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22 July 2015

Rooms Hire For 2016

We only have five (5) rooms left for hire in 2016.
All available rooms are located upstairs, and the Dates available are;
March 3rd to April 10th, May 26th to July 3rd, September 29th to November 6th. They are all 6 week blocks. Check the Exhibition Calendar page for regular updates.
Please present your Expressions of interest to 'Thelma Kirkwood' at the Gawler Community Gallery, or via this page.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Did you know the 26th of February 2016 marks the Anniversary of our 10th Year -
of operating as THE GAWLER COMMUNITY GALLERY INC, in the 'Old Station Masters House,'
at the Gawler Railway Station, Gawler South?

We have well OVER 100 VERY TALENTED artists registered as members of our WONDERFUL and VERY Charming Historic Gallery, so we could put together some very impressive celebrations.

We would love you to send in some ideas for celebrating this great achievement and milestone. Please contact secretary - Colleen Gates so she can put them to the committee.

Let us all wish the Gawler Community Gallery many more wonderful years to come !!!!!

A project the committee has been working on for some time now is the MEMBERS - RECIPE/ART BOOK

Colleen has been colating the entries for this during 2014, and unfortunately, as does happen, time got away, and the Committee very much want to complete this project as soon as possible.

SO -WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!

We ARE CALLING ON ALL MEMBERS as we are still in need of more of YOUR FAVOURITE RECIPE's, and a GOOD QUALITY PHOTO of one of Your favourite ART PIECES. It can be a painting, pottery, photography, textile, jewellery, statue etc, AS LONG AS YOU CREATED IT. (This is to be printed next to, or under your Recipe.) Please also include a little note- either about yourself or the art work you are providing.

WE NEED YOU TO GET EXCITED about creating a SPECIAL 'RECIPE BOOK' which we can SELL, to BOTH raise money for future Gallery requirements, and also to PROMOTE the GALLERY and our ARTIST'S WORK. So please get in touch as soon as possible as we are already half way through the year and these things do take quite a lot of time to prepare and be printed.

messages can be left here on the Blog or on our Facebook page also. Admin Dianne.

NEW MEMBER CATEGORY -

The Committee added a new category at the beginning of the year.

We now have a JUNIOR MEMBER option, - for those UNDER 18 years. $5.00 year. Gallery Room Hire is the same as for adults, as it is already discounted.

We will have a special area above the Cards, in the Hallway for Junior work that is unframed, and will use a hessian hanging over that area, as we did for the Junior open exhibition last year. To see this refer to our December 2014 to January 2015 blog entries.

16 July 2015

M.P. Mr Tony Picollo Opens 2 Exhibitions

‘Mosaics’ – ‘As Time Goes By’ exhibition.

Mosaic opening crowd

On Sunday the 5^thof July at 2pm, M.P. Mr Tony Picollo opened this vibrant exhibition by the students of Julia Mannix, in one of their upstairs rooms. (The Ghan Room)

They also have the ‘Overland Room’ across the hall. The opening was 0verflowing with attendees, and the mosaic work presented in these two rooms is of excellent quality and beauty.

All the pieces are very detailed, and many pieces are 3 D. Job well done Ladies, Congratulations to one and all.

Amity 10 Years On Exhibition

Following the Mosaics opening Tony proceeded downstairs to officially open ‘AMITY's 10 Years On’ exhibition, which is the Left hand room (Red Hen) as you enter the gallery.

This is the third time that he has opened for them, and again the room was overflowing with invitees and visitors.

Over the years the group expanded it's numbers temporarily from 6 to 9 then was forced to reduce them in later years.

Dorothy Beverly, regretfully left the group due to her advancing years (we hope you are keeping well Dorothy),and greatly respected and loved Phil Bolding sadly passed away as the result of a brain tumour a few years ago.

The group advises us that they are both still sadly missed.

On a lighter note the friendship of Amity seems to shine through their work. This year there are animals painted by all members and yet they are all so vastly different with each persons individual style being quite obvious. They also have, cards, Unframed work and Jewelry for sale.

M.P. Mr Tony Picollo is a very busy man !

We all very much appreciate the time you have given to the gallery, and its exhibitors over the years Tony, from Amity and all from The Gawler Community Gallery.

Gawler Art Society - G.A.S. Mr Bruce Eastick

Finally at 2.30pm, Mr Bruce Eastick, (Poet and Patron for G.A.S) opened ‘The Gawler Art Society’ (G.A.S) exhibition.

Held in the downstairs ‘Tea and Sugar’ exhibition room, this too was very well attended.

Many of the artists in this group are also members of ‘The Gawler Community Gallery’.

Some of them support us by regularly exhibiting individually, they also have work in the ‘Gallery Shop’, and often sit on the roster as well.

Unfortunately I do not have a photo of G.A.S. to share with you.

A very talented group of artists with a huge variety of style, genre and medium.

You really should make every effort to make the visit to Gawler to see all of the Excellent exhibitions that are currently running Thursday to Sunday until the 9^thof August. ALL work in these exhibitions is for sale and would make wonderful gifts or a perfect new addition to your home, and entry is free.

The tally for the day is listed at 64 in the Day Book, however I have been reliably informed that the volunteers lost count at about 2pm. They were so busy with enquiries and sales. So we know that there were a lot more people who came to see the opening of ALL the exhibitions.

Thankyou for visiting our Blog, please take the time to share it wiht others, Admin Dianne.

15 July 2015

Recent Recognition

Two of Our Members have success.

Two of our members have had articles published recently in art magazines, this has resulted in an article, in local newspapers about their success.

Lorraine Winchester's artwork is recognised in the 'Australian Artist' magazine, with a botanical piece, called ”Cotoneaster summer 2015”, and followed up in 'The Bunyip' (the Gawler newspaper for those not familiar with our location)

(I think it was the April edition)

Maxine Donald's efforts were recognised in the Herald, after her art work was published in the 'Creative Artist' magazine. Maxine had a ten page profile in the April Edition, titled 'Believe in Yourself'.

There are photos in the newspapers of them both with their articles.

Both are lovely, gentle, and unassuming women,with oh so much talent, and we are very fortunate to have them as members of our Gallery.

Congratulations and well done to you both.

This information was provided by our very competent stand in promotions officer Joanne.

15 June 2015

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

2 June 2015

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.

31 May 2015

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.

25 May 2015

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.