What’s on at Logan Art Gallery May, June and July 2019
Welcome Logan Art Gallery is one of the most dynamic regional galleries in South-East Queensland, showcasing the best local and touring art, craft, and design exhibitions. You'll be inspired by practical art workshops and exhibition talks, find beautiful, locally made artworks in the Gallery Store or the Creative Markets, and enjoy the activities in the Young Peoples Gallery. We look forward to seeing you at the gallery. Venue hire and group bookings Logan Art Gallery, including its creative arts workshop, is available for private and community functions and events. Large groups are encouraged to call and inform us of their intended visit. Logan Art Gallery staff will provide free tours to interested groups that book at least a week in advance of their visit. Groups can also book practical activities to further enhance their visit. Activities Meet the artists and participate in free events, activities and talks held in conjunction with the exhibition program. • 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 seven and under. • Closed-in shoes must be worn by all activity participants. Note that there is a limit of three workshop bookings per person, per exhibition round. Please notify the gallery if you are unable to attend, to avoid people on the waiting list missing out. Activities shown in this guide are colour-coded: Preschoolers (ages 3–5) Children (ages 6–12, 8–14) Adults and older teens All ages
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Cnr Wembley Rd and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central QLD 4114 ph: 07 3412 5519 email: artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au website: logan.qld.gov.au/artgallery Open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday FREE ADMISSION Logan Art Gallery will be closed to the public on the following days for the installation of new exhibitions: • Tuesday 18 June • Tuesday 30 July BOOKINGS Bookings are essential for most events and activities. Book online at logan.qld.gov.au/galleryevents or phone 3412 5519.
Front Cover: Sally Terare, The traveling salesman problem (detail), 2019, acrylic on canvas
3 May to 15 June 2019 — Exhibitions Therese Flynn-Clarke: Patterns of my days Patterns of my days presents a series of textile and sculptural works created by Bannockburn artist Therese Flynn-Clarke—inspired by her travels through regional Queensland.
Charlotte Haywood: Green Asylum Green Asylum is a large-scale experimental textile and video installation that blurs the boundaries between tapestry weaving and architecture, landscape and language by multi-disciplinary creative, Charlotte Haywood. Haywood’s architectural tapestry and video works tell stories within the Australian landscape, seeking narrative and language from the past, present and future.
Therese Flynn-Clarke, Aerial postcard (detail), 2018, pen, watercolour and stitching on paper
Chrys Zantis: Internal landscapes Internal landscapes investigates human biology and psychology from scientific and metaphysical perspectives. Through textilebased sculptural works, Springwood artist Chrys Zantis visually interprets the unseen, inner workings of the body, while referencing the complementary and compelling relationship between visual art and medical science.
Charlotte Hayward, installation Green Asylum, 2017, found textiles on furniture grade steel. Structure: Edward Horne. Image courtesy of Justin Russell
Ria Willering: Footsteps Eagleby artist Ria Willering’s semi-abstract impressions of landscapes and architectural structures incorporate a range of symbols, patterns, and textures that reflect the diversity of urban Australia, influenced by an expanding multicultural society. Ria Willering, Untitled, 2018, pen and ink on paper
Chrys Zantis, installation Internal landscapes, exhibited at Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Southbank, 2018, yarns (cotton, wool and acrylic), armature wire, synthetic fabric, bean bag polystyrene beads, electric string lights, cable ties
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3 May to 15 June 2019 — Events and activities These events and activities relate to current exhibitions. Bookings are required unless stated otherwise. Bookings open on Wednesday 17 April 2019.
Artists' talk with Chrys Zantis and Charlotte Haywood
Friday 3 May, 5.30 pm Join artists Chrys Zantis and Charlotte Haywood for an informative tour through their exhibitions, Internal landscapes, and Green Asylum. Unlimited places, all ages welcome.
Charlotte Haywood, Crowned cockatrose (detail), 2015, army issued wool blankets, silk, urban camo, desert camo, Auscam, shoelaces, cotton, institutional sheets, polar fleece, lycra and steel rod. Image courtesy of Justin Russell
Motifs, symbols, and telling stories with artist Charlotte Haywood
Saturday 4 May, 10am to noon Look at motifs and symbols in the landscape and all around us from the past to the present. Learn how to tell stories through motifs, both historical, observed and through pop culture. Create your own paper motifs and make stories with them through collage. 15 places, for children aged 8 to 14 years.
Mindfulness knitting with artist Chrys Zantis
Chrys Zantis with installation Internal landscapes, 2018. Image courtesy of Louis Lim
Wednesday 8 May, 10am to 2pm Mindfulness is about paying attention and being in the present. Come on a knitting adventure with Chrys and create a holey cellular sculpture. Knitting even the simplest pattern can induce a peaceful state and more complex designs can help you set aside thoughts and worries and enter a state of flow. Participants must have competent knitting skills. 10 places. For adults and older teens.
