Exhibition and Workshop Program November, December 2016 and January 2017
Welcome
Logan Art Gallery
Logan Art Gallery celebrates the diverse practices of visual artists, craft workers and designers and presents a dynamic exhibition program for residents and visitors to the region. Exhibitions feature touring exhibitions, local artists, visiting artists and works from the Logan Art Collection. An extensive range of free public programs is offered and includes guided tours, practical workshops, special events and artist talks. A dedicated Young Peoples Gallery showcases exhibitions for young people or by young people and provides fun, interactive activities for younger visitors. Logan Art Gallery also promotes locally created contemporary gifts and collectables that are available for purchase from the gallery store.
Cnr Wembley Rd and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central QLD 4114 ph: 3412 5519 fax: 3412 5350 email: artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au website: www.logan.qld.gov.au/artgallery Open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday Free admission The Logan Art Gallery will be closed to the public on the following days for the installation of new exhibitions and holiday periods: • 25 December 2016 to 2 January 2017 inclusive • 24 January
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Vanghoua Anthony Vue, Paj Qhov Rais (QCA-South Bank), 2015 industrial tape on glass
Group bookings/venue hire
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Group bookings
Venue hire
Large groups are encouraged to call and inform us of their intended visit. Logan Art Gallery staff will provide free tours to interested groups booking at least a week in advance of their visit. Groups can also book practical activities to further enhance their visit. For more information or to make a booking phone 3412 5519.
The Logan Art Gallery, including its creative arts workshop, is available for private and community functions and events. For more information contact the gallery by email on artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone on 3412 5519.
www.logan.qld.gov.au/artgallery
Exhibition Program
Lynda Parker, Pin cushions, 2016
14 October to 3 December Logan arts, craft, and design treasure store Fiona MacDonald, Alpha 1, 2012, inkjet print on archival paper. Courtesy of the artist
Highlighting the best of Logan’s artists, crafts workers, and designers. Perfect for all Christmas gift ideas.
Bimblebox: art – science – nature Curated by Beth Jackson from a project initiated by artist Jill Sampson, Bimblebox: art – science – nature focusses on the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, its environmental, social, and scientific significance and an artist group’s creative response to their experience of this unique and threatened environment.
Karma, Grade 3 Woodridge State School, Celebrating birthdays in our back garden, 2016, coloured pencil and pen on paper
One Sun, One World – Many Dreams
Bimblebox: art – science – nature is a touring exhibition partnered by Museums & Galleries Queensland and Redland Art Gallery in association with Bimblebox Nature Refuge. Assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Visions of Australia program, the Gordon Darling Foundation and proudly sponsored by Artfully, Tangible Media, Planet Boab, Wotif.com, Platypus Graphics, artisan and At A Glance.
Woodridge State School was one of only ten schools in Queensland to take part in an exchange exhibition with Hubei, China, as part of Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Out of the Box festival. One Sun, One World – Many Dreams features artworks by Woodridge’s Year 3 students working with artist-in-residence Nicola Hooper.
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Exhibition Program 9 December 2016 to 21 January 2017
Madhu Khanna, Finger Rangoli, 2016, coloured sand on paper
Madhu Khanna: Rangoli
Jorna Newberry, Mimpu, c.2000, Muur-muurpa: bloodwood
An exhibition of Rangoli by Daisy Hill artist Madhu Khanna. Rangoli is a traditional Indian artform using brightly coloured sand, coloured rice or flower petals to create beautiful decorative patterns.
Punuku Tjukurpa Punuku Tjukurpa showcases works from the Maruku Arts archive at Mutitjulu near Uluru in the Northern Territory. An Artback NT touring exhibition developed in partnership with Maruku Arts. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Vanghoua Anthony Vue, Paj Qhov Rais (Carina Heights), 2015, industrial tape on window
Pa Kor Day: industrial tapes as cultural traditions This exhibition documents a series of workshops, conducted at various Logan City Council Libraries, by artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue with young members of Logan’s Hmong community.
This exhibition is support by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Logan City Council partnership to support local arts and culture.
