The Castlemaine State Festival is hosting an arts workshop with Irish artist Julie Lovett (from Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland) this Sunday, as part of the weekend-long TEDxCastlemaine event.
During the workshop, Julie is hoping to delve into conversations around shared community spaces and what home feels like.
“It will be fascinating to experience some of the commonalities and the differences between Castlemaine, Victoria, and Castlemaine, County Kerry, in Ireland,” she said.
Chris Capper, chair of the Castlemaine State Festival Board, said they were delighted to give local artists and the community the opportunity to spend some time in a relaxed and creative environment with Julie Lovett.
“Julie is an established artist from the very distant Castlemaine in County Kerry, Ireland. It’s a long way geographically, but is it artistically?” he asked.
“The Castlemaine State Festival is sponsoring TEDxCastlemaine as part of our aim to foster local artistic conversations and groundbreaking ideas and bringing remarkable talent to local audiences.
“Local and regional artistic creativity and bringing ideas to a creative fruition are part of things to come as we re-build and create momentum towards the 50th anniversary of our festival in March 2026.”
Julie Lovett’s art workshop will be held at the Tea Rooms in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens from 11am-12.30pm on Sunday October 27 – tickets are available at www.tedxcastlemaine.com/art-workshop.
Watch out for more news over the next months as the Castlemaine State Festival, which emerged from voluntary administration in July, gets back on track with planning for its return in 2026 and unveils plans for a revived, locally-focused multi-arts festival.
