MUSICIANS, singers, storytellers and audience members attended the last Gig in the Gog at Dungog Arts Society’s 266 Dowling Street premises on Sunday afternoon.
Gig in the Gog is a twice-monthly, free, all-ages performing arts event.
It will be held again next month but at a new venue, with the Society to open the doors on its new premises, literally just up the road, on 4 August.
The new workshop-gallery location for the more than 50-year-old community group will be opposite Lovey’s IGA, at 216 Dowling Street.
Helpers are already pitching in to prepare for the move, which will occur over the weekend from 1 August.
Paintings and other two and three-dimensional art and craft works in the current exhibition will be taken from the old premises then, and displayed in the new gallery.
Easels, plinths, a fridge and other furniture must also be moved.
Artists and artisans are reminded that they are welcome to bring new work in to show, until this exhibition closes in the new gallery at the end of August.
DAS Secretary Lorraine Wiseman, said that while moving the exhibition will be a big job, the new premises are in a more central location.
She looks forward to chatting with members, locals and visitors who attend exhibitions, workshops and other events, or who just drop in.
A weekend of visual and performing arts and crafts fun will be held to celebrate the opening of the new gallery.
Members of the Society will be demonstrating their skills, from painting in acrylics and watercolours, to crochet, sculpture and musical performances over the weekend of 9-10 August.
Gig in the Gog will resume at noon on Sunday 10 August, followed by the gallery’s official opening event at 2pm.
Everyone is welcome to drop in.
The demonstrations, performances, “Gig” and opening are all free to attend, and suitable for all ages.
Dungog Arts Society’s next exhibition in the new gallery will be their Annual Exhibition, “The Tops”, which opens in early September.
For more information, visit dungogarts.com.au.
By Lisa WISEMAN
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