Orest Keywan, Ayako Saito and Michael Snape - 2024 Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival
Congratulations to Orest Keywan, Michael Snape and Ayako Saito; who each received an award at the 2024 Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival.
Orest Keywan – Winner of the Open Prize Michael Snape – Winner of the Governor’s Prize Ayako Saito – Winner of the HSoA Gallery (Hampstead School of Art) Prize
Orest Keywan’s solo exhibition edges, limits and totalities is on view now at Australian Galleries Sydney until Saturday 26 October. View online here.
To learn more about the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival, click here.
Dale Cox and Mary Tonkin - Finalists in The Len Fox Painting Award
Congratulations to Dale Cox and Mary Tonkin, who were selected as finalists in The 2024 Len Fox Painting Award. The exhibition of finalists is now showing at Castlemaine Art Museum until 2 March 2025.
The Len Fox Painting Award recognises and promotes the work of Australian artists pursuing the artistic interests and qualities of Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915). These include engagement with colour and light; ambitious connections with international developments in art; and an interest in travel and an engagement with the cultures of diverse regions and peoples.
To read more, and vote in the people's choice award, visit the Castlemaine Art Museum website.
Andrew Antoniou - Finalist in the 2024 Kedumba Drawing Award
Congratulations to Andrew Antoniou who has been selected as a finalist in the 2024 Kedumba Drawing Award with his charcoal drawing Weird & Wonderful.
The award is acquisitive with the winning work becoming a permanent part of the Kedumba Collection. Andrew Antoniou’s work was previously acquired for the Kedumba Collection in 2012.
The winner will be announced at Kedumba Gallery, NSW on 16 November 2024. Exhibition dates: 17 November - 15 December 2024.
For more information visit the Kedumba Gallery website.
Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Auction
Over the last 30 years, the Artists for Kids Culture Auction has become an iconic fundraiser, bringing together the work of prominent Australian artists and raising funds to make a direct, positive impact on the lives of children experiencing hardship. The 2024 Auction includes artworks by Graeme Drendel, Wayne Eager, Graham Fransella, Rona Green, Martin King, Lewis Miller, Marina Strocchi and Julian Twigg.
Preview: 18 - 20 October, Brightspace, St Kilda | Opening: 6.30pm Friday 18 October | Auction: 7pm Thursday 24 October, Memo Music Hall, St Kilda
Purchase tickets to the auction here Bid online here
Cameron Hayes Exhibition - The ArtCubes, Toora
Acclaimed artist Cameron Hayes' residency at The ArtCubes Toora culminated in his recent solo exhibition, Celebrity Themed Funerals. As part of his residency Cameron hosted a workshop; Self-Portrait as a Gravesite, in which participants were invited to explore his creative process of utilising model-making and photography to create an artwork of their own, using photographs of events and characters as well as significant objects from their personal history.
The ArtCubes are portable creative spaces made from adapted cube containers, designed and delivered by South Gippsland Shire Council.
View images and read more about Cameron's exhibition here
Jennifer Keeler-Milne - The immersive power of light
Jennifer Keeler-Milne’s magnificent charcoal drawing A new heaven and a new earth was recently included in the group exhibition, The immersive power of light at Macquarie University Art Gallery.
'This exhibition explores the psychological effects and symbolism of light properties, the way it creates a slippage between time and space, and the way artists have recast these intrinsic qualities within a range of diverse practices'. - Macquarie University Art Gallery
Jennifer Keeler-Milne's solo exhibition In Nature’s Realm will be on view at Australian Galleries Sydney from 5 – 23 November 2024. Artist Talk 2pm Saturday 16 November. E - sydney@australiangalleries.com.au
Danielle Creenaune - Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2024
Congratulations to Danielle Creenaune, who has been selected as a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2024 with her beautiful work, Enfold.
The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual festival celebrating Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.
Exhibition of Finalists: Saturday 26 October – Friday 6 December 2024 Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW Exhibition Opening & Award Announcement: Friday 1 November 2024
For further information visit the Campbelltown Arts Centre website.
Hilary Finch - Semi-finalist in the Head On Photo Festival 2024
Congratulations to Hilary Finch, who has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Head On Photo Festival 2024.
Head On Photo Festival transforms Sydney into a photography paradise with major exhibitions at Bondi Pavilion Gallery and outdoors in Paddington and Bondi Beach. The Festival offers an incredible opportunity to experience the artistry of emerging and established Australian and international photographers.
Launch party & announcement of winners: 7pm - 10pm Friday 8 November 2024, Bondi Pavilion Gallery | Book tickets here Exhibition of Finalists: 9 November – 1 December 2024 For further information visit the HOPF website.
'Having to leave, having to return' - A captivating video featuring the painting of Peter Neilson
Peter summarises the multi-layered story: “It is a story of forced flight. As the hordes spread through the city, the family must flee, by small boat across the ocean; to land tragically, somewhere, anywhere. All the parents can do is record the reasons for and circumstances of the death of their Infant. Importantly, they must return to their home to face the aftermath, and the ghosts created by their flight. Never again to feel safe anywhere. Two small suitcases are always packed and ready behind the door, for another future journey . . . to anywhere.”
Credits: After the painting Having to leave, having to return (2021) by Peter Neilson | Photography by Viki Petherbridge | Image sequencing by Ernie Althoff; sound design by John Campbell, 2024.
In the Studio - Danielle Creenaune
Beautiful images from the studio of printmaker Danielle Creenaune, as she creates work for her upcoming exhibition ~ Glimmers 22 October - 9 November 2024, Australian Galleries Melbourne.
