Rotary Art Exhibition

Rotary Queanbeyan West Club and Art Society Queanbeyan are holding an Outdoor Art and Photographic Outdoor competition, exhibition and sale 19th - 27th September. The event will be held opposite the National Portrait Gallery (same area as Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show).

Rotary Art Competition and Exhibition

ART
Rotary Queanbeyan West Club and Art Society Queanbeyan are holding an Outdoor Art and Photographic Outdoor competition, exhibition and sale 19th - 27th September. The event will be held opposite the National Portrait Gallery (same area as Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show).
Total Prizes = $5,000
Sections are: Photographic, Acrylic, Oil, Watercolour and Any other media
Go to http://www.qarts.com.au/documents/Final%20ROTARY%20entry%20form.pdf for more information and entry form

DRAWING
They are also holding a drawing competition and exhibition opening 7th November - location to be announced.
Sections are:
* Charcoal - Human Form - Exploring the human form
* Pen and Ink - Things and Places - Architecture, tools and mechanical
* Pencil - Still Life - Finding the way with nature
* Coloured Pencils - Landscape and Gardens - Following the seasons

cut.paste at ANCA Gallery

Wednesday 15 – Sunday 26 July

cut.paste is a survey of contemporary collage-based practice including paper and digital collage, assemblage, objects and new media works.

Curated by Narelle Phillips, Gallery Development Officer at ANCA, the exhibition illustrates the pathway artists take from the starting point of paper based works. Some linger with cut/ripped/folded and rolled paper without divergence perfecting their techniques and working their way through amassed materials of personal significance, historical collections, propaganda and ephemera. Some enjoy the subversive nature of disconnecting and reconnecting images.
Others add three dimensional objects and move into assemblage, exploring how cutting and pasting can be replicated with weightier materials, and still others mix it up further by refining their collage with digital wizardry through scanning, photoshopping and animation arriving at a decidedly 21st century presentation of collage which is edgy and techno-savvy.

Exhibiting artists are – Alex Asch, Jacqueline Baker, Catherine Bennetts Cash, Amarie Bergman, Jacqueline Bradley, Julie Bradley, Caroline Carruthers, Gary Deirmendjian, Yuri Doric, Ampersand Duck, Elizabeth Faul, Rebecca Hanrahan, Stephanie Hicks, Caroline Huf, Blaide
Lallemand, Susannah Low, Clare Martin, Karen Milder, Mat de Moiser, Paul Murray, Amanda O’Sullivan, Louise Pinder, Genevieve Swifte, Andrew Townsend and Kirsty White.

Renew Reuse and Recycle Art Prize and Exhibition

The competition will be run with four sections:
- Junior - Up to 12 year - any medium. Max size 30 x 21 cm
- Youth - 12 - 18 years - any medium. Max size 30 x 21 cm
- Adult - Over 18 years - any medium. Max size 30 x 21 cm
- Sculpture - Create a stool

The competition categories prizes and sponsorship are currently as follows (we are currently looking for further sponsors – see the website for additons):
- Junior - $200 art pack from Eckersley’s
- Youth - $200 art pack from Eckersley’s
- Adult - $200 art pack from Eckersley’s
- Sculpture - to be announced

The Art Prize will be judged by prominent members of the Canberra arts community. An exhibition of works selected by the judges will open with the award ceremony on Thursday 10 September at 6pm at the Switch 2 Green Conference and Expo and continue until Saturday 12th September at the Convention Centre, Canberra. Artworks to be delivered to the Canberra Convention Centre on Thursday 10th September 2009 between 10am and 2pm. Please note that no artwork will be accepted before or after that time. See Conditions of Entry for application form.

Join us now and Switch to Green. See http://www.switchtogreen.unaa.org.au/ for more information

The Queanbeyan City Council Art Award 2009

Total prize money $1500

Entry open to all artists and craftspeople who reside in the Queanbeyan Local Government Region

Entries close Tuesday 28th July 2009

Entry forms available from ‘The Q’, the Queanbeyan Library or by phoning 6298 0298

New Art Market for the Region

Inviting artisians to sell their work at the Queanbeyan Art Markets

Saturday mornings 9.30am - 2pm in City Link Plaza Morriset St Queanbeyan.
Free parking, foodhall, airconditioned comfort.

