in the running for the prize...

A big congratulations goes out to Indeah Clark, Liss Finney and Lily Ward, finalists in the Maitland Regional Art 2014 Brenda Clouten Memorial Travelling Scholarship for a Young Achiever in the Visual Arts. The Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts students are 3 of 4 finalists in the running for the prize.

Their work will be exhibited at Maitland Regional Art Gallery from Friday 28 November until Sunday 22 February 2015.

Congratulations girls!

Picture L-R - Lily Ward, Indeah Clark and Liss Finney

Woodlands Art Show

To celebrate the first anniversary of the mental health units at Toronto Private Hospital, the Woodlands Art Show held its first art prize on Friday 10th October.

Entries were judged by Toronto Private Hospital CEO Andrew Mereau, Local MP Greg Piper and a representative from Lake Macquarie Art Gallery.

The winner was announced at the first anniversary celebration morning tea and the winner was.........

Newcastle Art School student Lynette Bridge. Lynette won $300 and also donated her work to the hospital in the hope of helping people living with a mental illness to seek expression through the arts.

Congratulations Lynnie!!!

Advanced Diploma Photomedia at JHH

Picture L-R - Liss Finney, Jay Muldoon and Hunter TAFE teacher Clare Weeks

Currently on show at the John Hunter Hospital are works by Advanced Diploma Photomedia students.

For the second year running, the hospital engaged the students to create six unique murals with the theme of connecting different people to one another.

The works will be on display until February 2015.

After the Fire

This exhibition opens on 22 March between 2 and 4pm and features the photographs of TAFE Photomedia teacher James Murphy. The photographs document the devastation wrought by the bushfire that swept through Catherine Hill Bay and Nords Wharf last November.

The exhibition will be open to view between 19 March and 4 April, Wednesday to Saturday.

Scope

There's only one more week to view Scope, an exhibition by staff of the Newcastle Art School. So pop in and see the work of teachers who teach the students.

Handwise VI (2013) walls | floors | ceilings

Opening on Friday 1st November at Newcastle Art Space is an exhibition curated by TAFE Alumni Ahn Wells. Handwise VI (2013) floors | walls | ceilings will include the work of Alumni Johanna O’Toole, Photomedia teacher Clare Weeks and Ahn Wells.

The show runs from 31st October to 17th November.

http://handwise.blogspot.com.au/

Photogram project at JHH

Currently on exhibition at the John Hunter Hospital is a project by Advanced Diploma of Fine Art Photomedia students. The piece was created during a visit on the grounds of the hospital where discarded items were collected. Inspired by these treasures, the students then continued to collect items from TAFE to produce the final work.

Artists/Students: Kelly Barlin, Ashlee Bucholtz, Paul Carr, Maggie Hall, Tara Keher

Kiss My Arts

During the month of May, MS Australia ran a fundraising program called Kiss Goodbye to MS. Two TAFE photography teachers, Clare Weeks and James Murphy, participated in the event by collaborating on an image each day of the month and posting these images to the 'Kiss Goodbye' Facebook page. Each image represented one letter of the fundraiser title KISS GOODBYE TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS X

The team were called Kiss My Arts and during the month of May they also coordinated an exhibition of the same name. Many TAFE teachers, students and ex-students came together to exhibit artworks at the exhibition and donate a percentage of the sale price of their artwork to MS Australia. The proceeds of the month long fundraiser and the exhibition amounted to over $2,500.00

Well down to all the participants for an outstanding fundraiser.

TAFE Graduates Exhibition at PODspace

Currently on show at PODspace gallery nine artists respond to the theme, Fetish.

The exhibition opened on Thursday 19 July and runs until Saturday the 4th of August and features several TAFE graduates, Sally Dooner, Sarah Jones, Gina McDonald, Eleanor Jane Robinson, Daniel Smith, Rose Turner and TAFE Photomedia Teacher Clare Weeks.

Rose Turner's work at POD space

The nine artists who accepted the challenge of responding to the theme of Fetish have explored its many permutations in very different ways, resulting in an exciting range of works including sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting and fibre art.

Portrait Prize

The Newcastle Art School Photography department is on show right now with two of our lecturers currently in exhibitions. James Murphy has a portrait hanging in the Maitland Regional Art Gallery as part of the 1233 Portrait Prize. James received a Highly Commended for his entry. The finalists will be on show at Maitland through August.

An exhibition at Podspace Gallery has another of our lecturers, Clare Weeks, as well as several of our recent graduates. The show titled 'Fetish' is curated by Art School graduate Eleanor Jane Robinson and features several other talented artists.

Sophie Toupein - Whatever will happen will happen

Sophie Toupein's exhbition of paintings "Whatever will happen will happen' opens tonight in the Front Room Gallery.

Sophie is the recipient of the Ford Grant, sponsored by Chris and Helen Ford, which supported her to complete work for this exhibition after graduating from the Advanced Diploma in Fine Art. Her work will also be showcased at the Damien Minton Gallery in Sydney in the near future.

The painings use transparent and translucen, light filled layers of colour. They are abstractions that have hints of forms brought out by marks or fluid gestures, teasing at something through veils of colour.

The exhibition is open 11-5 Tuesday to Friday and 12-4 on Saturday until the 3rd August.

Steel & string: Installations by Advanced Diploma sculpture students

The work of five final year sculpture students is on display at the the Front Room Gallery until April 19.  The exhibition is of large scale installations that relate to and play with the gallery's spaces and architecture.  It includes a vast entanglemement of string, a giant ribbon, tea cup, and a high relief wall work.  The artists featured are Elyssa Jane, Joanna O'Toole, Maggie Hensel Brown, Callan Beaty and Adelaide King.

Nicola Bolton at Newcastle Art Space

Nicola Bolton is an Advanced Diploma Painting student who has a beautiful exhibition at the Newcastle Art Space http://newcastleartspace.blogspot.com/

Diploma Painting Opening

The exhibition 'Layers' features paintings by the graduating Diploma of Fine Arts students. It is a big exhibition that spills into the main campus. Brian Joyce is opening the exhibition so please join us from 5:30pm in the Front Room Gallery.

ABC Live and Newcastle Herald

Those of you following the Donkey exhibition (and other workshop week work) will be pleased to know a great photo of Callan and his sculpture was published in the Newcastle Herald, Thursday 25th August. Sadly they havent posted the pic on their online version of the article http://www.theherald.com.au/blogs/topics/title-pins-the-tale/2269610.aspx

And continuing with the media blitz, the Front Room Gallery is host to 1233 Local ABC Drive Show. They are doing a live broadcast from the gallery and will focus on the creative industries and the local scene. Come down to the gallery for the visual feast that is radio from 3pm today.

Images from the exhibition New Gold Mountain curated by Jen Denzin

Images from the exhibition Gate(way)

Opening of the exhibition Vessels by Brooke Stevens 20 July 2011 5.30-7.30pm

artists talk by Jen Denzin

Detail of Hong Shan 2011 by Jen Dezin, image courtesy of Penny Dunstan

Front Room Gallery

Now showing until 1 July 2011

New Gold Mountain

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