Glasshouse Regional Gallery What's On Autumn - March, April, May 2020

AUTUMN IN THE GALLERY 2020

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"Yamadagai Gimbay Birpai Barray" “Welcome friends to Birpai Country”

AUTUMN PROGRAM March, April, May 2020

GLASSHOUSE PORT MACQUARIE REGIONAL GALLERY Cnr Clarence & Hay Streets, Port Macquarie NSW 2444 Contact

Gallery opening hours

call:

02 6581 8888

Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 5pm

email:

info@glasshouse.org.au

Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm

web:

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Public Holidays: 10am - 4pm

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Hay St Follow Glasshouse Port Macquarie: Cover: Laura Jones, Arcadia, 2020 (detail), oil on linen diptych, 183 x 198 cm Back cover: Asher Milgate, The forest floor cares for its dead, 2019, dye-sublimation print on aluminium (medium format infrared film), 1000 x 1000mm

ANNUAL GALLERY CLOSURE Monday 20 April - Friday 15 May 2020

Welcome Autumn celebrates all things local!

Kicking off the season with our biennial Mid North Coast showcase, Northern Exposure Six. One of the biggest yet!

Never seen before work from our 2019 Artists in Residence: Laura Jones and Asher Milgate, who explore our local area in two very different and exciting ways. These exhibitions are not to be missed!

We will be closed from Monday 20 April to Friday 15 May for our annual Regional Gallery closure – but don’t fret we will be back with a fresh lick of paint and three new exciting exhibitions.

For the hands on creatives, our locally focused and facilitated Gallery events fill our program

Local artists Brian Barker and Rita Carosi

this autumn with something for every age

present their Shared Passion exhibition, Shape

group. With adult drawing classes with Jill

2019 debuts in our annual programming,

Cairns, Tween term masterclasses with newly

a showcase of a selection of outstanding

local Antonija Gros, artist talks, openings, kids

major projects from the NSW Higher School

holiday fun and so much more.

Certificate Design and Technology, Industrial Technology multimedia and Textiles and Design courses, featuring our very own local students. What a line up!

Celebrate all things local this Autumn at your gallery, the Glasshouse Regional Gallery.

Thank you again for all your continued support and we look forward to seeing you in the Gallery soon!

Bridget Purtill Gallery Curator

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On View 29 February - 19 April

Now in its sixth year, this bi-annual exhibition showcases artists and artisans from across the Mid North Coast.

Opening night:

This exhibition presents a cross section of artistic practice,

Friday 6 March @ 6pm

including sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics,

Free. Bookings required.

textiles and mixed media artworks.

The Glasshouse Regional Gallery is very proud of Northern Exposure as it is a cornerstone of the Gallery’s program

Installation view, Northern Exposure 5, 2018

to support artists within the local community and provide professional development opportunities.

Glasshouse Regional Gallery supporting arts within our community.

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On view: 7 March - 19 April

Laura Jones

Arcadia Sydney based artist and 2019 Artist in Residence, Laura Jones presents

Opening night:

Arcadia a solo exhibition that celebrates our spirited local Port Macquarie

Friday 6 March @ 6pm

Jones’ signature vivid colourful still lifes and spirited landscapes are

Free.

Bookings required.

Laura Jones, Arcadia, 2020 (detail), oil on linen diptych, 183 x 198 cm

coastal landscape.

scaled up to depict familiar sub-tropical flora. Banksias, flannel flowers, banana plants and frangipanis, rock pools with urchins and Neptune’s pearls are all captured with unashamed reverence for beauty.

In the wake of the unprecedented fire storm that has raged up and down the East Coast of Australia, her works can been seen as elegies for what has been lost and what we must fight to protect. Finding light in the human affection for the coast and its vast biodiversity, both native and farmland, this exhibition expresses love and sorrow for what was destroyed, and fondness for what still stands, projecting a sense of hope for the future in the age of the Anthropocene.

Like peering into the tiny universes of sea stars in rock pools, so bright you wouldn’t think they blend in, Laura Jones exhibition Arcadia will share

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a nostalgic sense of wonder and joy at the natural world.