Artists supply and set up their own stalls. $15 per stall (insurance/promotions)
Telephone The Artists Shed on 6297 0336

A bit of fun for those who can knit!

Be a part of this daring community project to transform the front entrance and foyer of the National Gallery of Australia with knitting.

From Tuesday 7 to Sunday 12 July, Knitta Please founder Magda Sayeg and Sydney artist Denise Litchfield, with a team of volunteers, will transform the front entrance and foyer of the National Gallery of Australia. Knitta Please is a tag crew of knitters who turned their frustration with their half-finished knitting projects into a phenomenon sweeping across the world.

Knitters are invited to help create pieces that measure 10–20 cm wide and 140 cm long, which will be stitched together to create coverings for 6 large concrete poles at the front of the National Gallery of Australia. Any colour, yarn and technique is accepted—the brighter and wackier, the better!

Send your knitted pieces to the address below before the 7 July or drop them off in person to the NGA security entrance, located near the NGA car park off Bowen Drive. Include a small note stating your name, location and age (optional) because each knitted strip will have a small label stating the maker’s details.

Please send your completed knitted pieces to:
Knitta ProjectPublic ProgramsNational Gallery of AustraliaGPO Box 1150Canberra ACT 2601AUSTRALIA
For enquiries please contact knitta@nga.gov.au
This event is part of Knitta Please, a festival of events from 5 to 12 July, which celebrates the final week of the exhibition Soft sculpture.

I visited the Handmade Market on Saturday and Albert Hall was extremely busy. No wonder - the items displayed were excellent. Congratulations to Julie for organising another excellent event.

The CraftACT Shop also opened on Saturday afternoon and it is great. The items on display really do show some excellent talent in our region. Well worth a visit.

Don't forget Rapt in Felt opens Wednesday night and runs through to Sunday. Always an event worth visiting as the standard is always extremelly high.

Craft ACT Shop

The Craft ACT Shop will be officially opened 4pm Saturday 23 May, at Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Level 1 North Building, Civic Square. A warm invitation is extended to all Craft ACT members, friends, supporters and the Canberra community to join the celebration of local talent, with exquisite objects sourced directly from the studios of local makers and enjoy local wines provided by Ross Di Bartolo Vineyard Estate.

The Handmade Market is coming up on Saturday 23rd May from 10am till 4pm at Albert Hall see you there. It is looking like another great market.

I visited the Finders Keepers market in Sydney on Friday night. Fabulous venue and really buzzing. There were a lot of people there - a real jam to get around the lovely stalls. Lots of jewellery, fashion, kids items, art and lovely home accessories. The market is held in the afternoon evening (Friday 6-midnight and Saturday 12 - 10pm) I image the stall holders must be totally shattered by the end if it stays as busy as it was when I was there. The next market is the first weekend of December.

Grant Funding

I have just spoken to ArtsACT about the possiblity of applying for a grant for 2010 to promote the work of our members. Seems a possibility. Does anyone have any experience writing grant applications. If you do I would be most grateful of any assistance. The paperwork should be coming through in the next few days and the closing date is 27th of May so not a lot of time. If you can help please contact me at tamara@puddleduckdesigns.com.

Thanks

Last night I uploaded the lastest additions to the website. We now have 22 members who do some wonderful work. Please pass on the information about the site to anyone you think may like to be included.

Don't forget the Handmade Market is coming up on Saturday 23rd May from 10am till 4pm at Albert Hall.

Also you may be interested in the new Finders Keepers market in Sydney on the 15th and 16th of May. I will be going up to have a look so will let you know what I think.

Welcome to CanberraHandmade.com

Come and join the new creative web portal for artists and craftspeople residing in Canberra and the surrounding area (within 100kms). Membership is free - please go to www.CanberraHandmade.com to have a look.

Anyone within the area can become a member and provide the URL to a website showing their work as long as the product they are displaying / selling was independently designed or made. It does not matter if you create for a living or as a hobby, as long as it is your creation - you can list on CanberraHandmade.com.

Contact me at tamara@puddleduckdesigns.com if you would like more information.
Tamara