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Public Programs Free floor talks, practical workshops and events at Logan Art Gallery. Bookings are essential unless otherwise specified. Meet the artists and participate in free public workshops and floor talks held in conjunction with the exhibition program. Community and school group bookings taken on request. Discover more about the current exhibitions by booking a floor talk and/or a practical workshop. For further details, please contact the Logan Art Gallery by email on artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone 3412 5519. • Note that there is a limit of three workshops per person per exhibition round.
Christmas decorations from recycled material: Polish star and silver dove with artist Mary Barron Join Logan arts, craft and design treasure store artist Mary Barron and learn how to create Christmas decorations made from recycled materials such as old magazines, Christmas cards and wrapping paper, cereal boxes, cardboard, plastic wire ties, curling ribbon, and potato chip packets.
Wednesday 9 November, 10am to 1pm Places available: 15 For ages: Adults and older teens What to bring: Wrapping paper
• All children will need to be signed in and out by a parent, adult guardian or carer. • Parents or carers are to remain with children aged 7 years of age and under. • Closed in shoes must be worn by all workshop participants. • Please notify the gallery if you are unable to attend, otherwise people on the waiting list will miss out.
Small scale organic themed mixed media collage with artist Susan Wellingham Join Logan arts, craft and design treasure store artist Susan Wellingham and create a small scale mixed-media collage on canvas inspired by organic forms.
Programs for preschoolers (ages 3–5)
Thursday 10 November, 10am to 1pm
Programs for children (ages 6–12, 8–14)
Places available: 15 For ages: Adults and older teens What to bring: Small scale found objects for embellishment
Programs for adults and older teens Programs for all ages Public programs 14 October to 3 December 2016 The following public programs will be held in conjunction with the exhibitions Bimblebox: art – science – nature, One Sun, One World – Many Dreams, and Logan arts, craft and design treasure store. Bookings for these public programs in this exhibition round commence Wednesday 19 October.
Handmade felted jewellery with artist Jacqui Damon Make a beautiful textile jewellery statement piece. Work with coloured fleece, combine vibrant colours and textures to create beautiful textile jewellery using the hand felting technique.
Saturday 12 November, 1pm to 4pm Places available: 15 For ages: Teens
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Public Programs Master class. Bimblebox: art – science – nature, USB microscope and clay workshop with artist Donna Davis
Master class. Bimblebox: art – science – nature, Organic monoprintmaking with artist Jude Roberts
Bimblebox: art – science – nature artist Donna Davis will teach you how to use a USB microscope and examine the hidden life and beauty of plants and flowers. Drawing inspiration from the microscopic world, participants will use clay to create forms that reflect their interpretation of what they see.
Bimblebox: art – science – nature artist Jude Roberts will introduce participants to an ephemeral method of monoprinting using a variety of organic materials. An extension to the monotypes is the addition of some elements of drawing with carbon paper.
Tuesday 15 November, 10am to noon Places available: 10 For ages: Adults
Public access to the printing press
Friday 18 November, 10am to 4pm Places available: 12 For ages: Adults What to bring: Camera. Various fruit/flowers such as mango, apple, ginger stalks, mulberry; any fruit or veg that can be placed in a blender to make newsprint
Do you like printmaking but don’t have access to a printing press? Logan Art Gallery will provide free access to the workshop’s medium sized printing press. Experience in using a printing press is essential as this is a non-tutored session.
Wednesday 16 November, 10am to 4pm Places available: 10 For ages: Adults What to bring: Your own print resources, special paper, Mylar board etc. lunch
Handmade felted slippers with artist Jacqui Damon Get your creativity flowing with this vigorous slipper making workshop. Explore a variety of colours to create your own unique pair of hand felted slippers using the process of wet felting.
Thursday 17 November, 10am to 1pm Places available: 15 For ages: Adults and older teens
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Jude Roberts monoprint and drawing 2013
Christmas decorations from recycled materials: Paper angel with artist Mary Barron Join Logan arts, craft and design treasure store artist Mary Barron and learn how to create Christmas decorations made from recycled materials such as old magazines, old Christmas cards and wrapping paper.
Saturday 19 November, 10am to noon Places available: 15 For ages: 7 years and upwards What to bring: Old Christmas wrapping paper
Afterschool workshop: Monoprinting with natural objects Be inspired be the Bimblebox: art – science – nature exhibition. Create a series of black and white monoprints using natural found objects such as leaves.
