Creative Caldera

Are you ready for the Lava Arts Festival happening 26th to 28th June?! Because we absolutely can't wait! @lavaartsfestival 🔥 Building on the success of the Murwillumbah Arts Trail, @lavaartsfestival will continue to honour the creativity and talent of local and regional artists while expanding to include innovative and immersive arts experiences. This exciting festival will serve as a platform for artistic expression, collaboration, and cultural exchange, bringing the community together to explore and celebrate the vibrant arts scene. Lava is set to ignite inspiration and creativity, leaving a lasting legacy for the region's artistic future! ✨️ We are in the process of putting our amazing program together, which is set to launch in early May and be sure to keep an eye on our socials! 😃 Festival Branding Partner: @eddie.studio_ 💬 Creative Caldera, Lava Arts Festival, Bundjalung Country, Northern NSW Arts, The Tweed NSW, Arts Northern Rivers.

We are proud to introduce Sounding The Farm By Zemzemeh (Siyavash Doostkhah and Greta Kelly), one of our EOI recipients! @zemzemeh_music 😍 📅 Sunday 28th June 2026 🕑 2pm + 4pm | 45min Sessions 📍The Citadel - 21 Queen Street, Murwillumbah NSW 2484 🎟 RSVP link in our bio (click on program followed by Zemzemeh) Sounding the Farm is an environmental sound installation by Zemzemeh, created from recordings gathered on farms in Doon Doon and across the Tweed region. Cattle calls, birdsong, insects, gates, footsteps, wind, water, machinery, and the subtle pulse of daily labour are reimagined through spatial audio, looping, layering, live Persian instruments, and electro-acoustic transformation. 🐮 Presented through a multi-speaker system surrounding the audience, the work invites listeners to sit or lie down, close their eyes, and enter an acoustic landscape where distance, movement, memory, and place are carried by sound. Moments of realism dissolve into abstraction; the familiar becomes musical, intimate, and strange. 🎶 Often seen but rarely listened to, farmland holds a rich sonic ecology. Sounding the Farm reveals these hidden textures, asking us to hear rural life not as background, but as a living conversation between humans, animals, weather, and earth. ✨️ Follow the link in our bio (click on program followed by Zemzemeh) to book your spot and for more information! 🫶🏽 📸 @creative.caldera

✨️ VOLUNTEER! ✨️ LAVA @lavaartsfestival can only come to life through the dedication of those working behind the scenes and we’re inviting you to be part of this exciting community event! 😊 Lava Arts festival is a three-day celebration of art and culture across the Tweed region. Building on the legacy of the former Murwillumbah Arts Trail, LAVA expands opportunities for collaboration, professional development and artistic innovation across the Tweed Shire. On 26-28 June 2026, LAVA will transform Murwillumbah and surrounding village hubs with artist exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops, talks and community-led experiences. 🎨 Volunteers will be designated an event area or be a runner on the day assisting the LAVA team directly. Duties will include 👇🏽 🔥Welcome attendees and provide information 🔥Direct attendees to activities, food and drinks and amenities 🔥Assist at our workshops and activities 🔥Direct any specific enquiries or issues to staff on the day 🔥Whether you can help for a shorter shift or a full day, your support will make a real difference! Join this year’s LAVA Volunteer team by filling out a volunteer sign up form. Link in bio! 🔗 We’d love to have you on board! ❤️

We are excited to officially announce the incredible 3 recipients for EOI One & a heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted an application! ❤️ A big congratulations to! 👇🏽 🔥 Kinship Doobai Dancers: Is an Aboriginal women and girls led dance collective spanning Tweed and Byron shires. While the dancers have shared cultured practice together for over a decade, KDD formally came together in 2023 to strengthen collective leadership. 📸 Image by Rebecca Hatfield 🔥 Zemzemeh: Is the cross-disciplinary sound practice of Siyavash Doostkhah and Greta Kelly, creating immersive works at the intersection of environmental recording, traditional instruments, electronics, and spatial performance. Working across installation, live art, and site-responsive composition, they transform field recordings, acoustic resonance, and live sound into deeply atmospheric listening environments. @zemzemeh_music @ssiiyyaavvaasshh @gretackelly 📸 Image by Sally from Creative Caldera 🔥 The Mound Collective: Is a collaborate practice between artists Geraldine Balcazar Cabrera and Chelsea Jewell, working at the intersection of performance, sculpture, choreography and care-full exchange(s). The collective bring together Jewell’s background in spatial design and visual art with Balcazar Cabrera’s choreographic and embodied performance practice to explore how bodies move through, tend to and coauthor an experience of place and landscape. @chelsea__jewell 📸 Image by Byron From Creative Caldera This project was made possible by a Regional Arts NSW Project Grant by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. 🫶🏽 On another note, Lava Arts Festival website goes live later this week and we can’t wait for you to view our program! Make sure you keep an eye out! ✨️ 💬 Creative Caldera, Bundjalung Country, Northern NSW Artist, The Tweed NSW, Visit NSW

There’s an exciting new yarn and crochet store in Murwillumbah called In The Loop! Karan and Lisa are also participating in the Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival , and we can’t wait to see what they create! @intheloopstudio2484 😍 📍Shop 1/10-12 Commercial Road, Murwillumbah NSW 🕘 Monday: Closed Tuesday to Friday: 9am to 3pm Saturday: 9am to 2pm Sunday: Closed 💬 Murwillumbah, Creative Caldera, Bundjalung Country, The Tweed NSW, Visit NSW, Northern NSW Artist.

