The ACRE Project @AcreProject

Cellist and composer Kristin Rule spent a week living on Peter and Wendy McDonald's farm for our first #acre21 #twig residency. At the residency's end, neighbours and friends were invited to experience Kristin's music and, as is tradition with a TWIG, catch-up around the fire

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The Town TWIG at Nyang woolshed (outside Moulamein) was a real treat on Saturday night. Storytelling and song from Kutcha Edwards, Neil Murray and Kristin Rule, a TWIG sculpture by Josephine Duffy and a cracking fire to gather around #acre21 #acreproject #twig

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Our #acre21 Town TWIG at Quambatook was an absolute blast on the weekend. Bring on Balranald and Moulamein this weekend - get your tickets now acreproject.org.au/acre21

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Eight TWIG artist residencies and four Town TWIG concerts across two states. It's the ACRE21 festival and it's going to be big! Head to acreproject.org.au/acre21 to find out all the details, and book tickets to the FREE Town TWIG concerts #acre21 #twig #acreproject #ruralart

This is the ACRE21 team - Kerry-Anne (South West Arts), Ian (Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery), Felicia (event marketing), Kirsty (plannin/logistics), and Lorraine (Regional Arts Vic). We’ve just caught up in Barham, getting things sorted for ACRE21. Not long to go... stay tuned!

CALLING LOCAL ARTISTS: We're commissioning local artists to create sculptural pieces for the upcoming ACRE21 festival. They will be shown at our Town TWIGs at Nyah, Moulamein, Balranald and Quambatook. acreproject.org.au/artist-eoi for info and to apply. #acreproject #TWIG #ruralart

Ta da! Our new website is up and running. Maybe you can spot a TWIG or workshop you've been to? acreproject.org.au

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A beautiful little vid complete with hay bales, open spaces and smiling faces - it's providing all the inspo we need as we get back to planning #ACRE21! It's a result of our recent #TWIG with Wendy McDonald and the Noorong community. fb.watch/3oz6kXu5n9/ via @FacebookWatch

More than 40 locals and The ACRE Project supporters turned out for Wendy McDonald's TWIG last night. Some familiar sights in Wendy’s photography and new interpretations of local spots through sketches and paintings – that’s what the TWIG is all about! #twig #ruralart #acreproject

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Guess where we were last night? This is the Noorong Hall location for the Wendy McDonald TWIG. Thanks to Mitchell Barkman Videography for the groovy drone shots! More photos to come later today. #acreproject #twig #ruralart

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One day to go! Today is Wendy’s last day working at Noorong before tonight’s community TWIG. Read about the residency here - gallery.swanhill.vic.gov.au/latest-news/ #acreproject #twig #ruralart

What a treat for these Noorong kids to have professional artist Wendy McDonald at their hall for an after school workshop yesterday. All part of our TWIG residency at Noorong this week #twig #acreproject #ruralart

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Hard to believe this film was made almost 10 years ago. Water challenges are still there for towns like Moulamein, but their resilience and vibrancy still shines through. Can you spot familiar faces and landmarks here? #acreproject #ruralart #moulamein youtube.com/watch?v=9uEPC6…

Step one done - new logo for The ACRE Project! Isn’t it groovy? Step two is a new website - stay tuned for that soon! It will be somewhere to look back at our projects (24 in total, can you believe it?!) and look forward to what’s coming up (bring on ACRE21 in May and June!).

Finding some more gems as we rebuild our website. Who remembers the Yak Yak exhibition and TWIG celebration in 2013 at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery? #acreproject #twig #loveswanhill #swanhill #ruralart

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We’re finding some real gems as we rebuild The ACRE Project website. These shots are from our first round of TWIGs back in 2012 at the Caccianigas at Manang. Makes us want to do it all again… fingers crossed. #acreproject #twig #manangatang #ruralart #lovemanangatang

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Wouldn’t it be great to do this again? We hope to in May/June for ACRE21. We're planning 10 TWIGs in five Council areas! (We’re also planning ACRE21 no matter what the COVID situation - ACRE21 will go on in some form!) Stay tuned for more #acreproject #twig #ruralart #acre21