APRIL 2016
AUSTRALIA’S MONTHLY BRIEFING ON art
Marco Chiandetti Heavy Artillery Fiona Hall
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On the Cover
From the Editor This issue we jump around the country to bring you news, previews and exhibitions to add to your hit list. We kick off with our cover interview, Biennale of Sydney artist, Marco Chiandetti on his Mortuary Station aviaries. Still in Sydney Sara Sweet previews White Rabbit Gallery’s new ‘Heavy Artillery’ show, which includes He Xiangyu’s Tank Project and Library by Polit-Sheer-Form Office. Sweet also previews Fiona Hall’s Venice Biennale exhibition ‘Wrong Way Time’, now on at the National Gallery of Australia. While Melissa Pesa covers The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s ‘Comic Tragics: The Exploding Language of Contemporary Comic Art’, that gives an insight into the changing world of contemporary comic art and showcases nine of the world’s best comic artists. Annie Sebel and the Art Almanac team
On the Cover Marco Chiandetti The cover work, Sculpture for a Bird (African Grey Parrot) is by Marco Chiandetti, a London artist here for the 20th Biennale of Sydney (20BOS). While this earlier piece was a simple exercise in experimentation – “I made a series of sculptures that would work as bird perches. I was really just amusing myself to make sculpture for the sole purpose for a bird to sit on. Nothing more” – his work for the 20BOS’s Embassy of Transition is multi-layered. Working with birds again, he has created aviaries and sculptures for Myna birds to interact with – a commentary on transition, migration, life and death. 20th Biennale of Sydney Until 5 June, 2016 Sydney Sculpture for a Bird (African Grey Parrot), 2015, ceramic, African Grey Parrot, 12 x 12 x 23cm Photograph: Willem-Dirk du Toit Courtesy the artist and Biennale of Sydney
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Art News
International Sculpture Day To celebrate International Sculpture Day on April 24, 2016, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery will be open 11am-3pm and host exhibitions, free guided tours and workshops with exhibiting artists David Jensz and Jacqui Stockdale. Set over 16 hectares, there are 100 permanent outdoor sculptures that range from figurative to abstract, small to large, and represent the best Australian sculptors. Alongside the permanent works, visitors can see three exhibitions: ‘The McClelland Collection’; David Jensz: ‘Sculpture’; and Jacqui Stockdale: ‘Drawing the Labyrinth’. ‘The McClelland Collection’ features 18 key contemporary works from their permanent collection, featuring artists Rick Amor, Stephen Bush, Paul Davies, Richard Giblett, Cherry Hood, Rosemary Laing, Ron Mueck, Jim Paterson, 38
Patricia Piccinini, Alex Seton, Kate Spencer, Simon Terrill and others. David Jensz’s ‘Sculpture’ brings together six sculptures and two digital prints. He uses industrial plastic pipes, inflatable rubber tyre tubes to 44 gallon drums in inventive ways, weaving them together to give them new meaning. Jacqui Stockdale’s ‘Drawing the Labyrinth’ is more than one hundred metres of drawings in a fold-out concertina sketchbook of her 12-month journey across Europe where she sketched portraits of friends, family, self portraits, strangers and others. www.mcclellandgallery.com David Jensz, Rupture, 2013, steel drums, plastic pipe, 300 x 300 x 75cm Courtesy the artist © David Jensz and McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Melbourne
PUBLIC 2016 FORM’s PUBLIC Symposium returns in 2016 from April 1–17. The annual PUBLIC program is a celebration of urban art and ideas. PUBLIC 2016 presents Perth with a mix of events and ways to participate, as a Platform maker or creator, through outdoor murals, pop-up installations, temporary artworks, community gatherings, creative workshops and art exhibitions that spark new discoveries and ways to connect with friends and colleagues. The diverse program includes murals by leading international and Australian artists across Curtin University, a transformation of the Wheatbelt silos, the launch of Perth’s newest creative hub and community space the Goods Shed, and Western Australia’s first ever prototyping festival PUBLIC Platform (at Claremont on April 2 and 3), which will challenge creative of all kinds to design innovative ways to enliven their neighbourhoods.
