Multi-arts event was staged

The Bouddi Reflections Multi Arts event was staged at the Wagstaffe Hall over the October long weekend

The event featured 261 works of art including visual arts, photography, sculpture, poetry, song and digital films were entered by 110 contributors.

More than 50 of the entries were sold for a total of almost $12,000, one fifth of which was donated to the Bouddi Wildlife Fund.

Proceeds from sales, raffles, entry fees, and donations from the several hundred visitors to the three day exhibition raised more than $5000 for the fund.

Some 200 people attended the champagne opening on the Saturday afternoon with celebrity guests actor-authors Judy Nunn and Bruce Venables.

The wildlife fund was established in January 2001 under the auspices of the MacMasters Beach Progress Association to assist local registered voluntary wildlife carers buy food and medicine to rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife in the area.

The multi-arts event was staged by the association.

Newsletter, October 28 Bouddi News