Author: Bayside News

THE Frankston Arts Centre is accepting submissions for its yearly open exhibition competition. Artists who submit their work into the competition will be in the running to win $1000 in prize money. The Arts Centre will host an exhibition and opening event for the winning artist next year. The theme of this year’s event is “Belonging”. Works entered into the competition must align with that theme. The winner of last year’s open exhibition competition was Ryan Lee. He submitted a video artwork titled Wonnarua. Judge Simon Lawrie said that the piece “captures well how things change at different speeds and…

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THE new pavilion at Pat Rollo Reserve has been officially opened. The Pat Rollo Pavilion cost $2.8 million to build, with Frankston Council ratepayers putting in $800,000 and the state government $2 million. It will be used by Pines Football Netball Club, Pines Junior Football Club, Pines Cricket Club, and students from Aldercourt Primary School. The tenants at the ground have been pushing to get the project funded for years. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said “this is a fantastic celebration for Pines Cricket Club and Pines Junior Football Club following years of tenacity from club members to get this important…

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FLUORESCENT colours tend to catch the eye, which is why an exhibition running in Frankston has been turning heads. Artist Kate Rohde (pictured left) has prepared an exhibition of works made using bright and fluorescent colours. She says that she is drawn to that style because “they are ultimately the most unnatural colours too, so it suits the fantastical, unreal worlds I’m trying to create.” The exhibition, titled Creature Comforts, is running at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube 37 until 2 July. “I hope the audience will enjoy the intensity of the colour. The colours I use have a sort of…

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THE Patterson River precinct is set for a multi-million dollar upgrade. The state government has committed to spending $3 million on upgrades at the upper precinct, which encompasses the National Water Sports Centre in Bangholme, and $3.5 million on the Launching Way area. The upper precinct will benefit from upgraded pathways, the construction of viewing areas, vegetation works, and design works on a new multipurpose building. At Launching Way the funding will be spent on pathways, boardwalk construction feasibility, picnic facilities, vegetation, and the design of a new building. Energy, environment, and climate change minister Lily D’Ambrosio said “we’re revegetating…

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TWO people have been arrested and charged in relation to the theft of around half a million dollars in power tools across suburbs in Melbourne’s south-east. The tools were allegedly stolen from unlocked trailers, cars, and shops in Chadstone, Cheltenham, Dandenong, Frankston, Melbourne, Mornington, and Narre Warren. The alleged thefts took place between March and May this year. On 24 May police arrested a 33-year-old Cranbourne man and a 28-year-old Cranbourne woman. They were both charged with nearly 50 theft related charges including handling of stolen goods, going equipped to steal, theft, and committing an indictable offence while on bail.…

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