NEW pet owners registering their pets for the first time will soon be able to do so for free. The first 12 months of pet registration has been made free for pet owners in the Kingston municipality. The change has been made as part of Kingston Council’s domestic animal management plan review. The new DAMP also mandates a review of the mandatory desexing age for pets, the development of a new dog off-leash policy, and the provision of a temporary animal shelter to support domestic violence victims. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said that the changes to the DAMP would “promote responsible…
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WORK is expected to start on a new mural in Chelsea this month. Painting will begin on Anu Patel’s Art Pass Reimagined within weeks. Once painting starts it is expected to last eight weeks. The original mural completed by Ms Patel at the pedestrian underpass at Chelsea Station was removed because of level crossing removal works. Ms Patel will now paint a new piece to replace it. The new large-scale mural will be found at the pedestrian laneway wall of 1/423 Nepean Highway in Chelsea. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said he was excited to see the new piece come to…
A SERIES of photos taken during a summer in Mexico and Cuba are on display at the Frankston Arts Centre. The photographs, which make up the Su Alma exhibition, were taken by Karina Laird in 2019. Her work was chosen for exhibition after she won the 2019 Frankston Arts Centre open exhibition prize for her shot of a hairdresser in La Habana. Ms Laird said “in La Habana, it often seems that much of life is lived out on the streets, including hair and beauty treatments. Hairdressing is an art form and occupation that dates back thousands of years. With…
MCCLELLAND Gallery has received a $250,000 grant to set up a new art program. The gallery applied for a RISE grant to support its Sculpture 22 initiative. McClelland gallery director Lisa Byrne said that Sculpture 22 is “a one-year multidisciplinary program of newly commissioned art, learning, and digital content projects which will enable McClelland to deliver major new programs, specifically aimed at creating new employment opportunities and supporting, in particular, women artists, and indigenous artists.” “We will mobilise multidisciplinary connections between creative practitioners in art, digital production, sculpture and performance to develop new and adventurous creative projects in partnership with…
TWO people are wanted for allegedly stealing multiple items, including two televisions, from a Carrum Aldi. Police allege that on 14 December, a man and woman stole two televisions, a CCTV camera system, and two shopping bags filled with groceries from the Aldi shop. The duo left the scene in a white Ford Territory without number plates. Police allege the two people drove away “erratically narrowly missing innocent pedestrians”. Images of two people police wish to speak to have been released. Anyone with information can contact Constable Cahlum Steel at Cheltenham Police Station on 9583 9767. First published in the…