Find out what is happening at ACC and in the neighbourhood.
“connecting our community”
Maylei is back - teaching a short course on Saturday 13 September in whittling, specifically spoon making. The workshop runs from 9am-3pm.
This is a hands on workshop to teach you the steps and the tools to make your own spoon.
It is designed for beginners and will go through safe use of the tools and techniques for carving.
All wood and materials are provided. You can find out more and book in on humantix.
I think we’re back on recovery mode again after the weekend.
I know I definitely need to mop the floors! So that’ll be my first job I think ….
Such a great weekend - lovely to see so many people from the neighbourhood on Friday evening. It seems 5-7pm Friday is a great time to catch people! A good excuse to leave work early perhaps?
Art works (purchased or unsold) can be collected this week anytime we are open (eg. 9am-3.30pm).
This week on the radar we have:
Garden to Plate on Monday at 11.30am
Men’s Group on Tuesday at 7pm
Playgroup and Line Dancing at 10am and Armchair Theatre (1.15pm) on Wednesday and Sound Healing at 7.15pm.
Crunch on Thursday at 12.30pm and Talking about Life and Death at 1pm
Community Morning on Friday (gardening, craft etc.) followed by Community Lunch at 12pm.
We also have our next Op Shop Adventure coming up on Tuesday 2 September. Please let us know if you can make it!
Also, check out the post below for photos from the Winter Arts Salon exhibition.
Also also … thanks to everyone who dropped off citrus this week - we have made marmalade, preserved lemons and dried grapefruit slices so far. And lots was sold this weekend so maybe we’ll get another batch going this week?
We look forward to seeing you at ACC soon.
Cheers Leanne
Wow, I think we had over 100 people along on Friday night for the opening of the Winter Arts Salon exhibition - which was just super. We had over 50 artists exhibiting, and hung around 150 works - it was LOTS of work to hang, but the whole place looked amazing.
Thanks to all the artists who person-ed the gallery over the weekend, and everyone who came along. It all felt very neighbourhoodly!
I have included some snaps I took but will make a post with Kalimna’s photos next week!
Interested in exploring how you could manage your energy costs better? Check out the advice on the DIVRS website - it is really helpful! What a great community resource!
Hi!
This week is an arty week … with Alphington Arts on Thursday evening at 7.30pm. $15. We’ll be learning the basics of watercolour which will be lots of fun.
If you enjoy making art you might be interested in joining in Alphington Arts. It is a social arts group that casually shares skills and explores a different art experience each month. So far we have had a go at things like weaving, life drawing (people and animals), basket making, print making … and now watercolour.
Jump on our website to book in if you are interested.
And … don’t forget that our Winter Arts Salon opens on Friday night. Come along and check it out from 5pm. Or pop in over the weekend. Details below.
If food is more your thing we are cooking with a middle eastern vibe today at Garden to Plate … and our hero ingredient will be quince.
We also have our Preserves Group meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm. Come along and help us cook up seasonal ingredients. We’re still hoping for a donation of local fruit … oranges, lemons, limes, cumquats … please let us know if you can contribute fruit … and of course you are always welcome to come along and join in the cooking process!
And then there are all the usual things - Alphington Playgroup on Wednesday (here), Line Dancing on Wednesday (at the Alphington Scout Hall), the Alphingtones Choir on Thursdays (at St Andrews in Fairfield) etc.
Also … our next Op Shop Adventure is coming up on Tuesday 2 September (10am). We’ll be heading over the Abbotsford for this one. Book in for $5. BYO MIKI. We’ll catch the train, visit two op shops and stop along the way for lunch on Victoria Street. Fun. Yum.
Looking forward the busy arty week ahead. Hope to see you!
Cheers Leanne
