Ringing the Changes

Strange Fruit beat out Ringing the Changes, a composition by Graeme Leak at Birrarung Marr during the Festival. I missed this but family did get to see it.

Melbourne International Arts Festival

On 9th October I enjoyed a trip to Melbourne to see the opening of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. The first event was at the State Theatre featuring Medea - Sasha Waltz and Guests, Choreographic Opera.
www.melbournefestival.com.au
What a great combination of Drama, Contemporary Dance and Opera. We continued the nights experience by walking across the road to the Alexander Gardens to see a spectacular sight. Transe Express, Mischievous Bells.
We continued on into the night attending the After Party at the Forum. The food was and company was great. Say a someone from Kyneton and other friends.
I'm sorry I didn't make time to see more.

Blackwood Art Show

I recently entered two pieces of art into the Blackwood Art Show. I wasn't aware that it was a competition. The organisers were finding it difficult this year to get enough work to make a worthwhile exhibition. A few of us rallied together and sent off some work. I was informed that I had won second prize in watercolour.

Postcard Competition

http://www.lukepickett.com.au/?p=967
http://www.madgallery.com.au/index.html
I also had an entry in the Macedon Ranges Postcard Competition. It was called Faith Hope and Charity. I will get a photo soon. I lost the photos I took.
The inspiration for the work was the wonderful architecture of the churches in the area. One in particular is St Paul's in Kyneton. I attended an Icon course there a few years age. The Bishop teaching the course (who was visiting from Bethlehem), gave us a tour of the church and described the meanings of the stained glass windows. The most interesting ones were the three behind the Pultet. Faith, Hope and Charity. These images are irregular to the rules of the church and are unique t his church only. The beauty in the art work and the uniqueness of the design adds to the interest of this church.
My image hopefully will stimulate discussion on why it this about Kyneton?

I was also involved with the judging of the children's section.
The opening event at Mad Gallery was enjoyable even though I had just got back from attending a Year 8 camp at Phillip Island.

Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival

In September every year Kyneton celebrates it's local community Daffodil and Arts Festival. I traditionally curate at least two exhibitions for the event. This year I curated the Daffodil Festival Art Competition and the Rotary Youth Art Awards. I have been curating the Youth Art Awards for over 13 years. The Cancer Council Daffodil Arts Awards toured from Melbourne again this year for a joint art experience as they have done for about five years.
As I was doing my rounds at the same time my year 10 group visited and assisted in curating some of the Youth Art Awards. They had a great time and didn't want to go back to school.
During the festival I exhibited one of my own photographs at Gallery 40. The exhibition was linked as a fringe event for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale.
www.ballaratfoto.org

Gisborne Secondary College

I visited the Gisborne Secondary College as a guest teacher on the 22nd August and the 28th August. I presented a lesson on Interviews and Folio Presentation and mounting artwork. As the lesson was at the end of the day I was asked if I wanted to visit for the whole day. I visited the neighbourhoods for year 7 and 8. Sat in Art classes and a science class. It was a fun day on the 28th and students held an old fashioned fair. Sack races, egg and spoon, pie throwing and more.

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Salvador Dalí ever to be staged in Australia and is exclusive to the National Gallery of Victoria as the sixth exhibition in the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series.

This exhibition was fantastic. I went with the year 10 students at my placement school. The students spent about 45 minutes in the exhibition and wanted to go down the street to shop. It wasn't something I expected. They enjoyed the exhibition but the the city captivate them more. If I take student from the country again I would do it differently. One important part would be a sheet of question for the students to answer or explore.

Kyneton Theatre Company

On Saturday 1st August I went to the play Black Rock, presented by the Kyneton Theatre Company. The cast mainly featured your secondary school students who are members of the group outside school hours. The play was convincing entertaining although 'dark'. There wasn't many in the audience however the play was presented in a very professional way.
I have followed the Kyneton Theatre Company for about 20 years enjoying many plays and show stopper musical evenings. My daughter also was a member. During those performances my job was to make costumes, put on make up and video the event. The theatre is an old blue stone church. The ballet schools use the theatre sometimes to hold their annual concerts.

www.kyneton.org.au/art.htm

Woodend Winter Arts Festival

Macedon Ranges' Potters
Art in Clay Exhibition
Saturday 6th June to Monday 8th June
10 am to 4.30 pm each day
Cobaw Community Centre, Forest Street, Woodend
FREE ENTRY
The Macedon Ranges' Potters have been exhibiting together for over 20 years, providing a diverse range of high quality sculptural and functional work.
www.woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au
I am a member of this group. I haven't exhibited with them yet but I help supervise the exhibition this year at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.

Christophe Stibio - Artist

Christophe Stibio exhibited in his studio in North Melbourne, May 16 2009. His works were mixed media on canvas. Although the studio was small the works had space to communicate individually and intimately.
Mungo Arumpo, #3-Sunset with Belinda#5 103 X 106cm.
The works generated great energy and skill. Take a look at the description of his work and his background. A very dedicated and passionate artist.

http://www.flg.com.au/theartists/FLG_theartists_stibio_CV.html

Lunch Time Workshop

During the past three terms students have visited the art room to work on their mosaic pieces. Bit by bit the work got done and they had a great time working together.

Applied Curriculum Project

Boards in situ testing the space.

The Kyneton Secondary College has renovated the School Canteen. The space is an open public area where students congregate as a meeting place and purchase morning tea and lunch. The space is a practical area where staff can have events for students. The area is spacious and has little character and is not an inviting place to relax. The walls have been recently painted and it is now at the stage where a piece of permanent wall art could contribute to making the area a place where students would love to be and respect. Also part of the wall area could be developed as an ongoing exhibition space. The KSC Management requested that the Art department may like to create something of value so that the whole school would enjoy and the students involved would feel rewarded by creating something that will stay in the school for a long time.

Students collaborated to design their pieces and drew up roughs before they started.

Here are some of the sections being worked on.

Two happy faces - Friendship
Sharing Hands - Friendship

Ipod - communication Friendship

Chatting together - Friendship

Artanica Sculpture Exhibition

Saturday 18th April to Sunday 19th April, 2009

http://www.mtmacedonhort.org.au/events/

This is a piece of sculpture by Chris Flenley an emerging artists living in Macedon. Chris had his first solo exhibition in August 2008 at my studio, Trio Art Studio and Gallery with an almost sellout exhibition. Chris works in metal in all sizes. This piece was first exhibited in the Artanica Exhibition in Mount Macedon this year and is now situated for a period of time along the sculpture walk in Kyneton along the Campaspe River walk.

Chris has been part of the Art School since he was at high school off and on. His work is skillfully made due to his experience working as a welder.

Chris went to Kyneton Secondary College.

We will see alot more of Chris.