Exhibition Toukley Art Society opens on Saturday 30th March 2-4p.m. All are welcome to attend.3/27/2024 Wallarah Peace Park , Gorokan the venue and site of the Toukley Art Society Gallery happy to have four works in this exhibition which will go for one month and will be open to the public every day with artists in attendance. So go along and view the show and enjoy the diversity and rang of art by artists from The Central Coast.
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Women in Art Exhibition celebrating women and their artistic endeavours opened to a flurry of excitement at The Entrance Gallery on Friday 8th March. It features work from female artists all over the Central Coast and covers a wide range with prints, paintings, photography, sculpture. It runs from 8th March every day 10-4p.m. till 24th March at 4p.m. Artists on tap to show you around and answer any questions you may have . Come along and enjoy the show. Photo: Rachel Bunney Sculpture Photo 2: Emilia Krumm - Bathing beauties Photo Three: Trees - Transformations in Nature - Just a small sample of the diverse work on sale.
Exhibition of works from Artists all over celebrating the world we live in its flora and fauna. Opening on the 4th August at the Art House. The show will be open from 4th to the 30th August with workshops and happenings all the way through. So watch out and register for the workshops talks and enjoy . Come along to the opening meet the artists and maybe take a work home.
2021 I travelled to Alice my first trip to spend time with friends who had travelled from Queensland in caravan. I flew in and was thrilled to find out my cabin was in direct line with them yeah. We were there for the sights sounds and natural beauty that is Alice.
The beanie festival was on lucky us and we enjoyed many hours there enjoying the colour, excitement and joy of the festival. Covid raised its head and we were in lockdown in the caravan park for three days. Not to let that dampen our time we shared skills. My friend taught me to crotchet a beanie, I taught her how to make a tetra pak plate having taken some with me and tools. We both achieved our goals I with beanie and crotched bag to match and her with an etched plate for me to bring home and print. I was inspired and sent off the bag and beanie to a friend for her birthday with other things she was thrilled. So then it was beanie making many have a beanie now and they have even travelled to America, Malaysia, and London. I wanted to be a part of the Festival and so having created ten beanies sent them off labelled to the festival in January this year nothing like being in first and organised. It was a true delight and full circle to have a parcel arrive lately and it had beanies returned but also a little cheque as I had sold four beanies yeah what fun and how cool to be part of the festival and in spirit at least be there in Alice once again. Hawkesbury Brewery saw works exhibited for a month in June . It was their first exhibition there and Chloe Smith did a good job of installing and managing the show for her first foray into this. There were sculptures, handmade prints, paintings, drawings, photography from many artists from the Central Coast. Two openings were held one for friends and family and another for public consecutively seeing many come to view and enjoy refreshments and the artistic endeavours of so many. Connections Five Lands was a wonderful exhibition with works from all over Australia with many Central Coast artists featured Open for the 24/25th June it turned out wonderful weather and allowed crowds to enjoy the art and the magnificent beauty that is the Central Coast beaches. Fired Up - kicked off at Newcastle Printmakers with prints from many artists featured in this show at Adamstown which is currently still on at The Newcastle Printmakers workshop till the end of July. This exhibition was followed up by a day of demonstrations of printmaking techniques by members of the Newcastle Printmakers for the public. Should you wish to view the work on display then the NPW is open on Tuesday and Thursdays so go along and have a look. Art at Work has just opened Saturday 15th July at The Red Theatre on Tuggerah Straight, Wyong. It is a wonderful exhibition beautifully curated and features work by 20 artists which includes, glass, woodwork, paintings, drawing, prints with a wonderful shop as well. The show will be open every day from 10-3p.m. So go along and view the work . The Show ends next Sunday 23rd July at 3p.m. Stand out Women - will be happening at Newcastle Nobbys Lighthouse next Month August keep your eyes peeled for more information it features works by Newcastle Printmakers Workshop on Women of Newcastle who have created change, initiated new things or done much for the society. Each artist has researched with historian and created work based on the information supplied and their artistic response. Our Natural World - Art House Wyong occurs in August it will not only have many works in response to this theme but it will have workshops and talks around the enviornment and our world. This wonderful exhibition is a combination of Tuggerah Lakes Art Society, The Lions Charmhaven and Walkabout Wildlife Park . This union is the artistic and Lions response to assisting Walkabout Wildlife Park in their endeavours to create a haven for our fauna and ensure their survival. Trees - (c) Raven - Standing in Nature a couple of the works on display currently at Art at Work Red Theatre Wyong.
This show open till Sunday 23rd July 3p.m. The Threatened Species Exhibition will be held at Wellington Arts Centre - Wellington NSW. Works will feature threatened and endangered species bringing a focus on these and the need for preservation.
The opening will be on 14th July at 6p.m. and the show will continue until September. A work is winging its way to Wellington in readiness for exhibition day in July. Dunedoo Regional NSW is the site of the Art Unlimited Exhibition with work arriving from all over regional NSW and Australia wide. This show will be happening in May. It covers, ceramics, painting, prints, mixed media, photography.
Happy to report a work has winged its way to Dunedoo to go on exhibition this year. An entry for the Gulgong Unearthed Exhibition wings its way by post. This is always a wonderful exhibition and a delight to view with entries from all over regional NSW and further afield. This year it will be judged by Wendy Sharpe.
