Coming Exhibitions

Grand Openings by Mr Tony Picollo M.P

The following Exhibitions will be opened by:

M.P. Mr Tony Picollo, on Sunday the 5th of July at 2pm, in 'The Gawler Community Gallery', at Twentythird street, Gawler South.

    

Julia Mannix with one of her Mosaics

 As Time Goes By... a mosaic Journey.

By 7 local Mosaic Artists:  Julia Mannix, Sandra Sullivan, Pat Low, Lisa Wittholz, Sandra Zachopoulos, Trudy Pfeiffer and Lyn Ainslee. The wide range of mosaic work will be on show in the two upstairs rooms - 'The Overland' and 'The Gahn'.   Reflecting the personal journey of all those involved, these mosaics show the diversity of this stunning and decorative art form. 
This is an early SALA event - a “must see” for anyone interested in mosaics! 

 

A few items from G.A.S. -
'The Gawler Art Society'

GAWLER ART SOCIETY 
G.A.S. (Gawler Art Society) will present their annual Exhibition downstairs in the 'Tea and Sugar' Exhibition room. Many members will be exhibiting their work, which will include watercolour, pastel, oil, and acrylic, as well as some charcoal drawings. Among this group are some 'Award' winning artists. I am only sorry not to have more on this lovely group to share with you all.

AMITY  “Ten Years On”  
This group, as the name suggests is exhibiting for it's 10th year with us here at the Gawler Community Gallery. Always a popular exhibition by members-  Colleen Gates, Carol Clue, Dianne Vagg and Brian Windebank. 

The Amity Group photo
 from 2014

AMITY has previously been opened by such well known persons as: 'Mr Tony Picollo M.P', 'Mr John Ford, F.A.S.M.A, Marine Artist' from Port Adelaide, 'Mr Martin Lindsell, former Mayor for Playford' and Mr Gerhard Ritter, Portrait Artist.
 This is a well known group of friends who have been exhibiting their art for many years, at vrious venues around South Australia, their work covers a wide variety of subjects and media. 

I have heard that there will be some miniatures and a lot off animals this year, and I am sure we will also see Landscapes as well. Located downstairs in the 'Red Hen' exhibition room.

Admin Dianne

THE 3 P's

HOW to PLAN for YOUR EXHIBITION

This is just a little teaser of what is on our brand new PAGE, check it out, share with your friends and contact us if you wish to know more.

- PLANNING        - PREPARING        - PROMOTION

Advertising and Promotion

PLANNING

This is a very important and neccessary part of organising your Exhibition and needs to be thought about early on, as does deciding what your exhibition is about.
Think about a 'Theme' or not, and a 'Title'. How many items you will need to produce.
How many will need framing, know how many, or how much, will fit comfortably into the exhibition room you have chosen, without being either too sparse or overfilled....................................

Oh, dear, so so  many things to think about....
These are all things which you need to look into.
 Soooo my BEST recommendation is to get a booklet and start to make notes very early on.
Add to it as you think of things .......................  check them off or add more items..........


You may wish to save our site in your 'Book Marks' if so select the RSS feed on the right hand side of the page ( this is the Subscribe to section) and set yourself up according to your specific computer so that you have us available at the touch of a button, so to speak.

Happy Exhibition Planning from
Admin Dianne.

Gawler Health Service

 Gawler Health Change Of Art

Gawler Health/Hospital entrance

THURSDAY JUNE 5TH 2015  IS THE NEXT CHANGE OVER DATE FOR ANY GALLERY MEMBERS WHO HAVE ART ON DISPLAY AT THE GAWLER HEALTH SERVICE.

WE WILL MEET IN THE HOSPITAL FOYER AT 2PM, FOR EVERYONE TO EITHER  REMOVE OR CHANGE OVER THEIR ART.

Exhibition Opening

Held on Sunday 24th May 2015

Photos showing the Official Openings along with- Opening speeches, crowd in attendance and some of the artists and their work. These exhibitions are open until June 28th.

Joanne Hughes Gallery Committee, introducing Heather Garfield.
President Ron Brook in attendance

Opening speeches with the Exhibiting Artists 

Some of the attendant visitors at the openings

Jeff Guess, local poet, giving opening speech
 for Heather Garfield's  "Salt Water" exhibition

Glenys Leske with her wonderful textile work

Owen Jones, well known for his Landscapes and abstract work.

There is a wide variety of art in this current round of exhibitions, pop on out and see for yourself the diversity of our talented Exhibitors.

Exhibitions Openings

This Week End

My appologies for being so behind with information for the Gawler Community Gallery.

