Openings

Three Openings Today 9th March

Joanne giving Opening Speeches,
to her left is Glenys Leske.

This afternoon saw us Celebrate Colleen Gates First SOLO Exhibition Opening, "Across The Years", as well as Glenys Leske's Textiles and the Members "Mother" themed 'Within The Square' Exhbitions.

It was a hot 35 degree afternoon which kept numbers down a little, however we still had a good turnout and everyone enjoyed their wine, nibbles, and the social event.

Our esteemed Committee member Mrs Joanne Hughes gave the opening speech and introductions for all of the exhibitions and providing a little history relating to the "Within The Square" exhibitions over the lst three years, and telling us that Glenys is from the Berri region. She has come a long distance to share he wonderful work with us.

Some of our guests today

Glenys with her Textile work
 and some visitors to the Gallery

 Glenys then gave us a little insight into how she came to be making such beautiful pieces of very detailed and realistic textile work, which everyone is admiring so much.


There have already been several comments in our visitor book stating just how Stunning and creative her work is.

Colleen with Some of her Elephants

Colleen, A long time valued Member of the Gawler Community Gallery just soaked up the occasion, she has been painting in several medium for 15 years or more, telling us that her preference these days is for Watercolour.
Colleen has a special connection to Elephants and her paintings are a must see. She loves her African wildlife in particular, but seems to be able to turn a hand to pretty much any subject. We all enjoyed discussing with her  how much our work changes and grows over time.

A small selection of our "Mother" Themed Art,
and a few Opening guests

The "Mother" exhibition is also attracting a lot of attention and as a members exhibition it is so very bright and cheery. It is exciting to see the variety of subject matter in this room, it is quite astounding given that the title of each work's requirement was to include the word Mother in the title.