DEC 2021 MAY 2022
members newsletter no. 85
CAIRNS ART GALLERY
DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD
COVER John Brack Barry Humphries in the character of Mrs Everage 1969 oil on canvas 94.5 x 128.2 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Purchase Grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1975 © Helen Brack
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ABOVE Alick Tipoti Born 1975, Badhu Island, Torres Strait Gubau Aimai Maibaigal (Four Winds) 2006 vinylcut 81 x 300 cm image Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Editions Tremblay, 2012
More than at any other time in our 25-year history, challenges of the past year have demanded innovative approaches to engaging audiences and presenting programs that strengthen our position as one of the leading regionally based public art galleries in Australia.
While international and national visitor numbers to the Gallery were down on previous years because of COVID-19, local audiences to major exhibitions increased by 94% over the previous year. We also experienced excellent growth in new and renewing memberships and Gallery Shop sales.
Our commitment to bringing great art to the region included presentation of exhibitions by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists such as Ben Quilty, iconic Australian artist Sidney Nolan, Albert Namatjira and the Hermannsburg School of artists, and renowned botanical artist, William T. Cooper. We were also thrilled to present our ambitious RITUAL exhibition, postponed from 2020, and that we were selected as the only venue outside New South Wales to present the coveted and controversial portrait exhibition, Archibald Prize 2020.
In 2021 we shared important works from our Collection with audiences of more than 166,000 people across Australia through loans to the Art Gallery of NSW, Newcastle Art Gallery, State Library of Queensland, National Gallery of Victoria, and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
New initiatives included the Artists Fellowship award supported by Cairns RSL Club. Fellowships were awarded to three local artists Francesca Rosa, Maharlina Gorospe-Locke and Janet Fieldhouse and, in 2022, another three artists will receive Fellowships each valued at $7,500.
As we prepare for the festive season, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and to sincerely thank the Gallery Board, staff, volunteers and Foundation for their dedication and commitment over the past year. I wish you all a safe and happy festive season and a wonderful New Year. Andrea May Churcher Director
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UNTIL 5 DEC 2021
WOMEN PAINTING COUNTRY HOPE VALE ART & CULTURE CENTRE MORNINGTON ISLAND ART PORMPURAAW ART & CULTURE CENTRE WIK & KUGU ARTS CENTRE An exhibition of new landscape paintings by artists working in art centres in Aurukun, Hope Vale, Mornington Island and Pormpuraaw. Women Painting Country demonstrates the talent, imagination and knowledge of Indigenous women artists working in remote communities across far north Queensland.
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WILLIAM T COOPER BOTANICAL ART OF THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA.
Exquisite paintings and sketches by William T. Cooper, one of Australia’s most proficient and talented botanical and bird artists, reveal the artist’s deep love of the flora and fauna that abound on the Atherton Tablelands where he spent much of his adult working life.
ABOVE LEFT Beverly Holroyd Burning Country 2021 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 70 x 85 cm Courtesy of the artist and Pormpuraaw Arts and Culture Centre
ABOVE William T Cooper Victoria’s Riflebirds (Ptilorus victoriae) 2013 acrylic on board 70 x 85 cm Private collection, Queensland
EXHIBITION PARTNERS
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COMING SOON 19 MARCH - 12 JUNE 2022 Support partner
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.
ARCHIE 100 A CENTURY OF THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE 06
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19 MARCH 12 JUNE 2022
A CENTURY OF THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE AN ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES TOURING EXHIBITION
2021 marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of Australia’s oldest and most-loved portrait award, The Archibald Prize. Often controversial, The Archibald Prize continues to enthral and amuse, inspire and bemuse audiences from around Australia and overseas. It is unequivocally the most coveted art award for contemporary Australian portrait artists. Archie 100: A Century of The Archibald Prize brings together more than one hundred artworks selected from every decade of The Archibald Prize exhibition and unearths many of the fascinating stories behind them. Grouped thematically, the exhibition reflects how artistic styles and approaches to portraiture have changed over time, and how our perceptions of ‘the face of our nation’ have changed and evolved over the past one hundred years. Since 1921, the prize has attracted entries from both prominent and emerging artists in Australia and New Zealand, and featured people from all walks of life, from famous faces to local heroes. Through the eyes of some of Australia’s most famous artists we come face-to-face with iconic figures from our past including John Brack’s 1969 portrait of Dame Edna Everage, and Wes Walter’s 1983 portrait of Ian (Molly) Meldrum.
