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Exhibition Program
Sticking together
Artful 9
Sticking Together is an exhibition by a group of female mosaicists living in the Eurobodalla Shire. This exhibition demonstrates the passion that this collective has for mosaics and the importance of friendship. Separated briefly by Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, The Artful 9 have resumed their group passion rekindling their ideas, renewing their skills and fostering their creativity. The works on exhibition stem from a wide range of materials, employing glass, recycled china, stone, shells, beads and much more. The exhibition features both functional and decorative items for the home and garden, as well as the quirky and collectable.
Opening hours 10am - 4pm Saturday 11 - Wednesday 15 December 2021
Jan Atkinson, In the Deep, mosaic glass tiles, shells. Photograph: courtesy the artist
Margaret Moran, Judi de Smeth & Alison Bridle
Margaret Moran, Judi de Smeth & Alison Bridle
Three local artists come together sharing recent work in diverse media and showcasing individual approaches to their chosen genre. They create impressions of Narooma and its landscapes that are are familiar and those that are more hidden away from the everyday.
Judi’s work works are created ‘en plein air’ around the local area, with delicate watercolour, pen and wash and pen drawings of some of the areas wonderful heritage.
Margaret’s pastel and oil paintings of the waterways in the local area include usually hidden creeks that could only be accessed after the fires as well as the beautiful coastline we all enjoy.
Alison’s presents paintings and drawings and new digital works. She skilfully produces exquisite figurative and decorative pieces.
Image: Margaret Moran, Burrumbidgee Creek, 2021, pastel on colour fix, 400mm x 500mm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Me We
Elizabeth McCrystal - Me We
Opening Friday 12 November, 5 - 6.30pm
if you wish to attend the opening please register on Eventbrite. Numbers are limited.
Exhibition continues: 13 - 21 November 2021
Opening hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
Artist talk and zine launch: Sunday 21 November, 2:30 - 3:30pm
If you wish to attend this event please register on Eventbrite. Numbers are limited.
Me, We is a mixed media exhibition that uses roadwork and construction aesthetics to analyse the concept of romantic love. A mix of photo, text, ceramic and everyday objects are deployed resulting in a tongue-in-cheek expression of contemporary and historic ideas and ideals around romantic love. For some, the quality of our romantic relationships underpin the qualities of our overall lives, making the weight of finding romantic love one of the most important things in an individual’s life. Yet, unlike roadwork navigations, we are left in relative isolation, traversing this arena with few tools and an out-of-date road map.
Liz McCrystal is an artist based on the NSW South Coast, Australia whose practice explores themes of identity, isolation, intimacy and anxiety through the theoretical framework of the human condition. Experimental in approach, Elizabeth uses photography and installation to deconstruct auto-biographical, topical and philosophical topics.Image: Liz McCrystal, ‘Me, We’(detail), 2021, photo-installation; inkjet print on fibre gloss and string, dimensions variable.
Playing with Polymer Clay - Cancelled
The exhibition Playing with Polymer Clay has been cancelled due to NSW lockdown restrictions.
Anne-Maree Kape, Multi-coloured bezel set polymer clay pendants on cord, 2021. Photography courtesy the artist
River of Art Prize Exhibition - deferred until further notice
Unfortunately the River of Art Fesitval has been cancelled faced with ongoing COVID restrictions across NSW and the ACT. The River of Art Prize has been deferred until it can be mounted and judged in collaboration with the Narooma Gallery and the Narooma School of Arts. The River of Art is working towards scheduling this event and information will be released when it is available. To read more about the River of Art Festival go here.
Image: 2019 River of Art audience members at opening night
Narooma Nights
Map Collective presents Narooma Nights, a series of two video projections showing in the Narooma Gallery front window every night for the month of July.
ORBIT
Cat Wilson
Friday 16th July – Saturday 31st July 5pm - 9.30pm
Orbit follows the forms of two trees for one year. The first, a living apple tree, shifting and changing; the second a telegraph pole, constant and fixed. The work is a meditation on the relationship between the built and natural environments.
Image: Cat Wilson, Orbit, video still. Image the artist.
The presentation below has finished.
Map Collective presents Narooma Nights, a series of two video projections showing in the Narooma Gallery front window every night for the month of July.
UNTOLD EUROBODALLA: VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Lee Grant and Amadis Lachita
Thursday 1st July – Thursday 15th July 5pm - 9.30pm
This video was recently part of the Exhibition of the same name at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre in Moruya last summer. It features interviews with Eurobodalla locals, sharing their thoughts on what matters in life, and how they feel about this precious place we call home.
Image: Lee Grant and Amadis Lachita, Untold Eurobodalla, video still. Image the artists.
A Long Exposure
Peter Robinson L.A.P.S
An exhibition of selected photography, artwork and sculpture spanning seventy years. This exhibition celebrates Peter’s diverse talents and works produced over many years.
Image: Peter Robinson, Untitled
This place we call home (a time capsule)
Susan Nader
Nader is close to completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Curtin University. As part of her assessment process Nader is completing her installation and documentation at the Narooma Gallery.
This place we call home (a time capsule) is an examination of the emotional attachments and complex relationships to our homes. Amongst a lifetime of collected possessions, home is where memories are made, our identities are etched and our sense of place is anchored.
Through the lens of the bushfires, she investigates the issues and concepts relating to loss of home and our beautiful environment. Though trauma and loss are deeply felt, there is also an emerging resilience that inspires and is borne out in the regeneration of the bush and the built environment all around us.
Image: Susan Nader, Last Summer: An Ordeal by Fire - work in progress, detail, found objects, paper, charcoal. Photograph the Artist.
Paint like a child
A special window display of children’s painting from the Narooma Pre-School and the Octopus Garden Pre-School. The exhibition is in response to a quote by Pablo Picasso:
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a life time to paint like a child.
The exhibition brings together paintings by children in our community. The work is both abstract and figurative, showing the joy that comes with expression through art.
The South Coast - Not Just a Beach
Michele Skuza
Michele Skuza’s solo exhibition is a collection of brightly coloured oil paintings capturing life on the South Coast of NSW.
Skuza's works are inspired by her time as a marine scientist on the Great Barrier Reef and the fantastic creatures and scenes found along the Australian coastline. Her hypo-realistic style is a celebration of colour in the natural world. She will be available for the duration of the exhibition to discuss your ideas for commissioning a painter.
Image: Michele Skuza, Dragon’s Lair, 2021, oil on canvas. Photograph: The artist
“Lorem Artis” … healing through art
This exhibition is be a group of local artists brought together by their belief that art represents for them a very personal journey of healing. As artists, they are inviting others to consider art as a healing process. Art therapy is about being with self, listening, trusting and creating images that reflect their personal truth. This exhibition is timely given the trauma of the last 18 months - bushfires, floods, and the Covid pandemic.
Image: Susan Nader, 'Lumbardoptera" part of the series titled "Taxonomy Anomaly", 2019, Charcoal on Paper. Photograph: The artist