ArtsCool workshop - results!

The ArtsCool workshops (previous post) were so much fun, and the outcome from them was too good not to share....

Day one - morning and afternoon class - Clay Minions. Some precious little gems here!

Day two catered for two different age groups, with Leaf Animals in the morning for the younger ones,

...and Tea Bag Collage in the afternoon for the older children - being inspired by German Dada artist Hannah Hoch and photomontage using magazine cut-outs and used tea bags with some fabulous results!

The results speak for themselves - we have such a talented bunch of little peeps here on the Sunny Coast, don't you think!

ArtsCool Workshops

I will be facilitating more fun and creative children workshops at Caloundra Regional Gallery this coming week as part of their June ArtsCool program.

On Monday 27 and Tuesday 28, I have four workshops on offer, delivered over the two days. The first two workshops held on Monday, children will be able to get down and dirty making clay Minions, using sundry clay their little creations can be taken home and painted later. Please note: due to popular demand we have cancelled the proposed Abstract Assemblage workshop and replaced it with a second clay Minions workshop, catering for ages 5-12 years.

Then on Tuesday, children will have the opportunity to participate in either the Leaf Animal workshop (Ages 5-8 years) or take inspiration from my Papillon exhibition and create a tea bag collage (Ages 9-12).

Homage to Hannah Hoch, Photomontage (detail) 2016.
Example, Tea Bag Collage workshop

There are only a few spaces left in the Tea Bag Collage workshop so if anyone is interested, please follow this link to book online and reserve a place J however, due to a large number of little creatives living on the coast, all the other workshops are fully booked.

Workshops details:

Monday 27 June
Clay Minions Ages 5-12 years
10.30 am - 12.00 pm AND
1.00 pm - 2.30 pm

Tuesday 28 June
Leaf Animals Ages 5-8 years
10.30 am - 12.00 pm
Tea Bag Collage Ages 9-12 years
1.00 pm - 2.30 pm

Caloundra Regional Gallery
22 Omrah Avenue,
Caloundra Qld 4551
(next to Caloundra Library)

Telephone (07) 5420 8299

Link for Gallery directions

more workshop results...

At Caloundra Regional Gallery last Saturday - this time the Children's Butterfly Making workshop, applying the same frottage technique everyone was so very attentive... and all the colours of the rainbow!

workshop results

What a wonderful adults Butterfly Making workshop at the Caloundra gallery yesterday!
A full capacity class made for varied and interesting results.

All bums on seats busy at work...

An array of rusty objects were laid out on the table for experimenting with. Cobblers Wax was used to create a textured design by rubbing on to the paper surface with the rusty object underneath. 

Experimenting on tissue paper first to get a feel for the rubbing technique and elements of design...

Watercolour pencils for adding a little colour...

And special friendships that brighten up a day... 

Plus the mandatory memento group shot...

Papillon - Gallery Events Public Program

In conjunction with my Papillon exhibition, I will be facilitating two separate Butterfly Making Workshops held at Caloundra Regional Gallery. The first workshop for adults is this Saturday, with the second workshop for the kiddies on the following Saturday - finer dets below...

In these workshops, we'll examine elements of design and create abstract imagery on a used tea bag with discarded materials using the Frottage technique and then create a tea bag butterfly to take home as a keepsake.

Spaces are limited and bookings are essential - there are only a couple of spaces left in the adults workshop, so if you're thinking of coming please book in via the 'book online' link below. I am looking forward to a fun couple of days! J

Please direct all inquiries to the Gallery - workshop details are as follows:

Saturday 11 June 11am to 1pm - Adults Butterfly Making Workshop ($10 Ages 18+)
book online In addition to the adults workshop, I will be giving an in-depth discussion on the printed process seen in the work In the Light of Truth. (picture detail below)

Saturday 18 June 11am to 1pm - Children's Butterfly Making Workshop ($5 Ages 7+) book online In addition to the children's workshop, watercolour pencils will be provided to add a splash of colour to their masterpieces.

