Visual Art Staff Show - you are invited to the floor talk!

The 2016 Visual Arts Staff Show is currently on display in the Trapezium Gallery. This elegant exhibition showcases the arts practice of staff currently teaching on our visual arts courses. 

This week, on Wednesday March 23rd, the weekly NADC Arts Forum will be held in the Gallery, with many of the artists present to speak about their work, and answer questions from the audience.

Join us in the Gallery at 12 noon on March 23 for drinks and nibbles. At 12.30, NADC painting and drawing teacher Tim Allen will M.C. the floor talks, introducing the artists who will speak about the motivation and techniques behind their works. The talks will last for approximately half an hour, and from 1pm to 1.30 pm you can mingle with the artists and continue to enjoy the exhibition.

The exhibition includes work by David White, Tim Allen, Catherine O'Donnell, Jo Newton, Samara Kendall, Anthony Cahill, Cath Barcan, Jacqueline Spedding, Linda Seiffert, Cameron Ferguson, Matthew Ablitt, Di Holdsworth, Stephen Hall and Shirley Daborn.

The exhibition continues until March 31. Gallery hours are 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

Artwork by Anthony Cahill(iphone snap by Peter Helm)

Artwork by Linda Seiffert (iphone snap by Peter Helm)

Me, Myself & I

Our annual show, Me, Myself & I is back again - the walls in the Trapezium gallery are currently lined with hundreds of self-portraits by students and staff of NADC. The show is open from 01/05 - 14/05 9am - 4pm weekdays, with a closing event on Thursday the 15th Wednesday May 14th at 12 noon.

At the closing we will launch our book of selected works from last years show, and for the first time it will also be available as an e-book! We will also be converting our previous publications to e-books. You can view (and order) books from previous years by clicking on the links in the sidebar (but the new book, and e-books, won't show up there until the launch on the 15th 14th). We hope to see you there!

See below for the invitation (click to enlarge)

In conversation - Advanced Diploma Exhibition

Please join us at Penrith Regional gallery and Lewers Bequest on Friday September 20th between 5 and 6pm for the opening of In Conversation, an exhibition of works by Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts students. Students were asked to develop their works in response to the works of David Hockney, currently on display in the gallery in the small exhibition 'Love David'. The exhibition will be opened by Hania Radvan, CEO of Penrith Performing and Visual Arts, and will continue until November10th. Guests at the opening will also have an opportunity to stay at the gallery for Rock-Scissors-Boat special event (see details below) for a special price of $10. We look forward to seeing you there!

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NADC Visual Arts Students in Head On exhibition!

Mara Peralta, work in progress for  'The Speed of Light'

The Speed of Light is the name of an upcoming exhibition of Visual Art photography students at NADC. The exhibition is part of the Head On Photo Festival, and will be held at the Trapezium Gallery at NADC from Tuesday May 21-until the 29th of May, with the exhibition event being held at the Gallery on Wednesday the 22nd of May at 12 noon.

The exhibition is experimental in nature, with the artists working within the Gallery space to explore image possibilities which may or may not stay within the confines of the rectangle. This exhibition offers the artists the valuable opportunity to explore and experiment with both image production and installation.

Featured artists are Nathaniel Moss, Ivy Jean, Caitlin Chapman, Georgina Taylor, Malcolm Nash, Destyn McMinn, Julie Bartolo, Anna Tebar, Mara Peralta, Samantha Friebel, Natalie Rowe, and Michelle Tholen.

Catherine O'Donnell's Exhibition

Join Catherine O Donnell  - one of  our fabulous drawing and theory  teachers -  at her show 'Estates of Tommorrow',  at the Flinders Street Gallery:   - http://www.flindersstreetgallery.com/ .

Catherine's work was described by  Sydney Morning Heralds  Michael Fitzgerald as ' like crime scenes mixed with love'.

Be sure to see this amazing show of intimate and detailed drawings - closes on the  20th of April.

NADC Fine Arts at the Hawkesbury Art Prize

Inanimate, by Robert Musgrave, black and white photographs, 2012

Recent Fine Arts graduate Robert Musgrave has been selected as a finalist in the 2012 Hawkesbury Art Prize. The non-acquisitive award has a $10, 000 first prize, and opens on Saturday the 17th of November at 6pm, at Purple Noon Gallery.

 Other finalists include our past graduate Louisa Antico, and Jody Graham from the Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts. Good luck to all!

http://purplenoongallery.com.au/art-prize-2/

International Exhibition

Congratulations to our fabulous painting and drawing teacher - David White, who has been accepted into the international drawing exhibition: ‘Contemporary Drawing 2012’ at the Schweizer Kunstraum (Swiss Art Space) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The exhibition runs between the 1st of November – 30th November, 2012.

