Group (AECG) Exhibition and Art Award,
2014.
This year artists will be asked to respond
to the theme: Frontline Warriors: Celebrating the fighting spirit
of our brothers and sisters from dreamtime to today. The theme
intends to provide engaging discourse surrounding issues that
concern Aboriginal communities. Frontline Warriors: Celebrating
the fighting spirit of our brothers and sisters from Dreamtime to
today, acknowledges the stories from the local region and beyond,
supporting a positive future development of Aboriginal culture
through the visual arts.
The Annual Mil-Pra AECG Exhibition and Art Award is a core
component of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centres annual program
and inspires us to reflect upon and celebrate the beauty and
complexity of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander culture.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre continues its commitment to the
professional development and presentation of Aboriginal artists in
South West Sydney.
17th Annual
Liverpool Art
Society Exhibition
and Art Award
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Vivienne Binns +
Hossein Valamanesh
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is pleased to
present the 17th Annual Liverpool Art Society
(LAS) Exhibition and Art Award.
Each year, LAS members are invited to submit
works for exhibition in the five gallery spaces
at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. The 2014
exhibition promises to include a diverse range of
media and subjects, and appeal to all ages and
cultural backgrounds. The inclusive nature of
LAS represents the multiple voices and perspectives of the local
community, while simultaneously illustrating the significant number
of talented artists that are emerging from the region.
Artists featured in LAS will be encouraged to develop their practice
and exhibit in future programs at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.
This year, LAS will feature a body of works by Gary Smith, the
2013 Annual Liverpool Art Society Exhibition Scholarship Winner.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is committed to encouraging
and fostering arts in the Liverpool and South West Sydney region
through its visual art program and we look forward to continuing
the promotion and celebration of local artistic talent with Liverpool
Art Society in 2014.
Hossein Valamanesh, Longing

Belonging (detail), 1997, colour
photograph, 99 x 99 cm.
Collection: AGNSW.
MoreThan
Words
Saturday 20 September | 1.30pm 4pm | FREE
Danny Eastwood, The Greed Spirit Fishing in the Rainbow River,
2013.
Vivienne Binns, Untitled (made in London 1, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 22.5 x 65 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Casula Powerhouse presents More Than Words an afternoon

of storytelling and cultural festivities that will celebrate and reflect
upon the beauty and complexity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander culture. Running in conjunction with the 23rd Annual MilPra AECG Prize, the afternoon will feature music, modern bush
tucker foods and speakers who will delve into their rich catalogue
of anecdotes, cultural stories and artistic histories in a broader
discussion of what it means to be Aboriginal.
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Gary Smith, Silver Eye, 2014. acrylic on board.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Mind the Gap

Model Train Project
28 November 25 January 2015
Mind the Gap is one of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centres most

ambitious projects inviting five contemporary artists to work with
Casulas local model train group. The artists and the model train
club have collaborated to build artworks that model trains will
travel through. Model train layouts usually aim to replicate in
intricate detail natural landscape and architecture as realistically
as possible.
Jaki Middleton and David Lawry
This work involves the illusion of a ghost train weaving through

a neglected Australian rural landscape. Contemplating the
abandoned networks of train lines, stations and townships that
crisscross country Australia, the work interrogates this notion of
progress by creating a narrative that only moves forward via a
repetition of the past.
The artists taking part have each coincidentally proposed

fantastical worlds that are far removed from traditional model train
scenery including an internal landscape of the body, a speculative
future Utopia, a Baroque inspired dreamscape, a ghost train and
a love train. This project merges two disparate communities
and their creative worlds. One of the very few parameters for
this project is that a working model train will travel through the
work, allowing artists and railfans to share ideas and skills with
spectacular and innovative results.
Tony Mott
For this exhibition Tony Mott has documented the Annual
Sydney Model Railway Exhibition held in Liverpool and the
many thousands of people of all ages and interests who
attend. This is the longest running model railway exhibition
in Australia and the largest in New South Wales. The
layouts on display cover all scales and prototypes, and
come from all over Australia.
Artists: Sarah crowEST, Emily Hunt, David Lawry and Jaki

Middleton, Owen Leong, Clare Thackway and Gregory Hodge
Emily Hunt
A speculative future, a Utopia eons from now where the artist

rules, the madman follies and obelisks cover a landscape created
from found materials to form new effigies and shrines. A new
world where art is for arts sake.
Sarah crowEST
LOVE TRAIN
I am sitting in a room. I am low upon the floor playing with a train

set. The OJays are buzzing in my head.
People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train
Trains
Jaki Middleton and David Lawry, Youre not thinking fourth

dimensionally, 2009, kinetic sculpture, dimensions variable
Clare Thackway and Gregory Hodge
This project merges figurative and abstract elements via

silhouetted painted cut outs positioned in a three dimensional
space. Resembling the 17th Century Baroque picture space, this
project explores the micro/macro play on perception within the
model trains world.
But the Love Train just goes round lapping the miles, licking the
valleys up, around a pile of mountains with shanties by the side.
A tumbleweed blows by and there is an air of desolation for the
children have all departed.
Also on show will be Motts portraits of Casula

Powerhouses local model train group, in their natural
habitat; hunched over miniature scale models of trains in
fierce concentration at their regular meetings at Casula
and also amongst their layouts and tracks in their sheds
at home.
Mott has photographed the exhibition and portraits from
his unique position as a train enthusiast and avid train
memorabilia collector, and as an internationally renowned
rock photographer.
Tony Mott, Annual Sydney Model Railway Exhibition Liverpool, 2012,
dimensions variable.
Wonderland
Marsden Gallery
Acknowledgements: I can because you can Alvin Lucier, The

Backstabbers (OJays) and Emily Dickinson.
Picasso once stated that every child is an artist, the

problem is staying one when they grow up. Wonderland
looks at the intuitive process of art making in its original
state and how ideas can be generated from simple marks.
Artists: Rebecca Brady and Jaxson Barlow (aged 4)
Also includes collaborative work with UWS Early Learning
Centre
Love Train (work in progress), 2014, dimensions variable.,
photograph by Sarah crowEST
Owen Leong
As an artist exploring the corporeal as a physical site of exchange,

this installation will visualise an internal landscape of the body
through which the motion of a crystal is a journey towards healing.
Clare Thackway and Gregory Hodge, Introduction, 2013, acrylic

and oil on canvas, 183 x 137 cm.
Rebecca Brady and Jaxson Barlow, Boy (detail), 2014,

mixed media on canvas. Photograph courtesy of the artist
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Well! Ive often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin

without a cat! Its the most curious thing I ever saw in
my life!
Alice In Wonderland
Artist Profile
Artist Profile
Hossein Valamanesh
Casula Kids Reporters:

Rucha Thosar
1. Tell us a bit about yourself.
My name is Rucha Thosar and I am 11 years old. I like making funny
short films with my best friend. I participated in the CuriousWorks
multimedia workshop at Casula Powerhouse and later got the
opportunity to be a kids reporter for the Childrens Festival that is
held every year in the July School Holidays. I have been part of the
Reporter Crew for three years.
2. In 2011 you did a multimedia workshop with CuriousWorks at
Casula Powerhouse. What did you learn from that experience? And
what have you done with those skills since then?
I learnt how to operate a camera and how to act well. I also learnt
how to edit films. Before the workshop, I wouldnt even try to edit
a short film that I made with my friends. Now, I enjoy editing and
adding effects to the films.
This experience has also helped boost my confidence. I was a shy
girl and now I take part in many public speaking competitions. I
have even been part of my schools debating team for two years.
I continue making short films and hope to one day be a film
director.
Hossein Valamanesh, Lotus Vault, 2011 lotus leaves on paper on plywood, 210 x 527 cm.
Collection: National Gallery of Australia Courtesy of the Artist and Greenaway Art Gallery Adelaide
The Random Musical from the 2012 festival was great. A group of
performers came on stage and made up a whole musical on the
spot. It was really funny and creative. I also liked Tangled Web from
the 2011 festival. There were poles spread out around the room
and the children got a ball of elastic and wrapped their elastic
around the poles. By the end of the festival, you couldnt walk
around the room without getting tangled!
In 1975 I commenced further studies in visual arts at the South

