We've received newsletters and notes from quite a few sculptors groups: Inform from the Queensland Sculptors, the eNews from the Contemporary Sculptors Association and the eNews from Ceramics Victoria. Also there is a weekly bulletin from the Queensland Artworkers – they run the reasonably price artists' public liability insurance – definitely worth looking up.
The interesting one for this month is the news from Geelong:
GEELONG SCULPTORS INC
Geelong Sculptors Inc held their 6th annual Members Exhibition this year at Ryrie Street Gallery, Geelong. The theme was communication, the exhibition provocatively entitled Its In The Mail.
As usual the theme was taken as literally or as laterally as the sculptors imaginations allowed with an interesting and diverse array of sculpture enjoyed by the opening night crowd and interested viewers throughout the 2 weeks in October.
The exhibition was opened by local identity Ian Westerland who talked on the tactile experience of sculpture from his perspective as a man who is blind and has a great appreciation and love of the arts..
Encouraged by Geelong Sculptors Vice President, Steve Singline, our partnership with Vision Australia has developed quickly to include a 2 day tactile sculpture exhibition entitled Made To Be Held, shown at Vision Australia Belmont, during the Alcoa All Abilities Festival.
Supervised tactile exhibitions such as this broaden the sculptural experience to people of all abilities in the community It was a warm and moving experience for the volunteering sculptors to guide some of the participants through their tactile engagement with the sculptural medium.
Further projects are now in the pipeline to develop our sculptural links with the community.
Geo D Francis vas
Founding President
Geelong Sculptors Inc.
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