Tweed is first to host a new exhibition of work by Sidney Nolan
January 11, 2010
The Tweed River Art Gallery will be the first regional gallery to host a new travelling exhibition from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra featuring 80 striking works by renowned artist Sidney Nolan, which provide new insights into Australia’s military history and identity.
The Australian artist spent 20 years working on a series of paintings inspired by the Gallipoli campaign and underpinned by personal tragedy.
Australian War Memorial Director Steve Gower said: “Sidney Nolan: the Gallipoli series constitutes a personal and public interpretation of a campaign that cost so many Australian lives.
“Nolan donated this collection to the Memorial in 1978 in memory of his soldier brother, who died in a tragic accident before the end of the Second World War.
Tweed couple cast successful bid in art auction
January 11, 2010
Local Tweed Shire couple Nela and John Turnbull are the proud new owners of an outstanding set of artists’ proofs as the winners in a silent auction organised by the Tweed River Art Gallery as one of the Gallery’s 20th anniversary events.
The coveted set of artists’ proofs formed the centerpiece of the Gallery’s Anniversary Print Collection project which saw the Gallery commission six leading Australian artists to create a work in response to the Gallery and the Tweed region.
Gallery Director Susi Muddiman said Nela and John (all pictured) placed the most generous bid for the outstanding set of original artworks.
The Turnbulls said they were delighted to have been able to support the project.
Another unveiling and talk for The Hannah Cabinet
December 10, 2009
The Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina is pleased to advise that Geoff Hannah will be presenting a further talk and unveiling of his masterpiece, The Hannah Cabinet, at the Gallery this Sunday, 13 December, at 3pm.
The Hannah Cabinet will be on display at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, in Cherry Street, Ballina until mid-February 2009.
Call the Northern Rivers Community Gallery on 6681 6167 for details.
Northern Rivers artists featured in new book
December 9, 2009
Sixteen local Northern Rivers artists are featured in a new book being launched this week by Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay.
‘In Retrospect 10′ is a stunning full-colour 140-page publication introducing 34 artists from around the country, all represented locally by Retrospect Galleries.
Local artists Alberto Sanchez, Anna Nordstrom, Cornelia Burless, Daniel Clemmett, Dolores Cupcake, Erika Mayer, Fiona Kennedy-Altoft, Hilary Herrmann, James McMillan, John Cottrell, Michelle Dawson, Nikky Morgan Smith, Noel Hart, Rick Shearman, Sarah Harvey and Stephen Phibbs are featured in the publication.
Alongside are Sydney-based artists Bennett, Johnny Romeo, Kareem Rizk, Kareena Zerefos, Luke Taaffe, Kevin Tran and Mia Taninaka, Queenslanders Jan Van Dijk, Nic Plowman, Simon DeGroot and Troy Archer, Victorians Dave Bowers, Doug Bartlett, James Looker, Laura Skerlj and Nick Morris, Adelaide’s Dennis Ropar and American artists Fawn Gehweiler and Kelsey Brookes.
Extra funding for film and jokes
December 3, 2009
Two Northern Rivers festivals have been successful in gaining funding from the Tourism NSW Regional Flagship Events Program for 2010 – the Byron Bay International Film Festival and the Big Joke Comedy Festival in Bangalow.
Each will receive $10,000 towards organisational and promotion costs.
The Byron Bay Film Festival celebrates the spirit of Byron Bay and the North Coast through the universal medium of independent film. It will be held over nine days from 5-13 March.
Its director, J’aimee Skippon-Volke, said the funding represents genuine recognition of the commitment to grow the event so that it becomes an annual icon on the Australian calendar.
Funding boost for NORPA, Screenworks
December 2, 2009
Page MP Janelle Saffin says the vibrant Northern Rivers arts community has been recognised in the latest round of the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund.
“Two highly regarded local organisations, Screenworks and NORPA, have been successful in securing funding for exciting local arts projects,” she said.
“NORPA has been granted $19,000 for its Generator Dance Residency project. It will be done in partnership with Sydney’s Performance Space.
“Under the project a Sydney-based artist will work in residence at NORPA with three local dancers to develop a new dance work.
Australian prints wow an international audience
November 29, 2009
Tweed River Art Gallery is hosting Stories of our making: contemporary prints from Australia, a fascinating exhibition co-curated by Southern Cross University’s 2009 Kaske Fellow, Travis Paterson, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Jan Davis.
The exhibition has recently returned to Australia after being shown in September at the Universtity of the West of England in Bristol as part an international printmaking conference called IMPACT VI.
The exhibition showcases the work of 20 established and emerging printmakers and was well-received by the conference’s international audience of printmakers, curators, critics, collectors and academics.
Co-curator Travis Paterson said many delegates and visitors commented on the high standard and uniqueness of Australian printmaking.
“Participating in IMPACT 6 was an incredible experience and it was a great pleasure to co-curate this exhibition with Jan Davis and present the work of Australian printmakers, several of whom are residents of northern NSW. I look forward to continuing this experience at the Tweed River Art Gallery,” Mr Paterson said.
Men’s business – a unique perspective through strong men’s eyes
November 26, 2009
3 Rivers Aboriginal Art Space and Arts Northern Rivers are pleased to announce the opening of Men’s Business, an Indigenous men’s only exhibition at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, on Thursday, 3 December, at 5.30pm.
The exhibition, the first of its kind in our region, will be formally opened by renowned Indigenous artist Digby Moran, with a Welcome to Country by Aunty Bertha Kapeen.
Another book from the prolific Jim Brigginshaw
November 26, 2009
Two months from his 84th birthday, Iluka author-journalist Jim Brigginshaw’s life is getting busier.
For 60 years he’s been a newspaper journalist and he’s still working – he writes three columns a fortnight for The Northern Star, Lismore, where he was editor for 16 years.
But it’s books that are keeping him busiest: he’s just had his third published in 12 months.
Two were launched in a four-day period.
Printmakers’ works on show at Tweed Gallery
November 22, 2009
Printmaking is the act of coaxing an image from one surface and laying it onto another — when we look at a print we see the history of its making, according to artist Jan Davis.
Southern Cross University Adjunct Associate Professor Jan Davis and her colleague, Bachelor of Visual Arts graduate Travis Paterson, are co-curating an exhibition of Australian printmakers at the Tweed River Art Gallery, opening later this month.
The exhibition, Stories of our making: contemporary prints from Australia, runs from Friday, November 27, to Sunday, January 31.
It will be formally opened by Southern Cross University Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Lee at the gallery at 6pm on Friday, December 11.