Australian School of Art, and since graduating I have exhibited
frequently in Australia and overseas including Germany, Poland,
Finland and Japan.
2. You are exhibiting with Vivienne Binns at Casula Powerhouse.
How do you think the artworks will respond to each other in this
exhibition?
I have seen Viviennes work over many years and look forward to
discovering connections.
3. What is your inspiration for the pattern and repetition that is

present in a lot of your artwork?
I think pattern and repetition connects to a sense of quietness and
meditation. It is also a strong element in art and architecture of
Middle East.
4. What projects are you working on at the moment?
Besides this survey show at Casula Powerhouse I have an
exhibition at Karen Woodbury Gallery in Melbourne in August which
Im looking forward to. Ill be showing with my partner, Angela.
4. What is your favourite thing about being a Casula Kids

Reporter?
The thing I enjoy most is interviewing so many different people,
from children and their parents, to the people who organised the
workshops. The WOW Festival is for everyone, no matter how old
you are and what you are interested in.
5. What advice can you give future Kids Reporters?
Give it a go! Reporting might be way out of your comfort zone (I
thought it was) but when you try, you realise its nothing more than
asking people questions while being filmed. If youre camera-shy,
dont think that reporting isnt for you. You can always stay behind
the camera and just film or check sound while someone else
interviews.
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1. Tell us a bit about yourself

I currently live in work in Adelaide. I studied in Iran at the School of
Fine Art in Tehran and worked with the renowned theatre director,
the late Bijan Mofid while I was there. I immigrated to Australia in
1973 arriving in Perth. In 1974 I travelled to central Australia with
Round Earth Company where I worked with Aboriginal children at
a number of different settlements for four months.
3. You have reported on a few Way out West Childrens Festivals

now. What have been some highlights from previous festivals? Are
there any funny stories?
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Colour and cut out the shapes, draw your own pictures, stick things on, add
some fabric, do whatever you like to design your very own WOW poster!
Saturday 25 October 2014 | 10.00am 5.00pm
Oceanic Arts Australia | 11 October 23 November 2014

Following on from the success of Navigation Pacifica 2013, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is
proud to present Pacifica Gods 2014.
The Pacific region is a diverse group of cultures that have their very own unique connection
to spirituality. Pacifica Gods 2014 looks at the past, present and future relationships of Pacific
communities through intangible and tangible commodities. Presented throughout the gallery
spaces are valuable items of culture collected from Museums and collecting organisations. Also
being exhibited will be contemporary artworks made by established and emerging artists from
the region with the broad view of Pacifica Gods in mind.
Todd Barlin went to Papua New Guinea in the early 1980s and fell in love with the warm hearted
people, over the next 30 years he travelled extensively throughout the Pacific Islands collecting,
photographing and documenting traditional art and ceremonies. The collection of artworks grew
as he travelled, and over the years it has turned into a great educational resource that he has
made available to institutions like the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. The Casula Powerhouse
Arts Centre is leading the way by exhibiting its 5th annual Pacifica exhibition in an area of
Sydney where there are many people from the Pacific Islands.
Waskuk (136x41cm)
Pacifica Gods 2014 is a collection of performances, events, exhibitions and
public and education programs which showcase the relationship between
the people of the Pacific and the notion of God. We invite you to explore and
joyfully celebrate this region with us.
Showcasing Pacific food, arts, crafts, music and entertainment.
All arts & crafts enquiries please email

cppp@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
Most events are FREE.
Visit casulapowerhouse.com or
phone 9824 1121 for booking information.
Imagining Victory
11 October 23 November 2014
Hopper Gallery
This year separate to the Pacifica Gods 2014 exhibition, a stand-alone exhibition
Imagining Victory. Richard Bell Imagining Victory is a significant exhibition by
leading Australian artist Richard Bell, centred on a trilogy of recent video projects.
The exhibition, developed by Artspace, presents the highly acclaimed and
provocative works Scratch an Aussie (2008) and Broken English (2009) as well as
the new series culminating work The Dinner Party (2013).
Pacifica Gods
Exhibition: Pacifica Gods

2014
Bell has been a leading force within the field of contemporary Australian art since
the 1990s, making provocative gestures and works that often confront Australias
arguably contentious racial relations, or as Bell describes of his objectives, as an
activist masquerading as an artist. The artist frequently integrates expressions of
political, cultural, social and economic disenchantment emerging out of the uneasy
relationship between Aboriginal peoples and colonial migrants to Australia.
Richard Bell: Imagining Victory is an Artspace exhibition, toured by Museums &
Galleries of NSW.
Richard Bell, Scratch an Aussie,2008, still from HD video, 10 minutes. Courtesy of
the artist and Milani Gallery,Brisbane
Female Ancestor Figure, Kupkein Village,

Upper Sepik River, c.1940, 133 x 20 cm.
Exhibition: Easter Island,

Myths and Popular Culture
The international travelling exhibition Easter Island, Myths and Popular Culture began at the
British Museum and has been on display at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, in the UK,
and the Kon-Tiki Museum, in Oslo. The exhibation will be shown exclusively at the Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre, with support from the University of South Australia.
The exhibition features more than 40 panels and several hundred objects that depict the
multitude of ways in which the stone figures (the moai) of Easter Island have been presented
in popular culture: from comic books, computer games and advertising, to vinyl records, board
games and household objects. This exhibition also addresses tangata manu (the birdman cult),
rongorongo (the islands as yet undeciphered writing system), and Makemake (the islands God of
creation).
11 October 23 November 2014

All enquiries email: cppp@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
Performance: Casula Voices

Pacifica Gods Festival 2014, main stage.
Saturday 25 October 2014
11.30am12.00pm | part of the formal Opening
1 November 2014 | Sydney Opera House | 23pm
After three years of working with Opera Australia, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is proud to
present Casula Voices 2014. Simon Kenway will again lead the Opera Australia community choirs
project that includes Casula Voices. Come and share the fruits of this community project at the
launch of the Pacifica Gods 2014 Exhibition and Festival.
Pacifica Gods 2014 Exhibition and
programs t the Pacifica Gods Festival day.
Other special events as part of the Pacifica Gods program

- Pacifica Star Quest 2014
- Fly, Contemporary Pacific dance residency
- Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Pacific
- Pacifica Gods Education and Public Program
Contemporary Music program
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Pacifica Gods
Pacifica Gods 2014 Festival Day
There is something spooky about this building. Apart from the

blood red names of the workers who built the power plant in
text around the walls and the old machinery looming from the
high ceiling, some people say there are ghosts here. Lurking in
the corridors, laughing in the stairwell, haunting the theatre and
peeking around corners. There are tales of footsteps through the
empty galleries and people fleeing never to return.
Have you felt something spooky on a visit? Ever thought you
felt someone watching you while you wandered the galleries or
watched a show?
There have been many ghost sightings and experiences here at
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, some recorded by our APPI
investigators on Ghost Tours and some just talked about by artists,
employees and visitors to the Centre. The paranormal activity is so
strong here that a renowned investigator, Ashley Hall, is making a
documentary about it.
Among all of the ghosts there are three who are most commonly
seen and documented.
The Little Girl
She has been seen in the theatre, her giggles and footsteps
spooking a staff member, but she is mainly in the corridor on the
first floor. She is often chasing a ball happily unaware of anyone
around. At other times, she is seen standing and watching. Shes
described as a little orphan Annie type figure, wearing a smock
dress, with no shoes, and dark, curly hair. She is said to be about 8
10 years old. Perhaps she was one of the many young drowning
victims from the time before the Powerhouse was built and it was
a lovely picnic area.
Krispy
A man who frequents the theatre and has also been spotted in the
dressing rooms. He has been seen walking the catwalks above the
stage and above the seats. His intimidating presence had been felt
by big/tall men and petite blonde women. He is described as being
rather huge over six foot, and wearing a hood, possibly a cloak/
cape. He is hideously burned on his face some people describe
him as looking like Voldemort, others as looking like Freddy
Krueger. He is the most commonly seen spirit, and the nastiest.
Perhaps he died during the building of the power plant, or maybe
he was a worker and lost his life in an accident.
The Workman
Described as an ordinary man in work clothes such as flannelette