It is an excellent adjunct to the Henry Lawson festival which has been on hold for the last two years with Covid. I am delighted to have an entry in the show and be part of it albeit from a distance. If you are up that way then this is well worth the visit. Lake Series - The Godwits (c) Trees Therese Gabriel Wilkins. This work was entered into the Galleries in the Gardens Art Exhibition which finished on 30th April. This work is a combination of lino, drypoint and handcolouring. This work is for sale.
Stuart Town is a small town beyond Wellington in Western NSW. It was originally settled in 1832 with farming in the area. It was originally known as Ironbarks - so named for the plethora of Ironbark trees in the area. The name changed to Stuart Town when the railway opened up in 18 80. It was named after Govenor Stuart. The Railway Hotel in Molong Street was built in 1880 In the 1850s gold was discovered and this brought a huge influx of people to Stuart Town, Mookerawa and surrounding areas. The thirst for gold saw people from all over the world come to Australia to try their luck. A huge population of Chinese moved to the area they worked in groups not individually. The prominent people in Stuart Town were The Moxtons, The Boehme's and the Lees.' Yee Lee owned a grocery store and was a wealthy merchant. Boehme's Hall still stands today some 170 years old it is full of antiquities and outside lots of machinery from a bygone era. The common, is a place for those with less then 20 acres to agist their livestock. The common is some 400 acres on one side and 2000 on another it is dotted with mullock heaps evidence of lots of mining in the area. You need permission to enter the common. Also, good idea to have a four-wheel drive as the area is rugged terrain. The Railway Hotel is being renovated and the floors are all done and painted it now has a bathroom at the end of the verandah, a kitchen and area for meetings and two rooms (sleeping quarters). The Post Office has a room at the end and is run by Janet a lovely lady who opens up 10-1 each day Monday to Friday and then shuts up to do the postal run. There is an internet cafe with two computers and printing machine available in the rooms next to the School of Arts. They have a cafe there on Monday and Tuesday from 10-1p.m. and you can purchase toasted sandwiches, Devonshire teas, coffee, cold drinks. The service is friendly and run by Marion and Ian Percival. Lots of the old shop buildings and houses are still evident in Stuart Town and are occupied as either studios for artists or homes. The old convent is now a private home and has great views of the town ship and sunset at night. The convent was renovated and owned by a trainer of dogs some of whom starred in the film BABE. Ironbark trees are opposite the Railway hotel and can be seen through the window of what used to be the bar. The Ironbarks Inn is open at the end of the week, and it was formerly The Australian Hotel. It too has a long history in the town. The railway runs and both passenger and goods trains go through Stuart Town every day. Moxton Park in Molong Street next to the Railway hotel has been built on site where Moxtons had their premises in earlier times. The Stuart Town Advancement Association in combination with Orana Arts auspiced the artist residency for myself and Nicola Mason artist from Napoleon Reef. Stuart Town has no shops, no petrol station and intermittent Wi fi. It has a pub, school with eleven children, a Catholic and Anglican Church, a police station and waste depot. There is a wonderful core of artists who moved to Stuart Town in the 80s and bought up old buildings to live and work in and stayed there making this their home. They comprise printmaker, painters, photographer, author and story coach. There are also residents who are direct descendants of the legendary Elizabeth Jessie Hunt - the Lady Bushranger. Wellington is the nearest town with a wonderful Information centre to browse and gain local knowledge, maps etc. This would be the place to purchase petrol and supplies for those in Stuart Town or they travel to Dubbo. There are farms in and around Stuart Town. It is known as Wiradjuri Country. The Stuart Town Advancement Association is working on increasing links with artists who wish to visit and use this setting to explore and create. Every year they hold the Ironbarks Festival and this year it is on Easter Sunday when the place will swell with visitors who come to share in the activities. The festival celebrates the fact that Stuart Town was formerly Ironbarks and Banjo Patterson wrote The Man from Ironbark which was published in the Bulletin in the 1800s. This year in November Stuart Town will be unearthing a capsule that was buried some 50 years ago so that will be a time for celebration of its history. There is evidence in the town of its rich gold mining history with the mullock heaps and remnants of old machinery and buildings from that period. During the residency I was kindly taken on a tour on the first day by Tom Williamson of the STAA and shown all the sites on the first day and Nic and I were invited to view the sunset from the verandah of the Convent building and share some nibbles a great opportunity to make connections. The second day was spent doing some preparatory writing and a visit to the internet cafe provided stimulus and connections providing more information about the town and its history. Day three poems were written and some drawing, sketching done till late into the evening. Day Four and final touches put to the work to be presented that afternoon to the STAA, Orana Arts and community. That evening we were invited for drink and nibbles at artist home and had a lovely evening conversing and sharing stories. Day Five I packed and headed for the long drive home to the Central Coast. It was an opportunity to create some poetry based on the shared history and here and now. To make connections with people from Stuart Town and to hear first-hand some of the stories and gain knowledge of the land and the people from the past. It was great to share the time with another artist and have chance to share ideas and knowledge. This residency has laid the foundation for more poetry, research and creation. Ironbark in Stuart Town (c) Trees Inside Boehme's Hall - Love this old Singer Sewing Machine and Wash Tub. Soldiers returning from World War 1 actually attended a ball in this hall. (c) Trees The Anglican Church Stuart Town (c) Trees tThe Old Postbox Stuart Town (c) Trees The Railway Hotel (c) Trees
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