Moonah Arts Centre April, May + June 2024 Program

Welcome to Moonah Arts Centre

Welcome to the Moonah Arts Centre April, May and June Program! I am very pleased to introduce another vibrant season full of events, exhibitions and workshops for people of all ages to enjoy.

As usual, I am particularly excited about the Glenorchy Youth Open, our annual youth art exhibition inviting young people to share their unique and unfiltered perspectives through any medium they choose. All entries received are accepted and professionally curated and hung throughout the gallery. Plus, all artists go into the draw to win a $100 voucher for adArt Art Supplies to encourage further creative exploration.

In this program, we introduce the five emerging Young Artists selected to have their own solo exhibition at MAC in 2024. Each artist is guided by our expert staff to prepare and present an exhibition with curatorial guidance, professional handling and installation of artworks, promotion and documentation of the exhibition. I’m very proud Glenorchy City Council are supporting the next generation of artists by offering such a valuable experience.

In May, we are thrilled to present the Mosaic Festival of Arts 2024, a wide-ranging, four-week program of performances, presentations and workshops delivered by Mosaic Support Services, Second Echo Ensemble and special guests. This festival provides a platform for local artists living with disabilities to share their ideas, experiences and prolific creative output.

Finally, we invite you to join us for Out of the Closet Comedy, a stand-up comedy event that celebrates transgender representation in honour of Pride Month. Laughter has the power to unite us, and we are proud to support this inclusive and joyful night of diversity.

I hope to see you at the MAC!

With kindness

Bec Thomas

Mayor of Glenorchy City Council

CONTACT US:

03 6216 6316

mac@gcc.tas.gov.au

OPENING HOURS:

Tuesday to Friday: 10am-5pm

Saturday: 10am-2pm

Cover Image: Artwork by Grace Chia

VISIT: 23-27 Albert Rd

Moonah TAS 7009

Glenorchy Youth Open

Young Artists of Glenorchy City

FRIDAY 12 APRIL — SATURDAY 4 MAY

ART PARTY: 5.30PM FRIDAY 12 APRIL

The Glenorchy Youth Open is a community exhibition, celebrating the creativity of young and emerging artists, aged 25 and under. All artists are invited to enter one artwork in any medium to be included in the exhibition.

All entries are accepted and displayed and all go into the draw to win a $100 voucher for adArt Art Supplies.

SHARE YOUR ARTWORK:

Please deliver artwork to Moonah Arts Centre with a completed entry form (found at moonahartscentre.org.au/opportunities) between Tuesday 2 and Friday 5 April 2024.

ART PARTY Launch Event: 5.30pm Friday 12 April

Live music, food + drinks, free entry — no booking required, everyone is invited, kids welcome (as always).

Obsession Ellie Barnes

Obsession delves into the artist’s passions and interests — 2000s nostalgia, video game characters, celebrity culture and the simple and symbolic beauty of nature. This exhibition is a tribute to the role art plays as a means of communication, connection and expression.

pretty drowning

Scarlett Tope

pretty drowning explores feminism, misogyny and body issues through the female figure. Using strange colours and surrealist-like techniques to push societal norms, this collection of work focuses on the parts of the body usually found unattractive such as scars, stretch marks and body hair.

Together Forever Woolf Wattern

This collection of drawings is based on the exploration of the shadow. Losing myself in the flow of the pen the shadow draws itself, it’s not something I really think about, I just feel it.

Together Forever includes drawings created over the last couple of years. I was curious of what it would be like to reveal these personal drawings in a public setting and what curiosities and conversations they would evoke about my inner world.

Image: Scarlett Tope, waves

Image: Ellie Barnes, Pixie dust

Image: Love by Woolf Wattern

EXHIBITION

Young

Artists

FRIDAY 12 APRIL — SATURDAY 4 MAY

ART PARTY: 5.30PM FRIDAY 12 APRIL

La Famille

Amelie Moschberger

La Famille is a celebration of the individuality, inspiration and love found among my loved ones. It focuses on my family and friends — their interests and what reminds me of them. It is an ode to them, a reminder of how special each one of them is to me.

ScribblaMETRA

Grace Chia

Welcome to the wonderful world of ScribblaMETRA — a world born out of the balance of chaos and order.

“Scribbla” harnesses the power of freedom with line and pen, the unusual and instinctive flow that comes with art. “METRA” is derived from the word “Metric” and incapsulates the ordered patterns, symbols and perspectives that are cohesive throughout my work.

The plains in this world are unlike ours and you will often come across secret doors, portals and optically illusive pathways. Immerse yourself in the ScribblaCity, the native language formed in symbols throughout and get lost with the creatures through the secret doors waiting for you.

Image: Amelie Moschberger, That Boy

Image: Grace Chia

Young Masters Painting Workshops

with Kira Simmonds | Ages

12-16

Young artists will build on their understanding of colour mixing and its application and learn techniques to recreate the natural colours and textures found in the world around them. In addition to a range of new skills, participants will leave the workshop with paints, brushes and quality paper to continue their creative exploration and start their next masterpiece.

