Lighthouse Arts Collective creates a diverse range of artistic experiences for our community to engage with through our evolving year-round program of events that includes live music, visual art, theatre, dance and film.
When the rain sets in and the wind begins to howl, and the seething summer shoreline becomes quiet, where does one go to be with community, to gather? Where are the public spaces in which you can be, not just a consumer, but a citizen? A citizen seeking community, culture and conversation. This has always been the role of the artist, hand in hand with cultural institutions: the gallery, the library, the theatre, the music hall. All places to engage, receive, think and be inspired.
This is the role of Lighthouse Arts Collective.
WHAT WE OFFER
New Hall acts as a meeting place, a place to celebrate the enriching power of shared creative experiences.
Lighthouse Arts Collective fosters a warm and inclusive culture that supports:
artists and arts workers: to create, share, exhibit and perform new works
community and visitors: to attend a broad range of arts and cultural events
co-working: workspaces and studios for community members to hire.
As an independent arts collective, we have a dedicated group of practitioners who volunteer their time to bring these events and opportunities to life. We believe that living in regional Victoria should not mean missing out on quality arts and entertainment.
WHO WE ARE
Lighthouse Arts Collective founding members include Suzie Wyllie, Kitty Walker, Ben Talbot-Dunn, Nick Huggings, Sally Lewry, Matt Davis and Jayne Tuttle. With their vision and dedication Lighthouse grew from an idea to a reality.
HOW WE BEGAN
Lighthouse Arts Collective emerged from a shared desire to create diverse artistic experiences for our community.
In 2017, the Borough of Queenscliffe introduced us to UnitingQueenscliff, who invited us to share Kirk’s Place. They believed their Church Hall might be a special place for Lighthouse Arts Collective to deliver creative experiences.
We began by transforming the beautiful hall. This is the space that we now know as New Hall - a place in which to gather and engage with art, culture and conversation.
Without access to a local space to deliver our events, to gather the community around art, culture and conversation – our shared desire to contribute to the cultural landscape of the Borough would have been a challenge. In this way, UnitingQueenscliff’s warm invitation to make our home at Kirk’s Place is where this creative journey began.
We feel privileged to create and present on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung people. We are proud to be attracting artistic experiences of the highest quality to inspire our incredible community.