shirt, heavy work boots, sometimes a coat and hat. He has been
seen on the first floor corridor, the Turbine Gallery and in the
Performance Space, peering out at a group on a Ghost Tour. His
appearances are quite infrequent but he has been seen enough to
make him stand out as an individual spirit and not a mish-mash
of other spirits. The APPI investigators have picked him up on
their equipment, and they believe he may be the same spirit they
captured in a photo many years ago. He may have been a worker
from the power plant or a railway worker.
Information on the little girl, Krispy and the workman supplied by
the Australian Paranormal Phenomenon Investigators.
Ghosts of
Casula Powerhouse
Saturday 19 July, Saturday 16 August
Saturday 6 September, Saturday 11 October
Saturday 22 November, Friday 12 December
8pm
Adult $45 | Concession $35
Tours will be run with a minimum of 15 participants.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has a rich history not only the
building but also the surrounding area. As you may have guessed
from the name, it used to be a power plant. Before the plant was
built in 1950 it was a picnic area where the community would
come to relax, swim and enjoy the bush. The railway right next to
the building has also brought continued stories to its history.
How do ghosts fit into this history you ask? Well, death, murder
and tragedy have been strewn through the history of this area,
right from the beginning.
When the grounds were a picnic area many young people lost
their lives drowning in the river. Then, during the building and
the operation of the massive power plant several men perished
in accidents over the years. The railway took its fair share of
lives with suicides and mishaps on the tracks, not to mention the
tragic tales of the victims of Ivan Milat which hopped off at Casula
Station.
Ghost Tours
Profile
About the Ghosts of Casula

Powerhouse Arts Centre
The most recent death was in 2008. The body of a young male
aged between 20 and 30 was found on the walking track next
to the river. The body had been there for approximately 12 years
before it was discovered. Perhaps he is still hanging around, lost in
unrest
The power station began its transformation into an arts centre
in 1985, and by 1994 it had taken shape. Nowadays, its Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre, the premier arts and cultural centre
of South Western Sydney. It houses a state of the art theatre,
multi-purpose gallery and performance spaces, artist studios
and residencies and an office space. The Centre is always full of
laughter and fun and we are happy to report that there have been
no deaths here for quite some time!
The Australian Paranormal Phenomenon Investigators and
Paranormal film maker Ashley Hall have set about uncovering the
ghosts of Casula in a documentary to be aired in 2014.
When the power station was shut down in 1979 the building
became derelict and run down. Criminals and vandals alike made it
their meeting spot and all kinds of untoward behaviour took place
there.
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Want to see for yourself?

Join the APPI investigators on a spine tingling Ghost Tour to find out for yourselfwho is haunting Casula Powerhouse
http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/programevent/ghost-tours.aspx
For more information on the Ghosts of Casula Powerhouse see page 30
Saturday 11 October 2014 | 10am 4pm
BBQ Pacifica
Food of the Gods
25 October 2014 | 12pm 4pm
Join us at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for more Pacific earth
oven action including the Tongan PuakaVili (Pig Spit), the Maori
Hangi, the Fijian Lovo and the Samoan Umu. This year, we will
introduce a wider range of Pacific foods, sweet treats and produce
stalls from a variety of Island nations, as well as Arts and Crafts
market stalls. Coupled with our fantastic performance program
and Pacifca Gods exhibition, BBQ Pacifica 2014 is sure to ignite the
senses.
In its fourth year, Sweet As is the celebration of culture through

unique and diverse desserts a true culinary reflection of the
Liverpool Local Government Area. Join us for a day filled with
childrens workshops, entertainment and sweet treats from across
the globe. Sweet As is the celebration of culture, colour, aromas
and taste. This event is part of Sydney Morning Heralds Good Food
Month.
ARTy pARTy
The Clay House is an association of potters and ceramic artists who

run workshops at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Formed in
2000, the Clay House provides space for ceramic artists in South
Western Sydney to work in a practical and creative environment.
Throughout the year the Clay House hold a variety of workshops
for members and guests, including day and evening classes for
adults and children, classes for people with disabilities and tailored
curriculum packages for primary and secondary schools. Teambuilding workshops can also be arranged upon request, please
contact the Clay House directly with your enquiries.
Would you like to put the ART into your childs pARTy? Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre offers a unique and creative setting to
host your next special occasion. Why not have a Pop Art party?
Maybe a surreal party? Or perhaps a painting, sculpture, disco
or drama party? The possibilities are endless! Choose your own
theme or let us help you create an unforgettable experience for
your children and their friends.
Bookings for Generator listed Clay workshops:

P: 9824 1121
Clay House general enquiries:

E: clayhouse@bigpond.com
Natalie Valiente:
0431 032 932
Selma Fida:
0417 434 446
Kathie Raco:
0433 018 430
Kids Clay Classes for 2014

Ages 7 12 | 4pm 5.30pm
$90/term (includes materials)
Join Natalie Valiente at the Clay House for 8 weekly ceramic
workshops that will encourage and transfer childrens creativity
and imagination to a new medium. Children will learn the simple
techniques of ceramic art and will use their skills to make pots,
figurines, plates and sculptures
Dates:
Term 3: Mondays, 21 July to 8 September
Term 4: Mondays, 13 October to 1 December
* When dropping off children, parents must make sure the
workshop facilitator has arrived before leaving. No refunds for
missed classes.
2 hours duration | $15 per child (Carers FREE)

Optional catering $10 extra per person
Minimum 15 children
Workshops
Events
Sweet As
Clay House
Classes
Anney Bounpraseuth
P: 9612 5234
Kids & Carers

Club
10am 11am
$5 per child (Carers FREE)
For up to 5 year olds
Join our playgroup at Casula Powerhouse and start your week

creatively! Make a fun art activity, build fuzzy felt pictures and play
with something from our amazing toy collection. You can even
enjoy a babycino afterwards with your new art buddies at our caf.
See you there!
Mondays:
14, 21, 28 July

4, 11, 18, 25 August
1, 8, 15 September
6, 13, 20, 27 October

3, 10, 17, 24 November
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 December
Bookings not required, simply drop in on the day.
Adult Clay Classes for 2014

6.30 8.30pm
$140/term (includes materials)
Dates:
Term 3: Mondays, 21 July to 8 September
Term 4: Mondays, 13 October to 1 December
*No refunds for missed classes.
The Clay House Open

Studios
Wednesdays, 10.30am to 2.30pm | $5 per person
The Open Studios are open to people who have some previous clay
experience. This is a non-teaching session.
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Join Natalie Valiente at the Clay House for weekly adult classes
that will introduce you to the basics of the age-old art of ceramics.
The relaxed studio setting and informal instructional style provides
equal time for acquiring hand skills as well as experimentation.
This engaging course will provide you with the confidence to
produce great take-home pieces.
Life Drawing
Clare Thackway studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours

at The Australian National University, Canberra and The
National Arts School, Sydney. As well as frequently exhibiting
her work in numerous Sydney shows, Thackway has been
working in art education for 12 years. In this workshop, you will
learn how to draft an image of a bird, mix and handle oil paint
and brush techniques to paint beautiful life-like native birds.
Please bring a few picture references of your bird of choice.
Tuesdays 7pm 9pm

