Page 6 The Moorabool News – 26 April, 2022
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No age limit to study and exhibit By Lachlan Ellis A local artist has relished the opportunity to have her work displayed to the public recently. Fortunate to have her work on exhibition in Ballan, Concetta McFall is a well-known Ballan resident and volunteer at the Ballan Community House, and an exhibition of her work was held at the Leslie Batchelor Gallery in mid April. The exhibition was marked with an opening night where Ms McFall thanked attendees and those who had helped her along the way, including Lyn Plummer and Michelle Gersch from the Ballan Community House. Ms McFall said that she’d always been interested in art, but developing it beyond an interest had only been a recent decision. “Art has always been a focal point in my life; it is a vehicle for storytelling and relating of family history. It is only in the last six years that I wanted my art to develop into more than just a hobby,” Ms McFall told the Moorabool News. Ms McFall said holding her first solo exhibition in her home town at the Ballan Community House’s Lesley Batchelor Gallery, is another dream come true. “I am fortunate to learn from Lyn Plummer, Manager, and Facilities Coordinator Rodney Browne, both exhibiting artists over many years, on how to mount a successful exhibition,” she said. “The Ballan Community House and the Lesley Batchelor Gallery are an invaluable resource in the Moorabool Shire.”
Ballan artist Concetta McFall at her recent exhibition. Photo – Helen Tatchell
Ms McFall has been studying part-time at Federation University for the past six years, and graduated in March with a Visual Arts Degree with high grades include multiple High Distinctions. She will continue her studies with Honours, beginning in 2023.
experience. Reaffirming for me that learning at any level, age and ability is open to us all,” she said.
“Enrolling in higher education as a part-time, mature aged, hearing impaired, Visual Arts student was a life changing
“I commend this exhibition to you, as I commend the distance Concetta has come in this grand journey, which has
Lyn Plummer thanked Concetta for her efforts as a volunteer at the Community House, and congratulated her on both her graduation and the exhibition.
changed her life and given meaning to it. One of the hardest things for an artist is to find out what it is you want to say,” Ms Plummer said. “I’ll leave each of you to take the work in and contemplate this great journey through the experiments Concetta’s gone through with the graphite and pastel spheres, floating in space and the small canvases.”
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