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How to make a lucky four-leaf clover
Art Gallery NSW: Join artist Tianli Zu for a tutorial on meditative paper-cutting to create a symbol of hope and luck, a four-leaf clover.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsQUgYaQdEQ
Ross Tin Can Sculpture Show welcomes 'intricate' entries and the 'results speak for themselves'
ABC Northern Tasmania / By Sarah Abbott
Image Credit: ABC Northern Tasmania / By Sarah Abbott
14 Sep 2021
A rock star, a coral reef and a nest of open-mouthed baby birds are among the artworks on display in a small gallery in Ross.
They are all made from tin cans and are part of the Ross Tin Can Sculpture Show, run by Sculpture Tasmania.
Organisation chair Robyn Barnet said entrants were required to follow "nil" rules.
"[Just] be happy and enjoy," she said.
"The results speak for themselves — they’re spectacular."
Read the full ABC article about the Ross Tin Can Show 2021 HERE
Numinosity
Belle Bassin, Wanda Gillespie, Veronica Kent and Sean Peoples, Belinda Winkler
Opening: 5.30pm 17 September 2021
Exhibition dates: 18 September - 24 October 2021
Contemporary Art Tasmania, 27 Tasma St, North Hobart.
One of art’s functions is to open viewers to an experience of not-knowing, a moment that allows space for insight and for wondering. The works in Numinosity look beyond the limitations of everyday rational activity, touching on ideas of spiritualism, meditative and hypnogogic states, but exist outside any particular religious tradition. Much like the process of artists opening themselves to possibility, Numinosityis an opening, bringing together the work of contemporary artists who interrogate the life, soul and energy of their artistic material in distinct ways.
The word ‘numinosity’, derived from the Latin numen, ‘supernatural’, means the ‘spiritually elevated’ or ‘sublime’. Like the similar word luminosity, there is reference to the emanation of subtle, transcendent energy that can awaken a sense of the mysterious and it is around this latter quality that the works in this exhibition are gathered.
Image: Belle Basin, Form 10,2, 2019 - 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.
NSS Connections - 88th Annual Awards Exhibition
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 5pm (EDT)
Visit the NSS 88th Annual Awards Exhibition
Installed in the new Rosen Galleries at Brookgreen Gardens.
Presented by Robin R. Salmon, Curator of Sculpture Collections at Brookgreen Gardens
A zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before and two hours before the event.
'PLEDGE' by Wayne Hudson, being installed at Gravelly Beach, the first of a series of works to be installed on the banks of Kanamakua.
Wayne Hudson is the winner of the 2018 Artentwine Sculpture Biennial sponsored by the West Tamar Council.
MoST MEMBERS and FRIENDS
ARTIST’S TALK, ROSS - SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2021
Guest Speakers –
Patrick Sutczak – Sculpture Tasmania Inc., Ross Tin Can Sculpture Show in September
Dr Louise Wallis - Species Hotels Project, Biodiversity in the Ross Landscape
Debra Cadogan-Cowper – Set in Stone Workshop and Exhibition November 2021
Information –
Date – Saturday 11 September 2021
Time - 11.30am
Where –Thistle Inn Stable Gallery Church St Ross
Lunch -Lunch will be available at the Man of Ross Hotel Conference Space Church Street Ross
Site Visits - the Species Hotels and Ross Historical Quarry.
Bookings Essential - infosculpturetas@gmail.com
Cost of Artist’ Talks – MoST Members free, Friends $5.00 to be paid on the day.
Patrick Sutczak will meet with guests and members at The Thistle Inn Stable, Church St Ross, at 11.30am to view the Ross Tin Can Sculpture Show exhibition, supported by Arts Tasmania, the Cadogan-Cowper Family, Rant Arts, and the Northern Midlands Council. The group will then head for the Man O’Ross Hotel across Church Street. Patrick will then discuss the ideas behind the Tin Can Show, the interest the event has stimulated, and the future direction for Sculpture Tasmania and the Tin Can Show.
Attendees are invited to enjoy lunch which can be purchased from the Man O’ Ross Hotel, (Of course bringing a packed lunch is an option! The Village Green is next to the hotel). Lunch will be served at 12.30 pm in the conference room; discussion and conversation can continue over the lunch break.
At 1.45pm Dr Louise Wallis ,who has been involved with the Species Hotel since its inception will talk of the significance of the project, the support from the Von Bibra family, UTAS, students, and funding bodies. The talk will be followed by a site visit to the installations.
‘The hotels are designed in a way to encourage insects to nest, acting as a form of room service for birds, bats, and other mammals’ -Nel Smit
The Artists’ Talk will continue at the Ross Historic Quarry where blocks of sandstone have been cut since the early 1800’s. The tradition of cutting and carving will be carried on during the Set in Stone workshop and exhibition.
Sponsors are the Tasmanian Wool Center and the Northern Midlands Council. Debra Cadogan-Cowper will discuss the process of the exhibition and demonstrate the techniques involved in hand carving sandstone. The November exhibition will be held at the Tasmanian Wool Center.
Entries are open for the inaugural Disability Festival Art Prize
From The Examiner Newspaper: A new art prize will give Tasmanians living with a disability a dedicated platform to share their art with the wider community
The TDF Art Prize is part of the inaugural Tasmanian Disability Festivalwhich will be held in the North in December.
The festival is a landmark event for Tasmanians living with disability, and is the first of its kind to be held in the state.
Set to be held at Woolmers Estate on December 3 and 4, the festival will incorporate a series of events and initiatives that will offer people living with disability, carers and those associated with a space to connect.
Exhibition curator and TDF Art Prize judge Patrick Sutczak has worked extensively in the Tasmanian arts sector and is excited about seeing the work that entrants submit.
SET IN STONE
The Daniel Herbert Sculpture Prize 2021
Set in Stone is a sculpture competition and exhibition that aims to celebrate traditional techniques and forms. It is open to practiced sculptors and complete novices alike. In keeping with the work of Ross’ traditional stonemasons, entries must be completed using only hand tools. Entries must also be worked from the stone block supplied by the competition. All entrants who deliver a work for exhibition will be in the running for the Daniel Herbert Sculpture Prize.
This Bicentennial year, let the unique heritage of Ross inspire you to awaken your creativity – you may well be surprised at just what you are capable of.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come basis.
More info here
The Shape Of History
video; 55min