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Sculpting art displays by the bay Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au SCULPTURES are set to be installed throughout Frankston as part of a council partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, a not-for-profit organisation based in Sydney. Frankston Council will lease 10 sculptures to be placed on public display along the city’s foreshore and “popular public spaces�. Sculpture by the Sea manages two annual free exhibitions of sculpture artworks at Bondi in Sydney and Cottesloe in Western Australia. Council will lease the sculptures for public view across Frankston
from Sculpture by the Sea for $60,000 over three years plus installation costs. “Our city’s new sculpture collection will feature an eclectic series of works that the community is welcome to enjoy in picturesque locations, ranging from the waterfront to parks, community centres and libraries,� Mayor Cr James Dooley said. The first three sculptures to be installed - Oushi Zokei Hexagonal by Keizo Ushio, Mirage by Deirdre Mair and Harry Stitt and Intervention by Mike Van Dam - will find a home for three years at Beauty Park, Frankston Waterfront near the Yacht
Club and within sight of Frankston Life Saving Club. “This initiative makes art more accessible to the Frankston community. Sculptures will become an iconic attraction of Frankston and reach a new market of local, interstate and international visitors,� Cr Dooley said. “Frankston increasingly is a destination for arts and culture, with more than 163,000 people visiting the Arts Centre and 130,000 people visiting McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery every year.� Beached: The Mirage sculpture is coming to Frankston. Picture: Clyde Yee
Liberals’ Crewther gets over the line in Dunkley
Arts inspired: Manyung Gallery has moved and expended, with “boutique� gallery at Mt Eliza Village, one for larger pieces at Mornington and spaces at Malvern and Sorrento. Working with the exhibitions are, from left, Irina Agaronyan (Malvern), co-director Sharyn Wemyss-Smith and Gillian Haig (Mt Eliza). Picture: Supplied
Manyung moves to the village AFTER 48 years, Manyung Gallery has moved from its original home in a faux Tuscan castle on Nepean Highway to a shop in nearby Mt Eliza Village. In addition to this “boutique� gallery, directors David and Sharyn Wemyss-Smith have opened an art warehouse in Progress St, Mornington to house and display larger artworks. They also offer a mobile service, delivering artwork for on-site assessment at homes and offices. The Wemyss-Smiths also have “art spaces� at Sorrento, and Malvern. “We’ve found more and more that people want a hero piece in their home accompanied by smaller complementary artworks. This space allows us to showcase artwork across a range of scales,� Sharyn Wemyss-Smith said.
“For us it’s about creating an experience for our visitors. We aren’t selling a piece of artwork; we are providing joy and emotion through art. It’s really important that our clients are confident knowing that they can source the perfect artwork through us.� The new gallery at 60 Mt Eliza Way.
Indigenous art talk GUEST speakers from Mornington’s Baluk Arts will discuss the work of indigenous artists on the Mornington Peninsula at the July meeting of Southern Women’s Action Network at the Mornington Library, 9.30am, Sunday 17 July. All welcome. Cost: $8 includes morning tea. Details: 59743879.
THE seat of Dunkley remains in Liberal Party hands by a narrow margin with Chris Crewther elected as its federal MP to represent the area in Canberra. A 4.2 per cent swing to Labor with 77 per cent of votes counted by last Friday was not enough to overcome a 5.6 per cent margin held by retiring Liberal MP Bruce Billson at the 2013 federal election. “I am very humbled by the result achieved by the Liberal Party in Dunkley and would like to thank the community for the honour and responsibility they have placed upon me by electing me as their representative in the Australian Parliament,� Mr Crewther said in a statement. “I want to place on record my sincere thanks to retiring Member for Dunkley, Bruce Billson. Bruce is a unique character in Australian politics, deeply passionate about his electorate and, more broadly, small business and the important role it has to play in Australia. Few have championed their electorate and worked harder for it than Bruce, he leaves massive shoes to fill. I also thank him for his mentorship and assistance throughout this long campaign.� Mr Crewther acknowledged the campaign of Labor opponent Peta Murphy and pledged to “work hard for the people of Dunkley� to ensure it “remains a great place to live so local families can build for the future with confidence�. He thanked volunteers and supporters who had pitched in during the
eight-week election campaign to get him over the line in Dunkley. On her Facebook page last week Ms Murphy thanked “the incredible group of people who have been involved in our campaign, who knocked on doors, made calls, stood outside train stations and spent a long cold day handing out How To Vote cards on Saturday [election day]. Your efforts made a huge difference and you should be incredibly proud. I am forever grateful. “Thank you also to the people of Dunkley and the community, sporting and professional groups I have had the pleasure of speaking to and working with during the last 18 months.� She said she is “looking forward to continuing to serve this community that I love� despite the election result. Dunkley was one of several marginal seats where the result was not decided on election night but the Liberal Party was confident it would hold the seat (‘Liberals declare victory,’ The Times 4/7/16). Australia still awaits the result of a handful of seats across the nation to determine whether the Coalition government will be returned to government. Malcolm Turnbull is likely to remain Prime Minister with the Coalition poised to win at least the minimum 76 seats needed to form majority government. Three independent MPs have confirmed they would back a Coalition government in a minority government if it falls short of the 76 seats needed in its own right. Neil Walker
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