SWELL 2021 | We, The Ocean | Nadia Milford & Dani Cabs | CURRUMBIN BEACH | FREE

  ‘We, The Ocean’ is a collaborative sculptural installation and live performance series co-directed by contemporary dancer, Nadia Milford, and artist, Dani Cabs. The four-part series is designed and curated as an interactive and reactive performance that transforms, photosensitive material into a unique masterpiece.   The first performance creates the artwork through movement to a

SWELL 2021 | Salute to Yoga | Yoga + Beach Clean Up with Jala Yoga and Our Beaches | CURRUMBIN BEACH | FREE

Salute to sculpture | Yoga + Beach Clean Up with Our Beaches and Jala Yoga Join us to soak up the sunrise, strike a pose amidst the sculptures and care for beautiful Currumbin Beach at SWELL Sculpture Festival! The City of Gold Coast’s Our Beaches program and Jala Yoga are teaming up for a relaxing

SWELL 2021 | PRIVATE SUNSET SOIREES | CURRUMBIN BEACH | POA

  Your PRIVATE SUNSET SOIREE will be held within the festival precinct, among the sculptures in an exclusive designated area at The SWELL Meeting Place, Wallace Nicoll Park, Currumbin Beach, with nibbles and refreshments served, all you need to do is relax and enjoy your time with your guests in this unique environment. Your exclusive

SWELL Kids | Feature Artist | Monte Lupo Wonderland

Monte Lupo are popping up all over SWELL Kids Elements in 2021. Monte Lupo Wonderland will feature gorgeous, playful and fun sculptural installations throughout the Wallace Nicoll Park for SWELL Kids Elements. Monte Lupo are internationally renowned for their colourful, quirky ceramic sculptures that bring joy and spark curiosity in viewers. SWELL Kids Elements is

SWELL KIDS | First Nations Storytelling with Luther Cora | FREE

SWELL Ambassador and First Nations Storytelling with Luther Cora.  Join us each morning at 9:30 am across 10 days from 10-19  September to listen to Luther Cora teach us about the mullet season and the story of the black cockatoo in the Meeting Place at SWELL Kids Elements, Wallace Nicoll Park, Pacific Parade, Currumbin Beach.

SWELL KIDS | PAINT A CLAY LUTHER CORA MULLET FISH OR BLACK COCKATOO WITH MONTE LUPO | $15

Join us for a 40-minute art workshop for young artists.  You can paint a ‘mullet fish’ or a ‘black cockatoo’ and take it home with you. These beautiful creatures have been cast in clay by Monte Lupo to depict the native animals described in Luther Cora’s stories. Both the mullet fish and black cockatoo are

SWELL Kids | Feature Artist | Jaye Irving

Jaye Irving, Barefoot Sustainable Design,  the legend bamboo sculptor is once again returning to SWELL Kids Elements in 2021. A giant bamboo interactive sculpture will delight and entertain children from all walks of life. Sharing experience & connection through playful fun! SWELL Kids Elements is open daily from 9 am to 4 pm in The

SWELL Kids | Feature Artist | Lauren Curtis with Our Beaches

Our Beaches Planter ‘Urchins’ Lauren Curtis is working with the City of Gold Coast’s Our Beaches to share this environmental sculptural installation to educate us all, especially the young artists in our communities about the importance of dune vegetation at the beach. A very important matter here on the Gold Coast and for coastal towns

SWELL KIDS | STORYFEST POP UP LIBRARY 2021 | FREE

STORYFEST BEACH POP UP LIBRARY | FREE   Opening daily for little artists to pick up a free book to take home. This wonderful literary delight is an invitation for children to discover more stories whilst exploring SWELL. When | 10-19 September 2021 Where | SWELL Kids Elements, Wallace Nicoll Park, Currumbin Beach, ask for

2021 ARTIST BIOS | LINCOLN AUSTIN

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