LEFT Wes Walters Molly 1983 oil on canvas 183 x 183 Collection of Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum, Melbourne © Estate of Wes Walters
Walter’s portrait captured Molly in his characteristic mid-sentence ‘um’ moment while hosting the iconic music show Countdown. Wearing his trademark Stetson hat and boots Meldrum is framed against a mural of a desert landscape in his Egyptian-themed home in Richmond. During a 1983 Countdown episode filmed in his living room, Meldrum presented a segment seated in the same pose before the same mural. When interviewed about the portrait, Meldrum quipped that the artist should have received another award for managing to get him to sit still and remain silent for long enough to complete the portrait. He went on to say that while he sat and posed Walters ‘did a lot of talking and he was really one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met.’ Subsequently, English music legend Sir Elton John purchased the portrait and gifted it to his friend Meldrum who hung it in his lounge room. Archie 100 is the result of many years of research and searching for lost portraits. It includes portraits from the Art Gallery of NSW’s Collection as well as works from libraries, galleries and museums across Australia and New Zealand, and from private Australian and international collections, a number of which have never been seen since being exhibited in The Archibald Prize.
P 09 Tempe Manning Self-portrait 1939 oil on canvas 76 x 60.5 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, acquired with the support of the Art Gallery Society of NSW 2021 © Estate of Tempe Manning
P 10 William Dargie Portrait of Albert Namatjira 1956 exhibited as Mr Albert Namatjira oil on canvas, 102.1 x 76.4 cm Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Purchased 1957 © Estate of William Dargie Photo: QAGOMA
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3 DEC 2021 -23 JAN 2022
What we wear is not just clothing - it can also be a statement. Deadly Threads is a State Library of Queensland exhibition that explores this concept and brings together more than 190 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designed singlets, T-shirts, polo shirts, and jerseys. From edgy, colourful sporting jerseys, to protest and artists designed T-shirts, Deadly Threads explores how the shirt has helped express views, declare identity, support community, show allegiances, and champion political, social and other causes. In the 1970s, the T-shirt in Australia assumed a new and powerful role as a social and political statement which could quickly convey, through simple words and images, an urgent call to action. Whether worn collectively or as an individual statement the T-shirt provided a visual commentary on differing viewpoints and were conspicuous at street rallies, sit-ins and other protest movements. For Indigenous peoples, shirts featuring their art have also become an important way of making a statement about culture, country and identity.
IMAGE LEFT Libby Harward ALREADY OCCUPIED T-shirt 2017 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Acc. No. 32136
DEADLY THREADS
Louise Hunter, Deadly Threads curator, explains that the exhibition explores the stories behind the garments in the exhibition. ‘For First Nations people these items have been created for many reasons. They help spotlight issues of cultural and historical significance, sporting endeavours and community initiatives,’ she says.
Highlights of the exhibition include rare shirts from the Mabo Family Collection that celebrate Mabo Day and the famous 1992 Mabo decision when the High Court of Australia overturned the doctrine of Terra Nullius that had supported colonisation of Australia. Today the portrait of Eddie Koiki Mabo on shirts continues to operate as a powerful social and political symbol. Other highlights in the exhibition include memorial T-shirts designed for tombstone openings in the Torres Strait Islands, political shirts designed by Indigenous artists including Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell and Libby Harward, and sporting shirts and even a pair of rugby boots worn by the great Jonathan Thurston.
DEADLY THREADS WAS DEVELOPED BY STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
PHOTO Shiloh Nakachi, Toik Meriam Samsep woman, residing on Gimuy Walabura Yidinji country at Gimuy (Cairns) Photo by Brian Cassey
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LIVING TREASURES
4 DEC 2021 -23 JAN 2022
MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT \ PRUE VENABLES
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables presents an outstanding body of work by one of Australia’s greatest artists working in clay. Together, the works in this exhibition explore the significance of everyday objects through multiple sequences of forms in porcelain, incorporating additional elements in metal and wood. Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, which celebrates the achievements of Australia’s most iconic crafts practitioners, their mastery of skill, their achievements, their contribution to Australian craft, and the unique place they occupy in the national design culture.