David has had three works selected for this exhibition. Below is one of them – ‘The Patriarch’

Latest Exhibition news

 Hot on the heels of the  Diploma One students show  will be 'Trihibition' an exhibition of works  by students of Certificate IV in Visual Arts.  The exhibition will open  on  September the 12th at noon in the Trapezium gallery. Feel free to come and have a look and  perhaps  purchase  some fabulous  works  - all welcome.

 

3d Miniworks

3D Miniworks

3d Miniworks is our annual competition for sculptural work, less the 150 mm in any dimension.

Diana Robson – Curator of the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery was this years judge and announced her selection for the finalists and prize winners.

The 20 works will have their work exhibited at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in December. Details of this show to follow later.

The 20 finalists are: Caitlin Chapman "Planets"; Jeffrey Alexander "Sepik Dreaming" and "Bow Wow"; Cath Randall "Green Power"; Lisa MacKay "Fox and Wolf"; Alison Shore "Any Advice Dr Pat?"; Carolyn Eadie "Black and White (I need a Place To Read)", Ruma Hort "Sempervium 1" and Sempervium11". Kim Cooke "Rockmelon", Sheryl Anderson "Seed Pod Series" and "Open Seed Pod"; Sophie Abbott "Dear Deer"; Calen Starling "Jurassic Park" and "Hell Boy" and "E=mc2" Bron Newman "The White Rider (after SH)"; Paul Gould "Toxic Planet Dog"; Robert Linigen "Head"

And the winners are...
1 Calen Starling, "Hellboy" $200 prize from Western Sydney Institute
2 Sheryl Anderson "Open Seed Pod" $100 prize from Artsup
3 Bron Newman "The White Rider (After SH)" $100 prize from Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

Have a look at images of the finalists at our Flickr site

"Hellboy" Calen Starling 

Congratulations to the winners, finalists and all the entrants. Thanks to Diana Robson from Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and everyone involved in organising th eshow, particularly Susan Jorgensen and Paul Gould.

Miniworks on now!

MINIWORKS  2012 is our much loved annual 3D exhibition and competition. This exhibition comprises of sculptural and 3 dimensional work by NADC students and staff, with the only restriction being the work must be no larger than 15cm in any direction. The opening is at 12pm - 13pm at C Block

You are welcome to come and join us as Diana Robson – Curator of the Hawkesbury Regional gallery announces her selection for the finalists and first prize winner.

Stephen Hall's Solo Show

a work from Stephen Hall's solo show

NADC Fine Art teacher Stephen Hall has a solo show opening at Gallery Red in Glebe this Friday night from 6pm-8pm.

Stephen will be exhibiting mixed media works, in an exhibition called 'The Kedumba Musings of Merry Andrew the Limner'.

You can read more about the exhibition on Gallery Red's website.

Hidden 2012

Congratulations to staff members Stephen Hall and Aiden Harris  who have  been selected for the fourth annual Hidden : Rookwood Sculpture Walk. The exhibition invites  audiences to explore the historic cemetery and find the sculptures  installed within  the grounds.
All artworks selected into Hidden 2012 are short listed for the Rookwood Necropolis Sculpture Award -  a $5,000.00 non-acquisitive award.

 'With views of the city on the horizon, this site offers artists a rare opportunity to showcase their work in an extremely thought provoking context'.

"The Limner Loses"

gouache on a photographic image on watercolour paper

 Image from Stephens proposal for Hidden 2012

Simon Cook - Sculpture Award Finalist

Congratulation to Simon Cook, a graduate of the Certificate 3 in Ceramics in 2011, who has been selected as a finalist in the UWS Sculpture Award.

"The UWS Sculpture Award showcases major works by significant Australian artists, some of whom have created sculptures especially for the University's Campbelltown Campus."
The Acquisitive prize is valued at up to $25,000.

"The UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition aims to establish closer links between the University and artists, and engage with the community by providing a valuable educational and cultural resource, as well as enhancing the campus environment for teaching and learning."

Have a virtual tour of the work here

You can even vote for Simon in the People Choice Award.

Staff finalists in Painting Prize

Congratulations to  our new full time painting and drawing teacher Tim Allen , selected as a finalist in the 2012 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize. Congratulations also to  fellow Fine Arts teacher Stephen Hall who has also been selected.

