'Earthbound' will be launched live via Instagram on September 10. It presents six contemporary artists (Janet Fieldhouse, Ian Jones, Katrina Leske, Kate McKay, Carlene Thompson & Alana Wilson) working with ceramics: a medium of rotations and revolutions, inextricable from the human experience. Curated by Hannah Gee, the exhibition brings together perspectives on the medium that go beyond the functional, and highlight a tenderness of tactility, and bravery in experimentation.

As contemporary art, ceramics has seen a major revival in both rural and urban communities, with a harkening to the handmade, slowness, and careful consideration of custom glazes that are irreversible once fired. With a range of approaches, including hand building, coiling and wheel-thrown centrifugal processes, the practices of these artists are reflective of the medium's simultaneous softness, strength and endurance through intense heat. These sensibilities are both of the human artist and of the earth in their hands.

For more information, contact Goulburn Regional Art Gallery via email artgallery@goulburn.nsw.gov.au or call on (02) 4823 4494.

Lilac City Festival to go virtual

Australia's longest continuously-run community festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and will go virtual in the wake of the Covid-19 situation.

Popular events like the garden festival, Lilac Baby, Prince and Princess competitions will be held online.

The festival was named the Lilac City Festival because lilacs grew all along the back of Belmore Park and near the railway station at that time.

SE NSW Weather & Nature Photography Competition

Submit your best photos by October 1 to be in the running for dinner out. More than one photo can be submitted per person.

RULES:

1: Photo should be a depiction of weather or the natural environment in South Eastern NSW (Goulburn/Shoalhaven to the Victorian border, and west to the Snowy Mountains/Snowy Valleys). The theme is 'Postcards From Lockdown'. Think of an image you would share with a loved one living interstate or overseas, to showcase the natural beauty of our region.

2: The photo can be from any time but it must be yours. Please do not copy any images from the web and pass them off as your own.

3: Tag the people who you would most like to share a meal with.

A shortlist of photos will be made at the start of October, with a poll to decide the eventual winner. Go to SE NSW Weather & Nature Photography group on Facebook to enter.

Do you have an upcoming event that is going to be held online?Get in touch with neha.attre@austcommunitymedia.com.au.

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