Exhibition talk and morning tea with Art Gallery Coordinator Michael Wardell
Friday 10 May, 10am Enjoy an informal tour through the current exhibitions with Logan Art Gallery Coordinator Michael Wardell. Join us for morning tea afterwards. Unlimited places, all ages welcome.
Therese Flynn-Clarke, I don’t want to go to school, 2016, random weave, cane, plant fibres and recycled materials, stitched found objects. Image courtesy of Therese Flynn-Clarke
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Fish out of water, random weave small sculpture pieces with artist Therese Flynn-Clarke
Tuesday 14 May, 10am to 1pm Using the random weave technique, create a small sculptural fish piece to become part of a larger installation. You may keep your individual work after the installation has been displayed. 15 places. For adults and teens.
Public access to the printing press
Tuesday 21 May, between 10am and 4pm Logan Art Gallery will provide free access to the workshop’s medium-sized printing press. Experience using a printing press is essential as this is a non-tutored session. 10 places. For adults. Bring your own print resources, special papers and printing plates, etc.
Chrys Zantis, Gentle breathing (detail), 2018, hula hoop, chiffon fabric, bias binding, prima cotton yarn, sewing threads
Experimental fabric manipulation – circular sculptural works with artist Chrys Zantis
Thursday 23 May, 10am to 2pm Make cellular structures using fabric manipulation techniques. Use Shibori binding, cutting, sewing, darning, pleating, couching, quilting, tying, embedding, tearing, gathering, embellishing, and weaving to create a hoop sculpture representing the microscopic views found in our amazing bodies. 10 places. For adults and older teens. Bring your own lunch.
Therese Flynn-Clarke, Stitched pine needle pendant, 2016
Wearable art, create a brooch or necklace with artist Therese Flynn-Clarke
Charlotte Haywood weaving 2016. Image courtesy of Edward Horne
Large scale weaving with recycled materials with exhibiting artist Charlotte Haywood
Layered with meaning, a mixed media workshop Therese Flynn-Clarke, Patterns of my days (detail), 2018, inks, paints, machine embroidery, printing and collage
with exhibiting artist Therese Flynn-Clarke
Friday 24 May, 1pm to 4pm Use basketry techniques and materials to create your own wearable art brooch or necklace. 15 places. For adults.
Friday 31 May, 2pm to 4pm Create a large scale weaving on a loom working with recycled fabrics. 15 places. For adults and older teens.
Tuesday 4 June, 10am to 2pm Create a personal story using layers of paper with a range of other art materials. Bring your own letters, maps or drawings that you would like to include. 15 places. For adults and older teens. Bring your own lunch.
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Family fun day
TEXTILE EXTRAVAGANZA and Creative Markets 10am to 2pm Saturday 1 June, 2019 Logan Art Gallery, cnr Wembley Rd and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central
Textile extravaganza
Creative Markets
Join us for a day of textile art activities. Enjoy ‘drop in’ workshops with exhibiting artists:
Enjoy the winter Creative Markets outside the gallery where individual stall holders will present their wares, including crafts, handmade clothes, and sweets. Pick up an individual and unique gift from the market or the Logan Art Gallery Store. Listen to live music and enjoy delicious food and drinks from the stalls.
• Join Chrys Zantis in the Mindfulness knitting circle. Help the circle grow by contributing to the edge in your own fashion. Knit, crochet, fringe, or make some pompoms. • Create a giant woven fish outdoors using the random weave technique with artist Therese Flynn-Clarke. • Learn how to weave on a full size tapestry loom to create a collaborative work with artist Charlotte Haywood. • Plus artists’ demonstrations, textile art activities, face painting, bouncing castle and more.
Therese Flynn-Clarke, Large community fish weave, 2016, recycled materials, plant fibres, wire and found ephemera. Image courtesy of Therese Flynn-Clarke.
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Unlimited places. All ages welcome. Image at top: Chrys Zantis, Growth rings (detail) 2019, wool and acrylic yarn, hula hoop, chiffon and sewing cottons. Image courtesy of Chrys Zantis Image left: Charlotte Haywood, Seven eyed watching Waratah, 2015, hi-vis polar fleece, urban camo, desert camo, Auscam, shoe laces, cotton, institutional sheets, silk, and steel rod. Image courtesy of Justin Russell
21 June to 27 July 2019 — Exhibitions Sally Terare: It’s the little things In this exhibition, Springwood artist Sally Terare investigates the daily lives of small insects and animals through a series of acrylic paintings and small sculptures. The artist seeks to explore the behaviour of how little things interact, how they exist and connect in a way that we may also relate to, but on a greater scale.
