Growing Rural Arts In Nathalia
The G.R.A.I.N Store is a not-for-profit nationally recognized rural arts center with a history of exhibitions, performances and workshops located in a converted grain store shopfront in the middle of town.
The G.R.A.I.N. Store has been designated as a “Model Project” for rural development and arts and a unique relationship has been established with La Trobe University. It fosters art which furthers community, the environment, rural health, reconciliation and education locally, statewide and nationally while contributing to the economic development of the area.
The G.R.A.I.N. Store acknowledges the Yorta Yorta people of the Yorta Yorta Nations as traditional custodians of the lands skies and waters where we work. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future and recognise the strong connection to culture and innovation that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded.
CURRENT
EXHIBITION
The Art of Music
8 Apr – 20 May 2023
UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
Sky
11 June – 22 July 2023
Expression of interest due: 22 May
Artwork due: 5 June
Opening event: 11 June at 2pm
Exhibition last day: 22 July
Making Space on Mondays
Every Monday 10am – 2pm The G.R.A.I.N Store is open via Petticoat Lane, for anyone to come in for a chat or to bring something in to work on.
UPCOMING
EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
Sparrows of Kabul
Saturday 20 May 2023 7-9:30
Uniting Church Hall, Nathalia
Fred Smith and band will be presenting this extraordinary song cycle on Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan, culminating in the dramatic evacuation from Kabul in August 2021. Fred was there at the beginning in Uruzgan Province and returned at the end working from Kabul International Airport. We are left admiring the courage and tenacity of thousands of Afghans who braved the human logjams outside the gates of Kabul International Airport, and the soldiers and diplomats who helped them.
Open Mic II
2 June 2023 5:30-7:30pm
The G.R.A.I.N. Store invites all experienced and aspiring performers to share 1-2 songs as a soloist or with a band. You are welcome to play any instrument, sing, or both!
To sign up or ask questions, visit The G.R.A.I.N. Store during opening hours or email Ruby at info@thegrainstore.org.
Some Shiny Days
4 June 2023 2-4pm
Thirty years of John Lewis’ Shepparton News columns told in bite-sized chewy little pieces. Presented as a rehearsed reading with music.
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