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Millington announces vibrant new single 'Spark In The Dust' and debut EP launch show at Bella Union. The backend of 2016 has no signs of slowing down for Melbourne-via-UK singer-songwriter Millington. Having already swept through the Internet with his fascinating video for debut single - Being - (which has chalked up over 120K views on Vimeo), the folkster has gifted us his latest single - Spark In The Dust - taken from forthcoming debut EP Being due for release via Ditto on January 21, 2017. #millingtonmusic

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Now in its second year, Southern Perspectives 2017 is an exhibition of Year 12 Visual Arts Students displayed at Heathcote Museum & Gallery. All exhibiting students will have graduated in 2016 from selected high schools located South of the River. Southern Perspectives 2017 provides an opportunity to experience thought-provoking artworks by some of the states most talented graduating students.

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The inaugural Footscray Art Prize gives artists from across the country an exciting opportunity to bring their art to life in the vibrant arts community of central Footscray in Melbourne's inner west, and share in $17,500 worth of prizes. With a $10,000 cash prize for the overall winner, the Footscray Art Prize is expected to draw a large number of high calibre submissions across its categories which include Street Art, Tertiary Art and Young Artist Prizes. Entries close on Friday 3 March 2017.

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2017 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition. Call for Entries of sculpture made in Australia for the 16th Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition 1st May to 11th June 2017. Entry closes 1st February 2017 with all entry details online

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A long-running regional Adelaide Fringe event has been acknowledged at Arts South Australia's annual Ruby Awards recognising the state's biggest arts and culture contributors. @adlfringe @adelaide_fringe #ADLfringe

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Artist Kim Anderson is the winner of the 2016 $2,500 Eureka Art Award, hosted by the Arts Academy Post Office Gallery in Ballarat. The award was announced by Anthony Camm, Director, Ararat Regional Art Gallery at the exhibition opening on Thu 24 Nov 2016.

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Stelios Kazantzidis is widely considered the most prolific Greek singer of all time.

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YAJA was officially launched at the end of 2015 as a concept to offer students media opportunities, industry mentoring, recognition and a large audience. We were positively surprised on how well our idea has been received and about the support that was offered on a global level.

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Third Earth are once again bringing the Christmas spirit with their most ambitious production yet. One more Christmas (There's more to Christmas Day) - is the fourth Christmas release from the band over the last few years. Following up from their 2015 release of 'Christmas Around The World', with accompanying debut Christmas video. The newest video stars the band and some friends as they discover what the true meaning of Christmas really is. @ThirdEarth @third_earth

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Sydney is set to be treated to a six-day festival of Hungarian music, literature, theatre, culture, history "“ and much more - this January. The Hungarian Council of NSW (on behalf of the Hungarian Federation of Australia) will hold its 16th Australian Hungarian Cultural Festival from 4-9 January at venues in and around NSW University, Kensington.

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When I grow up, I want to be an old woman... #AllThisLiving #CamillaBlunden.

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Luminous Realms, a major solo exhibition by acclaimed Australian artist Kate Rohde, sees the Craft exhibition space transformed into a hallucinatory Wunderkammer or 'Cabinet of Curiosities' to present an immersive installation of newly created and retrospective ornamental vitrines brimming with artificial flora and fauna, faux taxidermy, assemblages, and zoomorphic sculptural vessels.

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Proudly presented by the School of Hard Knocks, from June 8 to 12 2017. Melbourne International Singers Festival is thrilled to announce that Richard Gill AO, will be our Guest Conductor for 2017, leading the massed choir rehearsals, workshops and concerts in our 8th consecutive Singers Festival. Join us for an unforgettable weekend of musical experiences and stunning opportunities to work with some of the world's finest conductors, composers, arrangers and musicians! REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW! Email info@schoolofhardknocks.org.au #MISF17

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If you value your humanity, you will join us. FB: @popuplayground - Twit: @popupplayers - Insta: popupplayground

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Set in the beautiful Catani Gardens in St Kilda, The Pleasure Garden promised something different to the type of music festival that we usually get here in Australia and boy, did it deliver!

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See heartbreak and triumph, jubilation and devastation on show in the 2016 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition at the State Library of South Australia. #adelaide #statelibrarysa #SLSA #exhibition #photography @SLSA

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CALLING ALL ARTISTs: After a successful event in 2016 which attracted over 400 visitors, Art Connected is back for 2017 bigger and better. we are hoping for double the number of artists and double the number of art lovers! This one day art event showcases artists and connects you, the artist, directly with your audience with no commission on sales. The show is open to painting, mixed media, mosaics, tapestry, photography, ceramics and sculpture.