Sally Terare, Many people, one place (detail), 2017, acrylic on canvas
Michelle Vine and Jeanette Stok: Quadrat Quadrat is an art-science exhibition by Jeanette Stok, a research scientist and practising artist, and Michelle Vine, a contemporary artist initiating ‘citizen science’ projects. The exhibition explores the relationship between a scientific way of seeing the world by measuring, quantifying and collecting and the more inherently subjective nature of human endeavour. It demonstrates how art and science can inform each other to create meaning and knowledge.
Michelle Vine, installation Re-tracing Dietrich (Entomology research lab), 2017
Caitlin Franzmann and Man Cheung: Gradual Change Gradual Change considers the history and future of environmental conservation in the City of Logan. By presenting observations of the surrounding landscape with stories of local nature enthusiasts, scientists, First Nations Traditional Owners and activists, the exhibition will consider how we might best live together in and with the natural world.
Caitlin Franzmann and Man Cheung, Fortunes of the forest, 2017, divination cards. Image courtesy of Caitlin Franzmann This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
World Environment Day posters World Environment Day posters brings together a collection of vibrant artworks designed by Logan’s young artists. World Environment Day is an annual global event for positive environmental action.
Sophie Van Veldhuizen, The three Rs (detail), Greenbank State School, Year 5, Mayor’s choice 2018, coloured pencil, graphite and felt pen on paper
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21 June to 27 July 2019 — Events and activities These events and activities relate to current exhibitions. Bookings are required unless stated otherwise. Bookings open on Wednesday 5 June 2019.
Science in action, a live drawing performance with artists Jeanette Stok and Michelle Vines
Jeanette Stok, Duplicate (Bella), 2017, drawing performance. Image courtesy of Michelle Vine
Nature photography workshop Facilitated by photographic artist Man Cheung at Logan Art Gallery and surrounding parklands
Man Cheung during residency at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, 2015. Image courtesy of Wah Cheung
Botanical sun prints: Cyanotype workshop with artist Michelle Vine
Friday 21 June, 5.30pm to 6pm Science in action! Enjoy a live drawing performance. Jeanette Stok will draw Michelle Vine working with insect specimens in the gallery. Unlimited places. All welcome.
Saturday 22 June, 2pm to 4pm Meet at the gallery to explore the courtyard and surrounding gardens. Man will share with participants easy and practical techniques to better photograph plants and nature. 12 places. For 13 years and upwards. Note: you will be working outdoors. Participants will be required to bring their own DSLR cameras, tripod and sun protection.
Wednesday 26 June, 10am to noon Enjoy a science-inspired cyanotype workshop to create experimental photographic prints on paper and fabric using plant specimens and the sun. 25 places. For adults and older teens.
Exhibition talk and morning tea with Logan Art Gallery Coordinator Michelle Vine, Contested Biography I (Quadrat) 2017 (detail), cyanotype on 1980 edition of Amalie Dietrich: Ein Leben by Charitas Bischoff, stitched. Image courtesy of Michelle Vine
And the plants have time for us: Experimental film screening
Friday 28 June, 10am Enjoy an informal tour through the current exhibitions with Logan Art Gallery Coordinator. Join us for morning tea afterwards. Unlimited places. All ages welcome.
Saturday 29 June, 2pm to 4pm A screening of short films and moving image works exploring the many lives of plants. Co-curated by artist Caitlin Franzmann and Queensland Film Festival Director, John Edmond. Unlimited places. All ages welcome.
Man and Wah Cheung, 2017, Botanical Cosmos Bengaluru, video, 12 min 20 sec. Image courtesy of Man Cheung
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School Holiday Program Botanical sun prints: Cyanotype workshop for children with artist Michelle Vine Michelle Vine, Herbarium Hamburgense 2016-2017 (detail), Cyanotypes on Canson Edition, edition of 10, each image 30 x 42 cm. Image courtesy of Michelle Vine
Shadow drawing workshop with artist Jeanette Stok
Tuesday 2 July, 10am to noon Enjoy a science-inspired cyanotype workshop to create experimental photographic prints on paper using plant specimens and the sun. 15 places. For children aged 8 to 14 years
Thursday 4 July, 10am to noon Learn how to apply scientific thinking to create drawings. We will use a collection of our own shadows to make large silhouette portraits with charcoal and other materials. 20 places. For ages 8 to 14 years.
Jeanette Stok, Louise: Extraction, detail, 2017, drawing pen on rice paper
Bookmaking for children: create through symbolism with artist Sally Terare
Sally Terare, Mother, and child (detail), 2015, acrylic on canvas
Public access to the printing press
Wednesday 10 July, 10am to noon Learn the significance of Aboriginal story telling through traditional symbolism. Illustrate your own story book. 15 places. For children ages 7 to 14 years.
