‘Tiny Treasures’ on display

December 14’s Preview of the 2017 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt featured a collection of hand-made glass ‘Tiny Treasures’.

The ‘Tiny Treasures’ are small items that participating businesses will place (somewhere!) on their premises when the Treasure Hunt starts on 2 January; and Treasure Hunters have to spot ten Tiny Treasures to go into the draw on 19 February for prizes of glass art.

Without giving too much away, the ‘Tiny Treasures’ include a steak for Parkers Steakhouse, a glass of beer for the Drysdale Hotel, a bunch of grapes for Leura Park Estate and a picnic basket for – you guessed – Picnic Time Cafe.

Each business in the Treasure Hunt was asked what it would like for its ‘Tiny Treasure’ and (where practicable!), these were created by local glass artists.

As well as its ‘Tiny Treasure’, each business in the Treasure Hunt will also display – more prominently – a piece of glass art that it has commissioned from a local glass artist; and these pieces than become prizes in the Treasure Hunt draw at the Festival Expo at Christian College on 19 February.

Featured Festival sponsor – Stockdale and Leggo (i)

Drysdale.                    2/11 Clifton Springs Road (P.O. Box 732), Drysdale 3222

5251 4888                   drysdale@stockdaleleggo.com.au

Portarlington.              92B Newcombe Street, Portarlington 3223

5259 1315                   portarlington@stockdaleleggo.com.au

The Festival of Glass committee is pleased to welcome local real estate agents Stockdale and Leggo to the 2017 Festival Treasure Hunt. The Stockdale & Leggo real estate franchise was established in 1936 and now has over 90 offices in city centres, metropolitan areas and regional districts across Australia. Group members – such as the local agents - specialise in buying, renting, leasing and managing residential, commercial and rural property; and they do so drawing on the group’s history, experience and constant search for innovation.

Stockdale & Leggo has its own finance arm - S&L Financial Logic – offering a range of financial services, including home loan finance (which compares over 20 leading banks and lenders and hundreds of home loan options), financial planning & investment, self-managed super funds and personal insurance.

Featured Festival sponsor – Bellarine Veterinary Practice

Tel. (Drysdale) 03 5253 1393                        http://www.bellvet.com.au

The Bellarine Veterinary Practice is a welcome sponsor/participant in the Festival’s 2017 Treasure Hunt. The Practice consists of six clinics in Barwon Heads, Drysdale, Grovedale, Newcomb, Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale that, between them, employ more than 70 staff, including veterinarians, nurses and hospital attendants. Three of the clinics are fully equipped veterinarian hospitals and the Practice as a whole offers comprehensive veterinary services, including vaccination, imaging, surgery, dentistry, and microchipping, as well as a range of animal health and wellness programs.

Bellarine Veterinary Practice regards itself as not just a vet clinic but as part of its community and it supports a laudable number of community organisations and events related to animals, education and well being. The Festival of Glass committee is delighted to welcome Bellarine Veterinary Practice to the 2017 Treasure Hunt and we hope that the Practice benefits from its participation.

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Business meets art at Treasure Hunt Preview

At an exclusive Preview on December 14, Bellarine business people met local glass artists from whom they have commissioned pieces of glass art as part of the 2017 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt.

Business meets glass art

During the Treasure Hunt, which will run from 2 January to 18 February 2017, each participating business will display its commissioned piece of glass art; then all the pieces become prizes in the Treasure Hunt draw at the Festival of Glass Expo on Sunday 19 February at Drysdale’s Christian College.

At the Preview, the business people learned how their commissioned glass art is created, while the artists learned how their creativity is supporting the local economy.

Some of the Treasure Hunt prizes

Diane Schofield's Treasure Hunt team has signed up twenty eight businesses in Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Curlewis and Portarlington - up from twenty Drysdale businesses in last year's event.

"Everyone's a winner in our Treasure Hunt", said Schofeld. "Businesses can increase their custom, glass artists can increase their public profile and, of course, Treasure Hunters can win beautiful glass art."

Featured Festival sponsor - Bendigo Bank (ii)

The Festival of Glass committee is grateful to the Bendigo Bank, which has supported the Festival since it started in 2011 and is now a major sponsor.

The Bellarine Peninsula is still a predominantly rural area (despite a growing patchwork of housing estates) and two ‘arms’ of the Bendigo Bank - Rural Finance and Rural Bank - are geared specifically to rural businesses.

