The Gawler Community Gallery Inc.: ENTRY Forms

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Shop & Gallery Events

EASTER:

is going to be here before we know it, as usual the year is starting to fly by.

We would like to have an Easter Raffle and would appreciate any appropriate donations to start coming in now.
It would be good to have our prizes sorted well beforehand this year. Once packed they will not be added to.
Depending on donations we may have more than one prize.
Please don't hesitate to contact the Shop Coordinator Dianne Vagg on 82588562 with any queries or donations.

GALLERY COOK BOOK.

Colleen is accepting Members Favourite Recipe's for this along with a good quality jpeg photo, of one of your favourite individual art pieces to be diplayed in a cook book.
We will be producing this for sale for Mother's Day. (Price to be announced once everything is finalized)
It would be lovely if you can all get on board with this as it will be a good promotion for the Gallery, and make a lovely gift.
 I would like to thank those who have already sent theirs in, Colleen is very pleased with the response so far.

The Gawler Community Gallery is 7 years old this year,

and we are constantly looking at ways to improve the Gallery and our Profile in the Community.
The more we can get word out across the State, the more visitors we will have dropping in.

If you have any great ideas;  

jot them down, bring them in to the gallery, attend one of our monthly meetings, (members are more than welcome to attend) phone a committee member, email or post.
We always appreciate input from you our members, for without you and your enthusiasm where would we be!!!

Our next Newsletter will be out shortly and I will have more updates then.

Exhibition Updates

Due to unforseen circumstances;

Krysia Potaczek has had to cancel her exhibition scheduled for Feb 27th - April 6th.  We wish you and your family well Krysia and hope that you can join us a little later in the year.
In the mean time we have been lucky enough to have oure very own talented "Colleen Gates" step up and take over the Tea and Sugar room for Feb27th to April 6th with;
"Across The Years".
I have no doubt that we will be treated to a beautiful variety of Colleen's lovely Elephants and other favourite African animals along with some of her lovely landscapes from works she has produced over the years.

Our "Mother" themed Canvas exhibition:
will be in the "Red Hen" room downstairs and is looking like it is  one not to be missed. It is amazing how people have come up with such a variety of subject given that your writer thought this would be a difficult one for our members, however I am proved incorrect and thankfully so.

Glenys Leske is Exhibiting in both our upstairs rooms - The "Overlander "and the "Ghan", as yet I have no information regarding this one, however will add updates as soon as they are available.

GALLERY NEWS

FEBRUARY 2014- Book your Exhibition Now

It is still early in the year and yet we already have several bookings for 2015, so if you are planning or considering either a SOLO or a GROUP exhibition for next year, now is the time to lock it in so that you can choose the Exhibition Room that you would prefer to use.

There are several "Open" exhibitions throughout this year, so take advantage of this and encourage any artists you know to enter, our fees are VERY reasonable.

There are prizes for the following: "175th Gawler History exhibition" in April/May, the "Photographic exhibition" in May/June, and the "Gawler Art Award", in August/September.
As is usual, Non-members will attract a 33.3% commission on any sales they have and members the usual 25% commission.

"The Gawler Art Award" prize money has been increased this year to a total prize pool of $2,500.  so I hope you all have great ideas for your entries in this one.

Exhibitions with a TWIST !

We are hoping to have the "Adelaide Plains" writing group come in during "The Mother" exhibition (27th Feb to April 6th) and write a poem on the piece of Art which moves/appeals to each of their members. This has been done before with some lovely poems written, and was very popular. We hope  to display some of them with the Art piece they are about also.

It is also proposed that the "Transitions" group stop over at the gallery during their "Bike Ride Tresure Hunt", and whilst there select a painting and do a critique on it.  Just another way to add interest to our activities and help with the promotion and awareness of our gallery's existence in the community and beyond. This one is yet to be confirmed and the date selected, so will keep you posted.

Also yet to be confirmed is the possibility of holding a "Re-use, Reduce and Recycle" Exhibition later in the year.

These will all present some very intersting results, so get amongst it and start producing some fantastic work for them.

Other News

Our Treasurer Ellen has taken on the role of co-ordinator for the Art section at The Gawler Show this year, there will be prize money involved, however I do not have the exact details of this as yet.

Whilst our forever active Secretary and her helpers were sorting, collating and filing all our many, many papers, they came across some gift vouchers with the gallery logo on them.  It has been agreed to re-instate these and they will soon be available for our customers to purchase.

