Lost Frescoes – new exhibition from Gerringong artist

Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes.
What would the Romans think of this exhibition?
‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, www.shoalhavenartscentre.com.au explores a response to place, antiquity, lost surfaces and ancient imagery. It evolved from 6 weeks in Italy exploring ancient art, [...]

Matthew Hill – south coast photographer

Matthew Hill’s interest in photography first began as a teenager in the 1970s with the purchase of his first SLR camera. Working in black and white film, he started out taking street scenes throughout Sydney. He then undertook a photographic course at the Ultimo Tech as it was called then. Apart from this formal training Matthew is self [...]

Snapshot of Berry – new blog

Berry artist and photography, Kim Dove, has started a new blog to document the development of her Snapshot of Berry photography project.
http://snapsofberrybook.wordpress.com

Sheahan Galleries winter season in Wollongong’s northern suburbs

In two exhibitions, Sue Smalkowski and Mitchell English explore different aspects of the coastal environment.
Smalkowski’s paintings portray both the minutiae of rock pools and the magnificence of the Illawarra escarpment. In this new body of work, Smalkowski has employed the subtleties of an accomplished watercolorist with her lush painterly oils to capture nature’s intimate beauty [...]

Solo Exhibition by EARS at Oh Really Gallery

Oh Really Gallery will present ELEMENTS, the latest solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography by EARS, from 25 February, 2010.
The Sydney born Painter Daniel O’Toole also known as ‘ears’ has been slowly but steadily creeping into the peripheral vision of the public, and recently opened the Oh Really Gallery with artists Max Berry and [...]

Ranamok Glass Prize comes to the South Coast

Award winner Lisa Walsh will showcase her work, Across the Lines, at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre’s exhibition, Ranamok.
Lisa won the 2009 Ranamok Glass Prize for her work, which will be on display at the arts centre from
12 February to 31 March 2010.
2009 marked the 15th year of The Ranamok Glass Prize, an annual acquisitive [...]

NAB hosts historic Apology photographic exhibition

To mark the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people, National Australia Bank (NAB) together with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is giving Melbournians a chance to see the event through the eyes of one of Australia’s top Indigenous photographers.
Wayne Quilliam, recognised as National NAIDOC Artist of the Year [...]

Wollongong Launch of Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss

SCWC Director Ali Smith will launch Manhattan Dreaming, the new book from Anita Heiss. One of the smartest, funniest and most entertaining writers and speakers you will ever see.
Dr Anita Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales and is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors of [...]

John Witzig’s surfing photography at Shoalhaven Arts Centre

In 1967 surfing was about to undergo a shift – to smaller boards with developed rails and fin areas – that would affect every surfer in the world. The era of a surfing culture was burgeoning throughout the world and one young 23-year-old Australian surfer, photographer and freelance writer, John Witzig, was capturing the moments.

An [...]

Newport Beach man, Chip Fesko’s first exhibition

It’s been said that somewhere between John James Audubon, Henri Rousseau and the folk art style of Grandma Moses lies the watercolor artwork of Chip Fesko.
Finding inspiration in the Back Bay in Newport Beach, California, Fesko’s bird watercolours were featured in his first show recently held at the Newport Beach City Hall, located [...]