There aren’t many community events you go to without spotting the Leeton Town Band, and the Australian Art Deco Festival Leeton is no exception! The Leeton Town Band is a diverse group of talented members who play any woodwind, brass or percussion instruments. The band caters for players (and players-to-be) from around the age of … Read more
You’re probably wondering how Art Deco and Tutankhamun form part of the same event? Interestingly enough, Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 (the beginning of the Art Deco era) which then influenced a trend in ‘Mummy Unwrapping Parties’. So that’s why we were so excited when we stumbled across Tutankhamun THE ROADSHOW! … Read more
Some observations of the course of Art during the Art deco period. Art has always been controversial. Where there are boundaries and rules there are disagreements. Modern Art officially began somewhere in the middle of the 19th Century in France, with experiments firstly by the Realists in depicting parochial, everyday scenes which was subject matter … Read more
LEETON is fortunate that the town was planned during 1911 by Department of Works draftsmen and then a ‘Plan of Extension’ in 1914 by W B Griffin who went on to design our Capital – Canberra as well as Griffith our neighbouring town. A lasting memory of Griffin and his wife Marion (Mahoney) is the … Read more
If you’d asked me before this year what Art Deco was, I’d have said it was an architectural style and that Leeton had lots of Art Deco buildings, the main one being the Roxy Theatre. If pushed, I might have said that 1920’s flapper fashion was/might also be Art Deco. I did know, though, that … Read more
The Art Deco era was famous for jazz music and the swing dance styles that are performed to that music genre. Arguably the most iconic dance of this era is the Charleston. This dance is highly fierce and energetic and become popular in the mainstream in 1923, after appearing in the Broadway show “Running Wild”. … Read more
UNDERWORLD – a stunning new exhibition of police mugshots from the 1920s known as the ‘Specials’ opens at the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission Building (WCIC) on July 12 2019. Descend into Sydney’s seedy underworld. Lying beneath the surface of the Art Deco glamour, jazz and sophisticated society lurks a world of gangs, guns, vice … Read more
The Australian Art Deco Festival, Leeton is located on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people. Leeton Shire Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Wiradjuri Country and recognises their continued connection to land, waters, and community. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples, their Cultures, and Elders both past and emerging.
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