LAS Members $15 | Non-members $20
In collaboration with Liverpool Art Society, the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
hosts life drawing classes every Tuesday night. Relax and draw at your own
pace in your own style with a facilitator on hand for further advice or tuition.
Participants of all levels of ability are welcome.
*Please bring your own materials. Easels, drawing

horses and light refreshments are provided.
Kahee: 0406 303 753

Pamela: 9601 6078
Meet fellow art loving friends and express yourself through a new technique
with the helpful guidance of an experienced practicing artist in our next
instalment of monthly art workshops. Price includes materials, morning tea and
lunch with the artist.
P: 9824 1121
Contemporary
Jewellery
Saturday 26 July
With Rosie Deacon
As well as being an accomplished artist, Rosie Deacon
is a contemporary jewellery maker and recipient of
the prestigious Dinosaur Designs Award for COFA
graduates. Deacon will show you innovative ways to
transform unusual materials into bold, one-of-a-kind
jewellery creations. You will be leaving with a threepiece set of jewellery and the skills to add even more
pieces to your handmade collection.
rosiedeacon.com
Rosie Deacon, Splish Splash Razzle Tassel, 2013,
wearables. Image courtesy of the artist.
Beginners Burlesque
Saturday 23 August
With Sheena Miss Demeanour
Saturday 27 September
With Clare Thackway
clarethackway.blogspot.com
Clare Thackway, Double Barred Finch, oil on board, 2010,
20cm x 30cm
Monthly Masterclass
10am 3pm | $60 per person | $50 for Seniors
Workshops
Bird Painting
Burlesque artist, producer and choreographer Sheena

Miss Demeanour is a national and international
performer, whose dance repertoire includes jazz,
classical ballet and tap. This introduction to the
glamourous art of burlesque will begin with a
vintage makeup tutorial. You will then learn how
to incorporate hand fans, boas and evening gloves
into light, playful dance routines with humour and
confidence.
*Please wear comfortable dancewear and bring high heels
and cosmetics including eyebrow pencil, red lipstick and liquid
eyeliner. All other accessories will be provided. Participants
must be aged 18 or over.
Sequin Art
Saturday 18 October
With Liam Benson
Liam Benson is a highly awarded multi-disciplinary artist
whose works are held in significant public and private
collections. Most recently, his work was featured in the ABC
television series Hannah Gadsbys Oz. In this class, Benson will
help you learn to look at traditional materials in a new light in
order to create a dazzling textile artwork using embroidered
sequins and beads.
liambenson.net
Liam Benson, Thank You, 2013, glass seed beads, sequins,

cotton, organza, bamboo embroidery hoop, crystal diamantees,
11cm diameter
Abstraction From Nature

Saturday 8 November
With Lorna Grear
Lorna Grear is a National Art School and Sydney College of
the Arts graduate who has been exhibiting and working in art
education for over 15 years. In this workshop, you will discover
techniques to reduce reality into non-representational forms,
drawing from nature to produce an immersive abstract painting
after artists such as Sonia Delaunay and Bridget Riley.
lornagrear.com
Lorna Grear, The Whole Lot, 2009, gouache on paper, 65 cm x

80 cm. Photography by Richard Glover
Party Decorations
Saturday 6 December
Learn how to craft a variety of simple yet eye-catching party
decorations for festive occasions. Anney Bounpraseuth will
demonstrate the secrets to making eye-catching decorations
such as stitched paper garlands, giant tissue paper pom poms,
tropical fruit piatas, balloon topiary trees and much more.
anneyb.blogspot.com
Image courtesy of Sheena Barnes and DS Vision Photogrpahy.
P: 9824 1121
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Workshops
Adult Workshop Program
Introduction to Theatre Workshops
Facilitated by respected theatre professionals, Casula Powerhouse

is hosting a range of courses to unlock your potential and put it
in the spotlight. With no experience necessary you will be guided
through a series of workshops and exercises that will unleash your
creativity and perhaps unlock a compelling contemporary story.
Building over a series of weeks, CPACs theatre workshops will
give you an overview into performance and storytelling like youve
never experienced whilst providing you with an opportunity to
develop your confidence, expand your network and explore your
ideas.
FOR WRITERS: Write Here-Write Now
Write Here, Write Now is a dynamic boot camp for playwrights,

writers or anyone who has a story to tell who is seeking to
sharpen their writing skills, expand their network, and think
differently about their writing. This is a unique opportunity
for writers to explore and develop their work in a supportive
environment while just getting to it no nonsense, no time to
lose! Youll be writing on the spot, testing new ideas, throwing
unexpected moments and actions into the mix this is all about
getting your first draft done. At the end of the workshop, you can
opt to have your work read by actors in front an invited audience of
friends and family.
Please bring your laptop & charger or notebook and pen.
FOR ACTORS: Performing solo workshop
For some stepping out into a spotlight can be a terrifying prospect,

for others a freedom to transform into someone else and try
something new. In this workshop, youll be invited to discover
a new way of performance through the most demanding and
rewarding style of performance: the monologue. From ensemble
work, creating a character, through to physicalisation/movement

and vocalisation, improvisation, script work, this workshop invites
a holistic approach for the solo performer to explore a new
approach to performing. At the end of the workshop series youll
perform a short monologue or solo piece to an invited audience of
friends and family in our very own Performance Space.
Classes run for up to 2 hours

$5 per person, per class | Carers FREE
Please wear comfortable clothes.
FOR ACTORS: Audition Preparation
So youve decided to audition for a play or for drama school and

you have no idea where to start. This theatre workshop series
offers you as much or as little as you need to step out of your
bedroom and in front of an audition panel. Led by three specialised
experienced directors, youll be taken through the dos and donts
of auditions. Youll gain experienced developing and refining a
monologue or two or three of your choice. Each monologue
style is separated into three styles Australian, International and
Shakespearean and will be introduced in alternating weeks. The
first session will provide you with some approaches and suggested
homework. The last session will be an opportunity for you to test
your approach in front of a small group of invited audience.
Please wear comfortable clothes and bring prepared monologues
or monologues you would like to prepare.
FOR PRODUCTION: Drama Administration Workshop
This series of four (2 hour) workshops will enable you to gain

the essential administration skills required to transform creative
ideas into professional productions. In a series of step by step
workshops, industry professionals will guide participants through
a series of admin essentials including, Grant Applications,
Pitching your Performance, Contracting and Marketing Collateral.
Upon completion of these workshops you will understand the
procedures and develop the skills required to realise productions
and not just imagine them.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre offers a range of one-off and ongoing

creative workshops for people of all ages with mild to moderate physical and
intellectual disabilities. In consultation with our Public Programs & Education
Officer, we can tailor classes to suit your schedule and the specific interests
of your clients. We also provide a professional teacher who is experienced in
working with people with disabilities and delivering stimulating activities in a
fun, social atmosphere.
Dance
International Day of People with a

Disability
Art and Craft
Wednesday 3 December | FREE

10.30am 2.30pm
Get physical and express yourself through dance. In these workshops, you will
practice a variety of dance styles and moves, combining them into a simple
routine along with your favourite tracks.
Create your very own masterpiece to take home and show your friends.
Explore the possibilities of the diverse range of media we have available.
Whether it be painting, drawing, sculpture, crafting or ceramics at our Clay
House*, we have the right activity to bring out the artist in you!
Drama
Unlock your imagination and build confidence in your body and voice.
Develop acting and life skills in a series of stimulating drama exercises.
Learn improvisational strategies and play some fun theatre games. Express
your unique persona in this engaging program.
*Clay Classes are $10 per person
Anney Bounpraseuth
P: 9612 5234
Create It Classes
First Saturday of every month
11am12.30pm | 5 30 years | FREE
Presented by Everybody Can Dance
Join us for our Connect & Create It Classes for children and adults with
a disability. The classes provide engaging opportunities for exploratory fun
with a range of sensory experiences including craft, painting and drawing.
There will also be opportunities for groups and individuals to use our iPad
corner, with various apps encouraging design, communication and creativity.
2014 program dates:

5 July
2 August
6 September
1 November
6 December
International Day of People with a Disability celebrates progress in breaking

down barriers, opening doors, and realising an inclusive society for all.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is proud to be part of country wide events
in marking the achievements of people with a disability. You are invited to
join us for a fun day of creative workshops tailored for people of all ages
with mild to moderate physical and intellectual disabilities.
The day will include:
Costume, decoration and musical sculpture making workshops
Drawing disco with DJ Leo Tanoi and a dance instructor
Food and refreshments
Meet and greet CPACs Access teachers
Anney Bounpraseuth
P: 9612 5234
Access All Areas

Film Festival 2014
Friday 5 December
Barbecue | 12pm
Film session times | 1pm & 6.30pm | FREE
The Access All Areas Film Festival makes culture accessible to all by
bringing open captioned screenings of the best new Australian feature
films across NSW. Bring your friends and family for a great day of food and
entertainment!
For more information visit www.aaaff.com.au
Access Program
One workshop | $30 per adult

6 workshop course | $180 per adult | Minimum 5
participants
Customised
Creative
Workshops
Tara: 0422 085 470
P: 9824 1121
Pinch Pot Classes in the Clay

House
Auslan Vodcast Tour
First Friday of every month

10am 12pm | 1pm 3pm | $5 per person
Pinch Pot is a calendar of ceramic art classes with Natalie Valiente that are
designed for people with a disability to build confidence and techniques in
hand working, pinching, glazing and decorating clay art.