What industrious and clever people we have amongst our members and committee.
A HUGE thanks go out to Colleen, Sylvia and Joanne for the above efforts this last month.

Thanks also to Carol, Judy and her partner Dave for their clean up at the gallery both inside and outside in the garden.

MEMBER NEWS

 Canvas Exhibition, Theme this year is: "MOTHER"

and is scheduled to open on - February 27th running until April 6th.

My appology's I had this listed as a MEMBER only Exhibition, however it is actually OPEN, so anyone can enter.

Canvases can be purchased at the Gallery as in previous years with a cost of only $10- which also includes your Entry Fee.
Just remember to INCLUDE the word "Mother" in the title to be eligible to enter.

• This is an OPEN  exhibition so if you wish to join in, pop along to the gallery or phone the Shop Coordinator or Secretary for information. To become a member contact the Secretary. All details can be found in our "Page Header" or in the "Committee" page in the selection bar at the top of the page.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO:-

 Ron Brooks, Thelma Kirkwood and the rest of the hanging team for undertaking this monumental task of hanging the "Three Well Known Australians" Exhibition. I understand that these panels are very heavy, so job well done ! and it looks very smart too.

and another  HUGE THANKS TO: Colleen and Sylvia.

Our new Secretary and her assistant have been working tirelesely in the office, archiving the mountain paperwork we have accumulated over the years, and updating all the items which we use on a regular basis.

As volunteers, we should all now find it a whole easier to find all those little things that we need during the coarse of a day at the Gallery. 

Hot Weather Notification & Exhibition Update

HOT WEATHER 

Due to the current heat wave of 40 to 46 degrees the Gallery is CLOSED until Saturday the 18th January.

Our Hot Weather Policy for the protection of our Volunteers and Visitors alike, is that we are closed on days when the forecast is predicted to be over 35 degrees !!!

We hope that you are all keeping Cool & well Hydrated.

JANUARY  EXHIBITION  ALTERATION

Hello ALL,  we have unfortunately had one of our exhibitors pull out at the last minute due to some personal issue.

Brian Cabrera will NOT be exhibiting at this time. Let us hope that we can get him back soon to view his lovely work.

In the mean time: 
 Shirley Phillips beautiful Silk and Embroidery works are now in the "Tea & Sugar" Exhibition Room, with the opening set for this Sunday the 19th January.

2014 first Exhibition

Three Well Known Australians

Grand Opening:  Sunday January 19th 2014 at 2pm.
To be opened by: M.P. Mr Tony Piccolo.
Free Entry,  All welcome.

Who Are: the "Three Well Known Australians", in this painting?    




Time for an update (23/01/14)

Opening Day

All went well, with a lovely crowd in attendance. We thank Tony Picolo for taking time out of his very busy schedule to give the opening speech.

Now for a few photos so you can see what this is all about.

some of the guests at the opening

Hundreds of thousands, of Australians have been trying to guess this since 1983.

This is a special painting, coming to Gawler in January 2014, as part of a unique travelling exhibition that has been to galleries all around Australia over the past 30 years!

     

M.P. Mr Tony Picolo with Joanne Hughes
discussing the painting at the opening.

                                           

Sydney artist, Martin Shaw, asks those who see the picture -“Three Well Known Australians”, to attempt to name the three prominent Australians he has depicted in his painting. 

Some of the Year Books

Some of Australia’s most prominent citizens have responded to the challenge,  including our Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who wrote his response to the painting 20 years ago.

All their responses, comments and letters will be on display as part of the exhibition, and YOU the viewing public are invited to be a part of this, by participating in a special historic and cultural adventure, and making your best guess as to who these Famous Aussies may be. 

A VERY small portion of the letters on display

People’s comments have been compiled into yearbooks since 1983 and these will also be on display  for you to view. 
( No doubt there will be a lot of interesting guesses and comments listed)

You can’t afford to miss seeing this very special and different event in the Art World! 
It is curious, humorous, mysterious and entertaining.                       

• This is not the only new Exhibition holding it's opening on January 19th. We will also have another important artist opening her exciting new Exhibition. 

 Shirley Phillips presents:   Dreams and Gothic Interpretations

Close up of a part of one of Shirley's
lovely embroidery work

Silk Embroidery painting

Shirley works with Silk, creating paintings with her machine embroidery.  


These photos only give a small glimpse of her work.

They don't do justice to the precision which is evident, and required in these stunning works of art. Shirley is a very talented Artist.

This will certainly be an exceptional Exhibition, NOT to be missed!

We look forward to seeing you all during the next 6 weeks.

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