On view: 7 March - 19 April

Asher Milgate

duality Asher Milgate’s work responds to the historic ‘Australian’ identity. Drawing from direct accounts Milgate discusses the collisions of colonisation and effects of prosperity and trauma. duality

is a transferal of history, of lived experiences echoed through

photography and sound recordings. Milgate seeks to engage the public’s interest in the breath of the ‘Australian’ landscape, through diversity, similarity and dual perspectives.

Opening night:

Milgate’s exhibition, duality, developed during his time as Artist in Residence

Friday 6 March @ 6pm

in 2019, looks at our local landscape and the dual histories that it holds.

Free.

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Bookings required.

Asher Milgate, The forest floor cares for its dead, 2019, dye-sublimation print on aluminium (medium format infrared film), 1000 x 1000mm

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On view: 16 May - 14 June Mark making, ambiguous shapes, expressive lines, colours bright and subdued are all suggestive clues to an abstract artist’s exploration of its subject matter. In a world where we sometimes find ourselves

Opening night: Friday 15 May @ 6pm Free. Bookings required.

surrounded by anxiety and pressure, Abstract art can symbolise an escape. One might fall between the shapes and marks as they pull and retract from each other, creating a tension, a depth.

Tangible, emotive, illusive and bold, this suggestive art form can leave the viewer in charge of what they wish to see.

Abstraction is an exhibition that features works from the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Art Collection, featuring artist such as Val Allen, Marion Borgelt, Gavin Crichton and many more. Abstraction is one of two main themes that narrates the collection the other being Landscape.

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Gavin Crichton, 2011, Blue Rivers, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 136 x 152cm, donated by the artist 2012 to Port Macquarie Hastings Council Art Collection

SHAPE 2019 PE 2019 On view: 16 May - 28 June

Shape 2019 will showcase a selection of outstanding major projects from the NSW Higher School Certificate Design and Technology, Industrial Technology and Textiles and Design courses.

The exhibition consists of innovative and inspiring student inventions and designs from areas as diverse as animation, electronics, engineering and fashion.

The students’ works demonstrate the application of important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to practical real world problems. While the projects are diverse, behind each one is thorough planning, research, testing, prototyping and evaluation.

Georgia Clark, St George Christian School, Ruffles of Nature, 2018

Opening night: Friday 15 May @ 6pm Free. Bookings required.

Maurizio Pagano, William Carey Christian School, 1934 Ford pedal car, Industrial Technology 2018. Photography: Benjamin Townsend

The exhibition is presented by the NSW Education Standards Authority, in association with the Glasshouse Regional Gallery and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, to highlight the talent and skills of students undertaking HSC Technology courses.

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On View: 16 May - 28 June

Brian Barker & Rita Carosi

A Shared Passion A Shared Passion celebrates the artistic talents of local husband and wife duo, Brian Barker and Rita Carosi.

Inspired by their love of art, travelling, the natural beauty of the Hastings area and plein air painting, this exhibition reflects these shared experiences and observations.

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Inspired by their shared love of art

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and travel

Artist talk: Saturday 16 May @ 11am Join Artist Brian Barker and Rita Carosi as they give insight into their shared passion!

Free. Bookings required.

Rita Carosi, Run with the wind, 2019, oil on canvas Brian Barker, Regrowth after the fires Lake Cathie, 2020, water colour, pen and ink, 100cm x 80cm

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Opening night: Friday 15 May @ 6pm Free. Bookings required.

GALLERY

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EVENTS WORKSHOPS

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Artists in conversation

Asher Milgate & Laura Jones Saturday 7 March @ 11am Free. Bookings required.

The Gallery is dedicated to showcasing Australian contemporary arts practice and creating opportunities for contemporary artists to connect with our regional audiences and vice versa.

Artists talks creates the perfect platform to do just that!

Take the opportunity to join us for an informative insight into the artistic explorations of our 2019 Artists in residence, Asher Milgate & Laura Jones, and learn about their current practices which have transpired into two incredible solo shows.