The term ‘en plein air’ refers to the practice of painting out of doors, in direct engagement with nature. Tim described this practice in relation to his selected entry:


“This work was created over Easter 2012, at a property outside Cooma on the Monaro Plains. The collections of granite boulders and dieback trees that dot the property have the starkness of the European romantic tradition. This was emphasised on the day of this painting when the initially sunny day quickly transformed as a strong southerly front brought an unseasonal snowstorm. The energy and tension imbued into an artwork by the unpredictability of working en plein air is what I love about the process. The day finished with a beer, contemplating the painting on the veranda as snow fell and the other artists started a snowfight'

The finalists are on display at NSW Parliament in the Fountain Court until 31^st May. The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, 8.00am – 5.30pm.  

Tim Allen -  Granite Fields Monaro Plains

Head-On exhibitions in Blackheath

A visitor views Wendy Watson's exhibition at the National Parks and Wildlife Centre, Blackheath, as part of the Head-on Photographic Festival.

NADC Fine Arts photography students past and present are engaging with industry in two impressive exhibitions as part of the Head-on Photography Festival. Current student Wendy Watson has an exhibition of silver gelatine landscape images on display at the National Parks and Wildlife Centre, at the end of Govett's Leap Road, Blackheath. The exhibition runs until May 27.

Former students Marcela Vilaplana and Lenore Gee are also showing as part of Head-on, at Gallery Blackheath (see previous post for details).

Congratulations to all the artists  on their inclusion in this important festival.

 Artist Lenore Gee, (left) and Marcela Vilaplana (right) with Dr Anne Graham, artist and academic, who was the guest speaker at their exhibition at Gallery Blackheath.

 

me, myself and i book launch

The new me, myself and i book is now available! - see below for a preview and to order (if you'd like to look at last years book - there's a link in the sidebar to the right). Currently there is only a hardcover version available - a (cheaper) softcover version should be up within the next few days. We will be putting a copy down at the library, and your teachers should have access to a few copies as well, should you want to preview the book 'in person'. Congratulations to all participants for producing some great work - the new show looks great, and we're really looking forward to selecting the work for our next publication. If you find any problems with the book, or have any questions, please email jo.newton@tafensw.edu.au

Me, Myself, and I by Nepean Arts and Design Centre, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE | Make Your Own Book

2012 Staff Show

Our annual staff show is now open for viewing!  This exhibition showcases recent work  by our  fine arts staff  members illustrating a variety of disciplines, approaches and practices.  Peruse the show at  your leisure  then join us for the official launch on Wednesday the 28th  of March at  lunchtime - all welcome!

Jo Ernsten in 'Beyond Language' an overseas printmedia exhibition

The works of one of our printmaking teachers - Jo Ernsten is now showing in 'Beyond Language'  at AshvilleBookworks - North Carolina  USA.
This is an exhibition of printed works  made using the ' building blocks of communication, all of them structured deliberately not to be read as text, but rather understood as compositions. A few pieces in the show take a path toward literally making illustrations with letters that have been whimsically liberated from their usual work of making words, while other works arrive to use more abstactly and with a strange beauty that is ironically bound to them by their illegibility'

Catherine O'Donnell's three exhibitions

Catherine O'Donnell, 'inclosed land', 2011, charcoal on paper, 42 cm x 210 cm

NADC Fine Arts teacher Catherine O'Donnell is currently showing in three exhibitions.

 'Still Life' is an exhibition at the Parramatta Artist Studios (Feb 27- March 23, 2012), which is curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian. This exhibition challenges the common perceptions of the still life genre, from the kitchen table to the streets of Western Sydney, and darts around the tradition of motionless composition.

 The exhibition features contemporary works by Catherine O’Donnell, Sarah Goffman, Helena Leslie and Naomi Oliver, that utilise emotive stillness, clustered objects and arrangements of light and shadow to inject currency into convention. This exhibition was opened by Anne Loxley, C3West Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art.

Catherine is also showing in the 2012 Adelaide Perry Prize for drawing. This annual exhibition is an acquisitive drawing prize judged by art critic John McDonald, who shortlisted 48 artworks for exhibition from more than 420 entries from across Australia. Alongside Catherine in this exhibition is fellow NADC Fine Arts teacher Tim Allen.
The exhibited drawings reflect the broad range of contemporary Australian artists’ approaches to drawing.

 Catherine O' Donnell, Shared Zone, 2011 charcoal on paper

In addition to these two achievements, Catherine's solo exhibition,'Venetian Visions' is a touring the east coast of Australia, and currently showing at the Grafton Regional Gallery.

Toni Warburton at Articulate Project Space

NADC Fine Arts teacher has been working on an experimental project called eye of Horus lost and found  at Articulate Project Space in Leichardt. There will be an open day this Saturday March 10, and an opportunity to see the artist at work.
For more details visit the articlate blog: http://articulate497.blogspot.com.au/