Caloundra Regional Gallery

22 Omrah Avenue
Caloundra Qld 4551

(next to Caloundra Library)

Telephone (07) 5420 8299

http://gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/

Gallery Hours:

Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm

(Closed public holidays)

Free Workshop - World Environment Day Festival

In conjunction with my Papillon exhibition, I will be facilitating two Papillon Butterfly Making workshops at this year's World Environment Day Festival. In its 37th year, the 2016 World Environment Day will be held on Sunday 5th June 2016 from 10am till dark at Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Among the line-up of environmental based activities will be Free Art Workshops delivered by several different artists in the Yurt, and that's where you will find me!

Free Papillon Butterfly Making Workshops:

Design and make your own butterfly from a used tea bag and discarded materials.
10am - 11.30am Suitable for ages 12+ and adults
1pm - 2.30pm Children's workshop ages 5-11
FREE - Limited numbers - Bookings essential

2016 World Environment Day Festival 
Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore Qld 4558
Sunday 5th June 2016 - 10am till dark
http://wed.org.au/ for more details.

Papillon, solo exhibition

It gives me great pleasure to extend this warm invitation to my next solo exhibition Papillon held at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The Official Opening is on Friday 27 May, 2016 at 6pm - anyone wishing to join the celebration, please rsvp the gallery to assist with catering J

Papillon opens to the public on Wednesday 25 May and continues until Sunday 3rd July, 2016. Also exhibiting at the Gallery will be Karen Richard's stunning installation Flora non Evidens, which I am really looking forward to seeing.

It's been intense working on my exhibition over the last four months, creating a little over 5000 used tea bag butterflies. Papillon consists of two major installations, In the Light of Truth (detail image below) a specimen wall where 3000 butterflies printed with abstract imagery will be pinned in grid formation over three gallery walls, and In Flight a sea of 2000 butterflies suspended from the ceiling of gallery foyer creating a kinetic sculpture. It is starting to get very exciting with install only two weeks away!

In the Light of Truth (detail), 2016. Photo Tony Webdale

Also, the gallery provides a Public Program of events to compliment each exhibition, and the following details are to my activities only. Please direct all inquiries to the gallery.

Uncovered Conversations - Thursday 26 May 10am to 1pm - No bookings required.
Join me for conversations regarding my work within my Papillon exhibition.
Feel free to call in and join me for a chat.

Adult's Butterfly Making Workshop - Saturday 11 June 11am to 1pm 
Ages 18+ Cost $10 book online
Explore the use of a unique material - the humble recycled tea bag, a delicate fabric randomly stained by the tea. Examine elements of design and create abstract imagery on a used tea bag with discarded materials using the Frottage technique and then create a tea bag butterfly to take home as a keepsake.
Children's Butterfly Making Workshop - Saturday 18 June 11am to 1pm
Ages 7+ Cost $5 book online
Unleash you creative self and explore the use of a unique material - the humble recycled tea bag. Examine elements of design and create abstract imagery on a used tea bag with discarded materials using the Frottage technique and then create a tea bag butterfly to take home as a keepsake.

Caloundra Regional Gallery
22 Omrah Avenue
Caloundra Qld 4551
(next to Caloundra Library)
Telephone (07) 5420 8299
http://gallery.sunshincoast.qld.gov.au/

Gallery Hours
Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
(Closed public holidays)

Pandora Archive

I am extremely honoured to have received a request, earlier in the year, from a representative of the State Library Of Queensland (Qld Memory) to archive my website and blog in Pandora, Australia's web Archive.

In short, Pandora is a selective archive containing copies of significant Australian online publications and web sites issued on the Internet. A contributing partner for Pandora, the State Library of Queensland is responsible for selecting and cataloguing Queensland web sites for archiving by the National Library of Australia as part of the Pandora Archive, and to ensure long-term access to significant Australia documentary heritage that is published online.

