SAVE the DATES: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 24-26 March
 

Recently it was suggested that we have an event at The Queanbeyan Hive that celebrates bees and with support from the NSW Government's Community Events Program, this is actually going to happen! We are so excited.

Create Collaborate Collective Inc will be hosting an all ages event, over 3 days, with live music, stalls, workshops and activities - all to do with bees and pollinators.

If you would like to get involved and participate as a volunteer, an educator or an artist we would love to hear from you. If you know of anyone else that could be interested, please share this email. We also have opportunities for selling your bee related products and art.
 

Email Helen at info@qbnhive.buzz with your expression of interest ASAP to bee part of this exciting event!

Hive & Seek Markets are back!

 Create Collaborate Collective is once again sponsoring the Hive & Seek Markets in 2023 which are on the 1st Saturday of the month except for the Winter months and then there are two in December.  The next market is is next Saturday, 4th February, 9am to 2pm!

We have a wonderful, eclectic range of stalls, live music and the CCC Bar will be open for coffee and drinks. Please come along and join us and be a part of supporting local Queanbeyan musicians and artisans. We really hope to see you there!

4 Feb - Summer Harvest
4 Mar - Festival of Bees
1 Apr - Easter Celebrations
6 May - Mothers Day
2 Sep - Fathers Day
7 Oct - Spring Fair
4 Nov - Day of the Dead
2 Dec - Christmas

15 Dec - Friday evening Twilight Christmas Market 

Stall holder registrations are open > register here.

Thanks to Southern Tableland Arts we were able to offer our very first artist in residency during January.

Lisa Stevenson was the STA AiR (Artist in Residence) for our local LGA and the Hive donated its space to be used for this residency. Elder Aunty Matilda House welcomed Lisa over a morning tea and she visited the Queanbeyan River with her to source and collect reeds.

Lisa is an emerging artist, currently completing a fine art degree at ANU school of art. Lisa’s work explores ideas about place, looking closely at flora. Working in a sustainable way she uses plants and recycled materials to create small sculptural artworks responding to specific sites, through natural dyes, and basketry techniques.

During the STA AiR at The Qbn Hive, Lisa explored place, particularly the river in Queanbeyan to further understand its history, and current state. Lisa explored the plants that grow along the river and in the Hive garden to create natural dyes to modify materials sourced from Queanbeyan op shops.

Lisa says... "It has been a great start to 2023, and kickstarted me into creating some new works and exploring different materials. I think this opportunity has also really made me think about my art practice outside of the university experience, and how I might practice in the future. The Hive was a great base to work out of, and I encountered many locals when I was working on the verandah, and had some wonderful conversations about art and life."

Lisa's works are on show in the newly installed STA Box Gallery which is located in The Q in Queanbeyan. BOX Gallery exhibitions are available to STA Members on application. For more info please click here.

2022 Wrap Up
by Helen Ferguson (Founder and President of Create Collaborate Collective Inc)

It was another huge year for COVID in 2022 and if you had not already contracted it in 2021 you most likely got it in 2022. I did, just before our Heritage Festival event in April so I was really grateful for the team of volunteers who helped pull it off.

Create Collaborate Collective Inc would not be able to provide arts and music at The Hive if it was not for the board and the volunteers who contribute their time and energy to our mission of supporting the arts in Queanbeyan. I thank each and everyone who has jumped on board to bee part of our growing community.

A goal for 2023 is to build up our bee team of supporters and to create better structures to expand our volunteer capacity. I recently attended my first Woodford Folk Festival and found myself managing one of the bars as my friend who had volunteered for this position fell sick on the first day. Without any preparation for what this entailed, I lasted 3 days before waking up with an anxious feeling that this was too similar to my life in Queanbeyan and that I really need a break from any stress! Despite being 25% down in volunteers the Woodford Volunteers rallied support and everyone stepped up so that I could enjoy some of the amazing Festival. What I did take away is that everyone – even established events of 35 years’ experience are struggling to recuperate after 3 years of a Pandemic. I also got some great knowledge of the procedures they put in place for managing volunteers. :-)

The year could not have ended on a better note than the announcement that we had been successful in getting grant funding through the Community Building Partnership 2022 NSW Government scheme. 35K is to go towards a pergola in the garden space at the rear of the cottage to give us adequate protection from the elements and to increase our capacity to offer workshops and activities for larger groups. We are now looking for inspiring and available builders to help us with this mission and wish to have this done ASAP!

Acknowledgement and presentation of funding from our local member for Monaro at our Create Collaborate Collective Xmas get-together in December

For our arts community in 2022 Create Collaborate Collective Inc hosted these events:

MUSIC:

• We Mavericks supported by Jo Creswell and Dave O’Neil

• The Piano Wizard Andrew Farrell

• Matriarch, What’s She Having and Devine Devilles

• Cassidy’s Ceili

• Halloween: Los Chavos, The Decideds and Clairwood Matt

• Design Canberra: Neon Honey, DJ Marky and Galen

• Anakey supported by The Filthy Darlings

ARTS:

• Heritage Festival

• Bunker Arts Studio Exhibition

• International Women’s Day: Vee Malnar, Sara Stanly, Erin Stonestreet

• Nature and Nostalgia: Jo Hogan and Jeanette Zvargulis

• ‘Outside the Square’ – Peoples Choice exhibition with 82 artworks

• Design Canberra Festival – ‘Hive Mind Shift’ Exploring Sacred Geometry

• STA artist in residency: Lisa Stevenson

• Kids monthly paint club @ The Hive

   

MARKETS:

• Eight Hive & Seek Markets supporting local artisans and creators

We would like to acknowledge the support we have received

2022 QPRC Cultural Grant

• For Conservation of Connee-Colleen’s sculptures – 3K

• Further funds raised from residents of QPRC – 1.4K

Hive Recruitment Tech Specialists

• Donation for ‘Outside the Square’ Prize money – 2K

2022 Reconnecting Regional NSW Grants

• The Festival of Bees March 2023 – 5K

• Hive Mind Shift November 2022 – 10K

Community Building Partnership 2022 NSW Government

• Infrastructure funding for Pergola at the rear of the cottage – 34k

CCC Inc

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