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In 2014 artist duo Arno&Iris launched their 11.000m2 artwork in the Markthal Rotterdam in close collaboration with MVRDV. Now, almost two years later, they revealed another spectacular integrated artwork located at the Beurspassage at Damrak Amsterdam, designed in collaboration with artist Hans van Bentem. It resulted in a gesamtkunstwerk combining their artistic skills into one immersive work of art titled Amsterdam Oersoep.

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Drama With A Difference is one of Australia's leading, independent drama schools. Having operated for over twenty years, it is the launching pad of many successful Australian actors. Many were first spotted in our public performances. Beginning in February 2017, the school is running a Performance / Intensive Course that culminates in two shows in The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. This is a great course for aspiring actors, and also for people who are simply interested in the process of acting itself. Each participant will learn various techniques, applying them to selected scenes for the shows.

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Much-loved international klezmer ensemble the London Klezmer Quartet return to Australasia in January 2017 with their latest hit album, ready to share with old and new fans alike.

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The British artist Edmund de Waal will take over Espace Muraille, a singular and engaged exhibition space devoted to contemporary art, located in the heart of Geneva's old town. Dreamt up by the collector and creator of Espace Muraille Caroline Freymond, the event has been orchestrated by Laurence Dreyfus, the exhibition curator, in collaboration with the artist and the Gagosian gallery. @l_art_en_plus #lartenplus @oliviadesmedt

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3 Blind Mice in the MOUSEterChef kitchen"¦ what could possibly happen? #visitbluemountains #schoolholidays

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Impermanence - An exhibition of paintings and sculptures and poems by Karen Hopkins. Life is constantly changing. Each breath a birthing and passing. In a world where the only constant thing is change as humans in our fear of change and the unknown we often want things to stay the same though it is in the welcoming of impermanence we realise all things are possible.#contemporaryaustralian art#art3sculpture #australianart#impermanence

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Join Founder and Artistic Director Dr Jonathon Welch AM and the team at the School of Hard Knocks at Queensland's annual Christmas Concert in 2016. Featuring performances from each of our four Queensland programs; the Absolutely Everybody Brisbane Choir, Rhythm of Life Music Theatre group, Word on the Street creative writing group and StreetBeat "“ our percussion team. A perfect opportunity to celebrate with our participants as they share what they've been working on in 2016 and join us as we get into the Christmas spirit with a good old fashioned sing-a-long of your favourite Christmas carols. Funds raised support the School of Hard Knocks "“ Brisbane. School of Hard Knocks - Empowering Through The Arts @SOHKnocks

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The Ottawa Art Gallery celebrated its largest private donation to its Art Now-L'art ici Capital Campaign as John and Jennifer Ruddy announced a $1.5 million donation from their Trinity Development Foundation. Funds raised will go to build the OAG Expansion, scheduled to open in Fall 2017, the year Canada marks its 150th anniversary. #ArtNow #OAGExpansion #OttawaArtG #OAG

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La Asociación de Artistas Plásticos de Puerto Rico inauguro el Primer Salón Bienal de Arte 2016 en homenaje al gran maestro ponceño Wichie Torres y en saludo a la "Semana del Artista Plástico en Puerto Rico" que será celebrada en la isla del 11 al 17 de diciembre. Google Translate: The Association of Plastic Artists of Puerto Rico inaugurates the First Biennial Salon of Art 2016 in homage to the great Pontifical Master Wichie Torres and in greeting to the "Week of the Plastic Artist in Puerto Rico" that will be celebrated in the island of 11 to 17 of December .

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The Nursery Web: New York playwright debuts a new piece about the tangled realities of love.

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Funds totalling $1,310,788.30 will support 89 arts and cultural projects across rural, regional and remote Australia through the latest round of the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund. The projects involve a wide range of art forms, partnerships and professional practice.

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Soul soothing songstress Mo"¢Louie leaves no stone unturned in her honest approach to songwriting and performing. The Melbourne cultivated soloist, who has lent her talents to a multitude of creative projects, has unveiled the tantalising visual spectacle behind her latest single - She Said.

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This festive season, Galleria, a bustling city corner of shops and eateries in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, is celebrating Christmas in a uniquely thoughtful and sustainable way.

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