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CAM is looking for a Chief Operations Officer. Reporting directly to the Board, the Chief Operations Officer will be a dedicated and experienced person leading strategic and business planning and management; and ensuring operations for CAM’s long-term future. For details, see CAM’s ad on Ethical Jobs: https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/castlemaineartmuseum/chief-operations-officer-coo

Image: Greg Daly, Wheelthrown Porcelain. Oilspot lustre overglaze with 23Ct gold leaf decoration, Castlemaine Art Museum. Gift of the Artist.

It’s back! Formerly the Art Book Fair, the annual celebration of local print culture returns to @castlemaineartmuseum as Art, Books, Castlemaine!

A buffet of bookmakers, booksellers, zinemakers, illustrators and printmakers, authors and artists and publishers take over CAM for one day to showcase their craft and collections.

Free entry, with over 15 stalls to browse and original print artefacts to buy from the makers including recycled and sustainable innovations.

Vote to celebrate local women in public art

For too long the stories of the founding women of our thriving local arts scene have been absent from the history books. Together, we can change that.

We are a leading partner in Mount Alexander Shire Council’s proposal to commemorate seven trailblazing local women in a new public artwork.

Known as the first women of Castlemaine Art Museum, the group stood in solidarity for better representation of women in art. They were instrumental in establishing Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum (now known as our very own Castlemaine Art Museum).

Their story has been shortlisted in the Victorian Women’s Public Art Program. With your vote, funding from the program can help us create a new public artwork to acknowledge their place in history, forever. Voting closes Sunday 8 December. Please share this with your networks!

Follow the link for further information and to vote:
https://engage.vic.gov.au/womens-public-art-program

To vote, click the 'participate' button, click on 'start survey' and follow the prompts.

Voting is open now until Sunday 8 December.

School holiday program for kids:

Join local artist and cardboard wizard Eliza-Jane Gilchrist for a fun three-dimensional sculpture making workshop to coincide with our current show Dark Matter. Using cardboard and recycled materials, participants will be guided through techniques to build some fabulous and freaky monsters.

The finished monster masterpieces will then go on to decorate the Castlemaine Fringe Halloween party at the old gaol!
More details TBA
For further info about Castlemaine Fringe visit: https://www.castlemainefringe.org.au/

Bio:

Eliza-Jane's sculpture materials are often the discarded – clothes, found objects, and cardboard. Ugly, worthless things, which she rehabilitates using hand-made alterations, embroidery or drawing. She makes ugly things beautiful in an attempt to challenge perceptions of insignificance and value.

She is Co-Director of Such As They Are, an installation/puppet company who construct and perform shows in purpose-built spaces.