A highlight of this year’s program, Executive Director, Lynda Dorrington says is the “PUBLIC Forum, a set of public conversations on April 2 and 8 about place and space with leading thinkers, doers and creators in those realms; including Deborah Cullinan, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the USA, Takaharu Tezuka of Japan’s Tezuka Architects, and Mike Hornblow, Bruce Munro, Karim Jabbari and Alex Brewer.” PUBLIC 2016 April 1 to 17 Western Australia
form.net.au/public2016 Edoardo Tresoldi, LIFT for Secret Garden Party, 2015 Photograph: Edoardo Tresoldi Image courtesy the artist and FORM, Western Australia
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Exhibition Previews
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Wrong Way Time by Sara Sweet
One of Australia’s most significant artists, Fiona Hall’s practice spans more than three decades. Hall was commissioned to be the first artist to represent Australia in the 56th Venice Biennale. Hall’s exhibition ‘Wrong Way Time’, curated by Linda Michael, was presented in the new Australian Pavilion building and has been seen by over 250,000 people so far. ‘Wrong Way Time’ has now made its way to the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), which is the only Australian venue to showcase the exhibition. The exhibition at the NGA will involve an additional room, which places Hall’s works in a broader historical context. This assortment of elements was curated by Deborah Hart, NGA Senior Curator, Australian Paintings and Sculpture post-1920. Hart explains that the additional works from the NGA collection will 44
provide a different viewer experience to the Venice exhibition, “...the story of this great Australian artist will be told in the spirit of ‘Wrong Way Time’ from her works of last year through to those of her early career.” The exhibition investigates global politics, world finances and the environment. Other areas of interest for Hall include post-colonial issues, the relationship between culture and nature and the human condition. Hart describes ‘Wrong Way Time’ as a “very dense exhibition” as it involves works made from an assortment of media including bread, banknotes, cork, aluminium and cuckoo clocks. These curious configurations speak deeply of Hall’s practice, which continues to transcend fluidly without restriction. Hart says that an instrumental aim is to “… convey the complexity of Hall’s intricate, multilayered art in ways that are accessible to a broad audience. A lot of thought has gone into the
display and the relationships between works from different timeframes.” Every object in the survey is an extension of Hall’s creativity, the pieces emulate the workings of her imagination.
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Photographs produced in the 1970s and 1980s will feature in the exhibition together with other highlights including the Leaf litter installation (1999-2003) and the Paradisus Terrestris series (1989-90). Hall is known for her detailed aluminum tins which have been taken from their original form and transfigured into natural looking arrangements. As seen in Holdfast (Macrocystis angustifolia; giant kelp) (2007), part of the object emulates the natural and jagged textures of foliage, seen branching outwards, growing from the unraveling tin can. The text imprinted on the tin is a jarring reminder of the artificiality of the sculpture. There are also several recent works on loan from the artist that were shown in dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), Kassel, Germany. These relate to endangered birds and animals from around the world. Hall reflects on the troubled times that we are facing and this concern is ingrained in many of the pieces. ‘Wrong Way Time’ provides a detailed look into Hall’s influential role as an artist. Her creations are designed not to tell viewers what to think, rather they pose ideas surrounding the past, present and future. Hart says, “Fiona Hall has an amazing mind. She is also a great maker of objects. I believe viewers will be amazed at the range of works, the ingenuity of their making across a wide range of materials and the ideas they encompass.” National Gallery of Australia 22 April to 10 July, 2016 Canberra 1 All The King’s Men, 2014–15 (detail), knitted military uniform (Estonia), wire, dice, 127 x 63 x 35cm Photograph: Clayton Glen © Fiona Hall 2 Holdfast (Macrocystis angustifolia; giant kelp), 2007, aluminium fish tin, 25 x 16.3 x 2.5cm Photograph: Clayton Glen/Alessandra Bello Photography, © Fiona Hall
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3 Pinus Radiata Pine, from the series ‘When My Boat Comes In’, 2002, gouache on banknotes, approx 36 x 24cm Photograph: Clayton Glen © Fiona Hall Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
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Snapshot Photography and Migrant Women: A Tasmanian Experience
Tim Jones Horace. The homely and the culinary
Post-war, thousands of migrant women from Britain and Europe arrived in Tasmania, and along with migrant men and children they were part of the largest number of free migrants to arrive in such a short period of time to the island state.
