Geraldine Bradshaw, Hands, Based on the Aten, The Egyptian Sun God, worshipped by the Heretic Pharoah Akhnaten. Wholecloth quilting, white on white, silk wallhanging.
This month members of the Grampians Piecemakers organised a special exhibition featuring a variety of their hand and machine stitched quilts. Vistitors to the exhibition had the rare opportunity to meet with members of the group and discuss the various techniques and designs on display.
For more information about The Grampians Piecemakers Quilting Group contact Diana Webster on 5577 2500.
The Dunkeld Draw Club meets at OTR Gallery for three hours of unstructured drawing on the third Thursday of every month. BYO paper, pencils, refreshments etc. For further enquiries call (03) 5577 2624
The first weekend in April saw the long awaited opening of Naup Waup's first exhibition at Off the Rails Gallery; the culmination of 12 years of research work with a remote tribal community called Pariet Amam.
"My art is a personal reflection of a journey defining myself, who I am as a male, a black indigenous tribal person from the remote Amam tribe of Papua New Ginea. I intend to make my art be a tool and venue for creating discorse and sharing of ideas and creating bridges between the oral world to the digital and the printed society.Creating paintings and drawing images is a way of sharing my soul searching story and knowledge in defining my place, history and my rich cultural heritage." Naup Waup, April 2010.
Naup's ongoing research project is called "Pariet Project"; a social-cultural mapping and community empowering Project initiated with the intention to empower remote and marginalised tribal communities.
Visitors to the exhibition had the opportunity to hear Naup speak about both his art practice and his ongoing project work. Naup was accompanied by his wife and three children, during his stay in Dunkeld, who all assisted with making the show a great success.
"Prophecy", goldleaf, ink on paper, Naup Waup, 2010
"Free Spirit Dancer" and "The Keeper", Naup Waup, 2010
"Seven Heads", ink on watercolour paper, Naup Waup, 2010
Off the Rails Gallery invites artists/artist collectives/community art groups to be part of their 2010 exhibition program. Read through and return the accompanying application form.
This gazed ceramic sculpture was created by Anne Fleming, a founding member of Off the Rils Gallery, for a special exhibition held during the biannual Dunkeld Mosaic of Arts Festival.
Anne Fleming runs The Waiting Room Gallery, (in Parker Street, Dunkeld) which is open most weekends.
