RAV - Regional Arts Victoria - The peak body for regional arts activity in Victoria

Issue 36 - Regional Arts Victoria, June 2012 e-newsletter

Introduction

Welcome to the latest edition of Regional Arts Victoria’s e-newsletter. We are introducing a new element to our newsletters this month by providing you with an update from each team in the RAV family. We hope you like it!

We have much to celebrate in this edition, including our RAVE Award winners who were announced at our recent AGM in Nathalia, at The G.R.A.I.N. Store. Congratulations to:

• Lake Bolac Eel Festival (Contemporary Cultural Development Award)
• Bill Kelly (Arts Leadership)
• Swan Hill Aboriginal Service (Youth Engagement Award)
• Ingrid Thomas – Baw Baw Arts Alliance (Arts Volunteering Award)
• Bethany Simons (Touring Award)
• Lennie Hayes (Indigenous Arts Award)

Read the article below for more details. The Premier of Victoria attended this fantastic event, which also included the launch of Home is Where the Hall is 2012 and local photographic exhibition, Nathalia "Not Drowning, Waving" Images of Community, Creativity and Commitment.

We are also very much looking forward to the arrival of our new Director, Esther Anatolitis who will be joining the RAV team on 6 August 2012. Many of you would have seen our announcement earlier in the month - for those of you who didn't, click here to read more.

Before we lead into our team updates we would like to draw your attention to some important matters.

Group Membership Renewals

For those of you who are RAV Group Members, Group Memberships are due to expire at the end of June.  Please keep an eye out for renewal packs that are being distributed this week.  If you have any questions please contact RAV on 03 9644 1800.

What's happening in the RAV community? 

Did you know that we have a RAV Blog that we use to showcase all sorts of happenings amongst the regional RAV community? This is where we upload details from RAV Members about exhibitions, arts prizes, markets etc. If you have anything you'd like to flag - send it through to our Marketing and Publicity Manager, Pia Richardson and she will upload it onto our blog site. Pia's email address is prichardson@rav.net.au. Click here to view the blog.