Tim Jones constructs a uniquely dreamlike yet comfortingly familiar world in his latest exhibition, ‘Horace. The homely and the culinary’, comprising of an installation of hand-carved sculptures and a series of works in bronze.
This exhibition will give Tasmanians the chance to hear the fascinating stories of these migrant women, told through their snapshots and their own voices retelling their experiences. Their stories show how they made sense of the experience of migration, and expressed feelings of longing and loss, hope and aspiration through their family photographs. The stories have been collected by Dr Nicolá Goc, Researcher at the University of Tasmania.
The imaginary character of Horace the Hare, a recognisable figure from Jones’ earlier woodblock prints has been realised for the first time in sculptural form. Jones masterfully carves into branches and logs to reveal domestic items such as houses, cutlery, vegetables and books, each varying in texture and finish, and all captivatingly tactile. Jones contemplates the cycles of life, themes of time, growth and nourishment, and referencing childhood memories.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Until 22 May, 2016
Australian Galleries – Stock Rooms Until 10 April, 2016
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Ieva Saulis, who migrated to Australia from Latvia with her family in 1950 Courtesy Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Old timer, 2014, carved pine, tin, lead, wire and paint, 44 x 54 x 19.5cm Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Thomas Thorby-Lister (Skulk) Maler
Angela Cavalieri Canzone: music as storytelling
Thomas Thorby-Lister also known as Skulk created the feature paintings of this exhibition during a residency in Berlin in 2015, and is exhibiting them for the first time in Sydney.
Angela Cavalieri explores the art of writing in visual form. In her large-scale hand printed linocuts, literary, religious and historical narratives eventually manifest as image. Angela’s inspiration derives from her migrant family background and it is this intimate and personal connection that Angela uses to play with the ideas and architectures of language, storytelling and culture.
The pieces have inspired an exhibition of new works, concerned with abstracting Skulk’s signature style. The artist describes his work as a combination of personal graphic vocabulary of figures, objects and primitive shapes, with expressionistic mark-making and an abstract composition. This exhibition marks a change in direction and new artistic possibilities for the young artist’s progressive practice. M2 Gallery 15 to 18 April, 2016 Sydney Seated Figure, 2015, acrylic on linen, 140 x 100cm Courtesy the artist and M2 Gallery, Sydney
‘Canzone – music as storytelling’, is a culmination of Cavalieri’s five-year exploration of Monteverdi’s madrigals, developed during a recent residency at La Scuola Grafica Internationale in Venice, a Creative Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria and a previous commission from the Arts Centre Melbourne. Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA) 9 April to 7 May, 2016 Northern Territory Ragionando, 2015, hand-printed linocut and acrylic on canvas, 121 x 206cm Photograph: Craig Wise Courtesy the artist and Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Northern Territory
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Ararat Regional Art Gallery
ArtSpace Wonthaggi
(map ref 8-E) Town Hall, Vincent Street, Ararat 3377. T (03) 5352-2836. E gallery@ararat.vic.gov.au W www.ararat.vic.gov.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.30, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 4.00, call for public holiday opening hours.
(map ref 11-I) 5-7 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi 3995. T (03) 5672-1415 . E artspacenquiries@gmail.com W www.artspacewonthaggi.com.au H Thurs-Mon 10.00 to 4.00. 2D & 3D contemporary and traditional art.
arc Yinnar Gallery (map ref 11-K) 19 Main Street, Yinnar 3869. T (03) 5163-1310. W www.arcyinnar.org.au H Tues-Fri 12.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. April 9 to 30 RESONATE works by Rhonda Hunt and Valerie Jean Hibberd.