Selma:
0417 434 446
2014 program dates

4 July
1 August
5 September
3 October
7 November
5 December
Anytime Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is open

you can pick up a tablet from reception, or use your
own smart phone, to self-tour the gallery using our
new Auslan Vodcast program. The tour goes for
just over an hour and covers key indoor and outdoor
permanent works at Casula Powerhouse as well as
some background information about the buildings
history. The tablet is also captioned and is suitable for a variety of audiences
who do not wish to take a guided tour.
Simply present yourself at reception and ask for the Vodcast Tour. We will
need to take a small deposit or hold your license for the duration of your
possession of the tablet device.
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Workshops
Adult Theatre Workshops
The Way Out West Festival for Children caters to the diverse
interests and needs of children in the West and South West
Sydney region. By working closely with locally and nationally
recognised artists and companies, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
produces an annual contemporary childrens festival that engages
and inspires children and their families. The program includes
premiere performances and hands on art-making workshops in
an atmosphere designed to explore and encourage creativity and
imagination.
Becoming a WOW pARTner means you will directly contribute
to the sustainability of the festival for years to come. Your
contribution will also ensure that the festival remains a FREE
event, making it truly accessible to children and young people in
the community.
Liverpool
Performing Arts
Ensemble
The Liverpool Performing Arts Ensemble is Liverpool Citys major
community theatre group. The ensemble performs three shows
every year at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and is dedicated
to creating high quality performances for schools and the general
public.
For more information on Liverpool Performing Arts visit
www.liverpoolperformingarts.com.au
Therese Raquin
29 October 1 November | Time: 2pm and 8pm

Sands skilful adaptation of the 19th Century novel adds a special
twist to Zolas original ending.
Set in a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris,
Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly
cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly
shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her
husbands best friend Laurent, but their animal passion for each
other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt
them forever. The crime, however, leads to neither happiness nor
liberation, but to the destruction of their relationship and their
eventual downfall
The Shoe Horn

Sonata
21 July 24 July | 10am
25 July | 10am, 8pm
26 July | 2pm, 8pm
The Shoe-Horn Sonata is an Australian play written by John

Misto and directed by Felicity Bourke. The Shoehorn Sonata
is the dramatic interpretation of many stories of women who
were interred in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Malaya and
Sumatra during the Second World War. Two characters tell the
stories of their survival in the death camps to a documentary
maker fifty years after the events. Bridie, an Australian Army
nurse and Sheila, a young British girl relive their experiences and
revisit their friendship in a television studio and a motel room.
Past ghosts surface around a shoehorn given to Bridie from her
father. The women form choirs within the camps as one way
of maintaining their spirit and sanity in appalling conditions. The
shoehorn becomes a metronome for the choirs (singing sonatas)
and ultimately a symbol of hope and enduring friendship.
The stories related within the play are all based on fact. There
are important audio and visual elements within the production for
scene and historical place setting. The text is on the current NSW
Secondary syllabus, so this production is relevant to both students
and the general public.
Starring Felicity Bourke as Bridie, Nicki James as Sheila and with
Paul McKenzie as the voice of Rick.
Please note. 20 mins prior to the commencement of the production
an audio recording will be played. This thought provoking piece will
set the history for the play. A Q&A, with additional visuals, will be
available at the conclusion of the performance. We ask that you
take these recommended experiences into account when planning
your visit.
$25 buys a set of art packs for children

$200 pays for a festival workshop facilitator
$500 pays for 50 children to attend one performance
Become a Theatre-Ed pARTner

Theatre-Ed pARTners is an initiative that offers a unique
opportunity for children and young people in South West Sydney
who might not normally have the chance to enjoy the magic,
wonder and life-changing experience of live theatre to.
In recognition of the financial support provided by community and
business members to the pARTners program, donations will be
publicly recognised on our website.
The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Trust Fund is a tax deductible
fund listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations under
Subdivision 30-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. All
donations over $2 will receive a charitable tax receipt.
The Casula Powerhouse Theatre program is a diverse
representation of high quality Australian and international theatre
and live performance, and aims to inspire, entertain and educate
our audiences who often experience social, economic and
geographical isolation.
Partners
CPAC Youth
Committee
Are you 1525? Passionate about the arts? Casula Powerhouse
Arts Centre is looking for young and enthusiastic individuals to
join the CPAC Youth Committee. The CPAC Youth Committee helps
create innovative and exciting events at CPAC to promote young
peoples involvement in the arts. It gives aspiring young artists,
event organisers and arts workers, an opportunity to connect with
like-minded people, gain insight into the inner workings of an art
centre, build their creative portfolio and develop their creative ideas
and skills to make a positive impact on the South West Sydney
arts community. Other benefits, aside from the personal and
professional development opportunities, include a 10% discount on
workshops, theatre shows and events.
Being a part of the Youth Committee has opened me up
and helped me to gain new experiences. In the creation and
organisation of events we have held, I have learned various
things about advertising, networking and event management. I
have also met a variety of people who have taught me so much
and have made great friends. Joanna
To request an application form please contact:
Roy Marchant
Producer Public Programs
P: 9612 5214
E: roy.marchant@casulapowerhouse.com
Your contribution could help pay for the opportunity for a class
of 10 to 200 students from schools in the local area that may
otherwise be disadvantaged due to the cost of ticketing or
transport.
$100 pays for 10 students to attend a high quality theatre
performance
$250 pays for one bus to transport 70 children and their teachers
to the facility
$600 pays for one class of students to attend a high quality
theatre performance, including transport and post show workshop
facilitator
To grab a pARTner brochure and support the Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre visit us at 1 Powerhouse Road, Casula
or casulapowerhouse.com, or contact us on 9824 1121 or
reception@casulapowerhouse.com
Image credit: Art Meets West, 2014
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Community Hires
Become
a WOW
pARTner
Casula Powerhouse
Arts Centre is seeking
community businesses
and residents to become
pARTners. A pARTner is
someone who donates to
the centre financially, with
the goal of achieving a
sustainable and accessible
future.
Come along to our special storytelling

event to celebrate National Tree Day.
Listen to stories and sing songs with us
to celebrate this important day. Each child
will receive a plant as a free gift.
Exhibition: Supercroc
A Travelling Exhibition of the
Australian Museum
Liverpool Heritage Museum |
14 March to 27 July
Casula Library | 31 July, 4pm

6pm
What eats dinosaurs for breakfast and

has a two metre wide skull? Meet
Supercroc (Sarchosuchus Imperator)
a 110 million year old Ancient African
monster, arguably the largest crocodilian
to ever roam the earth at 11 metres long.
This huge ferocious looking animal is on
display for you to wonder at, so dont
miss out!
This free presentation outlines services

available to all school students with
particular emphasis to those studying
the HSC. Discover the librarys online
resources, books, and study aids and
find out how the staff can help. With light
refreshments also being served, this
is one presentation any serious school
student cannot afford to miss.
Exhibition: Address:
Macquarie Street
School Holiday Event: Magic at

the Library
Liverpool Regional Museum |

16 June to 20 September
A look at Macquarie Street from the
beginnings of Liverpool city to the present
day. What physical changes have taken
place and what have the businesses on
the street experienced? Objects from the
Liverpool Regional Museum collection will
be on display.
Workshop: Free Computer and

Internet Training @ your local
library Launch
Miller Library | 7 July, 10am 12pm

Bookings required
Casula Library | 10 July, 10am 12pm
Moorebank Library | 17 July, 10am
12pm
Green Valley Library | 24 July, 10am
12pm
Event: Family History Open Day