Garden still life painting

10.30am-12.30pm, Thursday 18 April

For students interested in painting nature and landscapes.

Terrapin —

Wild Animals!

1pm-3pm, Thursday 18 April

For students interested in creating animals or fantasy creatures.

Paper Puppets Workshop

with Julie Waddington | Ages 8-12

10am-12pm, Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 April

Join theatre-maker and Terrapin’s teaching artist, Julie Waddington for a fun and lively puppetry workshop. You’ll explore paper puppetry and learn how to bring your puppets to life!

April School Holidays

Circus Workshops

with Rooke Circus

Ages 8-12 — 10am-11am, Friday 26 April &

Ages 12+ — 11.30am-12.30pm, Friday 26 April

Before seeing their new show Nimble, join ROOKE’s acrobats for a masterclass in ground-based acrobatics and group acrobatics.

ROOKE is a contemporary circus company based in Launceston.

with Rooke Circus | All ages

Nimble 6:30pm Friday 26 + 10:30am & 1:30pm Saturday 27 April | Tickets $10 -$15

Three shows, all ages

Tasmania’s own ROOKE brings us right to the edge of our seats with their new work, Nimble. Bodies fly through the air, acrobats stand atop one another and belly laughs will be had. This intimate work explores connection, humanity and trust. A treat for the whole family.

Van Diemen

FREE EVENT + Special Guests + Music Tas

DOORS 7PM, SATURDAY 27 APRIL

Prepare to delve into the darkest recesses of black metal with an all-ages gig from Tasmanian metal band, Van Diemen.

Van Diemen brings the true sounds of the cold, dark Tasmanian wilderness to life, with lyrics inspired by long-lost Tasmanian mythology. Their melodically charged death/black metal approach captures Van Diemen’s Land unlike any other.

Supporting Van Diemen is a lineup of local emerging musicians, to be announced!

This event is unlicensed and aimed at a youth audience. Young people under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a suitable parent or guardian.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW—

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Connections

6PM FRIDAY 19 APRIL, 11AM & 6PM SATURDAY 20 APRIL

Kinetic Connections is a celebration of movement and story through dance. From seaside Colombia to the far north of India to the streets of Tokyo, this immersive new performance explores the connections we share across cultures and histories.

Kinetic Connections is presented by Constance ARI and proudly supported through the Glenorchy City Council Cultural Celebrations Grants Program.

MOSAIC

Festival of Arts 20 24

Mosaic Support Services

THURSDAY 9 MAY — SATURDAY 1 JUNE

Step into the vibrant world of the Mosaic Festival of Arts 2024, a four-week festival program curated by artists and staff from Mosaic Support Services. This festival celebrates the creative achievements of local artists with disabilities, sharing their ideas, experiences through a series of performances, presentations and workshops curated by Mosaic, Second Echo Ensemble and some surprise guests!

At the heart of the festival lies the mesmerising exhibition, AQUANEBULA.

Mosaic Festival of Arts 2024 is proudly supported by Moonah Arts Centre and Glenorchy City Council.

View the full program of free and ticketed events via moonahartscentre.org.au .

EXHIBITION

AQUANEBULA

Mosaic Support Services

FRIDAY 10 MAY — SATURDAY 1 JUNE

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 9 MAY

AQUANEBULA is an immersive exhibition that explores the diversity of viewpoints and shared vision of the immense power and mystery of the ocean; its underwater wonders and unknown depths with divergent, spreading and merging enigmatic boundaries. Like the Ocean, Nebulae are mystical, luminescent and the genesis of creation. This exhibition is a fusion between the elements of water and light.

AQUANEBULA is a collaborative group installation by over 50 artists.

AQUANEBULA is presented by Mosaic Support Services in partnership with the Moonah Arts Centre for the Mosaic Festival of Arts 2024.

EXHIBITION

Release

Amanda Kay

FRIDAY 7 JUNE — SATURDAY 22 JUNE

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 6 JUNE

This exhibition explores the temporal act of writing, erasing and re-writing one’s story in paint; a cathartic process that allows one to let go, clearing the mind and body. Release is an exploration of trauma on the feminine which contemplates the hidden complexities of the mind. Through their process of making, the artist observes rapid thought patterns, transcribing these into the work and re-writing memories.

EXHIBITION

SeaWorthy

Edwina Cooper

FRIDAY 7 JUNE — SATURDAY 22 JUNE

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT : 5.30PM THURSDAY 6 JUNE

SeaWorthy investigates the dynamic relationship between the hull of a boat and the body of water it traverses.

This installation uses boat building methods for shaping timber to take ‘relief casts’ from the hulls of existing vessels — which when abstracted, mimic the shape of either hull or wave. Amassing in the gallery, this installation physically and metaphorically draws out the threshold space and relationships between boat and water / air and sea / human and non-human.

SeaWorthy is motivated by reframing our relationship with water — considering themes of oceanic immensity alongside our responsibilities to better care for and encourage respectful cohabitation with water spaces.