Art at Linden Gate (map ref 9-I) W www.artatlindengategallery.com.au For details see Melbourne section.
Art Gallery of Ballarat (map ref 9-F) 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat 3350. T (03) 5320-5858. E artgal@ballarat.vic.gov.au W www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au Free entry unless specified. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To April 10 William Kentridge: Drawn from Africa. A National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition. April 9 to June 19 The Art of Daniel Moynihan: Printmaking 1966-2016 (see ad page 95). April 23 to June 19 Kevin Lincoln: The eye’s mind, a retrospective of work from 1990-2016. April 30 to June 26 Ballarat in Pictures: the nineteenth century.
Arts Academy, Post Office Gallery (map ref 9-F) Federation University Australia, cnr Sturt and Lydiard streets, Ballarat 3350; PO Box 663, Ballarat 3353. T (03) 5327-8615. E pogallery@federation.edu.au W federation.edu.au/pogallery Curator: Shelley Hinton. H Wed-Sat 12.00 to 5.00. To April 2 THINKING OF PLACE – A trans Tasman touring exhibition. Thinking of Place showcases small contemporary prints by Australian and New Zealand printmakers whose work explores concepts of land, country, the built and natural environment, colonization, ancestral connections, identity and imagined locations. As an international exchange project, the exhibition presents diverse works by printmaking groups from across the Tasman including Inkmasters Cairns Inc (AUS), Goldfields Printmakers (AUS), Melbourne Printmakers Group (AUS), North Island Printmakers (NZ) and Te Wai Pounamu Printmakers (NZ). The Post Office Gallery will host the final leg of this exciting project. To be opened by Prue Mac Dougall, Printmaker & Teacher, and Jimmy Pasakos, Lecturer, Contemporary Imaging, Arts Academy, Faculty of Education & Arts, FedUni, on Thurs April 7, 5.30pm, for 6pm.
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Ballarat – Gallery on Sturt (map ref 8-F) 421 Sturt Street, Ballarat 3350. T (03) 5331-7011. E info@galleryonsturt.com.au W www.galleryonsturt.com.au Free entry. H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.30, Sat-Sun 10.00 to 2.00. To April 7 Australian Bookplate Design Awards exhibition of over 250 ‘ExLibris’ including winning entries from each category.
Benalla Art Gallery (map ref 7-J, Melway 619 D6) Botanical Gardens, Bridge Street, Benalla 3672. T (03) 5760-2619. E gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au W www.benallaartgallery.com H Daily 10.00 to 5.00, closed Tues. To April 17 Dreamcrossed: The Imagined Body. Works from the Benalla Art Gallery collection. To April 25 Vincent Fantauzzo: 30/30 Project. Presented in association with Wonderment Walk, Victoria. To May 22 Colour & Movement: the CBUS Collection of Australian Art. April 29 to June 19 War Pictures:Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918. ACMI and NFSA touring exhibition.
Bendigo Art Gallery (map ref 7-G) 42 View Street, Bendigo 3550. T (03) 5434-6088. E bendigoartgallery@bendigo.vic.gov.au W www.bendigoartgallery.com.au Director: Karen Quinlan. Entry by donation unless specified. H Gallery/café/shop open Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Open daily during major exhibitions. To July 10 Bendigo Art Gallery and Twentieth Century Fox present Marilyn Monroe.
Blarney Books & Art (map ref 11-C) 37 James Street, Port Fairy 3284. T (03) 5568-2174. E jo@blarneybooks.com.au W www.blarneybooks.com.au Instagram: blarneybooks. H Fri-Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Unique book-related art space bookshop, in beautiful Port Fairy.