Liverpool Regional Museum
25 July | 10.30am to 3pm
Lectures & Lunch
Liverpool Regional Museum
26 July | 10.30am to 3pm | $25
includes lunch
Presentation: Studying at
School? How Your Library can
Help
Visit the Liverpool Regional Family History

Centre for a fun family history day. This
is an opportunity for beginners to learn
how to do a family history. For the more
advanced attendees it is a chance to chat
to likeminded people. During the day we
will have demonstrations (on request) of
our many databases and opportunities to
learn about the variety of family history
software programs. Bring along copies
of your family photos and learn the art
of family history scrapbooking. Gather
ideas as you browse the creative work of
fellow family historians. On Saturday 26
July return to attend an incredible day of
informative lectures and lunch hosted by
the Liverpool Genealogy Society.
School Holiday Event: Animals

of the Dreaming with Col and
Charley
Liverpool City Library | 8 July,

10.30am
Moorebank Library | 8 July, 1.30pm
Liverpool City Library | 3 July,
10.30am to 12pm
Casula Library | 9 July, 10.30am
Green Valley Library | 9 July, 1.30pm
Col Hardy is the recipient of the Order of
Australia, recognition of his contribution
to the community over many years. Col
has also been recognised for his musical
talent through the Tamworth Country
Music Festivals Golden Guitar award.
It is Zoomobiles honour to have Col copresent Animals of the Dreaming, an
exciting, entertaining show for children
Liverpool Library | 1 July, 10.30am

Casula Library | 1 July, 1.30pm
Moorebank Library | 2 July,
10.30am
Green Valley Library | 1 July,
1.30pm
aged 5-12 years. Booking will commence

20 June. For bookings call 9821 9460.
School Holiday Activity:

Learn Origami

Cartooning Workshop
Flying Things! Dazzle your friends and try

your hand at origami. Free school holiday
fun for school aged children. Booking
required at branch libraries and will
commence 20 June. For bookings call
9821 9460.
Dont miss our fantastic cartooning

workshop with Tony Murphy. Learn
how to draw and create cartoons using
professional methods and advice. For
children 12 years and up. Bookings
Green Valley Library |

17 July, 3.30pm 4:30pm
Free school holiday fun for school aged

children that invloves building your own
straw tower. Booking required at branch
libraries and will commence 20 June.
Phone 9821 9460 for bookings.
A Travelling Exhibition of The Royal

Australian Chemical Institute
Liverpool City Library top floor
exhibitions |
4 August to
28 August
When it comes
to food and
drink chemists
are multicultural scientists. Agriculture, using
the land to raise crops and animals,
aquaculture, fish farming, and viticulture,
growing grapes and making wine, are a
few of the cultures, where chemistry is
at work. Growing populations, affluence
and appetites place pressures on all parts
of the food chain. Chemists are involved
in projects to increase and secure the
supply of food, reduce dietary health
problems, and maintain our environment.
Moorebank Library | 7 August, 4pm

6pm
Green Valley Library | 14 August,
4pm 6pm
This free presentation outlines services
available to all school students with
particular emphasis to those studying
the HSC. Discover the online resources,
books, and study aids and find out how
the librarys staff can help. With light
refreshments also being served this is
one presentation any serious school
student cannot afford to miss.
250 Club
All Branches | 1 August 31 August

Read a book with at least 250 pages for
your chance to win e-book reader! To be
eligible for the prize draw the participants
will be required to submit a book review
on our website. So call those 19 years
and under, get reading!

Straw Towers
Liverpool City Library |

10 July, 1pm 2.30pm
Moorebank Library |
10 July, 1.30pm 2.30pm
10 July, 1.30pm to 2:30pm
Casula Library |
10 July, 1.30pm 2:30pm
10 July, 1.30pm 2:30pm
Exhibition: Eat, Drink and

Chemistry
Event: Studying at School? How

Your Library can Help
Let Joey Presto entertain and amaze

you with magic and wonder! He will be
bringing fun, laughter and excitement
to your library. A must see show for
children aged 5 to 12 years old. Booking
required and will commence 20 June. For
bookings call 9821 9422.

3 July, 10.30am to 12pm
documenting neighbourhoods around

the world. She captures delightful and
alluring scenes delivered with punchy
captions that provide a humour that
resonates with fellow travellers and
reveal the artists great ability to create
layers of meaning and experience.
Talk: A Sappers War

by Jimmy Thomson
required and commence 7 July. For
Exhibition: 52 Suburbs Around

the World
A Travelling Exhibition of Sydney
Living Museums
Liverpool Heritage Library |
13 August to 24 November
Photographer Louise Hawson provides an

enticing window into the artists travels,
Liverpool City Library, Gold Room

7 August, 10.30am
A talk by the Authors in the lead up to
the Anniversary of the Battle of Long
Tan, and as part of the ANZAC Centenary
Commemoration program. This is the
story of the Sappers in Vietnam.
They were the forward scouts, the mine
clearers, the bridge builders and the
tunnel rats. They were frequently not
just on the front line, but right at the
sharp end of the action. They were the
legendary Aussie sappers, the army
engineers, who were literally everywhere

in the fighting against the Vietcong. This
special breed of soldier lived hard and
played hard. To the rest of the world,
Vietnam was a conflict of ideologies. On
the ground it was a battle of wits and
the sappers were at the forefront. This
is their story. A talk by the authors Jimmy Thomson is a journalist, author
and screenwriter whose credits include
the ABC-TV series Rain Shadow. He is
the author of Snitch, Tunnel Rats and
Watto. A graduate of the Royal Military
College, Duntroon, as a young captain
Sandy MacGregor commanded 3 Field
Troop in Vietnam, where he won the
Military Cross. He served in the Army
for 30 years, finishing as a colonel in
the Reserves. Bookings essential. For
Talk: 52 Suburbs by Louise

Hawson

21 August, 10.30am
Louise Hawson has been involved
in a variety of creative roles and
different forms of written and visual
communication for more than 25 years.
In recent years she surrendered to her
favourite creative tool, the camera, to
work on two major projects. The first
one, begun in 2009, involved exploring
and photographing a different suburb in
her home town of Sydney each week
for a year; her blog, 52 Suburbs, gained
a popular following and was published
as a book and five month long exhibition
at the Museum of Sydney from in 2011.
Having worked out that combining the
visual with writing and exploration was
her idea of fun, Louise went on to do a
repeat performance of 52 Suburbs, but
on a global scale she is currently in the
finishing stages of 52 Suburbs Around
the World, a blog that will also be an
exhibition at MoS from July-October 2013.
Major commissions include one by the
City of Sydney in 2010 to take portraits of
100 Sydneysiders, displayed as 4.5metre
high banners throughout the streets of
Sydney during the 2010 Art & About
Festival. Bookings essential. For bookings
call
9821 9422.
Exhibition: See Me, Hear Me
Liverpool City Library Top Floor

Exhibitions | 2 12 September
An art exhibition featuring works by
people with mental illness. Stepping out
into the community to be seen and heard
is a positive experience for the artists,
giving them the opportunity to share
the challenges and joys of their daily
lives. The exhibition is organised by the
Benevolent Society in partnership with
local service agencies.
Library
All branches | 25 July, 10am
History Week & ANZAC

Centenary Commemorations
Events
Talk: The Great War by Brad
Manera, director of the Anzac
Memorial

11 September, 10.30am
Brad Manera will present a talk for us as
part of History Week The Great War.
The first battalions of the 1st Brigade of
the 1st Division of the Australian Imperial
force trained at Liverpool in 1914. They
received their baptism of fire shortly
after sunrise on 25 April 1915 at Anzac
Cove. They helped establish the Anzac
beachhead during the battles of May and
survived the dreadful summer of 1915 on
the Peninsula. In August they formed the
assault wave in the charge at Lone Pine.
In this talk, Brad Manera, director of the
Anzac Memorial, will compare historical
photographs of the battlefields on which
the 1st Brigade fought with what those
places look like today 99 years later.
Bookings required. For bookings call
9821 9422.
Event: WW1 and other War

songs Sing-Along with the
Liverpool Evergreen Singers
Liverpool City Library, Pink &

Purple Rooms | 12 September, 10am
The Liverpool Evergreen singers will
lead us in a singalong of favourite and
emotional songs from the wars and
other favourites of yesteryear as part
of History Week The Great War. Such
favorites as Its a long way to Tipperary,
and Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag will be on the song list. There
will be refreshments provided. Bookings
required. For bookings call 9821 9422.
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Event: National Tree Day
Antiques and collectables valuations by

professional valuer Ken Buxton, owner of
the Drummoyne Antique Store (formerly
of John Kerrs Radio 2UE Antiques and
Collectables show) will provide valuations
one for $5 or 3 for $10.
There will be re-enactment groups of
the Australian Light Horse and Australian
Great War Association Inc. A display of
Liverpool photographs and other items
relating to WW1 will be on show including
military vehicles. The City of Liverpool
& District Historical Society will have
a display of their WW1 collection. The
Liverpool Brass Band will play marching
tunes and war songs at lunchtime.

