OTHER ACTIVITIES AND EXHIBITIONS

THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
presents:
The Collectors' Exhibition 2011

A selected exhibition of Australian contemporary art An entry application form for this exhibition can be downloaded from the CAS website, or completed online, or you can contact us and we'll send you one by post.
Note: The application deadline is Friday 19 August.
$30 per entry. Max 2 works per artist.
Artists not selected will be refunded $20 per work.
Go to the link below for exhibition information and ONLINE entry form:
http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org.au/exhibitions/collectors/collectors.html

Contemporary Sculptors Association
Yarra Sculpture Gallery

117 Vere Street Abbotsford 3067
Ph. 03 9419 6177 Open Wednesdays to Sundays 12-5pm
HEATER Art Show & Artist Floor talks at
Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford Vic
20th July to August 7th
Web: www.yarrasculpturegallery.com.au
Email: yarrasculpturegallery@gmail.com

 

BUDAFEST GARDEN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION

Buda Historic Home & Garden
42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine
The inaugural Budafest Garden Sculpture Exhibition will be held in the beautiful heritage gardens at Buda Historic Home & Garden at 42 Hunter Street Castlemaine, and will feature works by prominent regional sculptors – Kristina Browning, Mark Cowie, Maria Coyle, Yvonne George, Chelly and Peter Gray. Enjoying national and international reputations, these sculptors will be exhibiting works in mediums as diverse as metal, timber, ceramic and rusty wire. The exhibition opens on Saturday 20th August and concludes Sunday 4th September, and will include an artist ‘walk and talk’ as part of the Budafest ’11 program.
Entry to Budafest Garden Sculpture Exhibition is free – a great event for all the family.
For more information phone Maria on 0412 966 194 or visit www.budacastlemaine.org
Exhibited sculptures available for purchase 03 5410 1060
To be opened by Karen Quinlan, Director, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery Saturday 20th August at 3pm

The annual HiArts Exhibition in Highlands, Victoria

2nd to 4th March 2012
www.hiarts.org
Sculpture will be a key part of this exhibition. We welcome any sculptors who may interested in exhibiting their work. For further information please contact Stuart Reid on kadumbla@mac.com

CONTEMPORARY ART SYMPOSIUM: BE HERE FOR WE ARE HERE

14 September 2011
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and Firstdraft Gallery, a Sydney Artist Run Initiative (ARI) are bringing together leading emerging artists and members of the artist initiative sector for their first national conversation to re-imagine the future of contemporary art in Australia. It is expected that outcomes will include ideas for the National Cultural Policy and the formation of a national ARI network.
From September 1 4, the We Are Here (WAH) event will see the gathering together in Sydney of over 150 artists, thinkers, writers and ARI directors for a 2 day symposium, 1 day workshop, exhibition of 12 emerging artists at Firstdraft Gallery entitled The feeling will pass, artists talks, performances and a complete night time events program.
The symposium will combine international guest speaker presentations by Jonathan Middleton (Or Gallery, Canada), Reza Afisina (Ruangrupa, Indonesia) and Lois Keidan (Live Art Agency, UK), panel discussions, roundtables, Q&As, workshops and the Great Debate which poses the question Is it the responsibility of emerging artists to be innovative, experimental and ground-breaking?
Registration opens on 1 August - visit www.visualarts.net.au/whatson/upcomingevents/wah
Media contact:
Brianna Munting (NAVA) 02 9368 1900 & Georgie Meagher (Firstdraft)

Expression of Interest
Newcastle Steelworkers Design Project

From 1915 to 1999, covering 84 years of operations, an unknown large number of workers died from work injuries. There is no memorial dedicated to these workers. Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association Inc., a local community group, has initiated a project to construct a specific memorial to lives lost in the steel industry, on land and in the vicinity of the steel works site. A public fund raising project is in progress with a target of $60,000 to construct a large artistic memorial: Newcastle Steelworkers Memorial. Applications are invited from artists to register interest for the design, development and installation of a memorial to steel workers who lost their lives in the steelmaking industry in Newcastle from 1915 to 1999. The memorial will be located in parkland in the vicinity of the steelworks site. The first stage is a call for Expressions of Interest including a concept design: now open until Friday 16 September at 4pm.
Four submissions will be offered a fee of $1,000 to submit a fully detailed design and costing, including a scale maquette by Friday 27January 2012. The successful artist will be offered a commission for a fee of $60,000 (incl GST) to complete the work including design, approvals, construction, and installation Contacts. All Expressions of Interest must arrive at address below by 4pm on Friday 16 September 2011
Newcastle Steelworkers Memorial Committee, c/o 136 Tyrrell St, NEWCASTLE 2300
All enquiries to: Bob Cook President Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association, Email niha@pacific.net.au
02 4926 1117 or 04 1924 1731!