Seven days of art
SORRENTO back beach by Craig Davy, above; glass bowls by Roberta Easton, centre; and Ron Brown’s Blue Gums, left, will be exhibited at this year’s Mornington Art Show.
show feature 2015 at Mornington Art Show. Ron Brown started as a landscape painter and his works are known to compliment the interiors of both domestic and industrial architecture. He works on canvas, often combining a variety of mediums within the one art work. His awards include Camberwell Art Show Contemporary Acrylic Award 2013 and Art In Tune 2015.
The Mornington Art Show is at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington 10am-5pm 20-26 January. The opening starts at 7pm Thursday 19 January and ttickets can be bought online at morningtonartshow.com. au, from Farrell’s bookstore, Main St, Mornington, or at the door on the night.
THE Mornington Art show will run for seven days, including Australia Day, after its opening at 7pm on Thursday 19 January. After the opening the show opens daily from 10 am to 5 pm. The opening night is a social event with food, refreshments and music from the Bakery Jazz Trio. Opening night tickets are available at Farrell’s bookstore or on line at www.morningtonartshow.com.au. During the weekend, BMW Mornington will have the latest vehicle on display with a prize for an art show visitor. More than 800 paintings have been selected in this year’s show in a range of styles and media, including 60 works by Sydney-based artists. Prices range from $150 to $4000. “The quality is excellent and will provide a visual array of original art as if three or four galleries had combined. Artists are local, Victorian and from several Australian states,” organisers and member of Mornington Rotary, John Renowden, said. “Whether people come to the opening night or during the days, the Rotary Club of Mornington organisers are confident they will find it well worth a visit.” Opening night tickets can be bought online from morningtonartshow.com.au, from Farrell’s bookstore, Mornington, or at the door on the night.
Winners of the silent auction will be chosen at the end of the opening night, which starts at 7pm Thursday 19 January at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Opening night tickets can be bought online from morningtonartshow.com.au, from Farrell’s bookstore, Mornington, or at the door on the night. There is also a lucky door prize. First prize in the raffle being run in conjunction with the art show is a $1500 “garden package” includes electrical or battery pack equipment, a wheelbarrow, a composter, fertilisers and planter pots. Second prize is $1000 worth of men’s or women’s clothing and a $500 “resort gift package” for third. Other prizes include a blue tooth speaker and two fishing rods . The raffle will be drawn at 4pm on Australia Day, 26 January, the final day of the art show.
Auction offers time out THE big ticket items in the silent auction at the opening of this year’s Mornington Art Show are all about taking a break. A $750 package includes dinner during a weekend at the Yarra Valley and the loan of a BMW car for transport. Another item is a $700 voucher for use at an RACV resort for a weekend’s accommodation and breakfasts. Other items include accommodation and breakfast at Brooklands, Mornington, a dinner voucher for Manhattan Restaurant, lunch for two at Licciardos, Mt Eliza, Mornington Peninsula wines, spas, beauty treatments.
THE Bakery Jazz Trio is making a return appearance for the opening night of the 45th Mornington Art Show.
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