(map ref 10-J) 12 Old Telegraph Road West, Drouin West 3818. T (03) 5626-8355, 0407-443-606. E milesartstudios@dcsi.net.au W www.garymilesart.com.au H Sat-Sun and public hols 11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. Artists: Gary Miles, Graeme Myrteza, Wayne Ferguson, Julia Crawford, Anita George, Noelene Downie, Laurel Foenander, Laurie Collins, Leonie Ryan, Joanne Draisma, Trish Naus, Jessie McLennan, Janine Riches, Janis Palmer Pascoe and Joy Dusting.
Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum (map ref 8-G) 14 Lyttleton Street (PO Box 248), Castlemaine 3450. T (03) 5472-2292. E info@castlemainegallery.com W www.castlemainegallery.com H Mon, Wed-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, closed Tues, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To April 15 Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan. An Australian War Memorial Touring exhibition.
Central Goldfields Art Gallery (map ref 8-F) Old Fire Station, Neil Street, Maryborough 3465. T (03) 5460-4588. E cgsc.art@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au W www.visitmaryborough.com.au H Thurs-Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Central Goldfields Art Gallery is a cultural facility of Central Goldfields Shire Council. To April 16 Ships & Soldiers of World War I by Wes Lancaster. From April 23 Love in Idleness – Noel Tunks retrospective.
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Bradley Hall Antiques & Art Gallery Australian Studio of Gary Miles
Elizabeth Arthur Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden (map ref 9-C) 35 Carmichael Street, Hamilton 3300. T (03) 5572-2851. E elarthur@bigpond.net.au Director: Dr Elizabeth Arthur. H Thurs-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
Falkner Gallery (map ref 8-G) 35 Templeton Street, Castlemaine 3450. T (03) 5470-5858. E falknergallery@tpg.com.au W www.falknergallery.com.au H Thurs-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. To April 10 Accord mixed media by Heather Barrett. Also, Hattah - a portrait mixed media by Karen van Cuylenburg. April 14 to May 29 Nesting Habits paintings and sculptures by Margaret Castle. Also, Still lifes and landscapes oils by David Moore.
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Art Services
Hidden: Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk www.hiddeninrookwood.com.au An outdoor sculpture exhibition at Rookwood Cemetery. Entries close Mon April 18. Exhibition Sept 23 to Oct 23. No entry fees. Visit website for details and entry. See ad page 105.
Hunters Hill Art Exhibition www.huntershillart.com
Entries close June 13. Finalists exhibition opens Aug 5. Visit website for terms and conditions, applications and submission. See ad page 124.
Ministry of Art - MOA Award www.artministry.com.au
Entries close Fri Apr 8. Exhibition May 6 to 15. Visit website for entry details. See ad page 30.
(map ref 14-S) 238 St Kilda Road, St Kilda VIC 3182. E enquiries@artministry.com.au Seeking artists to exhibit in 2016. Entries also open for the MOA Award for the best artwork in our June show. See ad page 75.
John Leslie Art Prize 2016 www.gippslandartgallery.com
2016 National Works on Paper mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
T (03) 5142-3372. $20,000 non-acquisitive painting prize. Entries close Fri July 15. Visit website for entry details. See ad page 6.
T (03) 5975-4395. E mprg@mornpen.vic.gov.au Entries close Fri April 15. Exhibition July 16 to Sept 11. Visit website for details and online submission.
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award www.theartscentregc.com.au
The Neerim District Community Bank Art Prize 2016 www.neerimbower.com.au
T (07) 5588-4067. For works in still photographic media by Australian artists living in Australia or overseas produced between September 2014 and April 2016 (18 month period). Awarding $20,000 first prize and up to $5,000 in acquisitions to the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection. Entries open online in April.
E acquisition@neerimbower.com.au Neerim Bower Acquisition 2016 for sculptural pieces reflecting the theme ‘Inspired by Birds’. Entries close Mon July 31. Exhibition Oct 14 to Nov 6. See ad page 99.
Kilgour Prize 2016 www.nag.org.au
E info@paddingtonartprize.com.au A $25,000 acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. Applications close midnight Sat Sept 10. Applications online. Visit website for details or call 0418-167-135. See ad page 113.