Rural Finance has been a specialist lender to Victorian agribusinesses since 1945. In 2014, it became part of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and is now aligned with the Rural Bank (see below). Rural Finance’s Relationship Managers visit each prospective customer’s farm to ensure that they understand their circumstances, then design loan packages to suit that customer’s individual needs.

Rural Bank provides a specialised banking service to individuals and businesses in rural areas, but its customers can also access the products and services offered by the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

Featured Festival sponsor – Café Zoo

23 High Street, Drysdale 3222.          5251 5333

E-mail: enquiry@cafezoo.com.au                   www.cafezoo.com.au

Hours: 7.30am – 5.00pm every day               Fully licensed

The Festival of Glass committee is pleased to welcome Drysdale’s Café Zoo to the 2017 Treasure Hunt.

Café Zoo offers you everything you need – breakfast, lunch take away coffee and fantastic snacks! The fresh, creative and delicious food is prepared in their kitchen and their prices are very affordable. Café Zoo combines food, service, venue and atmosphere to make any event special, whether it’s an anniversary celebration, an office farewell, a wedding reception, 'Christmas in July', or an exclusive birthday event. Café Zoo is also developing as an entertainment venue and recently it has hosted pianist-composer Callum Watson, writer Billy Bridge and singer-guitarist Levi Anderson.

Can you preview a Preview?

The Festival of Glass committee is preparing for the Treasure Hunt Preview in Drysdale on 14 December – here’s a preview of the Preview!

2016 Treasure Hunt Preview

At the Preview, local business people will meet local artists from whom they have commissioned pieces of glass art as Treasure Hunt prizes. The business people can learn how glass art is created, while the artists can learn how their creations support the local economy.

Each local business that is part of the 2017 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt has commissioned a piece of glass art from a local glass artist. During the Treasure Hunt (2 January to 18 February), each business will display its commissioned piece; then all the commissioned pieces become prizes in the Treasure Hunt draw at the Festival Expo on Sunday 19 February at Drysdale’s Christian College.

Featured Festival sponsor – Drysdale & Clifton Springs Community Association Inc. (i) Improving local people’s wellbeing

P.O. Box 581, Drysdale Vic 3222      E-mail: dryclift@bigpond.com

Blog: http://drycliftdays.blogspot.com

Members of the Drysdale & Clifton Springs Community Association (DCSCA) live, work or study in Drysdale, Clifton Springs or in the surrounding area; and they aim to improve local people’s well-being and to improve the natural, social and built environments. DCSCA members meet regularly to discuss how the local community is changing; to work with other local groups and organisations to shape the area’s future; and to represent local people's ideas and opinions to outside organisations.

In 2011, DCSCA initiated the Festival of Glass as an annual event linking Drysdale with a major cultural/social event – similar to, for example, Portarlington’s Mussel Festival and Queenscliff’s Music Festival. In particular, the DCSCA committee hopes that the Festival will offer a new and unique showcase to local glass artists, craftspeople and companies; encourage others to establish themselves in the area; and encourage local glass companies, artists and craftspeople to collaborate.

Featured Festival sponsor – Montana’s (i) Fashion and accessories galore!

54 Newcombe Street, Portarlington, Vic 3223           03 5259 1422

Hours: 9.30am – 5.00pm.       montanas@iftelecom.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/montanasfashion

In 2017, Montana's Fashion and Accessories will be part of the Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt and the Festival committee is grateful for its support. Montana's is a small fashion boutique selling ladies’ and men’s wear for people from the age of 16 to 116 (!) and in sizes from 8 to 28. The range includes handbags, wallets, jewellery, hats, gloves, belts by Australian and overseas labels and designers. If it’s fashion and accessories you’re after, you’ll find them at Montana’s!

Featured Festival sponsor – Bellarine Sports Medicine (i) Keeping you active, healthy & happy

1 East Street, Drysdale, Vic 3223       03 5251 5724 

info@bellarinesmc.com.au

Hours: M – Th: 8.00am – 7.00pm.; F: 8.00am – 5.00pm.

The Festival of Glass committee is pleased to welcome Bellarine Sports Medicine as a sponsor of the Treasure Hunt in 2017. It will be their first time in the event and we hope they find it worthwhile.

The Bellarine Sports Medicine team prides itself on delivering the sort of consistent and professional care that keeps their clients active, healthy and happy. The team provides a range of services including physiotherapy, sports medicine, podiatry, exercise physiology and myotherapy. There is a small gym on the premises to help in preventing and managing chronic diseases and injuries such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and arthritis.

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Awards looming for the 2017 Festival of Glass

Local glass artists are starting to dream, design and sketch their submissions to Drysdale’s 2017 Glass Art Awards, which close on 1 February 2017.

