Arts Incite - Ballarat Arts Alive

Geoffrey D'Ombrain, composer, musician, music educator, at 95 years of age talks about his long career in music and his current projects. You can see & hear some of his music for contemporary dance here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2qsYe90hG2pm5ZZuyLj1Qw And to get an idea of a score - https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/d-ombrain-geoffrey-under-the-trees Interviewed by Merle...

Prof Richard Chew is Director of the Arts Academy of Federation University, Ballarat. A graduate of the Royal College of of Music - International Opera School, he is also a performer (pianist) and composer, writing music for opera, theatre, film and for his trio, Inscape. He talks here about his life-long passion for music and working with the Performing Arts Students of Federation University. Int...

A Ballarat Arts Alive exhibition at Kank Wolverang Records Gallery, Main Road, Bakery Hill, Ballarat. 16 May – 13 June 2026. The exhibition featured 60 artists from Ballarat and Castlemaine. Eleven of them, including Peter Sparkman who curated the exhibition for BAA, talk about their work. You'll hear: Alison Parkinson, April Welfare, Daria Betley, Garth Horsfield, ReVerse Butcher (Stephanie Petri...

Effie Williams , a Ballarat painter on fabrics, talks about growing up in a highly creative circle of family and friends that included many important arts groups, including Ratartat, ERTH, Art is… festival, Weatherboard Painters & Sculptors, Art Hall Learmonth. See Effie's work on Instagra m. Interviewer Merle Hathaway s

Joan Goldsmith talks about the programme this year - 7 great films, including "Twiggy" and the Australian "Wolfram" and "One to One" an intimate look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's life in early 1970s New York. The other films are It was just an Accident (Iranian thriller), Sirat (Spanish/French drama), Pasa Faho (Australian comedy) and The Secret Agent (Brazilian thriller). Joan has been a member...

Paul is a self-confessed multi-dimensional person whose background includes teaching, policy advice to governments, building and development. He is a member of Ballarat Heritage Watch and the City of Ballarat's Heritage Advisory Committee. Interviewed by Merle Hathaway 9 June 2026 Production: Alan Mallows