Brisbane’s inaugural Black Stump Animation Festival
to open this Saturday
Our animation fascination finally has a home
Minnie Mouse. Bugs Bunny. Lightning McQueen. The Pink Panther. Roadrunner & Coyote. Garfield. Shrek. Buzz Lightyear. The Simpsons.... Animation has given us some of the most famous and much loved characters of all time. This Saturday through to July 8, the magic and wonder of animation will be celebrated at Brisbane’s inaugural Black Stump Animation Festival.
“Animation has come a long way since the 1926 silhouette-animated The Adventures of Prince Achmed, recognized as the earliest-surviving animated feature that used colour-tinted scenes,” said festival founder and well known artist Sean Leahy.
“From July 2 through to 8 the Festival will showcase the most popular commercial short animated films for all ages and tastes, together with the best experimental, student and independent international animation – it’s a celebration of this incredible medium, one which continues to reinvent itself and appeal to all ages,” he said.
“Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 was the first big ‘hit’ in the English-speaking world and the first to use cel animation; it started a revolution. Now animation is integrated in all forms of entertainment and indeed throughout our daily lives, it’s part of our cultural DNA and is incredibly future-proofed.”
Black Stump Animation Festival 2011 - Saturday, 2nd July: FREE OPENING NIGHT 6:15pm
The festival will kick off with a FREE family-friendly screening of animated cartoons on the river bank as part of the Teneriffe Festival. This open air screening will include a collection of classic and new animated short films from Disney/Pixar, Warner Bros and international animators. Bring dinner, a blanket and winter warmers! Some tables and chairs will be provided.
Location: At Sir Manuel Hornibrook Park, 39 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe.
For a full guide of festival events, including stall times, opening and closing night events and workshops visit the Black Stump Animation Festival website: http://blackstumpanimationfest.com.au
ANNUAL FESTIVAL JAM PACKED WITH EXCITEMENT
Teneriffe Festival has more events and activities than you can poke at a Black Stump.
Now in its second year, the Teneriffe Festival is a contagious expression of the community’s vibrant character, as it brings live music, market stalls, food, wine, heritage and fashion to the streets over one big day. The 2011 Festival celebrates three central themes: Woolstores, Wharves and Wool, each inspired by heritage and tradition.
The Festival will spill out into restaurants, down laneways, into riverside parks and through the main streets of Teneriffe, bursting to life with entertainment. The Festival program boasts over 50 different events, displays, demonstration and public forums.
The day starts off with a rush of adrenalin during the ‘Running of the Rams.’ In this energetic and surprisingly humorous fun run, entrants dress up in their best ram or sheep costume and compete against each other in a sprint to the finish line. The race weaves throughout the streets of Teneriffe with the excited festival crowd cheering participants on!
Sponsors have ponied up with a suite of great prizes for the event with the crown for best dressed ram and ewe on offer, as well as fastest ram and ewe, the most sheepish, ram in a pram and best corporate team. Entrants are training hard to ‘shear’ seconds from their race time.
Exploration and an indulgence of the senses is the mode of the day with market stalls, designer offerings, art and music interspersed between the local restaurants and tucked away in every laneway and park in Teneriffe.
The Black Stump Animation Festival is being held from 2nd - 8th of July. The opening of the Animation Festival takes place at The Teneriffe Festival with a screening of family-friendly short films created by Australian and international animators.
“The Teneriffe Festival has provided the Animation Festival a great platform to be able to connect with a far wider audience,” explained Sean Leahy of his decision to partner with the Teneriffe Festival. “The Teneriffe Festival has amassed a fabulous community and we look forward to being able to add a new dimension for both animation practitioners and keen novices alike through our workshops and film showings.”
Black Stump will also operate a booth during the day, where people can learn more about careers in animation and purchase books and other merchandise.
The Moth of Moonbi will screen again this year. Charles Chauvel’s and Queensland’s first feature film tells the story of a country girl, Dell Ferris (the Moth of Moonbi), drawn to the bright stars of the big city where her inheritance is soon frittered away with the high society revelling. Shot on location in the bush outside Brisbane and in the Teneriffe area, the surviving footage of this important piece of Queensland history is a must see. Reminisce about the film with the two lead actors’ granddaughter - Allanah McFadzean and Charles Chauvel’s grandson - Rick Carslon. The Moth of Moombi will screen at 5pm.
The Teneriffe Festival’s ‘Magical Mystery Heritage Tour’ will give provide participants with a feel for the tiny suburb by taking in the terrain as well as historic sites, industries, houses and residents. The tour, based on the book ‘Tides of Teneriffe,’ will be conducted by the Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society and New Farm & Districts Historical Society.
Tours will run from the corner of Commercial Road and Skyring Terrace at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. Part of the novelty will be riding around in the historical 1969 Leyland Panther bus.
Tastes of Teneriffe will be a true expression of Teneriffe’s infamous love of food and wine that captures the attention of food-lovers everywhere. There will be a stunning array of food and wine events happening throughout the event, ready to satisfy your every taste!
“The inaugural ‘Tastes of Teneriffe’ will showcase an incredible community with inspirational food ideas and the chance to get up close and personal with a really exciting group of top chefs and food experts,” said the Festival’s chairman, Richard Bodley.
Take your pick from alfresco events and taste your way around Teneriffe. With over a dozen different food events and feasts, there’s something to please every palate.
The Festival falls within Queensland school holidays and the young ones have not been forgotten. The Festival’s major sponsor, Westpac, have created the Kids Zone with a host of fun activities for the little people. Visit the Barnyard Babies, treat yourself to festival fair at a sausage sizzle, followed by fairy floss and snow cones. Additional fun in the Kidzone includes laughing clowns, face painting, circus entertainers, workshops and a fun interactive zone.