An ADC on Tour exhibition:
Motivated by a particular interest in functional objects and a search for simplicity, quietness and an essential stillness, Prue makes objects that are pared back, serene and deceptively simple. She explains, ‘I enjoy the contradictory nature of the pieces, where the sprung tension of the throwing remains clear, but the origins of forms are uncertain. Risks are high but failure only motivates me to try again’. Prue Venables demonstrates a profound understanding of porcelain, using a precious and extremely temperamental clay, with fine-grain and opaque qualities, to create handmade functional artworks that possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty.
Exhibition partners:
Exhibition supported by:
RIGHT Prue Venables Betty’s Kitchen 2017 Image: Terence Bogue
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11 DEC 2021 - 6 MAR 2022
PETER THOMPSON CERAMICS AND THE SOURCE OF SELF A CAIRNS ART GALLERY CURATED EXHIBITION
Peter Thompson is an experimenter and innovator, a ceramicist whose functional ware, sculptural vessels and figurative sculptures incorporate local raw materials sourced from Kuranda in the hinterland of Cairns. Whether utilitarian or decorative each of his works demonstrates a depth of consideration for form, function, and historical precedents. Over a period spanning almost five decades, Thompson has created a remarkable body of work that sits at the cutting edge of contemporary Australian ceramics. He has been described as a ‘bare foot philosopher, a passionate scholar, and a witty social commentator, not shy to confront, amuse or make one pause in contemplation’. Born in 1945, Thompson grew up in Sydney before moving to the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland in 1976. His intimate connection with the elements and his love for nature are evident in all aspects of his life and works. He studied ceramics at the National Art School in Sydney before completing a Graduate Diploma at Monash University. In 1995 he studied at Nanjing University where he had access to some of the finest forms of high fired porcelain that was invented over three thousand years ago. All these experiences combined his innate quest for exploring abstracted form and line with themes
based on both Occidental and Oriental historical roots. In his writings about the life and work of Peter Thompson, Ian Whitaker describes ‘Five Treasures’, the pottery workshop Thompson built in Kuranda, which was inspired by the five elements of Taoist philosophy – earth, wind, fire, water and the void. Whittaker comments that the luscious rainforest setting was a place in which Thompson could ‘indulge his enthusiasm for native fauna and flora, while having space to experiment with kiln designs and firing techniques. Above all else it allowed him to live a reclusive lifestyle where he could focus on philosophy and creativity’. The result, says Whittaker, has been a prolific output of pots, figurines, sculpture and artefacts that draw strongly on a range of important international traditions, but which are reframed as unique, very contemporary and very Australian.
SAT 11 DEC OPENING EVENT 2.00 - 4.00PM
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LEFT Peter Thompson ‘Five Treasures’ Studio, Kuranda Photo: Kylie Burke, CAG Curator
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29 JAN -13 MAR 2022
AMANDA EMMETT NEW WORKS
The world in transition and the fragility of our environment are issues explored by Cairns-based artist Amanda Emmett. Through her beautifully detailed paintings, Emmett encourages us to consider positive actions we can take that will lead to remedy and renewal of our world before it is all too late. Emmett’s beautifully detailed paintings focus on life forms that are barely surviving the threats that human increasingly pose to them. Insatiable Armada reflects on the ravenous devouring of Great Barrier Reef coral by the Crown of Thorns starfish, while Yearning for Bees is a commentary on the effects of pesticides and increasingly compromised levels of fertility in humans. Amanda grew up in a family of professional artists and, at a very young age, was encouraged to explore what lies beneath the surface - to give feeling, form and function to abstract emotions and concepts. She describes this as ‘revealing what we do not see but know’ and says this is the basis of her art practice.
I am mostly inspired by nature and experiences and try to convey how being in a certain environment makes us feel, the dilemmas, disturbing truths, and repercussions of the choices we make in our social behaviour, what we consume, and the pollution we create. Many of us are feeling the heavy burden of our planet’s health, some are feeling overwhelmed, some want to ignore it and turn away when faced with negative images and angry demanding slogans.
By presenting ‘heavy’ subjects in a beautiful way, through images such as the Pink Underwing Moth, the artist hopes that people will experience positive and uplifting emotions that will encourage them work together to take positive actions leading to remedy and renewal.
