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Window to the Soul:
Tintype portraits of Tasmanians in the Arts
A technique from the dawn of photography captures compelling portraits of the contemporary Tasmanian Arts community. The mystical ability of artists to see more deeply into the world around us seems to lend their gaze a striking clarity. Window to the Soul captures those eyes using tintype portraiture, a 160 year old photographic process experiencing a global revival by artists including Tasmania’s Phillip England. Tasmania has become a centre for artistic, artisanal and cultural endeavour. Window to the Soul celebrates 30 or…
Find out more »Products of Conception
The inaugural Salamanca Arts Centre Emerging Artist Scholarship 2017, featuring the work of Emma Magnussen-Reid. Natural versus unnatural, much of the time we are surrounded by things that perplex us, physical anomalies and contradictions that are outside of our control. “My life so far as a white female in her early twenties, has been just that. Existing in this physical form perplexes me, it is at times intimidating, but provides an endless absurdity that I embrace. My work generally gives…
Find out more »Well, Hello!
Kelly’s Garden Curated Projects #27 An installation by Sanja Pahoki Well, Hello! is a site-specific installation that considers the relationship between a tourist/spectator/viewer and host/place/artwork. Humans have a need to be recognised by others, this is how our subjectivity is formed. In more religious times, it was God who was a witness to our soul. Nowadays it is the internet. People upload numerous selfies, with the desire to be seen, recognised, liked. But if everyone is busy uploading images of themselves…
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Outposts |
DARK MOFO 2017
Curated by Brendan Walls Presented by Salamanca Arts Centre Lost signals and voices from the electro-magnetosphere seethe and mutter in the dark. As night falls, return for The Last Bastion live performance. Featuring: Robert Ashley (USA) Peter Blamey (SYD) Sally Ann McIntyre (NZ) Eden Meure (TAS) Pip Stafford (TAS) DATES: Saturday 10 – Sunday 25 June 2017 10:00am – 4:00pm daily OFFICIAL OPENING: Friday 9 June 2017 @ 6:00pm FREE event!
Find out more »Voices of the Ancient Ones
Presented by artist and storyteller Clare Noble. In 1996 Victoria, visiting Senior Law First People from North Western Desert Country view Clare Noble’s first clay sculpture. They adopted her and encouraged her to continue with her arts practice. Clare then approached Victoria Elders, and went to the Cebtral Desert to ask Permission. It was there that she was taken to the late Senior Law Leader Wenton Rubuntja, who adopted her as a granddaughter, asking Clare to share her story, writings…
Find out more »Out of Hand 2017 : Biennial Mini Challenge
Recycled cardboard, slot & tab construction – stitched, woven, painted, collaged, scored, glued, peeled & revealed, lights, mirrors and more… Generated by a mini challenge from the Stitching & Beyond membership, this exhibition will endeavour to show the diversity of this group. It will make creative use of the small space, light conditions and the opportunity to see work from the front and the back will present some interesting challenges for our members to resolve. EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday 1 –…
Find out more »trace
trace brings together new works by Trine Deans and Rebecca Noël Holmes that explore the physical presence of people in time and place. Trine Deans has revamped classical paintings with some of humankind’s biggest environmental fuck-ups. Rebecca Noël Holmes invites you to become part of an experimentation in colour theory between painting and light. EXHIBITION DATES: Sunday 9 – Sunday 30 July 2017 9:00am – 5:00pm weekdays / 10:00am – 4:00pm Saturdays OFFICIAL OPENING: Saturday 8 July 2017 @ 6:00pm Exhibition to be opened by Eliza Burke…
Find out more »Person and Place
Person and Place is a dynamic group exhibition by Margaret Sonnemann, Emily Jones, and Marion Isham, that explores the relationship between people and their environments, in a variety of painting genres including portraiture, contemporary realism, and psychological folk realism. Person and Place explores the relationship between people and their environments. For Margaret Sonnemann, Emily Jones, and Marion Isham, place is inextricably linked to person. ‘Place’ may be broadly understood as a region; a small room; a secure confidence a person’s role in…
Find out more »Out of Hand 2017 : 2 years of Workshops & Travelling Exhibitions
Two years of Creativity, Workshops, Travelling Exhibitions and the Textile Bazaar Inspiration, Exploration, Innovation, Experimentation, Communication, Reflection, Observation, Journals, Samples, Colour, Texture, and more fibre and fabric – the Design Process revealed. New and ongoing work generated from Stitching & Beyond’s comprehensive Workshop Program and “Challenges”, including samples, journals and works in progress, with a focus on the processes of making textile art. Stitching & Beyond’s Workshops provide members with opportunities to develop and explore new and experimental approaches to textiles…
Find out more »Out of Hand 2017
Fibre, Fabric, Books, Paper, Baskets, Jewellery, Embroidery, Printing, Wearable Art, Accessories, Felting, Shoes, Dyeing, Mixed media, 3D & 2D works by the members of Stitching & Beyond. Tasmanian based group, Stitching & Beyond, present their latest explorations of Textile Art, for exhibition, sale and contemplation. This 7th biennial exhibition is an opportunity for members to share our knowledge and passion for traditional and contemporary textiles. Curated by Lynne Beck. Entry by gold coin donation. EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 28 July – Tuesday…
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