Connecting local writers and artists
A UNIQUE opportunity for writers to demonstrate their story telling skills and artists to interpret those words with images that speak to people in a different way is being promoted by U3A Hervey Bay and the Hervey Bay Art Society (HBAS). The...
A UNIQUE opportunity for writers to demonstrate their story telling skills and artists to interpret those words with images that speak to people in a different way is being promoted by U3A Hervey Bay and the Hervey Bay Art Society (HBAS).
The collaboration will culminate in October with an art exhibition and the publication of an anthology of illustrated creative writing interpreting the theme Connection and its importance for seniors.
Twenty-five original pieces of prose or poetry will feature in the publication, each illustrated by an HBAS artist.
The joint project will climax with a book launch and exhibition of the artworks at Gallery 5 in Hervey Bay in Seniors Month, October 2023.
Writers need not be seniors or members of U3A but must be residents of the Fraser Coast Regional Council area. Entry is limited to one story per author and must not exceed 1000 words. Deadline for entries is 2 June, 2023.
U3A Hervey Bay president, Lyn Quince, who with HBAS president Mark Brose, is facilitating the collaboration, said while the project is itself connecting writers and artists in the community, the final product will promote the wider community’s understanding of the value of social connection, chosen by the Council on the Aging Australia (COTA) as its theme for Seniors Month this year.
Detailed information, entry forms and terms and conditions are available on the U3A Hervey Bay website (www.u3aherveybay.net). Printed entry forms and event details are available at Gallery 5, Sandy Street, Urangan, Fraser Coast Regional libraries and community centres in Hervey Bay, Maryborough, River Heads and Howard.
Through this collaboration U3A seeks to promote its objective of lifelong learning for seniors and raise awareness of its broad program of activities aimed at developing new interests and social contacts, while the Art society seeks to encourage residents of the Fraser Coast to make the connection with their valuable resource, be inspired by the diversity and talent of people in the community and unlock their own.