SAT 29 JAN OPENING EVENT 2.00 - 4.00PM
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RIGHT Amanda Emmett IMBALANCE 2021 synthetic polymer on aluminium 140 x 92 cm Courtesy the artist
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FNQ Simone ARNOL
Andrew BONNEAU
Rosey CUMMINGS
Dorothy & Amanda GABORI Naomi HOBSON
FNQ CONTEMPORARIES EXHIBITION AND ARTIST FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
Heather KOOWOOTHA
Claudia MOODOONUTHI Daniel O’SHANE
Shaz SPANNENBURG Rose RIGLEY Yixy RUAN
Jimmy Kenny THAIDAY Daniel WALLWORK Jason WEGGER
Artist Fellowship proudly sponsored by the Cairns RSL Club
18 FEB 6 MAR 2022
FRI 18 FEB OPENING EVENT 6.00 - 8.00PM
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CAIRNS ART SOCIETY 74TH ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION
The Cairns Art Society is one of North Queensland’s oldest and largest community art organisations with a mission to advance North Queensland artists with new skills whilst providing opportunities for artists to showcase their works. The Society’s annual exhibition attracts hundreds of submissions from which an independent panel of judges select the best entries for exhibition at the Cairns Art Gallery. The exhibition is the premier art awards for Far North Queensland and exhibiting artists are eligible to enter and compete for a range of awards provided by generous sponsors in the region.
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foundation The year 2021 will be remembered as one of unparalleled complexity for the Cairns Art Gallery and for the Gallery Foundation. Yet, despite the challenges and disappointments of last-minute program changes caused by COVID-19, the creative ingenuity of Gallery Director Andrea Churcher and her dedicated staff, ensured that audiences could still experience the power of art and artists to inspire and engage our minds and hearts. In 2020, Gallery’s ambitious RITUAL exhibition was necessarily postponed. What is amazing however, is that all public and private lenders, and all artists including those commissioned to create new works exclusively for the exhibition, embraced the decision and generously worked with the Gallery to accommodate a later, and extremely successful showing in 2021. I am thrilled that the Gallery Foundation’s 2021 gala dinner was able to proceed and that our invited speaker Ben Quilty inspired an unprecedented number of dinner guest to make significant donations towards the purchase of major works from the RITUAL exhibition by Janet Fieldhouse, Alair Pambegan and Heather Koowootha.
As I look ahead, I am filled with confidence and enthusiasm for the new year. The Gallery has a wonderful line up of exhibitions planned in 2022, including the much-publicised Archie 100. And, while it is still early days, the Foundation Board is getting ready for the 2022 gala fundraising dinner which is planned to coincide with the Archie 100 exhibition. This year tickets sold out quickly so do keep an eye out for details of the 2022 dinner and book early! Finally, I would like to thank all our wonderful donors this year for their generous support of the Gallery and extend my sincere thanks to my fellow Board directors Virginia Birt, Sarah Coll, Leah Horstmann, Sarah Mort, Lizanne Smith, Georgina Twomey who worked tirelessly and creatively to make 2021 a year to remember, for all the best reasons! Lea Ovaska Chair, Cairns Art Gallery Foundation
LEFT RITUAL: the past in the present install, Cairns Art Gallery 2021. Photography: Michael Marzik.
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ADULT ART CLASSES 24 Jan-14 Feb BOTANICAL DRAWING & PAINTING WITH JULIE MCENERNY, ARTIST Mondays, 5.30 – 7.30pm 24, 31 January, 7, 14 February 2022 $130 ($150 non-members)
Concentrating on a different plant specimen each week, artist Julie McEnerny will guide the group in developing botanical drawing and painting skills to create accurate artistic representations of plants using professional grade watercolour pencils. Suitable for beginners. RSVP Via the Gallery website
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13 Dec 2021 IMPERFECT PORTRAITURE WITH AMBER GROSSMANN, ARTIST 10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members)
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 9 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) Introduce students to the art of self portraiture. Working with pencils and mixed media, each student will create a self portrait that not only represents the physical self, but also the special traits that make up each persons unique personality.