Photo credit: Rachel Kara

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Workshops for adults 7 March & 4 April 1.30pm - 3.30pm Saturdays – Bookings essential

$15 single, $12 Member* Craft Spot is our once a month opportunity to learn a new artistic skill. Each month’s activity will be inspired by the exhibitions on display. *transaction fees may apply

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17 March - 26 March

Artist in Residence: Emma Walker: Emma Walker will be our first 2020 Artist In Residence, Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program that gives opportunities for contemporary Australian artists to connect with our local area & community, developing ideas and concepts that will go towards a solo exhibition the following year.

About the artist Emma Walker consistently and evocatively engages with the natural world, looking at the patterns and rhythms that recur in nature. Carving, sanding, digging, grinding, glazing, dripping and scratching into layered timber, the artist creates a unique process and approach to her sculptural wall paintings. From ancient landscapes of sea, rock and sky to the microscopic patterns and rhythms that power existence, her work moves between the micro and the macro in a formative dance.

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A Glasshouse Regional Gallery initiative funded by Create NSW.

Be Inspired Biography Walker has been exhibiting for over thirty years. Her career has enjoyed the strong support of patrons Ann Lewis AO, Nick Waterlow, OAM and Julian Beaumont OAM. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Sydney, and she has also studied in Italy and travelled extensively. She was a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize (2017, 2013, 2010, 2008) and winner of the prestigious

Jacaranda

Acquisitive Drawing Award (2014). Walker has held numerous exhibitions in both Sydney

and

Melbourne,

and her work features in several major public and corporate collections and various private collections in Australia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Please note: Due to the nature

of

the

on-site

exploratory research, Emma will not be available to the public. An exhibition in 2021 will feature the development from

this

residency

opportunity.

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Drawing Fundamentals Plus with Jill Cairns – six week course

16 May - 20 June, 1pm - 3.30pm Saturday afternoons $180 single, $160 Member* *transaction fees may apply

Bookings essential.

About the course This course will investigate traditional and contemporary observations and ideas with dry medium.

The content will be divided into three areas of medium; Graphite, Charcoal and Pastel.

Each fortnight will explore traditional skills and then a follow up with contemporary ideas and technique to extend the medium.

A range of exercises will be offered to beginners and advanced, to explore creative possibilities.

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To draw, you must close

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your eyes and sing

Pablo Picasso

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About the tutor Jill Cairns is a landscape artist who loves to express through various medium. Drawing is a strong basis for all her work to give a powerful sense of rhythm in the environment. Mark making is her excitement!

Master Artist Series for Tweens

12 May - 30 June, 4pm - 6pm Tuesday afternoons

Term 2 – eight week course

$160 single, $140 Member*

Join Artist Antonija Gros as she introduces our emerging artists to the Master Artist Series for Tweens. Students will learn fine

Ages 11 - 14 years *transaction fees may apply

Bookings essential.

art techniques of drawing, painting, mono printing and the principles of design used by Master Artists for centuries.

• What can we learn from Leonardo Da Vinci’s methods and journals?

• What inspired Michael Angelo to spend four years painting a ceiling?

• Was Picasso’s movement of Cubism new or a remake of historical styles? How can we be original?

• How has history shaped what we define as art?

• What are today’s art movements?

All this and more!

About the Artist Antonija Gros has recently relocated to Port Macquarie after 23 years in Singapore.

Accredited to teach the ‘Learn to Draw Using the Right Side of the Brain Method’, by Dr Betty Edwards, Antonija’s career has consisted of running enrichment programs for adults, children, corporates and holiday workshops.

Antonija has written and illustrated Fine Art History and children’s books, greeting card collections, lectured at the Singapore Art Museum and exhibited and sold her own art work.

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Perfect fo r kids aged

4-9

and their carers.

Bring your kids to one of our Glasshouse Sprouts art activities these school holidays.

This is a fun and inspiring art making sessions facilitated by local artist Lucy Pascale.