Image: Edwina Cooper, Record of a Boat - fragmentary casts, 2021, marine plywood, marine varnish. Image: Rosina Possingham

EXHIBITION

Animal Prestige

Duncan Hose

FRIDAY 7 JUNE — SATURDAY 22 JUNE

Image: Duncan Hose, Catteh, 2020, ink on papery

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 6 JUNE

How do animals, including humans, understand each other at a moment’s notice?

By projecting and perceiving behaviours such as grace, intelligence, learning, style, wit, intimidation and beauty. These are examples of humans using their status, or prestige, to claim territory. Displaying prestige is an animal tactic of dominance or seduction — it is a trick of glamour. These works explore the concept of animals performing prestige through the medium of drawing.

Young@Art: Unleash Your Art

Freddy Lee-Mount, Radha Bradley , Sydne Ketcham, Jenette Grubb, Ann Shaffer, June Percey, Gerry Le Mottee

FRIDAY 7 JUNE — SATURDAY 22 JUNE

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 6 JUNE

We are a group of older artists that live in a retirement village and create art on a regular basis.

The artists in our group use many different mediums, including oils, charcoal, watercolour, photography, montage and pottery.

EXHIBITION EXHIBITION

Empower

Tilly Ferguson

FRIDAY 28 JUNE — SATURDAY 20 JULY

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 27 JUNE

“In 2016, I’m sitting with a counsellor discussing the dark hole I think I’m stuck in. He tells me no matter what the situation, there is always a choice. I start looking for options in a new light and try changing my viewpoint.”

The two meditation lamps in this exhibition illustrate this experience. The plus and cross of each lamp change appearance depending on the viewpoint, background or lighting, yet remain centred and balanced within the frame. To the artist, this represents taking the time to centre oneself and to choose authenticity and empowerment.

Image; Tilly Fergusson, Choice 2, 2022, celery top pine, acrylic, glass

Image: Sydne Ketcham, pottery

EXHIBITION

The Dance of Colours

Anna Mykhalchuk

FRIDAY 28 JUNE — SATURDAY 20 JULY

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 27 JUNE

The Dance of the Colours invites you to appreciate the interconnectedness and beauty of all things. Through vibrant depictions of flora and fauna, Samchykivka art evokes a sense of dynamic motion, inviting viewers to explore the stories with hidden animals and birds that entice the imagination.

Samchykivka art is a decorative folk art from Ukraine, using colours, lines and shapes to depict various cultural stories, ideas, the natural world and living things. Through movement, colour and cultural fusion, the artists shares her cultural traditions while simultaneously experimenting with its boundless possibilities.

Image: Anna Mykhalchuk, Freedom to be yourself, 2022, acrylic on paper.

EXHIBITION

Aurora Dreaming

Annette Day

FRIDAY 28 JUNE — SATURDAY 20 JULY

ART PARTY LAUNCH EVENT: 5.30PM THURSDAY 27 JUNE

Aurora Dreaming is an exhibition of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell stringing and basket weaving using techniques passed down from our highly respected Elders. The exhibition includes a statement piece called Aurora Dreaming, which is a triple strand contemporary piece using handpicked Marineer shells, shimmering and reflecting together in blues, purples and greens that replicate the Southern Aurora. Other works, including necklaces, bracelets and earrings made with shells and kelp showcasing traditional and contemporary methods will also be on display, as well as traditionally woven river reed baskets, some of which are decorated with Marineer shells.

Annette Day, Aurora Dreaming, 2024. Image: Lily Pursell Photography

OUT OF THE CLOSET

COMEDY COMEDY OUT OF THE CLOSET

DOORS 7PM, FRIDAY 21 JUNE

Join us for a hilarious night of comedy with Lutruwita/Tasmania’s best trans comedians.

Funds raised from ticket sales will go towards supporting the local LGBTQIA+ community.

Featuring:

Chloe Black

Leelyn Double Chin

Hera Fox

Chunnian Jiang

Ash Slingshot

Jay Sykes

TICKETS $15-$20 ON SALE NOW—

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FREE EVENT

FAMILY FUN OPEN DAY at

Benjafield Park

10AM – 1PM, FRIDAY 19 APRIL

Bring the whole family for a day of fun in the park. Enjoy arts and crafts activities, music and more and try out the brand-new playground!

Suitable for ages 12 and under. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Find out more information via moonahartscentre.org.au

Community Silent Disco Community Silent Disco Community Silent Disco

KIDS AND FAMILIES — 1-2PM, SATURDAY 29 JUNE +

ALL COMMUNITY — 7-8.30PM SATURDAY 29 JUNE (ALL AGES)

Moonah Arts Centre’s beloved Community Silent Disco returns for not one, but two special Festival of Voices events!

Dust off your disco attire and immerse yourself in dance floor magic.

We’ll provide you with a pair of headphones and you choose your vibe via the available music channels, each expertly curated by three sensational local DJs, live at Moonah Arts Centre.

Get ready to dance like never before at the Community Silent Disco!

TICKETS $10-$15 ON SALE FRIDAY 5 APRIL — festivalofvoices.com

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