Krazy Cards

30 September, 2pm
1 October, 2pm
Casula Library | 2 October, 11am
Moorebank Library | 2 October, 2pm
Come along and amaze yourself and your
friends with your skills in card making.
For creatives and crafters 12 years old
and up. Bookings required. For bookings
call 9821 9460.

Be a Pirate!
This engaging one hour workshop allows

children to investigate our Universe and
modern space exploration techniques.
For children aged 5 -12 years. Bookings
will commence 2 September 2014. For
School Holiday Activity: Yoga for

Kids
Liverpool City Library | 1 October,
10.30am
Moorebank Library | 1 October,
1.30pm
Green Valley Library | 2 October,
10.30am
Casula Library | 2 October, 1.30pm
Liverpool City Library, Purple Room

18 October, 10am 1pm
Reidents are invited to come along and
help select items for the librarys Serbian,
Croatian and Bosnian collection.
Arrrrr! Ye come along and join in the

merry making with face painting, balloon
twisting and pirate games at ye library.
Come and feast on free popcorn while

being entertained by some of Hollywoods
best childrens films at your local library.
A range of other childrens activities and
books will also be showcased during the
morning. Parents dont miss out on seeing
what your library can do for you and your
family!
Fantastic science demonstrations rarely

seen in the holidays. Shrinking balloons!
You can smash a squash ball and pop can
lids, make a nitrogen sprinkler and more!
Event: Night Time Storytime
Liverpool City Library | 4 November,

5.30pm
Green Valley Library | 6 November,
5.30pm
Casula Library | 11 November,
5.30pm
Moorebank Library | 13 November,
5.30pm
Come along to Nightime Storytime at your
Library. Wear your pyjamas, bring your
teddy or favourite blanky. Lots of fun!
Event: Serbian, Croatian,

Bosnian Book & DVD Selection
Green Valley Library

11 September, 3.30pm 5.30pm
Casula Library
Liverpool City Library
Moorebank Library

Moorebank Library |
22 September, 1.30pm
Comics on Halloween is back, bigger and

better than ever! Comic books and prints
will be available from trade tables. Free
comics from Kings Comics. Loads of fun
activities including: selfie photo stand,
sketching zone, roving performers, face
painting, story-time, games and crafts
for kids. Be sure to come in fancy dress,
prizes on offer!
Yoga to Go Kids bring fun and stretchiness

to your school holidays! For children aged
5-12 years. Children to wear comfortable
clothes for 1.5h workshop. Booking will
commence 2 September. For bookings
call 9821 9460.
Film Event: Hollywood comes to

the Library
School Holiday Event: Fizzics

Education presents Liquid
Nitrogen Show with Tom K

Moorebank Library
23 September, 1.30pm
4pm till 8pm

9.30am 11.30am
Casula Library | 25 October, 9.30am
11.30am
Green Valley Library | 1 November,
9.30am 11.30am
Activities: Halloween Fun at your

Library
Green Valley Library | 30 October,

3.30pm 5.30pm
Casula Library | 30 October, 3.30pm
5.30pm
3.30pm 5.30pm
Halloween fun with story reading, games,
crafts, mask making, face painting and
more! Event will be held at the listed
branches only. Bookings will commence
20 October. For bookings call 9821 9460.
Event: Comics on Halloween
Liverpool City Library | 31 October,
Talk: Spotlight on Liverpool

Lives by Jennifer Harrison
Liverpool City Library | 13

November 2014 10.30am - 12pm
A talk by Liverpool born, Dr Jennifer
Harrison, Award Winning Poet and
neuropsychiatrist on her life. Dr Harrison
has written five poetry collections and
has won the Anne Elder Poetry Prize,
the NSW Women Writers Prize and
the Martha Richardson Poetry Medal.
Dr Harrison runs the Developmental
Assessment and Management Program
and the Neuropsychiatry Clinic at the
Alfred Hospital in Melbourne where she
specialises in the wellbeing of children
and youth with autism and other
neurodevelopmental conditions. She
founded and continues to manage The
Dax Poetry Collection at The Dax Centre,
the internationally renowned Australian
collection of mental health art, which is
housed at the University of Melbourne.
She is an editorial board member of
the international journal of creative
arts, Axon, and a board member of the
International Poetry Studies Institute,
University of Canberra. In 2012 she was
awarded the Christopher Brennan Award
for sustained lifetime contribution to
Australian poetry. In 2013, supported by
an established writers grant from the
Literature Board of the Australia Council
for the Arts, she is completing her sixth
poetry collection, Phrenology Poems.
Bookings required. For bookings call
9821 9422.
Talk: Australia and the War in

the Air by Dr Michael Molkentin
November, 2pm 3.30pm
Dr Michael Molkentin is a historian,

teacher and battlefield guide. His research
focuses on the wartime histories of
Australia and the other British dominions
with an emphasis on aviation and air
power. Michael has a PhD in History from
the University of New South Wales. He
was a featured contributor on the ABC
documentary Lost in Flanders and a
consultant historian on Chanel 9s series
In their Footsteps. He has published
articles in various journals and magazines
including The Journal of the Australian
War Memorial, Wartime, Flightpath and
Teaching History. He is also author of
Zero Hour an online resource for teaching
First World War history. Allen & Unwin
published Michaels first book, Fire in
the Sky: the Australian Flying Corps
in the First World War in 2010; it was
highly commended for the Fellowship of
Australian Writers Sid Harta Literature
Award for Non-fiction and is currently
in its second edition. His second book,
Flying the Southern Cross: Aviators
Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith
was published by the National Library of
Australia in 2012. Michaels next book will
be published in October 2014. Bookings
essential. For bookings call 9821 9422.
Event: Chinese Book & DVD

Selection
Liverpool City Library, Orange Room

15 November, 10am 1pm
Residents are invited to come along and
help select items for the librarys Chinese
collection.
School Holiday Summer Reading

Club
All Branches | 6 December 23
January
Launch | Liverpool City Library |
6 December, 11am
Come along to our Summer Reading

Club launch and be entertained by Joey
Presto! Collect your reading log and start
reading.
End of Program Party
All Branches | 23 January 2015, 11am

The winners of the Summer Reading
Club will be announced during end of the
program party at each library.
International Day of People with

a Disability Talk: Spotlight on
Liverpool Lives by Ms. Cindy-Lu
Bailey (nee Fitzpatrick)
Liverpool City Library, Pink &
Purple Rooms | 3 December
On the International Day of People with

Disability we are thrilled to have Liverpool
born Champion Swimmer - Cindy-Lu
Fitzpatrick, present a talk for us on her
journey. Cindy-Lu claimed national titles
in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke

in the 1980s and represented Australia
at two Commonwealth Games and two
Pan Pacific Games, despite profound
deafness. Cindy was an AIS scholarship
holder in Canberra well before the Elite
Athletes with a Disability (EAD) program
was established in 1989. In 1985 she was
awarded the OAM for her contribution
to sport and people with disabilities as
well as being awarded the prestigious
Australian Sports Award Junior
Sportswomen category well before a
disability category became part of its
program. Bookings required. For bookings
call 9821 9460.
Ongoing Event: Liverpool