14 Dec 2021
JEWELLERY WORKSHOP: SILVER, COPPER, BRASS WITH LIVIE ROSE, ARTIST
STILL LIFE IN WATERCOLOUR WITH AMBER GROSSMANN, ARTIST
Saturday, 1.00 – 4.00pm 5 February 2022 $120 ($140 non-members)
10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members)
Release your inner designer under the expert guidance of silversmith Livie Rose. basic metalsmith techniques required to cut, shape and texture brass, copper and silver into your very own earring design. This workshop will be open to only six participants with brass, copper and silver for one pair of earrings supplied. Extra silver can be purchased from the artist (sold by weight) on the day. RSVP Via the Gallery website
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 9 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) Using watercolours, the group will each create a still life drawing while exploring basic colour theory and learning how the use of different colours can change the mood and feel of the finished drawing.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS 15 Dec 2021
10 Jan 2022
DECORATIVE SUN CATCHER WITH HIRANI KYDD, ARTIST
STEP-BY-STEP OIL PASTELS WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
WOVEN WIRE EARRINGS WITH HIRANI KYDD, ARTIST
STILL LIFE IN ACRYLIC PAINTS WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members) Using simple weaving techniques, students will create a Christmas star or sun catcher in wire which can be embellished with beads ready to hang at home.
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 9 – 13 years $22 ($27 non-members) Learn to weave fine copper wire onto a base wire frame to create a set of earrings to take home for yourself or as a present for someone else. Add a pearl or stone bead as a finishing touch.
17 Dec 2021 DIGITAL DRAWING WITH BETH CHEONG, ARTIST
10.00am - 12.00pm ages 7 - 10 years $19 ($22 non-members) Explore the world of digital drawing using an iPad and Procreate® to complete a drawing and simple animation.
10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members) Kids will explore the vibrant colours and excellent blending properties of oil pastels to create a still life drawing to take home.
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 10 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) The class will work through the tricks of creating a striking still life painting in acrylic. Learn the step-by-step process to take your painting from quick sketches of the shapes, to delineating edges through to adding finishing details.
11 Jan 2022 DRAMATIC STILL LIFE DRAWING WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members) Use charcoal to make a dramatic, monochromatic still life drawing. Learn the techniques of using areas of shadow and light to depict 3D objects
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 10 – 14 years $21 ($26 non-members) Master the basic digital drawing functions available in Procreate® before creating a simple animated story with a narrative. 24
11 Jan 2022 MONOCHROMATIC ACRYLIC PAINTING WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 10 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) Painting in monochrome teaches important art skills such as contrast, composition and shape. Hayley will teach budding artists to understand how light and shadow can create shapes within a composition
12 Jan 2022 CHARACTER CREATION WITH AMBER GROSSMANN, ARTIST 10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members)
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 9 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) An introduction to the art of character design. Students will discover different styles of cartoon characters and sketch a fantasy character of their own. The class includes the basics of cartoon creation and concept art.
17 Jan 2022 WEARABLE ASSEMBLAGE WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members) Kids will visit the Gallery space to view the work of ceramicist Prue Venables before creating a work of art from found objects which can be worn or displayed. The works will be painted in a monochromatic colour in the style of Venables. 25
17 Jan 2022 MONOCHROMATIC SCULPTURES FROM FOUND OBJECTS WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 10 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) The class will concentrate on putting found objects together, taking care to create interesting forms which will then be painted a monochromatic colour inspired by the ceramic work of Prue Venables.
18 Jan 2022 PET PORTRAITS WITH AMBER GROSSMANN, ARTIST 10.00 - 11.30am ages 5 - 9 years $18 ($21 non-members)
1.00 – 3.00pm ages 9 – 13 years $21 ($26 non-members) Each student will be guided in drawing their pet or favourite animal in pencil before finishing their drawing with watercolours to create a unique watercolour picture.
GALLERY ART SCHOOL 8 Feb - 15 Mar 2022 LEVEL 1 : ART SKILLS 4 - 7 YEARS WITH KEELIE NICHOLLS, ARTIST
Tuesdays 3.45 – 4.45pm $80 ($95 non-members) / 6 week term Term 1: 8, 15, 22 February, 1, 8, 15 March A wonderful introduction to art skills designed for children in early primary school. Creating art has been proven to assist in creative and critical thinking in core subjects such as maths, science, and language. The exhibitions on display are used to inspire the development of creative skills and give children a sense of achievement and pride in their creations.
