The Glebe Art Show 2009

The Glebe Art show is an annual community-run art exhibition which has been going for almost 10 years and opens its doors to all kinds of art making by people who live or work in the inner west. This year's show opens on Friday the 3rd July at 6pm and will be Benledi/ the Glebe library (186 Glebe Point Rd Glebe).

It's possibly not too late to submit an entry - either drawing, painting, printmaking or photography, each piece must be under 1 square metre in size, and be mounted and framed ready for hanging. Entry fee is $20 for one art work and $15 for a second artwork. They have a series of cash prizes (donated by local businesses and organisations) and artists are welcome to sell works (with a commission taken for continuing the show for future years).

I think you can pick up entry forms at the Glebe library, and work must be delivered on 30th June between 2-7pm.

For more info contact the organiser, local painter Robin Lawrence on glebeartshow[at]gmail.com or 9660 8036.

For those who like cabaret and cosy atmosphere, this is a nice place to be!

TAP GALLERY: A PLACE I WANT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHO LIKE COSY AND CABARET ATMOSPHERE... When you enter it's like you would be in this old neighborhood somewhere in the old Paris... Very magic and inspiring!

Strange place. Strange time. Strangely familiar.
Amidst corruption, decadence and intrigue, a lone woman confronts the most powerful institution of her time.Set in the exotic world of fourteenth century France, Catherine at Avignon, tells the story of the remarkable Catherine Benincasa. Despite having no education, no rank, and no family of name, Catherine unashamedly told kings, queens and popes how to behave. Spontaneous, unafraid of authority and fearless in the face of death, her journey to Avignon was to become her greatest challenge.
Based on actual historical events, Catherine at Avignon is a moving, funny and truly inspirational tale.
subtlenuance presents an original Australian work - Catherine at Avignon.
Plays June 2 – June 21 Previews June 2 & 3 Tuesday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 5pm$25 / $20 (Pay what you can Tuesday - $12 min)TAP Gallery, Sydney
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A little exhibition that could be interesting...

Although known as a jeweller this exhibition of Michael Anderson's shows his involvment in painting in the development of his work.
Using symbols, black and white and found objects he somehow invites and entices the viewer to share his world.
OPENING 6-9pm WED 3rd June '09
Exhibition will run 1st - 7th June '09
TAP GALLERY (Upstairs)

Ken Unsworth exhibition COCKATOO ISLAND

An unsual exhibition but for those who never went to cockatoo island that is a good reason to see this place in the harbour of Sydney (for those who like a ride on a little boat).

Ken Unsworth

Born in Bendigo in 1931, Ken Unsworth started as a painter but began making sculpture when he was working at Bathurst Teachers College in 1966. Unsworth has had numerous solo exhibitions, in Australia and overseas, including a major survey exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1998. Often bitterly funny, Unsworth’s work mixes light and darkness in ways that keep us off-balance.
His works have been included in the Mildura Sculpture Triennial, 1973 and 1978; the Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, 1981, 1984 and 1993; and the Biennale of Sydney, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 and 2000. He has also participated in major international exhibitions including the Paris Biennale, 1985; Magiciens de la Terre, Paris, 1989; and the Biennale of Istanbul, Turkey, 1995. In 1978 Unsworth represented Australia at the Venice Biennale. He has received numerous awards including the Bi-centenary Sculpture Competition Award in 1970, and the DAAD Scholarship, Berlin, in 1987. In 1989 he was awarded an Australian Creative Fellowship, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to sculpture. Ken Unsworth lives in Sydney.
Ken Unsworth is a speaker in the panel session Art for laughs: should humor be banned in the art museum?

EXHIBITION ALL ALONG JUNE 2009

Collograph workshop

Here is a workshop I heard about that might be of interest for anyone who wants to try this collage based printmaking technique. Not exactly drawing but might be fun anyway.

BLACKHEATH ART SOCIETY
139a Station Street Blackheath,

Workshop by Seraphina Martin
Collograph plate making and printing
Saturday and Sunday
9 - 10 May
10am – 4pm

BEGINNERS WELCOME
ENQUIRIES TO WORKSHOP CONVENOR LEONIE LYALL
Email: leonie.lyall [at] bigpond.com

Week 6. Final week (for now)

Dear friends,

We will continue and deepen our exploration of drawing next week on Tuesday evening at the Buzzbar cafe (349 King Street Newtown) at 7pm.

We'll be focussing on collaboration and exploring how it can release the drawing monster- put us in an appreciative and less judgemental mode. Don't miss this one- its also the anniversary of a collaborative project- the practise known as 'Di Di Di Di'. It can't be explained, but has to be experienced- so come along and discover it.

'Fieldwork', going into the streets to draw, will remain an integral part of the evening.

See you there for the final week of this course.

Some bits and bobs...

Thanks for a class last week. Here are some events coming up that I thought might be of interest to people.

National Art School winter workshops, intensives on drawing, painting, printmaking that run between 13-17 July. Program here (pdf)

UTS Gallery has an exhibition opening this week called 'URBAN FUTURES: Ideas of the City':

Through intricate three-dimensional models, drawings and large-scale prints, architects and their advanced level students from the Architectural Association, London push architecture’s capacity to respond to the challenges set by global capitalism and climate change

There will be a symposium, and a couple of free lunchtime talks asspciated with the exhibition. Check the website for details.