Currenttly there are a lot of people on the sick list, myself included.

I will however do my best to bring you all up to date with all the news and views coming up in the next couple  of months.

Exhibitions about to Open are:-

The following Exhibitions are all Opening this Sunday 24th of May, at 2 pm.

Heather Garfield, Titled: 'Salt Water' in the Tea & Sugar Room.

Heather is having  local poet/writer Jeff Guess, speak at the opening of her exhibition.  An exciting exhibition to explore. It will be appreciated by anyone with a love of the sea. Heather’s watercolours are always a delight, she has a lovely individual style which is very fresh and vibrant.

No Photos available at this time.

Owen Jones Titled: ‘The Diversity of Owen Jones Art’ in the Ghan Room.

Owen will be showing landscapes, seascapes and abstract works. He is an ex-stockman who is a self-trained artist He has won awards and had many solo shows with lots of sales.

Ron Brooks: in the ‘Overland’ Room. (Title unknown)

He told our News Editor that "he has been exploring 'mythological themes and creatures', and extending his knowledge. We are used to seeing Ron’s exquisite flowers and birds in watercolour. He has such technical expertise and experience so I am very excited to see what he comes up with".
No hpotos available at this time.

 Glenys Leske Titled: ‘Landscapes’ by Glenys Leske' in the Red Hen Room.

Glenys lives in Berri, S.A, she is a long- term member of the Embroiderer’s Guild, S.A. Lace Guild and Foundation Member of Riverland Textile artists. 
Her landscapes are created with layered fabrics and machine embroidery, stitches en masse to give texture and perspective. Her work is a wonder to behold.
No photos available at this time.


Glenys has exhibited with us in the past and anyone who has seen her work has been enthralled, amazed and delighted at what can be achieved by this method of- (if you like painting a scene.)

Our Erstwhile hanging team. 

Current Exhibitions

My appologies for being so behind with information for the Gawler Community Gallery.

Currenttly there are a lot of people on the sick list, myself included.

I will however do my best to bring you all up to date with all that  has been happening at he Gallery in the lst few months.

First the Mothers' Day Raffle Prize Winners - 1st prize- Alan Polkinghorne, 2nd prize - Jack Herlihen, 3rd prize - Jan Garner. Congratulations to all, I am sure the prizes were very well recieved by the respective Mother's,  and a Very Belated Happy Mother's Day to all.

The Following Exhibitions were opened on the 11th April and will close on the 17th of May.

Open Photographic Exhibition, Winner : Elise Eiffe with ‘Orange Poppy’.  
You will have to see this one at the Gallery to see how Elise has captured  the essence of this poppy. 
The second prize:went to Paul Johnson for his ‘Redcapped Robin’.  
These photographers  excel in patience as well as skill.






Hippy Divas by Portia Stanton Noble and and Pamela Zanker,
have a quirky, interesting collection of work in their ‘Hippie Diva Exhibition’.


Portia with her photos of the Sirens of the Vine are a delight of cheekiness. The vineyards and the juxtaposition of pretty models is quite fetching.

Pamela’s work shows such variety and ingenuity.  These are mostly abstract works and are definitely worth the visit to see them.

The Open History Exhibition

There is a vast variety of style, technique and subject entered into this exhibition all showing many aspects of South Australian History.

The Prize for this exhibition will be decided by 'People's Choice' by a counting of votes at the closing of the exhibition period on 17th of May. The winner will be announced here on the blog in the next post.

Member Information.

Kapunda, Barrossa Valley South Australia is holding a -MASSIVE ART SALE  with Lots of bargains,  Preloved & new art, craft, books, prints and materials, on from - 21^st May to 1^st JuneKCG, Main Street, Kapunda.  10-4 pm weekdays and 10-3.30 weekends.
If you are in the area and looking for a bargain hop on over and check it out.

New for Members'

DISCOUNTS For MEMBERS

A work in progress.
I am waiting for a complete list to add for your convenience.
Usually these places will ask to see your MEMBERSHIP CARD, and the amount of discount may vary from place to place.
The following places offer discounts to our members requiring Art materials.

  CornaCraft - Gawler
  Dial A Picture Framer - 'known as Dave The Framer' - Salisbury East.
  Riot Art Shop - at 'Westfield' Tea Tree Plaza
  Eckersleys - Frome Rd, Adelaide City. (in the past have offered 10% discount to all student artists, please enquire to see if you qualify)
  Art Shed - an Online store based in Victoria has very good discounts and specials with reasonable delivery. worth checking.
Others to come......