🔥Countdown has begun!🔥 Only 3 months left until the incredible Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival takes place in Murwillumbah and in the surrounding town from 26th to 28th June! We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to each and every one of you for your support and patience. As a small group of 5 dedicated volunteers, we are doing our best to make this event a success! 😃 We are also truly amazed by the number, over 85 to be exact, of EOIs we've received! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted their entries; it clearly indicates that the last weekend in June is going to be spectacular! ✨️ 💬 Bundjalung Country, Creative Caldera, Northern NSW, The Tweed NSW.

📢 Call for Artists | Small Worlds Sculpture Exhibition! @trackwayssculpture The Trackways Sculpture Committee is calling for entries to Small Worlds, a new exhibition of small-scale sculptures celebrating the landscapes, materials, and stories of the Northern Rivers, Gold Coast and Scenic Rim regions. The exhibition will be held at the M-Arts Precinct @m.arts.precinct , Murwillumbah and invites artists from across the region to submit works that reflect a strong connection to place, environment, and community. 😊 Small Worlds encourages artists to explore big ideas in compact forms. From natural and reclaimed materials to contemporary mediums, the exhibition aims to showcase the depth and diversity of sculpture practice in our part of the world. More than an exhibition, Small Worlds is a stepping stone toward future outdoor exhibitions. The selected works will reflect the artists’ intentions and understanding of scaling up these small models to an outdoor setting. ✨️ Artists working in any sculptural medium are encouraged to apply. A prize of $2,500 will be awarded for outstanding work with a runner up prize of a promotional photographic package valued at $500. 👌🏽 The exhibition will also be showcased at the Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival on 26th to 28th June! 🔥 Entries are now open and close on 5th April 2026! For application details, key dates, and submission guidelines, visit the link in @trackwayssculpture bio! 😃 💬 Lava Arts Festival, Bundjalung Country, The Tweed NSW, Northern NSW Artist

Meet our amazing panellist who will be reviewing your EOI 1 applications for @lavaartsfestival ! 😃👇🏽 ✨️Jane Fuller: Executive Director of Arts Northern Rivers✨️ Jane has worked extensively in the Northern Rivers region as an independent producer, Placemaking Producer for the Lismore Quad, Festival Producer for the Boomerang Festival (Bluesfest) and Programming Manager for NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts). From 2014 to 2018, Jane was the General Manager for BlakDance - the national Peak Organisation for First Nations dance. Other roles have include Executive Producer for Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Associate Producer for the Australian Cultural Festival, Australian Embassy, Jakarta and Executive Producer for the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali. ✨️Ruth Della: Founder at Art Common✨️ Ruth Della is the Founder and Principal Curator of Art Common, a public art consultancy embedding contemporary art into everyday space through a site-responsive, community-connected practice. Ruth brings curatorial insight, design acumen and project delivery expertise to cross-disciplinary projects with emerging, mid-career and established practitioners. Her long-standing engagement in the arts and cultural sector includes curatorial roles at HOTA Gallery, Gallery Downtown annexe of the Tweed Regional Gallery, as well as more than a decade as Creative Director of SWELL Sculpture Festival. ✨️Helle Jorgensen: Northern NSW Artist✨️ Helle Jorgensen lives and works in Northern NSW on Bundjalung country. She has been a practising artist for more than 20 years and is currently enrolled in a Master of Visual Arts degree at Griffith University, Brisbane. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., USA, the Folk Museum, Ekaterinburg, Russia and the Hayward Gallery Project Space, London, UK. She has been a finalist in the Dobell, Jacaranda and Hazelhurst Drawing Prizes and the International Textile Biennial (winner of the Fibre Arts Take Two Prize) and won the BAM Art Prize in 2019. 📸 Cover photo is of the installation for @tweedregionalmuseum street party by @matthewaberline !

🚨 CLOSED | ARTIST EOI FOR @lavaartsfestival ! Thank you so much for submitting your expression of interest applications! Applications will be reviewed throughout February. EOI 1 will be offered later this month and EOI 2 will be offered in March. Stay tuned! 😃 ✨️ Side note: EOI applications for venues and partnerships are still open! 🔥 Festival Branding Partner: @eddie.studio_ 💬 Creative Caldera, Bundjalung Country, Northern NSW, The Tweed, Lava Arts Festival.

📢 6 DAYS TO GO! 🔥 Artist Expression of Interest for Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival 26th-28th June 2026 Link in bio to apply! ✨️ EOI 1. Tweed Shire based artists: Commissioned Artist Opportunity ✨️ EOI 2. Northern Rivers artists with a connection to the Tweed Shire: Group Exhibitions, Self-Organsied Exhibitions & Open Studios 🚨 Applications close Sunday 1st February 11:59pm! 🌋 Festival Branding Partner: @eddie.studio_

It's 2026, and that means the first year of Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival is set to take place from 26th to 28th June! We've received so many Expressions Of Interest and if you’d like to participate, please note that the EOI will close on Sunday 1st February at 11:59pm! Link in bio to apply! 😃✨️ 🔥 Festival Branding Partner: @eddie.studio_ 💬 Lava Arts Festival, Creative Caldera, The Tweed NSW, Bundjalung Country, The Tweed Shire, Northern NSW Arts.

It was an eventful Saturday for the Creative Caldera team at the M|Arts Precinct @m.arts.precinct ! Following our participation in the Drawn To Art Market, we hosted the Artist EOI Launch for the upcoming Lava Arts Festival @lavaartsfestival that’s happening 26th-28th June 2026! 🔥 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our event; your support for our new venture @lavaartsfestival truly means the world to us! Also a huge thank you to @m.arts.precinct and @m.arts.cafebar for allowing us to use their venue, and to @grace.your.self for being our wonderful DJ! 🎶 If you haven’t yet checked out our latest posts, Expression Of Interest is now open for @lavaartsfestival . Click the link in our bio to apply! 😃