7 Feb - 14 Mar 2022 LEVEL 1-2 BRIDGING CLASS: DRAWING & PAINTING 6 - 9 YEARS WITH KEELIE NICHOLLS, ARTIST
Mondays, 3.30 – 5.00pm $105 ($125 non-members) / 6 week term Term 1: 7, 14, 21, 28 February, 7, 14 March Level 1 Bridging Class is perfect for students wishing to further their level 1 skills before moving up to Level 2. The class is 30 minutes longer than Level 1 and focuses primarily on the development of drawing and painting skills. This class is open to students aged 6-9 years, however students aged 6 will need to have completed at least one term in Level 1 prior to enrolling in this class.
9 Feb - 16 Mar 2022 LEVEL 2: PAINTING AND MIXED MEDIA 8 - 11 YEARS WITH MARIAN WOLFS, ARTIST
Wednesdays, 3.30 – 5.00pm $105 ($125 non-members) / 6 week term Term 1: 9, 16, 23 February, 2, 9, 16 March Students will concentrate on incorporating mixed media into their acrylic paintings and will work through creating an artwork from developing a concept through to completing a frameable artwork.
10 Feb - 17 Mar 2022 LEVEL 3: WATERCOLOUR PAINTING 11 - 14 YEARS WITH JIM REA, TEACHER
Thursdays, 3.30 – 5.00pm $105 ($125 non-members) / 6 week term Term 1: 10, 17, 24 February, 3, 10, 17 March Students will learn the basic rules and work towards mastering the techniques and materials of watercolour painting, while developing an appreciation of this challenging medium. An emphasis will be placed on landscapes and incorporating bodies of water during this term.
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DIARY DATES
JAN 10-18 SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Book via the Gallery website pp. 24|25 23
FINAL DAY Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables pp. 13|14
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EXHIBITION OPENS Deadly Threads pp. 11|12
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EXHIBITION OPENS Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables pp. 13|14
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FINAL DAY Women Painting Country p. 03 EXHIBITION OPENS Peter Thompson Ceramics and the Source of Self pp. 15|16
FINAL DAY Deadly Threads pp. 11|12
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ADULT ART CLASS Botanical Drawing & Painting with Julie McEnerny, artist p. 23
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EXHIBITION OPENS Amanda Emmett New Works pp. 17|18 EXHIBITION OPENS FNQ Contemporaries p.19
13-17 SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Book via the Gallery website pp. 23|24
LEFT Prue Venables Betty’s Kitchen 2017 Image: Terence Bogue RIGHT William T Cooper Victoria’s Riflebirds (Ptilorus victoriae) 2013 acrylic on board 70 x 85 cm Private collection, Queensland FAR RIGHT Amanda Emmett IMBALANCE 2021 synthetic polymer on aluminium 140 x 92 cm Courtesy the artist
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FINAL DAY Peter Thompson Ceramics and the Source of Self pp. 15|16
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ADULT ART CLASS Jewellery Worksop with Livie Rose, artist p. 23
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LEVEL 1-2 BRIDGING CLASS Art class for ages 6-9 years with Keelie Nicholls, artist p. 26
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LEVEL 1 ART SCHOOL Art class for ages 4-7 years with Keelie Nicholls, artist p. 26
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FINAL DAY Amanda Emmett New Works pp. 17|18
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LEVEL 2 ART SCHOOL Art class for ages 8-11 years with Marian Wolfs, artist p. 26
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EXHIBITION OPENS Archie 100: A Century Of The Archibald Prize pp 11|12
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LEVEL 3 ART SCHOOL Art class for ages 11-14 years with Jim Rea, teacher p. 26
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FINAL DAY William T. Cooper Botanical Art of the Tropical Rainforest p. 04
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EXHIBITION OPENS Cairns Art Society 74th Annual Art Exhibition p. 20
FINAL DAY Cairns Art Society 74th Annual Art Exhibition p. 20
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William T Cooper Fruits of the Rainforest Collection
A stunning collection of table runners, napkins & tea towels
Exclusive to Cairns Art Gallery
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WILLIAM T COOPER LIMITED EDITION REPRODUCTION PRINTS AVAILABLE NOW
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