Tuesday 22 November, 3.30pm to 4.45pm Places available: 15 For ages: 6 to 14 years What to bring: Large interesting leaves e.g. ferns
Master class. Bimblebox: art – science – nature, Polyester plate lithography printmaking with artist Nicola Hooper Join Nicola Hooper for this highly unique and specialised non-toxic form of lithography developed in the U.S.A. and not yet taught in Australia. Be inspired by the Bimblebox: art – science – nature exhibition and produce individual, multi-coloured prints from semi-transparent plates.
Wednesday 23 November, 10am to 2pm Places available: 15 For ages: Adults What to bring: Lunch
Artist Nicola Hooper
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Public Programs PUBLIC PROGRAMS 9 DECEMBER 2016 TO 21 JANUARY 2017
Public access to the printing press
The following public programs will be held in conjunction with the exhibitions Punuku Tjukurpa, Rangoli by Madhu Khanna and Pa Kor Day: industrial tapes as cultural traditions by Vanghoua Anthony Vue.
Do you like printmaking but don’t have access to a printing press? Logan Art Gallery will provide free access to the workshop’s medium sized printing press. Experience in using a printing press is essential as this is a non-tutored session.
Bookings for public programs in this exhibition round commence Wednesday 16 November
Punuku Tjukurpa: Curator’s floor talk Join Maruku Arts' curator of Punuku Tjukurpa for this informative floor talk through the exhibition. Objects on display feature punu (wooden artefacts and implements) and walka (burnt patterns using hot wires) created by three generations of Anangu, Central and Western Desert people.
Wednesday 14 December, 10am and 4pm Places available: 10 For ages: Adults What to bring: Your own print resources, special paper, Mylar board etc. lunch
Friday 9 December, 5.30pm Places available: Unlimited For ages: All welcome
A SPECIAL CULTURAL EVENT Punuku Tjukurpa: Artists’ talks, demonstrations, and workshops Enjoy a special afternoon of Aboriginal culture. Join the artists from Maruku Arts at Mutitjulu, near Uluru in the Northern Territory, for demonstrations and hands-on workshops. Listen to the artists talk about punu (wooden artefacts and implements) with an exciting carving demonstration. Learn about walka (burnt patterns using hot wires) and engage in walka tjukurpa, sand drawings and storytelling.
Saturday 10 December, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm Places available: Unlimited For ages: All welcome
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Ivy Ingkatji, Piti, c. 1995, Itara: River Red Gum, from the exhibition Punuku Tjukurpa
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM 10 DEC TO 21 JAN 2017
Fluoro symbols: learn to make papercuts with artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue Join artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue for a paper cut-out workshop. Be inspired by the shapes and patterns of Hmong and Australian cultures and produce individual, fluorescent symbols which can be lit up with ultra-violet lights.
Thursday 5 January, 10am to 12pm
Finger Rangoli: sand art for children with artist Madhu Khanna Learn the art of finger Rangoli, a traditional Indian folk art, created to mark special occasions and bring good luck. Join artist Madhu Khanna and use brightly coloured sand to create highly decorative patterns with your fingers.
Wednesday 11 January, 10am to 12pm Places available: 15 For ages: 7 years and upwards
Places available: 15 For ages: 7 years and upwards
Kids’ on Tour 2017: The Gabori Sisters, Gathering by the Sea Textile traditions and alphabets on Corflute with artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue Join artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue to create individual tape artworks inspired by Hmong textile traditions and alphabets. Work with coloured tapes and Corflute.
Friday 6 January, 10am to 1pm Places available: 15 For ages: Adults and older teens
Finger Rangoli: sand art for adults with artist Madhu Khanna Learn the art of finger Rangoli, a traditional Indian folk art, created to mark special occasions and bring good luck. Join artist Madhu Khanna and use brightly coloured sand to create highly decorative patterns with your fingers.
Kids’ on Tour 2017: The Gabori Sisters, Gathering by the Sea takes children on a journey to the artists’ homeland of Bentinck Island in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria. Through specially designed interactive hands-on making and multimedia activities, young visitors will be introduced to the unique and important relationship the Kaiadilt people share with the sea and the creatures who inhabit the waters around the Island.
