Gallery News
March 2016
As the air gets a little cooler, we welcome Autumn with some brand new exhibitions, featuring INDO POP: Indonesian Art from APT7, Taking it to the Edge by members of Chatsworth MopARTs and the Gympie Regional Council Heritage Art Competition.
Don't miss the opening of the Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize and The Good, the Bad and the not SO Ugly by Sam Keane on Saturday 4 June, 1.00pm.
Full details of all exhibitions, workshops and events can be found in the latest Gallery Newsletter by clicking here.
Below is a snap shot of what's on and openings coming up, of which you are warmly welcome to attend.
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Official Opening
Friday 8 April, 4pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
Followed at 4.30pm by a body art demonstration for young women ages 16-25 years, as part of Gympie Regional Council’s National Youth Week activities.
Bookings essential, numbers limited.
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Official Opening
Saturday 9 April, 1.30pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
Presenting Indonesian artists from the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art's seventh Asia Pacific Triennial (APT7).
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Official Opening
Saturday 9 April, 1.30pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
Guest Opening Speaker:
Dr Jennifer Sanzaro-Nishimura
An international project borne out of the experience of extreme weather events resulting in catastrophic floods suffered by residents of South East Queensland and Wales in the period from the Queensland “inland tsunami” in 2011 to the Welsh floods in 2013.
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Official Opening
Saturday 23 April, 3.00pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
Opening performance
Saturday 30 April, 3.00pm
Taking it to the Edge Workshop 9am-4pm
fees apply, bookings essential
An exhibition by members of the Chatsworth MopARTs exploring the notion of "the edge".
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The 2016 theme for the annual Heritage Art Competition is 'Discovery and Rediscoveries'. Entry Forms are available [online] or at the Gallery.
1st Prize Adult Section: $1,000
Sections for Youth and Children
Entries close: Thursday 21 April, 4.00pm
Prize Presentation: Wednesday 18 May, 3.30pm
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On display until 16 April is the Blue Suitcase containing artworks that can be touched and explored.
On tour from the National Gallery of Australia.
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Official Opening
Saturday 4 June, 1.00pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
To celebrate its 150th anniversary and mark 25 years of the Landscape Art prize, the Tattersall's Club Committee has made available a selection of winning entries to tour to Queensland.
In-Discussion with Lisa Adams winner of the Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize 2008
Friday 10 June, 1-2.30pm
Landscape inspired Mixed Media Workshop with John Caldwell winner of the Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize 1999, 1997
Friday 17 and Saturday 18 June 9.00am-5pm each day
fees apply, bookings essential
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Official Opening
Saturday 4 June, 1.00pm
free entry, cash bar, all welcome
Regional artist Sam Keane presents non-functional and functional clay work featuring dramatic and colourful forms with a sense of cheekiness and fun.
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