To receive such recognition is very a humbling experience indeed, and am most grateful that these opportunities are presenting themselves with my artistic endeavours.

last week for Resilience

This is the last week to view my exhibition Resilience at the Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, bump-out is late afternoon on Wednesday 17 February, and I'll be in the gallery from 3pm for anyone wishing to catch up before the show closes.

A huge thank you, to everyone who took the time to visit my exhibition and for attending the Official Opening, Artist Guided Tour and Artist Conversations in the Gallery - I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity in sharing insights into my process, especially on how the Awards Trophy was created.

Attending the Awards (Sunshine Coast Australia Day) Ceremony, and hearing the amazing stories told by the awe inspiring peeps made me feel very privileged to have created this years awards trophy, and I am very humbled by the lovely feedback I've received from the recipients in appreciation of receiving their trophy - also a big shout of thanks goes to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council for providing local artists with this opportunity.

Pictured above, the actual Awards Trophy - an original photograph was converted into a vector file to create the design.

Further links to the Awards can be viewed via Sunshine Coast Daily's website - Awards ceremony video; Citizen of the Year, Senior Citizen, Sports Person of the Year, Young Citizens, additional Recipients (including, Creative, Community - Group or Organisation, and Environment).

morning tea and artists guided tour

Date claimer peeps! This THURSDAY 14 Jan 11.00am at the Butter Factory Arts Centre.

Join both Kym and I, for morning tea and a guided tour, as we share the highlights of our exhibitions. RSVP bfac@iinet.net.au - all welcome - gold coin donation. 

Dets refresher ...

Public Programs:

Please direct all inquiries to the gallery

Thursday 14 January 2016 at 11am

Guided Tour with both myself and Kym

Please RSVP by 13 Jan bfac@iinet.net.au or 07 5442 6665

Saturday 16 January - Sunday 24 January 2016 10am - 3pm daily (closed Mondays)

APT8 Kids on Tour - no RSVP required - please click on this link for all the details.

Butter Factory Arts Centre

11A Maple Street,

Cooroy Q 4563

07 5442 6665

bfac@iinet.net.au 

www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au

Gallery Hours:

Tues - Fri 10am - 4pm

Sat - Sun 10am - 3pm

(Closed Mondays and on public holidays)

Resilience - install and opening

Resilience exhibition is now open to the public!
(plus Kym Barrett's Into the Blue)

Serenity II (detail), 2015 - Limited Edition 2/6

A huge shout-out of thanks to the install team - their professionalism and efficiency in hanging the work is second to none!

Strictly white gloves only when handling the supposedly 'stainless' stainless steel - I've found methylated spirits the best method for removing any greasy residue ...

(photo courtesy Cathy Money)

L-R; Cathy Money (Gallery Coordinator, Butter Factory Arts Centre) with the lovely Julie Hauritz (Public Art Officer, Sunshine Coast Regional Council) officially opening both exhibitions.

A lovely crowd attendance ... thank you to all who could make it and those who were there in spirit ♥

Handing the keys back to the community, L-R ; Cathy Money with Tex Pipke (President, The Cooroy Future Group - formally, the Cooroy Lower Mill Board) accepting the keys from Nina Shadforth (Director, Noosa Regional Gallery) to the Butter Factory Arts Centre.

(photo courtesy Sam Vatovey)

The final word and thanking one and all for coming... L-R; Kim Schoenberger (me), Kym Barrett, Cathy Money, and Julie Hauritz

(photo courtesy Sam Vatovey)

A link to my website for anyone wishing to view the works in more detail - please direct all sale inquiries to the gallery while works are on show - exhibition runs until Wednesday 17 February, 2016.

Butter Factory Arts Centre 
11A Maple Street,
Cooroy Q 4563
07 5442 6665
bfac@iinet.net.au
www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au

Gallery Hours: 
Tues – Fri 10am – 4pm
Sat – Sun 10am – 3pm
(Closed Mondays and on public holidays)

Resilience exhibition

It gives me great pleasure to extend this warm invitation to my next exhibition ...

