Clear your calendars

Killarney sculptor Paul Stumkat will be at the 'Art in the Olives' festival at Beaudesert this weekend.

Bowl on in
Warwick Potters Soup Bowl Glazing Afternoon – Saturday 13 May, from 1pm
Join us to glaze soup bowls and fire up the kiln for Jumpers and Jazz Soup Night in July. Stay for an hour or more you can even make your own bowl.
View the Potters’ Gallery and enjoy a cuppa. Everyone is welcome at the Warwick Potters Place, 63 Horsman Rd, Warwick. Enquiries to 0411 968 853.

What’s on this weekend …
Arts in the Olives Festival 2017, Saturday 13 May and Sunday 14 May
The festival will be held in Worendo Olive Grove, situated along the Kerry Road just over 30km south of the township of Beaudesert.
On Sunday 14 May the Arts in the Olives Festival will feature the theme of ‘Celebration – a Decade of Creativity’ and will include workshops on blacksmithing, watercolour painting, shibori, flute making and weaving to name a few.
Southern Downs artist Paul Stumkat will conduct a workshop on clay portraits and stone carving. www.artsintheolives.com

Jazz is back!
Join Terri Welles and her Jazz Combo at Heritage Estate Wines Granite Belt Drive Cottonvale from noon to 4pm this Sunday 14 May. For bookings call 4685 2947.

‘Primal Energy’ art exhibition
Artist in Residence at The School of Total Education, and well-known local artist Chris Hulme is currently holding an exhibition of his works entitled ‘Primal Energy’ in the Vijayadev Yogendra Auditorium.
The exhibition will be available from now until Friday 26 May. View artworks by contacting Chris on 0413 621 943.
“The exhibition has been two years in the making,” says Chris smiling.
The planning, experimenting and creating of these 60-plus pieces, has been a time where Chris’s style has really transformed. It’s obvious when speaking to him about these artworks how much he’s enjoyed the whole process of co-ordinating this exhibition. Chris’s experiences and philosophies about life have really shaped his works.
Through his practice of Yoga and Aikido he has developed a sense of balance, harmony, spatial awareness and energy.
His pieces demonstrate these elements through the use of colour particularly, line, shape, symmetry and patterning. Many of the pieces on display also reflect personal symbolism, personal experiences and memories from traveling in Japan (- interviewed by Jo Collins).