The Awards are part of the annual Festival of Glass and 1 February may seem far away, but the artists know that they need time to prepare before they even pick up a piece of glass!

Thanks to our sponsors

The Festival of Glass Committee is very grateful to the sponsors of the 2017 Glass Art Awards, each of whom is listed below. Their sponsorship lifts the Awards’ attraction and prestige and that, in turn, helps to promote the winning artists’ creativity and skill.

The three general Awards

“Wearable Glass Art”

The Festival of Glass sponsors this $500 Award; Bayshore Electrical and Air Conditioning sponsors the $100 “Highly Commended” prize.

“Functional Glass Art”

Glass Fusing p/l sponsors this $500 Award; Bayshore Electrical and Air Conditioning sponsors the $100 “Highly Commended” prize.

“Sculptural Glass Art”

Stockdale & Leggo sponsor this $500 Award; Bayshore Electrical and Air Conditioning sponsors the $100 “Highly Commended” prize.

The two specialist Awards

“Bella Wein” Glass Art

“Bella Wein”, is the name given to the Bellarine region by the Wathaurong people, its original inhabitants and this Award is for the piece of functional, sculptural or wearable glass art that best expresses the Bellarine region's unique identity. The Clifton Springs and Curlewis Lions Club sponsors this $500 Award; Bayshore Electrical and Air Conditioning sponsors the $100 “Highly Commended” prize.

“Second Life” Glass Art

This Award is for the piece of functional, sculptural or wearable glass art made mainly or entirely of recycled glass and expressing the theme "Serving Humanity". The Rotary Club of Drysdale sponsors this $1,000 Award; Bayshore Electrical and Air Conditioning sponsors the $100 “Highly Commended” prize.

To learn more about the Awards, including how to enter, please go to https://fogawards.artcall.org/

Featured Festival sponsor – Chris Walsh Pharmacy (Amcal) (i) Promoting local health and wellbeing

Shop 5, 3 Wyndham Street, Drysdale Vic 3222         03 5251 3298

Hours: M – F 9.00am – 6.00pm; Sat 9.00am – 1.00pm; Sun 10.00am to 12.00pm

https://www.amcal.com.au/store-locator/chris-walshs-amcal-pharmacy

In 2017, the Chris Walsh pharmacy will be part of the Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt, as it was in 2016 and the Festival committee is grateful for its support. The pharmacy is part of Amcal - the largest network of pharmacies in Australia. Amcal was established in the 1930s as Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited (AMCAL) as a buying group owned by its members. In 2000, Sigma bought out the members shares and in Australia, Amcal is operated by Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Amcal pharmacies have supported the Cancer Council for more than 10 years selling Pink Ribbon merchandise to raise vital funds for prevention, support and research. Amcal also supports Carers Australia - the national peak body representing Australia’s 2.8 million unpaid carers, who between them provide the equivalent of $60.3 billion worth of care.

Featured Festival sponsor – Wish Pond (i) Gifts, coffee and fashion

4a Brown Street, Portarlington, Vic 3223       03 5259 2770

Hours: 8.30am – 4.00pm.       wishpond@live.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/Wish-Pond-Gifts-Coffee-Wish-Pond-Fashion-137553293097533/

Wish Pond is a ‘community minded’ business that supports several local initiatives and is a member of the Portarlington Business Development Association. In 2017, Wish Pond will be part of the Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt for the first time; we’re pleased to welcome them aboard and grateful for their support. Heather and Chris are known for their friendly service and their ‘divine’ Devonshire teas; and Wish Pond stocks the Kate & Rose range of ‘foodie’ crockery and jewellery.

2017 Festival's Visiting Artist takes a new direction

Davide Penso - the 2017 Festival of Glass Visiting Artist – has taken a new direction in his glass art, which he’s calling “Glass From The Wood”.

Davide is a jewelry designer who lives and works in Murano, Italy. He is renowned internationally for his hand-blown glass jewelry, but his new direction takes him into the realms of glass sculpture. The first piece of “Glass From the Wood” is already being exhibited at the Murano Glass Museum; his second piece is pictured here.

At the 2017 Festival of Glass, Davide will run classes in glass working for beginning and experienced glass artists; and he’ll be the focus of “Twilight Flames” at Leura Park Estate in Drysdale, where he’ll demonstrate a range of glass blowing techniques. To learn more about Davide’s sessions, please go to the Festival web site: www.festivalofglass.net.au

Featured Festival sponsor – City of Greater Geelong (ii) Growing local arts skills

The City of Greater Geelong council is a major sponsor of the Festival of Glass through its Arts and Culture department and the Festival committee is grateful for the council’s continuing support. In particular, we’re grateful to the council for assisting local glass artists to enrol in professional development classes that will be part of the 2017 Festival’s Visiting Artist programme.