Live entertainment is a tremendously important feature of the Festival and Brisbane’s local bands are well-supported with the line up this year. There is going to be live music throughout the streets, on the stages and in the restaurants. A diverse range of acts and entertainment is planned, so no matter your musical persuasion or age, you’ll definitely be entertained on the day.
Magical Mystery Heritage Tour
Some may say that Teneriffe has always had a split personality. First it was the aborigines and the whites, then the haves on the hills and the have-nots in the hollows, followed by the residences above and the riverine industries below.
The Teneriffe Festival’s ‘Magical Mystery Heritage Tour’ will give provide participants with a feel for the tiny suburb by taking in the terrain as well as historic sites, industries, houses and residents. The tour, based on the book ‘Tides of Teneriffe,’ will be conducted by the Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society and New Farm & Districts Historical Society.
“During the war, the yanks were all over the place,” explained the New Farm & Districts Historical Society’s President, Ross Garnett. “The waterfront went downhill until the hillside went upmarket and now the riverside is trendy again.
“For many years, much of the Teneriffe area to the south was known as Kingsholme, and to the north as Fortitude Valley, while the river reach, waterside and railway in the middle were called Bulimba.” The Heritage Tour will point out all these long-gone boundaries while telling tales and revealing sites of notoriety.
Given the mixed history of the area, some might think that Teneriffe still has an identity problem and no real heart! However, since gaining ‘suburb status’ in 2010, Teneriffe is fast becoming a very desirous place to live.
Ross Garnett said "These tours were very popular at the 2010 Teneriffe Festival and many people were disappointed that the tours were booked out and they could not get a seat. Be sure to book your tour early in the day to secure a seat.”
Tours will run from the corner of Commercial Road and Skyring Terrace at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. Part of the novelty will be riding around in the historical 1969 Leyland Panther bus.
‘Tides of Teneriffe,’ written by Vicki Bridgstock, was commissioned by the New Farm and Districts Historical Society in 2009 is available for sale through the Society or at Mary Ryan Bookstore at New Farm.
Community banks on Westpac support
Kaye Ross, Westpac Nestead Branch Manager, Richard Bodley Teneriffe Festival President with Debra Fallon & Cherylee Treloar from Footprints.WESTPAC bank’s New Farm and Newstead branches have announced they are to be major sponsors of the second annual Teneriffe Festival, which is to be held Saturday, July 2.
Festival chairman Richard Bodley said the branches would work closely with the festival’s local nominated charity Footprints based in Teneriffe.
“It’s very generous of Westpac and it’s great for Westpac to be seen to be supporting the local community and a local charity in Footprints,” Richard said. “We’re very excited about the collaboration and it’s great for the festival.”
Newstead branch manager Kaye Ross said pledging its support aligned with Westpac’s aim of being involved in the local community as well as being a financial institution.
“Westpac’s Newstead and New Farm branches can support the local community by giving a donation towards a local community event but we also like to support in a physical way,” Kaye said. “This year, we have chosen to work together with Footprints to help them raise money for their great charity.”
Kaye sees this pledge of support as an opportunity for Westpac to give back to the community after the devastation of the January floods.
Footprints board member Debra Fallon said she believed the sponsorship would benefit the organisation’s fundraising efforts and increase community awareness of what the charity was about.
Footprints chief executive officer Cherylee Treloar said the festival was a way to give back to the community after a tough year on the peninsula.
“We’ve been part of the community for 20 years and we are really appreciative of all the support we have,” Cherylee said. “We’re really pleased to be a part of the festival and to be able to celebrate with everyone else that’s living in the area.”
Footprints is a not-for-profit community organisation assisting disadvantaged residents in the inner northern suburbs of Brisbane.
Story by Louise Cheer and photo by Vanessa Fang. Reproduced from The Village News. Download story here:
DESIGN & DATE ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 TENERIFFE FESTIVAL
After attracting a massive crowd of 30,000 people in 2010, the Teneriffe Festival is set to return to the streets of Teneriffe again this year after its highly successful launch in 2010.
The Festival's chairman, local business owner Richard Bodley, officially announced the 2011 date and new branding at the inaugural board meeting.
"I'm excited to confirm that the Teneriffe Festival will be staged again in and around the riverside streets on Saturday 2nd July," announced Mr Bodley.
"To celebrate our second year, we conducted a design competition in conjunction with the Design College of Australia. Out of over thirty entries, we've selected one student's concept to be the basis for the Festival's branding this year."
Lauren Sisson, a final year student at the college, is excited to have her concept selected and to be working alongside the Festival's board to develop advertising, marketing and digital collateral for the Festival.
"I'm also a local, so I'm pretty proud to have my concept chosen for a Festival that celebrates what I live and breathe every day," said Lauren.
The concept is called "Teneriffe Recollections" and is an eclectic mix of items that form the suburb's cultural and historic fabric.
"We felt it important to ensure that the annual festival remains fresh and lively and opening the branding up to a design contest was a great way to foster new ideas and involve students in a commercial process," explained Mr Bodley. "We couldn’t be happier with the outcome and I congratulate Murray Sutherland from Basis Group and Clinton Harvey from the Design College of Australia for driving the process."
The 2011 Teneriffe Festival will have something for everyone, including a farmers, craft and fashion market, fashion parades, live music, family attractions, an outdoor picture show, sheep shearing, spinning and weaving, cooking demonstrations as well as historical displays and bus tours celebrating Teneriffe’s rich history and culture. Food stands will serve market-fresh produce and snacks and the beverage stands will cater for all tastes.
Brought to you by the Lord Mayor's Suburban Initiative Fund and Hamilton and Central Wards.
