December Letter from the President

Our end of year celebration was a great success - we gathered for the first time in a couple of years and Jon Eiseman gave us a talk that was long promised and long postponed due to one thing and another - some Covid thing I believe. Jude Bridges-Tull (and Kerry) hosted the gathering and Gillian Govan welcomed us all - because Gillian has been promising us this talk for years. What an awesome Activities Team they make! And of course Jon’s talk was an inspiration - he took us into his making process, his philosophy and ideas - thank you Jon.

Diary Dates

Activities for 2023 will be announced in January - after the silly season so watch out for them!

14th January 2023

Herring Island exhibition opens - gallery hours 11:30 to 4:30 weekends and public holidays until 5th February

Wed Feb 22nd

Heide/ MOMA $25 Minimum of 10 attendees A guided walk through the modernist sculptor, Deborah Hepworth’s exhibition ‘In Equilibrium’

6th March 2023

Close of entries for MIFGS 2023

Bridging The Gap open until March 5th TBC

View the Centre Five Sculptors at McClelland Gallery at Langwarrin 

Alex Goad’s Studio TBC March?

RONE TIME installation April 3rd, 5th TBC

Personal bookings are essential Flinders Street Third Floor

Dates will be confirmed in the next newsletter 

Please send all inquiries and responses to Jude: activities@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

MIFGS 2023

Dear Sculptors,

Entries are open for the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) ASV sculpture exhibition for 2023. Planning has already commenced, and IMG are working hard to make it a bigger and better event. Our new site will be reconfigured to improve the demonstration area and better traffic flow.

Pamela Irving (Pamela Irving) has kindly agreed to be the judge for the exhibition. Pamela has been a full-time artist for over 30 years and is best known for her sculpture Larry La Trobe, her bronze dog sculpture, situated in front of the Melbourne Town Hall,

Herring Island

Herring Island

Entries have closed for the exhibition on Herring Island - we have forty works to show and the pre Christmas drop off was accomplished in fine weather and much camaraderie.

The gallery on Herring Island provides a venue for one of our indoor exhibitions and a great place to exhibit smaller works in an intimate space. The gallery courtyard is a great space for our hospitality and demonstration events. And most of all the bushland surrounding and the permanent collection of sculptures provides a relaxing networking opportunity for all of us.

Do please come and visit us on the island - it is a relaxing place and will give us time and space to talk to one another and exchange news and views.

Member's News

For Sale

1 metre high wooden stand. Needs a bit of cleaning. $50
Marg Carey’s neighbour. 
Contact Marg on:
margcarey41@gmail.com

Galleries to Visit

Funky Gallery 26 Advantage in the very up and coming arty precinct of Advantage Road Highett, opens their Summer Series exhibition Thursday 15, 6-8pm.

There are 4 members in it: Susie Ashkenazi, Tania Stavovy, Eva Ermer, and (not 100% sure but) new member Janice Whetton.

Opening Thursday 15, 6-8pm everyone is welcome. The exhibition stays open for 5 weeks.

It’s an excellent place to wander around to see not only the Summer Series but an old warehouse now running loads of different art making as well as old curios and new bric a brac, and that barbed wire lantern you’ve always wanted.

Regards

Susie Ashkenazi

Monica Adams Gallery Sorrento

I have two mosaics and some sculptures on display there.

Carmel Ritchie

Other Opportunities

There are many opportunities out in the wild - read on and see how many you will enjoy...

GIPPSLAND SCULPTURE EXHIBITION 

Sculpture Culture in Yinnar 26 March - 7 May 2023 Entries close 1st February 2023 Over $20,000 in prizes Entries at gippsland sculpture exhibition

ArtsHub

https://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/call-for-artists-temporary-illuminated-installations-2595863/

Closing Date: 16 JAN 2023

Call for Entries - TRAILS 2023 Sculpture Prize

Interesting Art

BEE STATUE

This is art with a stinging message.
'Chilling and thought-provoking' anti-violence bee sculpture visits Ilkeston - Nottingham Post via @inkl
https://inkl.com/a/MvbXVqUlYNp

Just in from a friend:

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are 'limbs,' therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression, 'Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg.' (Artists know hands and arms are more difficult to paint)

Maybe true? maybe not?

                                        

Christmas Greetings from the Editor

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.

I hope you all have a happy and wonderful experience.

Keep creating.

All the best.

Carmel