{"id":213188,"date":"2018-07-09T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=213188"},"modified":"2020-07-30T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:24:56","slug":"barambah-pottery-gets-59000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/07\/09\/barambah-pottery-gets-59000-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Barambah Pottery Gets $59,000 Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aunty Ada Simpson, from the Cherbourg Historical Precinct committee, with artist Robert ‘Rocko’ Langton and Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien at The Ration Shed in Cherbourg on Monday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg’s Historical Precinct committee has received a $59,000 grant from the Federal Government to help re-establish the Barambah Pottery in a permanent home near The Ration Shed.<\/p>\n

An old wooden house located nearby in Cherbourg will be shifted within a fortnight to an area behind the Boys Dormitory.<\/p>\n

This will be renovated to become a \u201cpottery house\u201d for the artists to use, and there’s also plans to develop an associated gallery and caf\u00e9 for tourists.<\/p>\n

Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced the grant – from the Federal Government’s $115 million Indigenous Entrepreneurs fund – during a visit to Cherbourg on Monday.<\/p>\n

He said he was pleased the government was backing local entrepreneurs in the Wide Bay electorate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This project will create jobs in sales and administration at Barambah Pottery, as well as for Cherbourg artists,” Mr O’Brien said.<\/p>\n

“The sale of pottery and other art works along with the caf\u00e9 will help to build the capacity of the Cherbourg community and provide income for Cherbourg residents.<\/p>\n

“The pottery scene has recently been re-invigorated in Cherbourg and this project to re-establish the Barambah Pottery is the next logical step to help it grow and provide more jobs, skills development and economic growth for Cherbourg.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Kingaroy Art Team (KAT) held an official opening for the second month of the Winter Craft Festival at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month, the gallery is featuring recent works from the Barambah Pottery group, along with paper tole, scrapbooking and photography exhibitions.<\/p>\n

KAT member Fran van Vegchel told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the Barambah Pottery pieces had received strong sales support from visitors to the gallery.<\/p>\n

“These are beautiful pieces of work, and we’re very pleased to have them in the gallery,” she said.<\/p>\n