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$ .50 per child* *Transaction fees may apply

Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Our Sprouts children’s art sessions always delight our budding young artists!

Come and get creative with us!

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Wednesday 15 & 22 April 10am and 3pm * Duration 1 hour

Bookings essential, call 6581 8888 or www.glasshouse.org.au

Principal Partner of the Education @ Glasshouse Program

The Regional Gallery offers a range of creative opportunities to enrich your students’ creative learning.

These experiences build confidence in discussing ideas and creates a platform for learning that is outside the classroom.

>> Exhibitions >> Guided Tours >> Workshops

For more information: Education@glasshouse.org.au

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Accessible Art Tours Accessible Art Tours provide a welcoming, comfortable environment to enhance connections to the exhibitions on display.

This relaxed tour will provide an opportunity for participants to share their opinions and experiences on our current exhibitions.

27 March, 17 April & 29 May 9.45am, 10.45am & 12.30pm Fridays – Bookings essential

$5 per person (Carers free of charge) HOW TO BOOK: 1. Pick your date and time 2. Call or email the Box Office to reserve your tour (min 5, max 10 per tour) 3. Confirm your numbers, time and arrange payment

by Monday 5pm. We will contact you 4. Arrive 15 minutes before your tour (if payment hasn’t been made, arrange this prior to commencing your tour)

Enjoy your tour!

Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, installation view, Glasshouse Port Macquarie, 2018, image courtesy and © the artists.

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Thank YOU

for enjoying our recent Gallery programs...

Volunteers

The Glasshouse Regional Gallery gratefully acknowledges its dedicated and active volunteers.

Colin Bennett

Jean Earl

Janice Matthews

Glennis Slack-Smith

Ann Broomby

Colleen Evans

Gwen Norris

Jenny Soerensen

Barbara Brown

Noel Giles

Joe & Maddalena Piola

Suzanne Steel

Joan Burley

Pauline Gowing

Sue Poole

Steve Stevens

Maureen Cooke

Antonija Gros

Ken Reynolds

Madelinka Sulic

Ray Cooper

Aimmee Hubka

Jennifer Rowan

Anne Thomas

Jackie Deane

Fred Husken

Eleanore Russell

Susan Thompson

Vicki Dawson

Tony & Lin Martin

Marilyn Sallustio

Patricia Woodhead

Sponsors Government Sponsors

Founding Sponsors

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A facility of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council

The Glasshouse is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW

The Glasshouse Regional Gallery acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands, waters and seas where we work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and future.

EXHIBITIONS Northern Exposure Six: Mid North Coast showcase

29 February - 19 April

Arcadia: Laura Jones

7 March - 19 April

duality: Asher Milgate

7 March - 19 April

Abstraction: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Collection

16 May - 14 June

Shape 2019 - NSW HSC Design & Technology, Industrial Technology Multimedia and Textiles & Design showcase A Shared Passion: Brian Barker & Rita Carosi

16 May - 28 June 16 May - 28 June

GALLERY EVENTS Exhibition Opening night: Northern Exposure Six, Arcadia and duality

6 March @ 6pm

Artists in conversation: Laura Jones and Asher Milgate

7 March @ 11am

Craft Spot

7 March & 4 April

Artist in residence: Emma Walker

17 March - 26 March

Accessible Art Tours

27 March, 17 April & 29 May

Holiday Sprouts

15 April & 22 April

Gallery Annual Closure

20 April - 15 May

Exhibition Opening night: A Shared Passion, Shape 2019 and Abstraction

15 May @ 6pm

Artist Talk: Brian Barker & Rita Carosi

16 May @ 11am

Drawing Fundamentals Plus

16 May, 23 May, 30 May, 6 June, 13 June, 20 June

Master Artist Series for Tweens

12 May, 19 May, 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 16 June, 23 June, 30 June

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GALLERY ANNUAL CLOSURE

We will be closed between Monday 20 April - Friday 15 May 2020 We look forward to re-opening on Saturday 16 May 2020