Knitters Group, K2tog
Event: Jeral Puppets
Casula Library | Fortnightly every

Thursday, 10am till 12pm
Casula Library | 1 December 10am

Moorebank Library | 3 December
10am
Green Valley Library | 5 December
10am
10 December 10am
A wonderful puppet show for children
and their parents/ carers attending
storytime. Bookings required. For
Childrens Christmas Party

December, 10:30am
Come along to our childrens Christmas

Party. Meet Santa and receive your
storytime graduation certificate. Bookings
will be taken from 1 - 10 December. For
Ongoing Event: Rhyme Time
Liverpool City Library | commencing

16 July, 10am
Will run every Wednesday during school
terms only.
Ongoing Event: Storytime at

Liverpool
Tuesdays only
Ongoing Event: FREE reading

program for primary school
aged children
Liverpool City Library every Friday,

3.30pm 5.00-pm
TERM 3 | July 25 | August 1, 8, 15,
22, 28 | September 5, 12
TERM 4 | October 17, 24, 31 |
November 7, 14, 21, 28 |
December 5
Is your child experiencing difficulties
with reading and writing? Liverpool City
Library is offering a free eight-week
reading program. Classes are small
limited to 15 students, and conducted by
qualified remedial teacher.
For more information and registration
please contact Young Peoples Librarian
on 9821 0446.
Every Thursday during school

terms
Liverpool City Library | 10am
12pm
This group invites all members of the
community to attend, share their knitting
skills and learn new ones. They work
on their own or community projects and
experience the gentle art of knitting in
a friendly and supportive group. Please
bring your own knitting supplies.
Library
Liverpool Regional Museum |

13 September, 10am 4pm
School Holiday Workshop:

Fizzics Education presents Stars
and Planets with Kiri
Ongoing Event: Social Knitting

group New!
The new social knitting group based at

Casula branch library is suitable for all
skill levels as an experienced hand will
be available for all your questions. Just
bring your own wool and needles and we
can provide the friendly conversation and
morning tea. Commencing 17 July. For
Ongoing Event: FREE computer

and internet training at your
local library
Fortnightly every Thursday morning

beginning:
Moorebank Library | 24 July, 10am
12pm
Miller Library | 24 July, 10am
12pm
Casula Library | 24 July, 10am
12pm
Green Valley Library | 31 July, 10am
12pm
This program teaches skills for basic
computer use and how to use the
internet.
Ongoing Event: English Language

Conversation Groups
Liverpool City Library Tuesdays and
Wednesdays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
TERM 3 | July 22-23, 29-30 |
August 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 |
September 2-3, 9-10
TERM 4 | October 14-15, 21-22,
28-29 | November 4-5, 11-12, 18-19,
25-26 | December 2-3, 9-10, 16

Wednesdays 12.30pm till
2.30pm
TERM 3 | July 23, 30 | August 6, 13,

20, 27 | September 3, 10
TERM 4 | October 15, 22, 29 |
November 5, 12, 19, 26 | December
3, 10, 17
Ongoing Event: Broadband Info

and Registration Days
Liverpool City Library Mondays
10.30am 12.30pm
Registration days Liverpool City
Library | July 21 | October 13
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Event: The Great War and

the ANZAC Centenary
Commemoration
Calendar
Calendar
ALL YEAR PROGRAMS
JULY
Life Drawing
Tuesdays 7pm to 9pm
Way out West Festival for Children

9 12 July
The 26-Storey Treehouse

11 and 12 September
Abstraction From Nature

8 November
KIDS & CARERS CLUB

Mondays: 14, 28 July | 11, 25 August | 8 September |
6, 20 October | 3, 17 November | 1, 15, 29 December
Binns + Valamanesh
Vivienne Binns + Hossein Valamanesh
18 July to 7 September
22nd Annual Mil-Pra AECG Exhibition Art Award

Out of This World Making the Best of Our Planet

11 November
Kids Clay Classes

21 July 8 September
13 October 1 December
The Shoe Horn Sonata

21 July 24 July
17th Annual Liverpool Art Society Exhibition and Art Award

Polytoxic
13 15 November
Grace Barbe
19 and 20 September
Mind the Gap

28 November 2014 25 January 2015
More Than Words

20 September
Tony Mott
Pinch Pot Classes in the Clay House

First Friday of every month
4 July | 1 August | 5 September | 3 October |
7 November | 5 December
Create-It Classes
First Saturday of every month
5 July | 2 August | 6 September | 1 November |
6 December
AUGUST
CHERRY CHERRY (a dining room tale)
6 10 August
Workshop: 9 August
Pete the Sheep

23 September
The Volatinsky Trio

7 August
The Wharf Revue

26 and 27 September
Teachers Masterclass with Special Guest, Leigh Rigozzi

16 August
Bird Painting
27 September
Book Week: Book Parade

16 August

Wonderland
DECEMBER
Party Decorations
6 December
European Classics Christmas Show
18 December
OCTOBER
Book Week
18 22 August
Sweet As
11 October
Beginners Burlesque
23 August
Easter Islan Myths and Popular Culture

11 October 23 November
The Poetry of Objects

26 28 August
Pacifica Gods
The 39 Steps
27 August
NOVEMBER
Sequin Art
18 October
Judy A Life in Song
23 October
Pacifica Festival Day
25 October
BBQ Pacifica: Food of the Gods
25 October
Therese Raquin
GENERATOR / 45
Adult Clay Classes

21 July 8 September
13 October 1 December
Contemporary Jewellery
26 July
SEPTEMBER
1 Powerhouse Road, Casula NSW 2170

(Enter via Shepherd St, Liverpool)
p. 02 9824 1121
f. 02 9821 4273
e. reception@casulapowerhouse.com
w. www.casulapowerhouse.com
Ample FREE parking or
alight at Casula Train Station
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is the cultural facility of Liverpool City Council

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Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Vol.

6 July December 2014

rams you could ask for!

From the Mayor

James Lynch, Newsprint,

Powerhouse Arts Centre

Mayor Ned Mannoun

From the Director

What an amazing first year of programing we are having!

Love Art Collection

James Lynchs Newsprint, Spray Cans

Cherry Hood, 2001 Series

These works were exhibited as part

(a dining room tale)

Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, Friday 8,

Saturday 9 August | 12pm | FREE

The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, side-splitting comedy featuring over

Handsome hero Richard Hannay meets a mysterious woman, who

Adapted by award-winning playwright and author Richard Tulloch

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You know what 13 more storeys means? More INVENTIONS

A Kultour touring event

Pete the Sheep

The Wharf Revue

Tuesday 23 September, 9.30am and 11.30am

Friday 26 September, 8pm

A colourful and energetic fusion of tropical island rhythms with

Everyones favourite lampoonists return in their 15th year for a

Jonathan Biggins, Amanda Bishop, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott

Catch her while you can!

Lest we forget, creators Biggins, Forsythe and Scott deserve

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Director Jonathan Biggins

Thursday 13 November, 8pm | Friday 14 November, 8pm

From the deliberately absurd to the brutally beautiful, Poly Hood

The Volatinsky Trio

The Volatinsky Trio is one of Australias most unique ensembles, playing

Judy A Life in Song

...delve into a glitter-bombed world of bent spectacle.

Thursday Matinee Concert Series

European Classics Christmas Show

It is a celebration of music, classics and Christmas, and songs of artists of

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European Classics Christmas Show is an extravaganza of the beautiful

Bring along your idea for a script, your

Everyones a critic some are just more

Music and Movement

This stimulating and fast paced workshop

Introduction to Theatre and

This workshop will encourage students to

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The anti-bullying drama workshop aims

In CPACs Introduction to Shakespeare,

School curriculum, youll receive a hands-on

Focusing specifically on the HSC Group

Gain a deeper understanding of techniques

Working on a directors portfolio is a lonely

Clothes maketh the man and woman

Theatre Set Design

From the literal to the abstract, set design is

Sound and Lighting

Do you like wearing black and keeping to