SWEET WORK: Next Wave in Mildura

Next Wave presents its popular free artist workshop program Sweet Work in Mildura this March, and we are looking for participants.

Sweet Work is Next Wave’s FREE series of workshops for young artists designed to develop or extend your ideas and projects. Results of these workshops will happen as part of the 2009 Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival on in March 2009. ( Sweet Work was last held in Bendigo in August 2008.)

A selection of recent Next Wave artists, led by Melbourne-based performance artist Martyn Coutts, will hold three unique workshops designed to assist you to create or develop new work. These free workshops, for artists aged 30 and under, will give you the opportunity to work with other artists and test new ideas.

Who can apply?
Sweet Work is open to artists from all art form backgrounds including visual arts, theatre, dance, new media and beyond, with a view to generating an idea or a proposal for a new artwork, performance or intervention for the Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival in March 2009.

Details
Workshops: Saturday 28 February & Saturday 7 March (and one more TBC), 10-5pm
Location: Church of Christ Hall, 125 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
Outcome Event: Results of your work will be presented at the Perry Sandhills, Mildura, Sunday 8 March, as part of the 2009 Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival.
Cost: Free

Registration is essential
Please email Next Wave with your contact details and we will be in touch.

Deadline for registration: Friday 20th February 2009.

Donwload the promo flier HERE

PHOTO taken at the SWEET WORK artists’ workshop in Bendigo, August 2009.