Call for submissions for Newcastle Art Gallery’s Kilgour Prize 2016. Entries for the Kilgour Prize must be in the form of figure or portrait composition. Open to all Australia artists. The prize awards $50,000 to the winning entrant and includes an additional $5,000 for the People’s Choice Award. Exhibition of shortlisted works Sept 10 to Nov 20. Entries close May 6.
The M Collection 2016 Melbourne Art Award www.themcollection.net Entries open to unrepresented artists from Melbourne and regional Victoria. Entries close Fri July 1. Exhibition Aug 25 to Sept 3. Visit website for details and entry form or email mcollectionartaward@gmail.com See ad page 87.
The Mandorla Art Award 2016 www.mandorlaart.com A national thematic Christian art prize open to artists working in all media. Entries close Mon May 2. Theme for 2016 is ‘The Resurrection’. See ad page 137.
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Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing www.jugglers.org.au/marie-ellis
The Paddington Art Prize 2016 www.paddingtonartprize.com.au
Paul Guest Art Prize 2016 www.bendigoartgallery.com.au T (03) 5434-6088. Non-acquisitive drawing prize of $12,000. Entries close Fri June 3, 4pm. Visit website for details. See ad page 32.
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2016 brokenhill.nsw.gov.au T (08) 8080-3440. E prohartoap@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au Entries are open from Australian artists to submit works in any media with the theme of the ‘Outback’. Entries close Mon May 9. Visit website or email for details and entry form.
Rick Amor Drawing Prize 2016 artgalleryofballarat.com.au Entries close Fri April 8. Visit website for entry details and application.
Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016 gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
T Elsa Atkin (02) 9955-5540. Non-acquisitive $20,000 prize. Submissions for medium-sized exterior sculptures and installations. Entries close Mon May 30. Exhibition Sept. Visit website for details.
E gallery@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Call for entries, $25,000 cash prize. Entries close Fri April 15. Visit website for details and to apply.
SCOPE Galleries Art Award 2016 www.scopegalleries.com
Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards www.yarravalleyarts.org.au
Call for entries. Art Concerning Environment. Accepting all media except screen-based projection. $5,000 non-acquisitive prize. Entries close Mon April 11. Visit website for details and entry form.
T (03) 9730-0102. E artgallery@yering.com Entries close Mon July 4. Exhibition Oct 23 to Dec 5. Visit websites for details and application. www.yering.com.au See ad page 22.
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2016 shirleyhannan.com
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$50,000 non-acquisitive award for realistic portraiture. Entries close Fri May 6. Visit website for entry details. See ad page 14.
Spirituality in Art Prize and Exhibition www.csbc.org.au T (03) 9650-1180. Collins Street Baptist Church invites artists to submit entries to exhibit for its 4th annual exhibition. The 2016 theme is ‘Fire and Life’. 2D & 3D art competition. Entries close Fri April 15. Exhibition May 6 to 20. Visit website for details.
Staedtler Yen Art Award yenmag.net/artaward The Staedtler Yen Art Award is for female artists, age 18-35 years. Entries close Fri May 20. Announcement of finalists on Yen website May 27.Exhibition at Gaffa gallery June 23. Visit website to enter. See ad page 34.
Art Services
Sawmillers Sculpture Exhibition www.sculptureatsawmillers.com
Beth Dodgshun – Art Consultant T (03) 5974-1296. E bethdodgshun@bigpond.com.au Approved valuer Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program. Collection management, research, provenance, authentication, market/insurance value.
cravenart - Art Consulting owencraven.com E owen@cravenart.com Tailored advice and services in all aspects of art purchasing, valuing and collection management – including installation and cataloguing services. See ad below.
Louise Smith Fine Art Melbourne www.louisesmithfineart.com T 0418-519-747. E louiseart@bigpond.com Approved valuer Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program and member Art Consultants Association Australia. With over 30 years’ experience.
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