The opportunity for this exhibition literally came out of the blue, however, I am really happy with the thread I've created between the works - the two larger works, Resilient I and II have been previously exhibited - Resilient I in Living Change, the Flying Arts Alliance Inc touring exhibition of the 2013 Queensland Regional Art Awards, and Resilient II in Reflections, Friends Noosa Regional Gallery Taste of Art 2015 group show at Noosa Regional Gallery. I've wanted to showcase these works together for some time now and it's great the opportunity presented itself.

New works also featured are the prototypes for my recent commission, to design and make the 2016 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards Trophy - four unique designs were created for the Trophy with one exclusively chosen, the remaining three designs (executed differently) feature in this exhibition.

Held at the Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy the exhibition opens on Friday 8 January, 2016 at 6pm with guest speaker Nina Shodforth, Director, Noosa Regional Gallery, and officially opened by Julie Hauritz, Public Art Officer, Sunshine Coast Regional Council. It would be wonderful to see you there, if you can make it. My work will showcase in the Foyer, and Kym Barrett in the Creamery who is also exhibiting - both exhibitions open on the same evening.

Exhibition dates: 8 January - 17 February, 2016

And, to compliment the exhibition the gallery has provided Public Program of events:

Please direct all inquiries to the gallery

Thursday 14 January 2016 at 11am

Guided Tour with both myself and Kym

Please RSVP by 13 Jan bfac@iinet.net.au or 07 5442 6665

Saturday 16 January - Sunday 24 January 2016 10am - 3pm daily (closed Mondays)

APT8 Kids on Tour - no RSVP required - please click on this link for all the details.

Butter Factory Arts Centre

11A Maple Street,

Cooroy Q 4563

07 5442 6665

bfac@iinet.net.au 

www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au

Gallery Hours:

Tues - Fri 10am - 4pm

Sat - Sun 10am - 3pm

(Closed Mondays and on public holidays)

Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards Trophy

I am delighted to announce that earlier in the year, I was commissioned by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council to design and make the 2016 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards Trophy.

Mateship, kinship and uniting as one, were the inspiration behind my design. The idea behind the concept was to design a trophy that represented what it means to be Australian and living on the Sunshine Coast.

It was an honour to be chosen to design the Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards trophy - I believe the nominees for this award are people worthy of celebrating and honouring for the unconditional service they provide, not only for the people around them but also the broader community.

Designed to hang on a wall rather than sit as an object on a shelf, each trophy is cut from recycled corrugated iron using a waterjet cutting technique, and finished with a stainless steel and Jacaranda backing – while an original photograph was painstakingly converted into a vector file to create the design – the finished trophy however a different design is the same concept as
Resilient I pictured below.

Example concept - NOT ACTUAL WORK

Winners in the seven categories will receive their award at the Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards Ceremony, on Monday 25 January 2016.  

Unearthed Treasures Exhibition

It is a great honour for me to have work in the current exhibition Unearthed Treasures at Caloundra Regional Gallery.

“Local residents reveal their extraordinary hidden collections and share the fascinating stories behind them in this unique exhibition, Unearthed Treasures. Bringing together an eclectic combination of paintings, sculptures, historical objects and keepsakes, this exhibition reveals the rich and diverse passion for collecting held within the Sunshine Coast community.” – Caloundra Regional Gallery.

A very special thank you to Julie Hauritz (Public Art Officer Sunshine Coast Regional Council) for nominating my art work for selection from her private collection – other works include distinguished artists like Charles Blackman, Norman Lindsay, Pro Hart, Ken Done and many more.

Ladies Fan & Lidded Box II (detail), 2015.

Exhibition dates: Wednesday 2 December, 2015 to Sunday 17 January, 2016. 

22 Omrah Ave,

Caloundra Qld 4551

(next to Caloundra Library)
Ph: 07 - 5420 8299