Thursday 11 July, between 10am and 4pm Logan Art Gallery will provide free access to the workshop’s medium-sized printing press. Experience using a printing press is essential as this is a non-tutored session. 10 places. For adults. Bring your own print resources, special papers and printing plates, etc.
Michelle Vine, Herbarium Hamburgense 2016-2017 (detail), Cyanotypes on Canson Edition, edition of 10, each image 30 x 42 cm. Image courtesy of Michelle Vine
Botanical sun prints: Cyanotype workshop for children
Friday 12 July, 10am to noon Enjoy a science-inspired cyanotype workshop to create experimental photographic prints on paper using plant specimens and the sun. 15 places. For 8 to 14 years.
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Mutual Making: Divination readings + tea drinking Saturday 6 July, 2pm to 4pm Logan Art Gallery courtyard
Join artists Caitlin Franzmann and Dhana Merritt to experience and share knowledge of the medicinal and spiritual potential of plants. This is a relaxed gathering for the community to interact with the artists and each other. Free event. Bookings essential at logan.qld.gov.au/ galleryevents or call 3412 5519. 20 places. All ages welcome.
Caitlin Franzmann, Mutual Making (Sacred Seeds), 2018, Caitlin Franzmann, communal Mutual Making divination readings with divination (Sacred Seeds), 2018, sticks divination and seeds. communal Image: Lim readings withLouis divination sticks and seeds. Image credit: Louis Lim
Arts grants Are you a performing or visual artist, work in a museum or the creative industries? Do you have a fabulous idea for a one-off arts project that needs funding? 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.
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Find out more about the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) at logan.qld.gov. au/RADF. Please contact the RADF Liaison Officer to discuss your grant eligibility by phone on 3412 5426. Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Logan Artworkers Networking Events (LANE)
Are you ready to turn your creative practice into a business? Saturday 18 May, 2pm to 4pm Logan Art Gallery Brian Tucker is known as much for his flamboyant style as his ability to make tax sound interesting. Brian specialises in accounting services to the arts, including visual and performing arts practitioners, writers, editors and publishers, not-for-profit arts organisations, Aboriginal Art Centres, theatre and dance companies, galleries and art dealers, musicians, managers, studios and music venues. If you are ready to turn your creative practice into a business, Brian can give you some good advice. Light refreshments will be served, so bookings are essential by Friday 17 May. Phone 3412 5519 or visit: logan.qld.gov.au/galleryevents
Art changes everything with Jane Milburn Saturday 8 June, 2pm to 4pm Logan Art Gallery When we practise art, we connect to our inner wisdom, culture and the world around us. Jane Milburn engages in art every day as a slow fashion practitioner upcycling and recreating existing clothes to wear as a statement of personal, social and environmental concerns about textile waste. Jane speaks about how art changes everything. Light refreshments will be served, so bookings are essential by Friday 7 June. Visit: logan.qld.gov.au/galleryevents or phone 3412 5519.
The Great Debate: Nature should be protected to improve human well-being Saturday 13 July, 2pm to 4pm, Logan Art Gallery Join us for a fun and informative afternoon of debating with two teams of art, science, and environmental professionals. Debaters: Caitlyn Franzmann, Man Cheung, Michelle Vine, Jeanette Stok, Sally Terare and Barry Fitzpatrick, and adjudicator Richard Blundell.
Light refreshments will be served so bookings are essential by Friday 12 July. Visit: logan.qld.gov.au/galleryevents or phone 3412 5519.
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1-31 JULY 2019
Music in local eateries and alternative spaces during July in the City of Logan. Logan Live Music Month will feature emerging and professional musicians at local cafes, clubs and alternative spaces in July throughout the City of Logan. From mid-June, check out the Gig Guide at Loganlive.com.au/gigguide For more information contact the Creative Industries Projects Officer on 3412 5426 or email radf@logan.qld.gov.au
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Music at Mayes Cottage
Logan Art Gallery Store Logan Art Gallery Store has a range of unique gifts and collectables—perfect for a special occasion. Items for sale include textiles, handmade jewellery, books, glassware, woodware and greeting cards. The store is located inside the gallery and is open from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday. T. Flynn-Clarke, handmade earrings and eco-dyed scarf
Back to the bush with Scott Douglas Saturday 18 May , 10.30am to 1.30pm Mayes Cottage, 20 Mawarra St, Kingston Take a journey to the great outback with country music singer and songwriter, Scott Douglas. Originally from the USA, Scott is actively involved in the Australian Country music scene, and has performed at the Gympie Music Muster, RNA EKKA and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. This event is being held on International Museum Day, which aims to raise awareness of the fact that museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace. Visit: loglib.org/mayes or phone 3412 4147 for more information.
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