Kids on tour is offered as a free program to regional Queensland communities through QAGOMA’s Regional Services department and generously supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.
Friday 13 to Saturday 21 January (inclusive, closed Sunday and Monday), pop in any time between 10am and 4pm Places available: Unlimited For ages: All welcome
Tuesday 10 January, 10am to 1pm Places available: 15 For ages: Adults and older teens
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Art and Dementia Program Once a month, Logan Art Gallery offers a discussion-based tour of works of art for people with dementia and their carers. Facilitated by our trained volunteers, the participants are encouraged to contribute knowledge, engage in interpretation, express emotions and recall memories. Involvement in this nationwide program has been shown to increase well-being and the quality of life for participants.
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Aims of the Art and Dementia Program: • To promote well-being and quality of life through engagement with the visual arts • To provide intellectual stimulation in a socially inclusive environment • To reconnect people living with dementia to their sense of identity • To build community arts and health partnerships to improve care for people living with dementia • To raise awareness of and reduce the social stigma associated with dementia If you or someone you know would benefit from this program, please contact Logan Art Gallery via email artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone 3412 5228.
Creative Markets + Treasure store artists’ art and craft demonstrations Creative Markets: where imagination meets creation
Local treasures: artists’ art and craft demonstrations
Enjoy Creative Markets outside the gallery where individual stall holders will present their wares including crafts, handmade clothes and sweets, plus food and drink. Pick up an individual and unique gift from the market or the Logan Art Gallery Store.
Visit Logan Art Gallery’s workshop to see artists demonstrate their skills in a variety of crafts including jewellery, woodcarving, needlepoint, textiles, ceramics, printmaking and card collage. This is a unique opportunity to talk with artists about their work and find out how they make it.
Saturday 26 November, 10am to 2pm Places available: Unlimited For ages: All welcome
Creative markets, Logan Art Gallery.
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Logan Artworkers Networking Events (LANE) Calling all artists, performers, writers and cultural workers Logan Artworkers Networking Events (LANE) developed through feedback from arts practitioners wanting to establish links with each other, to help build a stronger arts community in the city and participate in vibrant local projects. LANE are held at Logan Art Gallery and explore a variety of themes to develop and nurture creativity in the City of Logan so that the community benefits socially and economically from the arts. If you are an arts practitioner and would like to be involved in this exciting program of events, please call the Projects Officer at Logan Art Gallery on 3412 5426.
Taking your creative endeavours to a wider market Saturday 19 November, 2pm to 4pm
Saturday 21 January, 2pm to 4pm
Location: Logan Art Gallery For ages: All welcome
Location: Logan Art Gallery For ages: All welcome
Hear from arts, crafts and design professional on the avenues available to make money from your creative endeavours. Speakers include Lorna Katene, owner and market organiser of Creative Markets Springwood and Mt Gravatt, Logan Art Gallery Store artist Belinda Reid, and self-publisher and App designer Debbie Neal. Light refreshments will be served so bookings are essential by Thursday 17 November via email artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone 3412 5519.
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Regional Arts Development Fund showcase
Meet artists and RADF recipients Vanghoua Anthony Vue and Aaron Pocock who will talk about their current projects. Light refreshments will be served so bookings are essential by Thursday 19 January via email artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone 3412 5519.
Arts grants available Logan City Council is now accepting applications for the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF supports professional and emerging professional artists and artsworkers to practise their art, for and with communities, resulting in mutual development of the professional artists, arts workers and communities in Logan. Arts professionals from all art forms including dance, music, design, museum and cultural heritage, new media, visual arts, writing and theatre are encouraged to apply. Application close 25 October 2016. Late applications will not be considered. To find out more, visit www.logan.qld.gov.au/RADF or contact the Logan City Council RADF Liaison Officer on 3412 5426. Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Logan City Council partnership to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Music in the Gallery LOGAN UKULELE GROUP Saturday 26 November 11am to 1pm Logan Ukulele Group will perform lively tunes at the Creative Markets in the gardens outside the gallery. All welcome. Please email artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au or phone 3412 5519 to book your place.
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