The Visiting Artist programme aims to increase the glass arts skills of the local community by showcasing the work of renowned glass artists from outside the area. In 2017, our Visiting Artist will be Davide Penso, an internationally renowned glass artist and teacher from Murano, Italy. During his stay with us, Davide will demonstrate glass working techniques to the general public and run classes for beginning and experienced local glass artists. The council’s assistance to local glass artists has ensured the success of the 2017 Visiting Artist programme.

 

Featured Festival sponsor – Glass Fusing (i) Keeping it local

 http://www.glassfusing.com.au/

Fusing Glass Pty Ltd., 5 Hammond Close, Oxley, ACT, 2903

Tel. 0421 444 291; E-mail via web site.

The Festival of Glass committee is very grateful for the support it receives from the Glass Fusing company. Glass artists Ashley Williamson and Bec Schaefer established Glass Fusing because, as they put it, “We decided to sell glass supplies and raw materials because we got tired of having to buy so many of our supplies from overseas, incurring significant freight costs, simply because the products were not available locally at reasonable prices”.

Glass Fusing sells a range of supplies for glass artists doing fusing (of course!), slumping and casting; as well as tools, kilns, findings, books and magazines. The company holds a range of System 96 glass, made by the Spectrum Glass Company and Uroboros Glass. Ashley and Bec have found that, in general, System 96 glass cuts well, fuses well, and tolerates multiple firings without devitrifying. Glass products in the System 96 collection are extremely stable and consistent, designed and produced to be compatibly both technically and artistically. “We find that System 96 glass gives us a great palette of colours”, they said, “as well as an ever-increasing range, whilst being quite affordable.”

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A lovely set of numbers!

The 2017 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt has attracted a greater number and diversity of local businesses than last year’s ... and there are still two months before the Treasure Hunt starts!

Diane Schofield’s Treasure Hunt team has worked hard and long to sign up twenty eight businesses from Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Curlewis and Portarlington – up from the twenty Drysdale businesses in the 2016 event.

 “Everyone’s a winner in our Treasure Hunt”, said Schofield. “Participating local businesses can increase their custom, local glass artists can increase their public profile and, of course, local Treasure Hunters can win beautiful glass art as prizes.”

Each local businesses in the Treasure Hunt will display a piece of glass art it commissioned from a local glass artist and these pieces will be major prizes in the Treasure Hunt draw.

“Businesses in the 2016 Treasure Hunt spoke very positively about their experience”, said Schofield, “and their comments convinced other business to join the 2017 event.”

Pirates never had it this easy!

From January 2 2017, Treasure Hunters can identify each participating business via the Treasure Hunt poster in its window and can search for that business’s ‘Tiny Treasure’ – a small glass ornament.

Screen grab of the interactive online map

Once a treasure hunter finds a Tiny Treasure, they will receive a stamp on their Treasure Hunt form; and with at least ten stamps, they can enter their form in a draw at the Festival of Glass Expo on Sunday 21 February at Drysdale’s Christian College between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

In a local first, our Treasure Hunters can use an interactive online map to identify businesses in the Treasure Hunt. No more breaking stony ground with a parrot on your shoulder – this is digital digging!

https://sites.google.com/site/fogtreasurehunt/home

(Once at the site, scroll down to see the map.)

2. Featured Festival sponsor – Rotary Club of Drysdale (i). Making sustainable improvements to local communities

admin@drysdalerotary.org.au                                                www.drysdalerotary.org.au

P.O. Box 123, Drysdale 3222, Victoria

Meets: Mondays at 6:30 PM at Clifton Springs Golf Club, 92-94 Clearwater Drive, Clifton Springs, Victoria 3222.

The Rotary Club of Drysdale has been a supporter of the Festival of Glass and is a major sponsor of the “Welcome to Drysdale” mural – a Festival of Glass project that was erected recently in Drysdale’s town square. The Club’s commitment to promoting artistic excellence in the community has also led it to sponsoring one of the Glass Art Awards at each year’s Festival of Glass. The “Second Life” Award, given each year to the artist submitting the best piece of glass art made by recycling glass .... but more of that later! 

