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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 JULY
FAR EAST FESTIVAL OF HOTTIES
+ a post-fire celebration of winter comforts
+ the old -fashioned hot water bottle cover
+ all hotties will be for sale and some will win prizes.
+ all proceeds will go direct to wildlife care & protection
+ bushfire colours are our favourite this year.
+ orange, red, black, grey or white are winners.
+ drop-off points at lots of Far East locations.
+ watch unfloat3909.com/hotties for all the latest details.
INFO
entry fee / $5 per hottie
people’s choice prize / $100
recycled materials prize / $100
under 13s prize / $100
entries open / 1 april 2020
DEADLINE EXTENDED
entries close / 31 july 2020
EXHIBITION RE-SCHEDULED
exhibition sneak peek @ FOUNDRY early August
exhibition opening / bruthen hall / saturday August 29 2020
venue/ venues across east gippsland
(all details to be confirmed asap - pending covid information)
Entry details:
People have until 31 July to get their amazing creations in.
There are a number of ways to send your hotty cover to us:
Post to - Far East Hotties, PO Box 632, Lakes Entrance 3909.
Drop off at 9 Robb Street Bairnsdale (via Helen Sheil)
Foundry (artists shop) (laneway next to Woolies Bairnsdale).
Drop off at the Great Alpine Gallery at Swifts Creek.
If the Swifts Creek Gallery is shut, call Ann Bingham 0427 594 472Orbost Exhibition Centre,
Bruthen - Bruthen NH drop off Tuesday-Thursday 10am-3pm by arrangement call Annie on 0497 544 490
Cann River Community Centre
Buchan Neighbourhood House
ENTER AND PAY YOUR FEE ONLINE HERE
OR
DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM AS PDF
(arrange to pay your $5 on drop off)
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MEDIA RELEASE
Far East Festival of Hotties
26 May 2020
The artists, craftists and wildlife minders of East Gippsland are holding the first festival of the hot water bottle – or to be more precise, celebrating the art of the old fashioned ‘hotty cover’.
“This festival seems to fulfil a number of needs at this time” said Andrea Lane, founder of East Gippsland art projects (f)route and FLOAT . “It’s a fun way to express some creativity via a simple, functional item while in iso. It also connects you with the wider world of crafters, uses material scraps and wool, while sharing ideas and imagination. We encourage everyone to sew, felt, weave or knit a traditional hotty cover or two, and enter these creations into the Festival of Hotties.”
Helen Sheil, local Nanna in lockdown is in full swing and said, “Alice Springs has its annual beanie festival, Fish Creek has its teapot cosy festival and now East Gippsland has claimed the spot on the map for the festival of hotty covers”, she said. “Hotties represent a really simple comfort at a time of fairly discomforting things happening.”
There will be prizes awarded for various categories. After the display, hotties and their hand-crafted covers will be for sale.
“Given the summer of horrendous bushfires, all funds raised will go towards wildlife care and protection in the region”, said Jes John, wildlife rescuer and founder of Bairnsdale’s artists’ outlet, the Foundry store. “This year’s colour theme is that of bushfires - reds and oranges, or the browns, greys and blacks of the aftermath. But we’re not going to be too strict on that”.
People have until July 31 to enter their covers which will be displayed at the Foundry, and other community spaces across East Gippsland. Makers from all over Australia are encouraged to submit their creations.
For more details and entry forms, go to: https://www.unfloat3909.com/hotties
or https://www.facebook.com/far.east.hotties/
For comment: Jes John - 0415 479 950. Helen Sheil - 0400 193 283.