This winter the Glasshouse is celebrating the local art community, its talent and diversity.
“Supporting artists within the local community is a key objective of the Gallery’s program,” said Gallery Curator, Niomi Sands.
“In the last three years, over 125 local artists have been featured in over 25 exhibitions — and these three exhibitions continue this commitment to our local arts community.”
The following exhibitions are on view until Sunday, August 26, in the upper Glasshouse Regional Gallery space. The Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, 10am — 5pm; Saturday to Sunday 10am — 4pm.
Draw the Line celebrates the diverse artistic talent of the Port Macquarie Craft Centre Art Group. Featuring over 20 artists, this exhibition presents a selection of recent works on paper by current members of the group.
This vibrant and dedicated group meets regularly at the Craft Centre to create artworks, exchange ideas and experiment and learn from each other. Many of the members participate in regular drawing, painting, sculpture, life drawing and portrait classes.
The original Art and Craft Centre was established on the Oxley Highway in 1976. It was built by volunteers, and then moved to the current site on Gordon Street in 1981, with two more rooms added by volunteers. A woodworking section was added later and now, with a State Government Community Building Partnership Grant — and a lot of work by members — the centre has seen a comprehensive refurbishment of this much-used facility.
Self and Landscape is an exhibition of new work by eleven artists from the Fibre Artists Network featuring a variety of methods and techniques. Each artist has produced a selection of works that reflects their unique response to landscape.
The Fibre Artists Network was formed in 2001, by a few friends who extended invitations to other fibre workers to become involved. Since then, the organisation has grown to approximately twenty-five members, all of whom reside along the Mid-North Coast of NSW.
Painting: Creating a potent space brings together the work of Karen Bulgin, Gavin Crichton and Sue Lipscombe.
The common thread connecting the works of these local artists is an interest in colour theory and how objects and space can be depicted within a two-dimensional plane.
Karen Bulgin studied fine art at the National Art School and won the Art Gallery of NSW William Dobell Art Foundation Art Prize in 1989. Since then Karen has been regularly in group and solo exhibitions throughout NSW.
Gavin Crichton also studied fine art at the National Art School and was a lecturer there for many years. Gavin has work represented in a number of collections including Manly Regional Gallery and Goulburn Regional Gallery
Sue Lipscombe studied Fine Art at Riverina College of Advanced Education and at the Australian National University’s Canberra School of Art. Sue exhibits regularly throughout regional NSW.