Rotary seeks sustainable improvements in local communities in over 200 countries; and the Rotary Club of Drysdale raises money to support regional organisations including Cystic Fibrosis Geelong, Polio Plus, Portarlington Miniature Railway, Portarlington Food Assistance program, Barwon Health Transport (with Rotary Club of Geelong West and others), and an Art Mentorship Program for year 11 students (with Bendigo Bank). The Club runs the annual Easter Art Show over the Easter weekend at the Christian College Sports Stadium in Collins Street, Drysdale. The 2017 Show will feature around 400 artworks for sale and more than $8,000 in prizes; and a concurrent raffle will raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Geelong. Denis Walter OAM is a patron of Cystic Fibrosis Australia and will speak at the Art Show’s opening at 11am on Easter Saturday.

 

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Promoting the 2017 Treasure Hunt

1. Festival Committee gets a head ... or five!

Promotion is under way for the 2017 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt, which is set to be bigger than its predecessor.

Committee members get a heads up!

The 2017 Treasure Hunt starts on January 2 and in a sudden outburst of creativity, members of the Festival Committee have been building glass mosaic heads which they’ll use to promote it.

Professional mosaic artists – such as the ones who’ll be at the Festival Expo – needn’t worry about new competition. The mosaic heads will be the works of inspired amateurs – the same ones who organise each year’s Festival of Glass!

Look out for the mosaic heads, which will appear in and around Drysdale & Clifton Springs in the weeks to come.

The Treasure Hunt draw will take place at the 2017 Festival of Glass Expo, at Drysdale’s Christian College on Sunday 19 February between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

2. Featured Festival sponsor – Clifton Springs & Curlewis Lions (i). Building communities through good practice

Lions Clubs aim to promote understanding, good government and good citizenship among the peoples of the world and to encourage people to serve their community.

The Festival of Glass Committee is very grateful to the Clifton Springs & Curlewis Lions Club for their support. Their work for the Festival over several years is an excellent example of service to community. They’ve been a major element of each Festival Expo, helping to set up and take down the venue and their sausage sizzle has kept visitors to the event fed and watered.

In 2016, the Clifton Springs & Curlewis Lions Club became Glass Art sponsors, launching the Bella Wein Award .... of which more another time!

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88 days to go!

It’s just three months (88 days if you’re digitally minded!) before the 2017 Festival of Glass and there’s a lot happening already.

1. Expo organisers eye a second floor!

The 2017 Festival of Glass Expo is proving to be so popular that the Festival Committee is considering expanding into the venue’s second floor.

Each year’s Festival of Glass Expo features dozens of exhibitors displaying glass art and craft products, together with demonstrations of glass working techniques, the annual Glass Art Awards, short films about glass, prizes and much more.

After the Expo, there are classes in various glass working techniques. So at the Expo, you can look at beautiful glass art and see how its made .... then afterwards you can learn how to make your own.

The Expo is held at Drysdale’s Christian College on the third Sunday in February – in 2017, that’s Sunday 19 February – between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

2. Featured Festival sponsor - Bendigo Bank (i). Investing in communities

The Bendigo Bank prides itself on being community-orientated and its investment in the Festival of Glass is a good example!

The Bendigo Bank offers retail banking products and services to more than 1.4 million retail customers through its 400 plus branches and agencies. It works with communities to contribute to their prosperity, because it believes that successful communities make successful businesses.

The Bank has supported the Festival from its beginning in 2011, and it is now one of our major sponsors. The Festival Committee is grateful for the Bank’s support and is always happy to acknowledge the Bank’s contribution to the Festival’s success. Its investment has given the Festival the stability to keep expanding its scope and broaden its audiences – without the Bank’s involvement, we’d have a very different Festival of Glass.

3. Featured Festival sponsor - City of Greater Geelong (i). Creating a vision

Officers from the City of Greater Geelong Council’s Arts & Culture department have helped the Festival of Glass Committee to raise the local community’s awareness of the area’s rich historical links with glass.

The Festival Committee has launched several initiatives linked with the Festival, including the Welcome to Drysdale mural in the town centre, Glass Reflections – an online archive of local glass history and The Glass Trail of glass artists’ open studios.

The Council is a major sponsor of the Festival of Glass. It provides leadership, governance and services to the Greater Geelong community and its Geelong City Plan presents a vision for the city and describes how it will become a reality. Like the neighbouring Portarlington Mussel Festival and Queenscliffe Music Festival, Drysdale’s Festival of Glass shows how a festival can galvanise a community into action; and the council’s continuing support for the Festival of Glass has ensured that the Bellarine’s past and present links with glass have a strong future.

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