Fishers Ghost Art Award: our printmaking students excel

Congratulations are in order for  four of our students who were finalists in the Fishers Ghost Art Award : works on paper category 2010.  The prestigious annual art award  boasts prizes totaling  $30,000  and attracts  an average of more than six hundred entries every year. The exhibition  is  on display at the Campbelltown Arts Centre until December 2.

The finalists were Terrence Combos, Natalie Horvat, Carol Ann Fitzgerald and Sean Sweeney. Congratulations to these artists who kept company with emerging and well established artists in the Fishers Ghost Art Award.

Terrence Combos:  'Untitledest'  Linocut/screenprint, 2010

Natalie Horvat, Untitled screen print, 2010

Carol Ann Fitzgerald:  'Anthony' linocut, 2010

Sean Sweeney 'Focused 2' Linocut ,2010

Turning the TAP on: Our Advanced Diploma of Fine Art students shine



from left to right: Amanda Mayrhofer, Cole Barrett, Brenda Maccioni,

Hilary Latta, Helen Nairn, Phillip Murray, Andy Petith and Alisdair McDonnell

                                             

Our Advanced Diploma of Fine Art students are making the final preparation for their end of year exhibition at TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst next week. This small group of dedicated students are taking on the job of mounting their own exhibition at one of Sydney's longest running artist-run spaces, TAP Gallery. Artist run initiatives (commonly known as ARIs) give valuable hands-on industry experience in all aspects of preparing for, and running a professional exhibition.They also leave the decision making and creative control firmly in the hands of the artists.

The group show, called 'Turning the TAP on', will showcase the work of Cole Barrett, Hilary Latta, Brenda Maccioni, Alaisdair McDonnell, Amanda Mayrhofer, Phillip Murray, Andy Petith and Helen Nairn.

The artists have made a website for the exhibition as part of their professional practice studies. A little about the show, and statements from each artist can be found at: http://www.turningthetapon.blogspot.com/

You are warmly invited to the opening event, which will be held at TAP Gallery, 278 Palmer St Darlinghurst at 7pm on Wednesday November 17 (see invitiation below). The opening address will be made by Anthony Bond OAM, Assistant Director, curatorial sevices, Art Gallery of NSW.

Precipice: Diploma of Fine Art show opens this Thursday at 6pm

Erin Bogart and Molly Rankins-Schumann work on the installation of work from the exhibition

You are warmly invited to the opening of 'Precipice', the end of year show for graduating students of the Diploma of Fine Art. The Trapezium Gallery will come alive with an exciting range of artwork that represents the culmination of the last two years of study for the artists. The exhibition features paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and ceramics, and much of the artwork is for sale.

The exhibiton opens this Thursday at 6pm in the Trapezium Gallery, Nepean College, and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For full details, see the invititation below:

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Drawings from our Certificate IV students

Oil pastel drawing by Julieanne Bartolo,

Certificate IV Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft, 2010

The students in Dalia Maron's  CIV drawing class have recently completed a class project based on landscape and colour theory. Students have continued to sharpen their representational drawing skills, whilst also showing form in space with colour.

The same group of students have also been researching and producing  images based on still life and portraiture. These genres have been explored using a range of different media. Please visit our flickr page  linked below to see a full  range of the student's work. We think you will agree there are some terrific results from a dedicated group of students, many of whom first started studying fine art at the beginning of the year.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsifineart/sets/72157625084204179/
For information on our fine art and ceramic courses, visit our website  at http://nadc.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/art/about.aspx

Kendal's PhD show

 Kendal Heyes, 'Shape of Time' (detail), poker work on paper, 2010

Printmaking teacher Kendal Heyes is having his PhD show, and it will open Wednesday November 3 at COFAspace, ground floor, Block E at the COFA campus in Paddington. Congratulations to Kendal, who also recently won first prize in the Tim Olsen Drawing Prize for COFA post-graduate students.

More staff exhibitions!

Drawing teacher Di Holdsworth and drawing and theory teacher Catherine O'Donnell both have exhibitions opening this week.
Di is exhibition in a small sculpture show, 'Defiant Little Devils', at Defiance Gallery in Newtown. The show opens this Wednesday, October 27, at 7pm. For more info, click here
Catherine is showing drawings at Boutwell Draper Gallery, opening this Thursday October 28 at 6pm. For more info, click here



Di Holdsworth, 'Love makes the world go round #1'
Mixed Media Assemblage - with music-box movement
12.5x7x7cm

Di Holdsworth in Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

Di Holdsworth is currently exhibiting in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize at the Redleaf Council Chambers in Double Bay. See above for a video of the kinetic sculpture that Di is showing.The exhbition is open until Sunday November 7, 2010. For full details, click here